Call for Proposals
Submit by October 15, 2026
The American College of Medical Informatics (ACMI) invites proposals for presentations, panels, and interactive sessions at the ACMI 2027 Retreat.
As informatics and AI continue to transform healthcare, many communities and care settings remain at risk of being left behind. This retreat will explore how biomedical and health informatics can better serve populations and organizations that face barriers to resources, representation, technology, and innovation. Together, ACMI Fellows will examine strategies to expand who can build, use, and benefit from informatics and AI while developing actionable ideas, collaborations, and future initiatives.
We welcome proposals that address the development, implementation, evaluation, and sustainability of informatics solutions in underserved or under-resourced settings, as well as efforts to strengthen and diversify the informatics workforce.
Suggested Topics
Proposals may address topics such as:
- AI and digital health in under-resourced care environments
- Community-engaged design, implementation, and evaluation
- Informatics in rural, frontier, urban underserved, public health, safety-net, and federally qualified health center settings
- Data quality and representation for populations whose experiences may be poorly captured in current systems, including structural, social, cultural, and environmental drivers of health
- Tribal Data Sovereignty, Indigenous data governance, and community control of data
- Workforce development and expanded pathways into informatics for health professionals and community members from groups historically underrepresented in informatics
- Sustainable partnerships, trust, and shared benefit
- Policy, financial, ethical, and operational barriers to equitable innovation
- Success stories and case studies in these areas.
- Mentoring strategies for individuals interested in these topics
- We encourage submissions that define key challenges, propose innovative solutions, explore conceptual or theoretical frameworks, or describe successful programs and initiatives.
Proposal Requirements
Please include:
- Session title
- Presenter name(s) and affiliation(s)
- Brief abstract or session description (max. 500 words)