Datum
01. Juni 2026
Conference in Porto, Portugal
ACM Interactive Health 2026
Early July, Porto, Portugal
https://ih.acm.org/
About:
The ACM Interactive Health Conference (IH) is a new conference that aims to be the leading venue for presenting work at the intersection of Human-Computer Interaction (HCI) and Health. The conference will welcome all kinds of work in this space, including but not limited to: the study of health practices; the development of methods and theories for engaging users and creating human-centered health technologies; or the design, evaluation, and implementation of health technologies to support health and well-being.
Participate:
IH 2026 offers various ways to participate. Authors can submit an extended abstract in the following categories:
Short Forms – Presentations for new, emerging, and engaging contributions at the conference as a poster;
Demos and Exhibitions – Submissions for on-site demonstrations of interactive technologies;
Workshops – Proposals for a one-day event for focused discussion and formulation of shared goals and agendas within the IH community about key topics;
Doctoral Colloquium – Applications for Ph.D. students to receive mentorships and share research among a small group of peers;
Early Career Workshop – Applications for early career researchers (up to 5 years post-Ph.D.) to attend a one-day event to explore their professional activities and goals, learn from one another, and discuss topics most important to them.
We will also open a call for „Related Contributions”, papers previously published in other conferences or journals with an important message for the community, which will be presented at IH as a poster or short presentation.
Moreover, the conference will not have a full paper submission track. Paper sessions at the conference will be mostly composed of papers accepted at the ACM HEALTH journal Special Issue on Human Centered Computing in Healthcare.
First submission deadlines:
Short forms: February 12th 2026
Demos and Exhibitions: February 26th 2026
Workshops: January 15th 2026
Doctoral Colloquium: February 5th 2026
Early Career Workshop: April 1st 2026
Join us!
The organising team is extremely excited to bring IH to life. The HCI community has been discussing the possibility of creating a conference bridging HCI and Health for many years at the Special Interest Group on Computer-Human Interaction (SIGCHI) of the ACM – the largest association of computing researchers and professionals.
We hope you will submit your work and join us at the inaugural ACM Interactive Health Conference in Porto, Portugal. You will be joined by researchers, designers, practitioners, healthcare professionals, and patients to reflect and discuss emerging challenges and opportunities across the social-technical ecosystems of health and well-being.
For further details about the submissions, review, publication process, or general information about the conference, please go to: https://ih.acm.org.