Call for Contributions

IMPORTANT DATES

Nov 8th: 23:59/11:59 pm Anywhere on Earth (please submit an early version for review planning and update with a final version before the deadline)

November 20th: Notification of acceptance

November 30th: Camera ready paper

December 15th: Workshop (Half-day)

OVERVIEW

The workshop will include a dedicated Poster Session: From Sensor Data to Trusted AgeTech Decisions, featuring up to ten presentations, selected from this call for short paper submissions. We would like to showcase emerging research, work-in-progress, translational studies, prototypes, evaluation frameworks and implementation experiences at the intersection of AgeTech, biomedical and health informatics, wearable and pervasive sensing, digital biomarkers, AI/ML, human-centred design, privacy, accessibility and clinical translation.

The review process for the submissions will be managed by the workshop organisation committee. 

Papers will be selected based on:

1. Relevance to the workshop theme
   Clear connection to AgeTech, intelligent sensing, biomedical/health informatics and personalised healthcare.

2. Scientific or methodological contribution
   Strength of research question, technical approach, evaluation, dataset, framework or conceptual contribution.

3. Translational relevance
   Attention to real-world deployment, clinical or care context, adoption barriers, sustainability or implementation.

4. Attention to accessibility, transparency and privacy
   Consideration of user needs, explainability, consent, dignity, privacy-preserving methods or responsible AI.

5. Potential to stimulate discussion
   Ability to contribute to the workshop’s shared output: an AgeTech Sensor Informatics Translation Framework.

Selected papers will also need to bring a A2 Sized Poster for the poster session, which will provide an interactive forum for early-stage and mature research on AgeTech sensor informatics, including wearable and pervasive sensing, digital biomarkers, multimodal data fusion, AI/ML, explainability, privacy-preserving analytics, accessibility, co-design, human-computer interaction, human-robot interaction and clinical translation.

A Best Poster Prize: Lab-to-Life AgeTech Impact Award will recognise the contribution with the strongest potential for real-world AgeTech impact.

Attend the WORKSHOP to Present your Paper and POSTER

Selected contributors will give short lightening talks, giving them an opportunity to share their work with workshop participants. The session will be designed to feed into the workshop’s structured group activity by identifying methodological, ethical, accessibility and implementation requirements for moving intelligent sensing systems from laboratory prototypes to patient-centred, outcome-driven healthcare.

The workshop will be help on-site only with no hybrid option. To be able to attend the workshop, please make Register Here: https://bhi.embs.org/2026/registration-2/ 

FORMAT

Authors are required to submit a 4 page (including References) short paper as PDF in the standard IEEE conference format.

SUBMISSIONS

We would like to showcase research and work-in-progress on wearable, ambient, mobile, robotic and multimodal sensing systems for ageing, frailty, rehabilitation, cognition, chronic disease management and independent living. We particularly welcome contributions that address how sensor-derived data can become trusted, explainable and actionable health informatics for older adults, carers, clinicians and care providers.

Selected Authors of accepted papers will be invited to also give a lightning talk (2 minutes), as well as presenting a poster at the workshop. 

The authors of the accepted papers will be invited to submit an extended version for tentative inclusion in a special issue journal   (pending/under review). The papers would be peer-reviewed as regular journal papers. 

Submission link:  https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=ibsiat2026 

SCOPE AND TOPICS

The main objective of this workshop is to focus on the informatics layer of AgeTech translation, considering how multimodal sensor data from older adults’ daily lives becomes clinically meaningful, understandable, privacy-preserving and usable by patients, carers and healthcare professionals. Existing work often emphasises device performance or algorithmic accuracy, however this workshop foregrounds the socio-technical conditions required for adoption, such as accessibility, transparency, privacy, longitudinal engagement, digital inclusion and trust. The workshop will focus on how data from wearable, ambient, mobile, robotic and multimodal sensing systems can be transformed into trusted, accessible and actionable personalised healthcare for older adults, people with long-term conditions, carers, clinicians and health and care services.

Contributed Short Paper Themes

From Sensor Data to Trusted AgeTech Decisions

Many promising AgeTech sensing systems remain at the prototype, pilot or short-term evaluation stage. Our workshop asks:

• How can intelligent sensing systems move from laboratory validation to real-world health and care environments?

• What makes sensor-derived insights clinically meaningful, explainable and actionable?

• How can accessibility, transparency and privacy be embedded from the outset?

• What evidence is needed for adoption by older adults, carers, clinicians, care providers and health systems?

• How can wearable, home, robotic and clinical data be responsibly integrated into personalised healthcare ecosystems?

Topics of Interest

We welcome short papers addressing, but not limited to, the following topics:

Digital biomarkers and sensing

• Digital biomarkers for ageing, frailty, falls, gait, mobility, rehabilitation, cognition, sleep, physical activity or chronic disease.

• Wearable, mobile, home-based, environmental, robotic or multimodal sensing systems.

• Sensor-based monitoring in homes, care homes, rehabilitation settings or community environments.

• Data quality, missing data, sensor reliability, adherence and longitudinal monitoring.

AI, machine learning and personalised health informatics

• Predictive modelling and personalised AI for older adults.

• Multimodal biomedical data fusion.

• Explainable AI, causal AI and uncertainty communication.

• Digital twins or personalised models for ageing, frailty, rehabilitation or multimorbidity.

• Federated learning, edge AI and privacy-preserving analytics.

Accessibility, inclusion and human-centred design

• Accessible interfaces for older adults, carers and clinicians.

• Inclusive design for people with sensory, cognitive, physical, communication or digital-literacy needs.

• Co-design, participatory design and lived-experience involvement.

• Human-computer interaction and human-robot interaction in AgeTech.

• Trust, acceptance, adoption and long-term engagement.

Privacy, ethics and governance

• Privacy-preserving sensing in domestic, shared or care-home environments.

• Consent, autonomy, dignity and data governance.

• Bystander privacy and caregiver access to data.

• Ethical risks of continuous monitoring, automation, alerts and AI decision support.

• Responsible AI and standards for AgeTech sensor informatics.

Implementation and clinical translation

• Translational studies moving from prototype to deployment.

• Clinical workflow integration and care pathway design.

• Evaluation frameworks for real-world AgeTech systems.

• Implementation in care homes, hospitals, rehabilitation, community care or ageing-in-place settings.

• Interoperability, standards, regulation, procurement and sustainability.

• Evidence needed by clinicians, commissioners, regulators, service providers and users.