An AIS SIG-Health Sponsored Workshop
Date: Tentative HITS Workshop Date – December 12, 2026, Lisbon, Portugal
Theme: Digital Health Ecosystems: Collaboration, Coexistence, and Innovation in Health Information Systems
HITS (formerly the SIG-Health Pre-ICIS Workshop) is a pre-conference activity of the International Conference on Information Systems (ICIS) hosted by the Special Interest Group Health IT (SIGHEALTH). It provides a forum for those working on information technology in the context of healthcare. We welcome both research-in-progress and completed work on a broad range of topics and methodologies. Authors do not have to be SIG-Health members to participate. Please note that the papers do not have to fit the theme, just relate to health IT in general.
The papers will not be included in conference proceedings and so authors retain all copyrights to their work. However, accepted papers will be listed with author names, affiliations, title, and brief abstract on the AIS SIG-Health website.
The workshop is restricted to 40 participants and will include presentations and roundtable discussions. All submitted work will be reviewed by the co-chairs and other workshop authors. All accepted papers will then be presented and discussed during roundtable discussions to provide authors with help, feedback, suggestions, and to facilitate future collaborations. We will have 3-5 authors per table to facilitate discussion. There will be a featured presentation and a recognition of the 2026 Best Paper Award awardees to all participants. The interactive format of the workshop is geared towards providing a high degree of feedback to authors with promising early-stage work, but is certainly open to developed and completed research as well.
Workshop Registration Fees (Early bird, regular, onsite)
In-Person Attendance with ICIS registration:
AIS Academic Member = $20
AIS Professional Member = $25
AIS Student = $10
In-Person Attendance – Workshop Only:
AIS Academic Member = $20
AIS Professional Member = $25
AIS Student = $10
Submission Instructions:
We will request brief abstracts and short papers for presentation at the workshop. Papers must be in English and need to contain original research. Only one paper per first author will be accepted.
To submit a paper:
– The submission Web page for HITS 2026 is https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=hits2026
– Create a single pdf file containing a brief abstract (150 words maximum) and paper that is no longer than six pages (blinded, 11-pt Times New Roman font, one-inch margins on four sides, double-spaced).
Please note the brief abstract and short paper format of this workshop. Manuscripts which fail to comply with the formatting requirements will likely be rejected. Do not send full-length papers. This workshop is designed to give authors of papers at many stages of development timely feedback. Therefore, authors need to adhere to the format guidelines to facilitate a timely review process.
Please note: By submitting, the author team agrees to perform two reviews of other papers submitted to the workshop. This is done to ensure each manuscript gets two reviews.
Important dates:
-Deadline for workshop submissions: Monday, June 1, 2026
-Deadline for reviews: Sunday, July 19, 2026
-Notification of Acceptance: Monday, August 3rd, 2026 (target date)
-Deadline for Author Registration: TBD
-Workshop: Tentative Saturday, December 12, 2026
Workshop Chairs:
Renée Pratt, Ph.D.
2024 SIG Health Workshop Co-Chair
renee.pratt@ung.edu
Haijing Hao, Ph.D.
2024 SIG Health Workshop Co-Chair
hhao@bentley.edu