We are pleased to announce the 8th International Workshop on Health Informatics: Ethical AI and Digital Twins (HOPE’25), held in conjunction with IEEE AICCSA 2025. This workshop provides a premier platform for researchers, practitioners, and educators to explore cutting-edge digital health innovations.

Scope of the HOPE’25 Workshop

The global digital transformation of healthcare presents an urgent and multifaceted challenge—economically, environmentally, and socially—across both developed and developing countries. In this context, the 8th International Workshop on Health Informatics: Ethical AI and Digital Twins – Transforming Health Outcomes (HOPE’25) invites contributions that present original, patient-centred research leveraging recent advances in digital health technologies. We particularly welcome applied work that has been evaluated in real-world healthcare environments and has demonstrated tangible benefits in improving patient outcomes, healthcare delivery, or care management processes.

A key focus of this year’s workshop is the transformative potential of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Digital Twin technologies. These tools are rapidly redefining how health systems operate by enabling predictive, personalised, and preventative models of care. Digital twins—virtual representations of patients or clinical systems—offer powerful capabilities for simulating patient trajectories, supporting clinical decision-making, and optimising operational efficiency.

In parallel, HOPE’25 emphasises the growing necessity of ethical reflection and sustainability in digital health innovation. Submissions that critically engage with the ethical, social, and environmental implications of digital technologies are particularly welcome. Topics may include but are not limited to data governance, digital responsibility, energy-efficient health infrastructures, algorithmic fairness, and inclusion in digital care environments.

The workshop will also explore:

  • Advances in health data analytics and AI-based diagnostics,
  • Human-machine interaction and immersive technologies (e.g. VR),
  • Mobile health and wearable technologies,
  • Disruptive technologies and their integration into healthcare systems,
  • Innovative education strategies for digital health competencies in university and professional settings.

We are especially interested in cross-disciplinary approaches that bring together expertise from computing, health sciences, engineering, and related fields. The goal is to create a collaborative platform where participants can present their findings, discuss challenges, receive feedback in a constructive setting, and foster future research collaborations.

Topics of interest include, but are not limited to:

1 – AI, Digital Twins & Predictive Health

  • Applications of artificial intelligence in healthcare diagnostics, triage and decision support
  • Digital twins for patient modelling, predictive analytics and clinical simulations
  • Use of big data and health analytics for early detection, personalised treatment and public health surveillance
  • Algorithmic transparency, fairness and explainability in AI-based systems

2 – Patient-Centred Digital Health

  • Patient-centred eHealth solutions and remote care platforms
  • Human factors and user experience design in digital health applications
  • Personal health management technologies including mobile and wearable health systems
  • Patient engagement and empowerment through digital tools

3 – Health Informatics Systems & Process Innovation

  • Disruptive approaches in health informatics and digital transformation of care processes
  • Simulation, modelling and virtual reality in clinical workflow and training
  • Design and evaluation of decision support systems in clinical environments
  • Workflow optimisation and management of clinical pathways or care flows

4 – Education, Training & Competency Development

  • Innovative approaches in university and professional education for digital health
  • Training frameworks for healthcare staff in the context of digital transformation
  • Digital literacy and upskilling strategies for multidisciplinary health teams

5 – Ethical, Legal & Social Implications (ELSI)

  • Privacy-preserving techniques for clinical data sharing and secondary use
  • Ethical and regulatory challenges in the deployment of AI and data-driven systems
  • Sustainability and environmental considerations in digital health infrastructures
  • Data governance, accountability and digital responsibility in eHealth

6 – Platforms, Methods & Technologies

  • Development and evaluation of health IT systems and architectures
  • Practice-based and interdisciplinary research methods for health informatics
  • Software engineering and model-based design for trustworthy health information systems
  • Use of open source technologies to enhance sustainability and interoperability
  • Semantic interoperability, ontologies, and geocoded health data use

Important Information:

  • Paper submission due date: July 5th, 2025
  • Notification to authors: August 5th,   2025
  • Authors registration deadline: September 1st, 2025
  • Paper formatting instructions: https://conferences.sigappfr.org/aiccsa2025/belmiro/
  • Submission system:  (details on the conference website )

Workshop Chairs

  • Prof. Dr. Thomas Lux, Niederrhein University of Applied Sciences, Germany (Chair)
  • Prof. Adel Taweel, Birzeit University, Palestine/ Kings College London, UK (Co-Chair)
  • Prof. Elyes Lamine, CGI, IMT Mines Albi – ISIS, INU Champollion, Castres, France (Co-Chair)
  • Prof. Yousef Khader, Jordan University of Science and Technology, Jordan (Co-Chair)
  • Dr. Farah Jmili, ISITCom, University of Sousse, Tunisia (Communication Chair)

Paper Submission Details

Manuscripts must be prepared in 10-point font using the IEEE 8.5″ x 11″ two-column conference format. All papers should be exported in PDF format and should be anonymous, as IEEE AICCSA conducts a double-blind review process. Detailed information on the conferences web side: https://conferences.sigappfr.org/aiccsa2025/belmiro/

The papers must be submitted electronically via EasyChair at: https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=aiccsa2025

If you have any questions please contact Farah Jemili ([email protected]),  [email protected]  or [email protected]. At least one author of each accepted paper is required to attend and present the paper at the workshop.

Publication:  Papers accepted for presentation will be published by IEEE Computer Society Press as proceedings of the AICCSA Conference Publishing Services and be submitted to IEEE Xplore for inclusion. In addition, proposals will be sought for a special issue of a relevant e-health journal to publish selected accepted papers.

Workshop program committee

  • Jordi Linares-Pellicer, Universitat Politècnica de València, Spain
  • Massimo Mecella, Sapienza Università di Roma, Italy
  • Sauvik Bal, University of Engineering and Management, Jaipur, India
  • Tareq Alnaffouri, King Abdullah University of Science and Technologie, Saudi Arabia
  • Issam Nouaouri, University of Artois, France
  • Lea Leeser, Niederrhein University of Applied Sciences, Germany
  • Dimitris Panagoulias, University of Piraeus, Greece
  • Mahoamed Ibn Khedher, IRT-SystemX, France
  • Neetu Agarwal, uru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University, Dehli, India
  • Abdallah Karakra, Birzeit University, Palestine
  • Monia Rekik, Laval University, Canada
  • Khaled Jouini, ISITcom, Tunesia
  • Hassan Badir, Université Abdelmalek Essaadi, Tangier, Morocco
  • Mohamed Jmaiel, Department of Computer Science and Applied Mathematics,ENIS, Tunisie
  • Salma Chahed, School of Computer Science and Engineering, University of Westminster, UK
  • Bernhard Breil, Niederrhein University of Applied Sciences, Germany
  • Rym Ben Bachouch, PRISME, université d’Orléans, Bourges, France 
  • Sara Ibn El Ahrache, Ecole Nationale des Sciences Appliquées de Tanger, Morrocco
  • Malek    Masmoudi, LASPI, IUT de Roanne 
  • Rafika Thabet, INP Grenoble, France
  • Mounir Moktari, Institut Mines Télécom, Paris, France
  • Conrad    Attard,University of Malta, Malta
  • Faux Francis, school engineers ISIS, France
  • Nader Mohamed, California University of Pennsylvania,USA
  • Giorgio Leonardi, University of Eastern Piedmont Amedeo Avogadro, Italy
  • Saeed Seyyedi, University of California Berkeley and San Francisco, USA
  • Osama El Hassan, Emirates Health Informatics Society, UAE
  • Jameela M. Al-Jaroodi, Robert Morris University, Pennsylvanie, USA 
  • Abdulalam Yassine, Lakehead University, Ontario, Canada 
  • Hannes Schlieter, Technical University Dresden, Germany
  • Lisanne Kremer, Niederrhein University of Applied Sciences, Germany