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mso-ansi-language:EN-US">HCist 2025 | call for papers </span></p>
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minor-latin;mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-bidi-font-family:Helvetica;
mso-ansi-language:EN-US">15th International Conference on Health and
        Social
        Care Information Systems and Technologies </span></p>
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mso-ansi-language:EN-US">November 26-28, 2025</span></p>
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mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;mso-ascii-theme-font:
minor-latin;mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-bidi-font-family:Helvetica;
mso-ansi-language:EN-US">Hybrid format conference: </span></p>
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mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;mso-ascii-theme-font:
minor-latin;mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-bidi-font-family:Helvetica;
mso-ansi-language:EN-US">- Khalidiya Palace Rayhaan by Rotana Hotel in
        Abu
        Dhabi, UAE </span></p>
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mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;mso-ascii-theme-font:
minor-latin;mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-bidi-font-family:Helvetica;
mso-ansi-language:EN-US">- remote synchronous participation via Zoom
        videoconferencing software</span></p>
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mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;mso-ascii-theme-font:
minor-latin;mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-bidi-font-family:Helvetica;
mso-ansi-language:EN-US">co-located with CENTERIS 2025
        (centeris.scika.org) and
        ProJ MAN 2025 (projman.scika.org)</span></p>
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minor-latin;mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-bidi-font-family:Helvetica;
mso-ansi-language:EN-US">AIS affiliated conference</span></p>
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mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;mso-ascii-theme-font:
minor-latin;mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-bidi-font-family:Helvetica;
mso-ansi-language:EN-US">SCOPUS & CPCI proceedings</span></p>
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mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;mso-ascii-theme-font:
minor-latin;mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-bidi-font-family:Helvetica;
mso-ansi-language:EN-US">Elsevier Procedia Computer Science</span></p>
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mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;mso-ascii-theme-font:
minor-latin;mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-bidi-font-family:Helvetica;
mso-ansi-language:EN-US"> </span></p>
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mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;mso-ascii-theme-font:
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mso-ansi-language:EN-US">Dear AIS Colleagues,<br>
        <br>
        It is our pleasure to invite you to participate in the
        15th International Conference on Health and Social Care
        Information Systems and
        Technologies (HCist 2025), which will take place from November
        26-28, 2025, at
        the Khalidiya Palace Rayhaan by Rotana Hotel in Abu Dhabi, UAE.
      </span></p>
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mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;mso-ascii-theme-font:
minor-latin;mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-bidi-font-family:Helvetica;
mso-ansi-language:EN-US"> </span></p>
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mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;mso-ascii-theme-font:
minor-latin;mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-bidi-font-family:Helvetica;
mso-ansi-language:EN-US">The conference will also offer remote
        synchronous
        participation via Zoom videoconferencing software.</span></p>
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mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;mso-ascii-theme-font:
minor-latin;mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-bidi-font-family:Helvetica;
mso-ansi-language:EN-US"> </span></p>
    <p class="MsoNormal" style="tab-stops:36.0pt 72.0pt 108.0pt 144.0pt 180.0pt 216.0pt 252.0pt 288.0pt 324.0pt 360.0pt 396.0pt 432.0pt;
mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;mso-ascii-theme-font:
minor-latin;mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-bidi-font-family:Helvetica;
mso-ansi-language:EN-US">Researchers and practitioners are invited to
        submit
        their manuscripts electronically through the conference webpage
        (</span><a href="http://hcist.scika.org"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-hansi-theme-font:
minor-latin;mso-bidi-font-family:Helvetica;mso-ansi-language:EN-US">http://hcist.scika.org</span></a><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;mso-ascii-theme-font:
minor-latin;mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-bidi-font-family:Helvetica;
mso-ansi-language:EN-US">) by April 30, 2025.</span></p>
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mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;mso-ascii-theme-font:
minor-latin;mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-bidi-font-family:Helvetica;
mso-ansi-language:EN-US"> </span></p>
    <p class="MsoNormal" style="tab-stops:36.0pt 72.0pt 108.0pt 144.0pt 180.0pt 216.0pt 252.0pt 288.0pt 324.0pt 360.0pt 396.0pt 432.0pt;
mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;mso-ascii-theme-font:
minor-latin;mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-bidi-font-family:Helvetica;
mso-ansi-language:EN-US">Submissions may be made in the following
        formats: full
        papers, short papers, poster papers, and industry papers. All
        submissions must
        strictly follow the submission guidelines available on the
        conference webpage.</span></p>
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mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;mso-ascii-theme-font:
minor-latin;mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-bidi-font-family:Helvetica;
mso-ansi-language:EN-US"> </span></p>
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mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;mso-ascii-theme-font:
minor-latin;mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-bidi-font-family:Helvetica;
mso-ansi-language:EN-US">All conference submissions will undergo
        double-blind
        peer review by three members of the Scientific Committee.</span></p>
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mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;mso-ascii-theme-font:
minor-latin;mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-bidi-font-family:Helvetica;
mso-ansi-language:EN-US"> </span></p>
    <p class="MsoNormal" style="tab-stops:36.0pt 72.0pt 108.0pt 144.0pt 180.0pt 216.0pt 252.0pt 288.0pt 324.0pt 360.0pt 396.0pt 432.0pt;
mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;mso-ascii-theme-font:
minor-latin;mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-bidi-font-family:Helvetica;
mso-ansi-language:EN-US">Papers accepted as full or short papers will be
        published in the conference proceedings, which will be published
        by Elsevier as
        a Procedia Computer Science volume. These proceedings will be
        indexed by Scopus
        and the Conference Proceedings Citation Index and will be
        available on Sciverse
        ScienceDirect. Poster and industry papers will be published in a
        separate
        conference book of abstracts, which will also include ISBN.</span></p>
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mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;mso-ascii-theme-font:
minor-latin;mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-bidi-font-family:Helvetica;
mso-ansi-language:EN-US"> </span></p>
    <p class="MsoNormal" style="tab-stops:36.0pt 72.0pt 108.0pt 144.0pt 180.0pt 216.0pt 252.0pt 288.0pt 324.0pt 360.0pt 396.0pt 432.0pt;
mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;mso-ascii-theme-font:
minor-latin;mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-bidi-font-family:Helvetica;
mso-ansi-language:EN-US">Important dates:<br>
      </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;mso-ascii-theme-font:
     minor-latin;mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;color:#1F2D3D;mso-ansi-language:
     EN-US">- Deadline for paper submission: April 30</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;
     mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;
     mso-ansi-language:EN-US"></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;mso-ascii-theme-font:
     minor-latin;mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;color:#1F2D3D;mso-ansi-language:
     EN-US"><br>
        - Notification of acceptance/rejection: June 15</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;mso-ascii-theme-font:
     minor-latin;mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-ansi-language:EN-US"></span><span style="font-size:
     11.5pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin;
     mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;color:#1F2D3D"><br>
        - Revised version due: June 30</span><span style="font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;mso-ascii-theme-font:
     minor-latin;mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin"></span><span style="font-size:
     11.5pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin;
     mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;color:#1F2D3D"><br>
        - Conference: 26-28 November</span><span style="font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin;
     mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin"></span></p>
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mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;mso-ascii-theme-font:
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mso-ansi-language:EN-US">We look forward to welcoming you (in-person or
        remotely) in Abu Dhabi this November for another great
        conference!</span></p>
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mso-ansi-language:EN-US">Warmest regards,</span></p>
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mso-ansi-language:EN-US">Manuela Cruz-Cunha<br>
        Polytechnic Institute of Cavado and Ave<br>
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