Call for Papers

Invitation

We are pleased to invite the scientists in biology, ecology, informatics, in biomedical and health communities to join us on the Island of Crete in Heraklion, Greece, from 3 to 5 November 2026, and contribute to EFMI STC 2026’s Conference Program. This conference seeks to bring together European scientists and those from abroad to share their latest methodologies and results.

 We particularly encourage early-career scientists and students to contribute to the conference.

 Dates and Deadlines

• Start date of submissions - 10 April 2026

• End date of submissions (papers, posters) - 10 June 2026

• End date of submissions (panels, workshops, submissions to industry and practice sessions) - 30 June 2026

• Reviewer deadline for papers and posters - 31 July 2026

• Notification of preliminary acceptance - 01 August 2026

• Start date of re-submission (correction) - 01 August 2026

• End date of re-submission (correction) - 15 August 2026

• Deadline for mandatory registration of paper and poster authors - 31 August 2026

We are using the Online Registry Platform for handling your submissions. Register with the Online Registry Platform and submit your contributions. All submissions go through a peer review process. All submissions must be in English and formatted according to the provided templates.

The EFMI STC 2026 Scientific Program Committee (SPC) and Local Organizing Committee (LOC) invite you to submit a scientific paper or poster for peer review, to organize a workshop, panel, or to submit a contribution to an industrial session. Under the EFMI STC 2026 theme of Biodiversity, One Health and Digital Health  the program will be built around the following topics, casting light on different perspectives of the evaluation of digital health:

• Patient-Centered Digital Health 

• Health Data Infrastructure and Analytics 

• Advanced Digital Health Technologies

• Participatory and Learning Health Systems 

• Digitalisation solutions for Inclusion Health 

• Intelligent Environmental Health 

• Health Models, Policies, and Systems 

• Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services 

• Nature-based Solutions and Ecological Restoration 

• Participatory Science, Socio-Ecological Systems  

Scientific Program - Papers and Other Types of Submissions

Submissions for full papers and posters are accepted through the scientific peer-reviewed process led by the EFMI STC 2026 Scientific Program Committee. Submissions for workshops, panels, and contributions for industry and practice sessions are reviewed by the Scientific Program Committee and the Local Organizing Committee.

Accepted full papers and student papers for the Scientific Program are published in the EFMI STC 2026 Proceedings (Studies in Health Technology and Informatics) and are indexed by PubMed; Web of Science: Conference Proceedings Citation Index - Science (CPCI-S) and Book Citation Index - Science (BKCI-S); Google Scholar; Scopus; EMCare.

All contributions are submitted via the Online Registry Platform only using this link: 

https://access.online-registry.net/stc2026.

They must be formatted according to the IOS template. Please remember that the template must be set to A4 page size layout to comply with the page limit of the submission types (see below). Submissions that are not formatted according to the template and exceed the total page limit (including references) are rejected.

The following types of submissions are possible:

Full Papers / Student Papers*

Description: original articles containing work that has not been published previously.

Length and format: 5 pages (Abstract 300 words maximum), following the scheme of Abstract, Introduction, Methods, Results, Discussion, and Conclusions, References. Papers must be formatted according to the IOS template in A4 format.

Publication: IOS Press Stud Health Technol Inform, open access, online.

Presentation: 10-minute presentation in person, followed by a discussion of 5 minutes.

Registration: At least one author of the paper must be registered for the conference before 5 September 2026; otherwise, the paper will be rejected. 

*Students under the age of 25 can get a reduced conference fee (see registration)

 Podium presentation

Description: Oral presentation of research findings, described in an abstract. This scientific work will be edited in a dedicated journal and will not be published in the proceedings.

Length and format: Abstract up to one page

Presentation: 10-minute presentation in person, followed by a discussion of 5 minutes.

Registration: At least one author of the presentation must be registered at the conference before 5 September 2026, otherwise it will not be in the program

Posters

Description: work in progress or interim results that have not been published previously.

Length and format: 3 pages (Abstract 150 words maximum), following the scheme of Abstract, Introduction, Methods, Results, Discussion, and Conclusions, References. Poster submissions must be formatted according to the IOS template in A4 format.

Publication: GMS Medical Informatics, Biometry and Epidemiology (MIBE), an open-access scientific journal of the German Society of Medical Informatics, Biometry and Epidemiology (GMDS).

Presentation: 5-minute presentation at the poster (e-posters only) in person. Discussions take place at the end of the poster session.

Registration: At least one author of the paper must be registered for the conference before 5 September 2026; otherwise, the paper will be rejected. 

Workshops and Panels

Description: presentation and discussion of innovative, controversial or impactful topics.

Length and format: 3 pages (Abstract 150 words maximum), following the scheme of  Abstract, Topic, Program, Outcome, Short Bio of Presenters. Submissions must be formatted according to the IOS template in A4.

Presentations: 60-minute in-person presentations and discussions; the program must engage and involve the audience.

Submissions to Industry and Practice Sessions

Description: presentation of the application of a product (demonstration) or use of a service.

Length and format: 3 pages (Abstract 150 words maximum), following the scheme of Title, Abstract, Topic, and Contents of the demonstration. Submissions must be formatted according to the IOS template in A4. 

Presentation: 10-15-minute presentations in person.

Mandatory Author Registration for all accepted submissions is applied 

Any presentation accepted into the program requires at least one author to be registered for the conference. For workshops and panels, all authors must be registered. Disrespect of this usual EFMI/MIE rule will lead to cancellation and withdrawal of the submitted manuscript from conference proceedings. 

We look forward to your contributions and to seeing you in Heraklion!

Best wishes,

The scientific and organizing committees

For any questions related to the SPC, please contact:

Oscar Tamburis : oscar.tamburis@unina.it 

Maria João Feio : mjf@ci.uc.pt

For any questions related to the LOC, please contact:

patrick.weber@nicecomputing.ch