The Organizing Committee of the International Conference on Biomedical and Health Informatics (ICBHI 2026) and the 2nd IFMBE Latin American Conference on Digital Health (CLASD 2026) invites researchers, scholars, scientists, engineers, clinicians, and industry professionals to submit original research papers to this Joint Conference. ICBHI–CLASD 2026 brings together global advances in biomedical and health informatics with regional leadership in digital health systems, creating a unique international platform for interdisciplinary collaboration and scientific excellence. The conference aims to advance intelligent, data-driven, secure, and human-centered health technologies that improve healthcare quality, patient safety, system efficiency, and equitable access to care worldwide.

Conference papers must strictly adhere to the basis of this call

Key Conference Themes:

1. Interoperability & Architecture for Health Systems. Designing scalable, secure and integrated digital health infrastructures (HERs, APIs, Cloud platforms).
2. The New Clinical Toolbox: AI Diagnostics and Decision Support. Development, validation and implementation of AI-driven tools for clinical decision support, medical imaging, risk prediction and next-generation diagnostics in real-world clinical settings.
3. Beyond the Hospital: Telehealth, Remote Monitoring and Community Care. Strategies and technologies for extending care delivery beyond traditional settings, including hybrid care models, RPM for chronic diseases, and digital tools for community health workers.
4. From Big Data to Public Health Intelligence. Leveraging big data, genomics, and AI for public health surveillance, epidemiological modeling, pandemic response, and precision public health initiatives tailored to regional needs.
5. Human-centered Design. Applying UX/UI principles, participatory design, and human factors engineering to create intuitive, accessible, and engaging digital health solutions that reduce burden and improve outcomes.
6. Policy, Regulation and Ethics of Algorithm Care. Digital health regulation, data privacy (e.g., GDPR-like frameworks in LATAM), ethical AI, and creating policy that fosters innovation while protecting patients.
7. Workforce Development and Change Management. Human element of digital transformation: training the healthcare workforce, creating new digital roles, and managing organizational change to ensure successful technology adoption.
8. Sustainable Innovation. Business models for digital health, securing investment, and applying implementation science to measure and ensure long-term impact.
9. Cybersecurity and Trust. Developing robust cybersecurity frameworks, ensuring data integrity, and building patient trust in digital systems through transparency and resilience against evolving threats.
10. Global Collaboration, Local Impact: Case Studies from the LATAM Region. A practical track showcasing successful digital health implementations, cross-border collaborations, and home-grown innovations that are delivering measurable improvements in health outcomes across Latin America.
11. Biomedical & Clinical Informatics Foundations. Clinical information systems, electronic health records (EHR/EMR), data modeling, clinical workflows, and informatics methodologies supporting evidence-based care and clinical decision-making.
12. Biomedical Signal Processing, Sensors & Medical Imaging. Acquisition, processing, and analysis of biomedical signals and medical images, including wearables, biosensors, computer vision, and imaging-based diagnostic technologies.
13. Health Data Analytics, Modeling & Real-World Evidence. Advanced data analytics, statistical modeling, machine learning pipelines, and real-world data generation to support clinical research, health system evaluation, and outcome measurement.
14. Interoperability Standards, Semantics & Health Information Exchange. Standards-based interoperability, semantic data integration, clinical terminologies, and health information exchange frameworks enabling cross-system and cross-border data sharing.
15. Personalized, Preventive & Predictive Health Systems. Precision medicine, risk stratification, multi-morbidity management, predictive modeling, and personalized digital interventions across the continuum of care.
16. Patient Safety, Quality & Intelligent Health Systems. Digital tools and informatics approaches to improve patient safety, clinical quality, workflow optimization, and system-level efficiency in healthcare delivery.
17. Traslational Biomedical Informatics & Clinical Adoption. Bridging informatics research and real-world clinical implementation, including validation studies, technology transfer, and pathways from innovation to routine care.
18. Education & Capacity Building in Biomedical and Health Informatics. Curriculum design, training programs, professional competencies, and workforce development in biomedical informatics, digital health, and clinical engineering.

Submission Guidelines:

Papers should be original research contributions and should adhere to the following guidelines:

1. The papers must fit into one or more of the mentioned tracks.
2. The work must be original and not have been published or in the process of being published; review papers will not be accepted.
3. A similarity analysis tool will be used to verify the paper’s originality. Contributions with more than 10% of similarity score, excluding methods and references, will automatically be rejected.
4. Written contributions must be submitted in English. Any manuscript in Spanish, Portuguese or other language will be automatically rejected.
5. Each contribution must be structured according to the provided template, and authors must strictly adhere to the template´s format.
6. Final versions of the contributions must be submitted as a PDF file. Additionally a ZIP folder containing all source files must be included. The contributions must be uploaded to the Platform by the corresponding author. This platform will be announced soon.
7. When submitting a contribution through the Platform, the corresponding author must provide the following information:
   • Name of each author: these must match with the PDF’s versions
   • Affiliation of each author
   • Contact email
   • Track to which the manuscript is submitted for publication.
8. During submission, the author may request a time slot of a sixty (60) second flash talk to advertise their work. This new modality aims to help authors promote and engage with more attendees interested in their research. A limited number of time slots are available and will be assigned on a first-come-first-served basis.
9. During submission, if the first and presenting author is an undergrad/graduate student, the author may choose to participate in the Contests of the Conferences in the modality of oral presentation. The contests will be announced soon.
10. It is an essential that at least one of the authors is registered and attends ICBHI-CLASD 2026.
11. The arbitration of contributions will be exclusively in charge of the members of the ICBHI-CLASD 2026 Scientific Committee, who will designate reviewers related to the different research areas. The decision emanating from the review process will be final.
12. The Scientific Committee will notify the result of acceptance or rejection of the work through the platform.
13. In the event a contribution is accepted with corrections,
    • The corresponding author must resubmit an updated version of the PDF file and the ZIP file through the platform.
    • Resubmission must occur within the following ten (10) calendar days once notification of acceptance has been received, failing to resubmit will cause automatic rejection of the contribution.
    • A response letter in English must be included in the updated ZIP file, this document contains the way in which the corrections and observations were addressed.
14. Only one (1) certificate of participation will be delivered for each accepted and registered contribution, which includes all authors’ names.

Keep Present:

Full Paper Submission Deadline: May 29^th, 2026

Language: Papers must be submitted in English.

Templates: Please use the official ICBHI-CLASD 2026 template, available for download here.

Peer-Reviewed: All submissions will undergo a peer-review process.

Presentation Opportunities: Accepted papers will have the opportunity to be presented as oral presentations or posters during the conference. The best papers will be awarded during the event.