[AISWorld] HCist 2020 * Special track on People, Society, Technology and Resources in times of COVID-19 * extended subm. deadline May 30

[Maria Manuela Cruz Cunha]

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HCist 2020
International Conference on Health and Social Care
Information Systems and Technologies
https://hcist.scika.org
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Special track on People, Society, Technology and Resources in times of 
COVID-19
https://hcist.scika.org
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------- an AIS affiliated Conference
------- Scopus and CPCI
------- Hybrid conference: virtual and physical
------- Physical venue: Crowne Plaza Hotel, Vilamoura, Algarve (Portugal)
------- Online: virtual synchronous sessions
------- October 21-23, 2020
------- Submissions until May 30
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Dear Colleague,

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

We are monitoring the status of COVID-19 and, as organizers, we need to 
ensure that your participation does not experience any disruption.

The organizing team recognized the need to include the authors who did 
not submit their work due to the uncertainty about physical 
participation and were not aware of the possibility of remote participation.

Therefore, we are moving to a more inclusive format, a mix of physical 
and virtual sessions, allowing the remote participation of those who are 
unsure about traveling and/or gathering resources. The physical venue 
will be in Vilamoura, Algarve (Crowne Plaza Hotel), with physical and 
virtual synchronous sessions.

Ultimately, the Organization will strictly follow all recommendations 
from Governmental Official Authorities and follow lessons learned from 
other events.

Special fees for remote participants will be studied according to the 
distribution of participants between physical and virtual sessions.

Although the submission deadline ended on May 15, we will accept 
submissions until May 30, so that those who did not submit in due time, 
feel encouraged to submit now.

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IMPORTANT DATES

- New submission deadline: May 30, 2020
- Notification of results: June 30, 2020
- Revised version due: July 15, 2020

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SUBMISSION TYPES AND GUIDELINES

Researchers and practitioners are invited to submit their manuscript 
electronically at the Conference webpage until May 30, 2020.

Submissions can be made as full papers, short papers, poster papers and 
industry papers, and must strictly follow the submission guidelines also 
available at the conference webpage.

- 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);
- 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.

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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.

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TOPICS for the special track on People, Society, Technology and 
Resources in times of COVID-19

In addition to the topics suggested on the conference’s webpages, 
manuscripts addressing the COVID-19 pandemic related to the topics 
bellow, among others, are welcome:
- Applications of AI, big data and cloud
- Comparative studies
- Countries - level of preparedness
- 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

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For more information please consult the conference webpage: 
http://hcist.scika.org/
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The Organizing Committee wishes you and your families good health and 
protection during this hard times.

Maria Manuela Cruz-Cunha
(on behalf of the Organizing Committee)

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Maria Manuela Cruz Cunha
Polytechnic Institute of Cávado and Ave
Portugal
StaySafe, StayPositive