[AISWorld] HCist 2020 *** Special track: people, society, technologies, resources and management in times of covid-19

[Maria Manuela Cruz Cunha]

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*HCist 2020**
**International Conference on Health and Social Care Information Systems 
a**nd Technologies*
Special track: people, society, technologies, resources and management 
in times of covid-19

http://hcist.scika.org
Scopus, CPCI
An AIS affiliated conference

Paper submission deadline (only for this track): May 15, 2020
Conference dates: October 21-23, 2020
Venue: Crowne Plaza Hotel, Vilamoura, Algarve (Portugal)

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Dear Colleague,

We hope this message finds you and your loved ones safe and in good health.

Due to several requests, the HCist 2020 Organizing Committee decided to 
expand the conference themes, creating a specific track dedicated to 
contributions in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Please consider submitting your work to HCist 2020 special track
*** people, society, technologies, resources and management in times of 
covid-19 ***

Manuscripts addressing the COVID-19 pandemic related the topics bellow, 
among others, are welcome.
- Applications of AI, big data and cloud
- Comparative studies
- Countries' level of preparedness
- Countries' responsiveness
- Epidemiological studies
- Experiences and lessons learned
- Fake news
- Fast designing and production of medical equipment
- Fraud in health-related issues (e.g. Counterfeit drugs)
- Health care services management -
- Impact on mental health
- Learning and teaching
- Loneliness and Social Distancing
- Monitoring COVID-19
- Open-source medical devices
- Project Management
- Public policies
- Resources management
- Security and privacy
- Sourcing medical equipment
- Technology to track the virus
- Use of social networks
- What to expect for the future?

*** IMPORTANT DATES ***
Paper submission deadline (only for this track): May 15, 2020
Notification of Acceptance/Rejection: June 14, 2020
Final Submission (camera ready) due date: July 11, 2020

*** SUBMISSION TYPES AND GUIDELINES ***

Researchers and practitioners are invited to submit their manuscript 
electronically at the Conference webpage (http://hcist.scika.org) until 
May 15, 2020.

Submissions can be made as full papers, short papers, poster papers and 
industry papers, and must strictly follow the submission guidelines 
available at the webpage http://hcist.scika.org

  - A full paper corresponds to a completed or finished research, 
including the discussion of research results (a full paper should have 
between six and eight pages, considering the template and the guidelines 
provided at the conference webpage);
  - A short paper introduces preliminary results of ongoing research (a 
short paper should be between four to six pages in length);
  - A poster paper introduces initial research, ideas, and models at a 
discussion phase (a poster paper should be two to three pages in length);
  - An industry paper presents practical approaches to research, 
applications, tools, solutions, etc., aligned with the conference scope 
and topics (its page length can vary between four and six pages).

All conference submissions will be double-blind peer reviewed.

*** PROCEEDINGS AND PUBLICATIONS ***

Only original contributions will be accepted. Papers must not have been 
published before, and not be under review for any other conference or 
publication.

All papers accepted as full or short papers will be published in the 
conference proceedings to be published by Elsevier as a Procedia 
Computer Science volume (which is indexed by Scopus and Conference 
Proceedings Citation Index) and will be available on Sciverse 
ScienceDirect.
Poster papers and industry papers will be published in a conference book 
of abstracts, industry and poster papers (with ISBN).

Authors of selected papers will be invited to extend the paper for 
publication in international journals and in edited books. For more 
detailed information, please visit http://hcist.scika.org

*** COMMITTEES ***
General Chair:
- Duminda Wijesekera, George Mason University, USA
Advisory Board:
- Domingos Alves, Faculty of Medicine of São Paulo University, Brazil
- Maria Manuela Cruz-Cunha, Polytechnic Institute of Cávado and Ave, 
Portugal
- Ricardo Correia, Faculty of Medicine of Porto University, Portugal
- Sonia Ayachi Ghannouchi, University of Sousse, Tunisia
Program Chair:
   - to be announced soon
Organization chair:
- Emanuel Peres, University of Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro, Portugal
Keynote speakers:
- to be announced soon

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Vilamoura is one of the largest single tourist complex in Europe. It is 
Portuguese, but also truly cosmopolitan. Away from the hectic pace and 
the stress of the modern world, all who visit are revitalised by the 
lifestyle, the convenience and the hospitality of this truly special 
place (portugalvirtual.pt/_tourism)
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The Organizing Committee wishes you and your families good health and 
protection during this hard time.

With our best regards,
Marco Fernando and Francesca Bianchi
(on behalf of the Organizing Committee)