AMIA 2026 Clinical Informatics Conference Call For Proposals
AMIA invites you to share your solutions, ideas, and innovations with your applied clinical informatics colleagues at the AMIA 2026 Clinical Informatics Conference (CIC), May 18 – 21, 2026 in Denver, CO. Your work is shaping the future of health delivery. We want to hear about your current clinical informatics projects, their impact, the challenges you have overcome, and future opportunities. We seek proposals that showcase how you are tackling the field's most pressing issues - from enhancing clinician well-being and reducing documentation burden to improving patient outcomes and lowering costs. We seek proposals that amplify health informatics impact through implementation, infrastructure, innovation, intelligence, policy, public health, training and education.
We invite submissions from all corners of the informatics world. Whether your work is in an academic center, a community clinic, an EHR company, a health-tech startup, or a government agency, your insights are essential. We welcome you to share your evidence- and experience-based projects that attendees can adapt to directly impact the quality, safety, and experience of healthcare and public health.
Proposals
AMIA invites you to share your solutions, ideas, and innovations with your applied clinical informatics colleagues.
The deadline was December 2, 2025.
Deviation from the prescribed format, especially the number of pages, will result in rejection of the submission without review. Please see the submission template.
Classify Proposal
To classify your proposal, you’ll need to decide on a few things:
In 2026, the Scientific Program Committee (SPC) calls special attention to five tracks:
Challenges in health are being tackled through the speed of applied innovation using big data, AI, and data science to change care outcomes. We are learning where health opportunity lies through applied data science and predictive analytics. Augmented reality and virtual reality are fostering new opportunities to incorporate data driven skill and awareness. Our data infrastructure inclusive of local, state, and national registries is accelerating change while digital command centers are harnessing that information to improve how the right care is delivered more effectively and efficiently. Imaging intelligence and digital pathology have the potential to expand care and avert harm. Increasingly, sustainable solutions that address challenges in cloud computing and efficiency are needed. Finally, AI and predictive analytics are driving change outcomes with governance that provides guidance to ensure fairness, reliability, bias and ethics are addressed. We are seeking presentations and proposals that highlight the impact of big data on health outcomes.
This category highlights the implementation of informatics solutions that drive measurable improvements in healthcare, research, and public health. We are seeking presentations that demonstrate real-world impact through the implementation of clinical decision support, care pathways, precision medicine, automation, effective communication, workflow optimization, and other informatics-enabled interventions. Successful implementations are supported by effective change management, process improvement, implementation science, and learning health system approaches, with outcomes measured through quality improvement and informatics evaluation while considering digital equity and social drivers of health. We welcome proposals that showcase innovative partnerships, scalable implementation strategies, and practical lessons learned that improve outcomes across diverse care settings and populations.
We are seeking presentations that demonstrate how informatics innovations improve patient outcomes, advance health equity, and enhance the quality, safety, and accessibility of care. Proposals should showcase how data, technology, and evidence-based informatics approaches address disparities, improve clinical outcomes, support patient-centered care, and promote equitable access across diverse populations and care settings. Topics may include population health, social drivers of health, quality improvement, patient engagement, care coordination, community partnerships, public health, and the use of analytics and artificial intelligence to identify and reduce inequities. We welcome proposals that demonstrate measurable outcomes, scalable interventions, and practical lessons learned from implementing solutions that create meaningful and lasting improvements in health for individuals and communities.)
Digital technologies are transforming how patients, caregivers, and communities engage with their health and healthcare. Proposals should demonstrate innovative approaches that enhance communication, engagement, self-management, care coordination, and shared decision-making through connected health technologies and digital tools. Topics may include telehealth and virtual care, remote patient monitoring, mobile health applications, wearable technologies, patient portals, digital therapeutics, consumer health informatics, interoperability, and strategies to improve the user experience, accessibility, and digital inclusion. We welcome submissions that showcase innovative solutions, evidence of effectiveness, and lessons learned that strengthen patient engagement, improve care experiences, and support connected, person-centered healthcare.
Artificial intelligence is reshaping healthcare delivery, professional practice, and the policies that guide the responsible use of technology. Proposals should explore how AI could transform care models, redefine clinical and informatics roles, and influence organizational, regulatory, and operational decision-making. Topics may include workforce development, human-AI collaboration, governance, transparency, bias mitigation, trust, privacy, security, regulatory frameworks, reimbursement, and ethical considerations related to the design, implementation, and evaluation of AI-enabled solutions. We welcome submissions that examine emerging best practices, policy implications, and lessons learned that support the responsible, equitable, and effective adoption of AI across healthcare, research, and public health. We look forward to receiving your contributions and hearing from you with ideas during our conference design process. In addition to topical emphasis areas, the AMIA CIC SPC is encouraging people to submit case reports in informatics for both poster sessions and ignite-style sessions. These case reports can be local innovation pilot projects that may not be considered academic or research/ publication material but provide important value in terms of clinical informatics content.
We look forward to receiving your contributions and hearing from you with ideas during our conference design process. In addition to topical emphasis areas, the AMIA CIC SPC is encouraging people to submit case reports in informatics for both poster sessions and ignite-style sessions. These case reports can be local innovation pilot projects that may not be considered academic or research/ publication material but provide important value in terms of clinical informatics content.
Highlighted Themes
We invite you to showcase your high-impact work and innovations in the following realms, among others:
Big Data for Health
Implementing Real-World Change
Advancing Wellness, Social Determinants, and The Human Factor
Digital Patient Engagement & Connected Health
Data Standards, Interoperability, Privacy and Security, Ethics
Driving Change at Scale
In addition to submissions from these themes, we are calling for work that analyzes the art and science of collaboration itself. We are especially interested in submissions that explore topics such as effective frameworks for partnership between healthcare organizations and their EHR vendors or startup collaborators, models that successfully bridge the gap between academic research and applied informatics, strategies for building productive alliances with payers, insurers, and government partners and best practices for authentic co-design and partnership with patients and patient advocacy organizations.
Topics and Keywords
The AMIA 2026 Clinical Informatics Conference will be organized around six Topic Areas and more than 20 Keywords.
Evolving Care Models, Professional Roles, Policies and Ethics in the Age of AI
AI Governance & Ethics
Healthcare Workforce Transformation
Leadership & Strategy
Standards & Interoperability
Data Privacy, Security & Infrastructure
Health Policy & Regulation
Submission Categories
The AMIA 2026 CIC Scientific Program Committee welcomes contributions on HIT innovations, approaches, and strategies suitable for presentation in a variety of formats, including:
The AMIA 2026 Clinical Informatics Conference submission content may be based on a range of published or unpublished works including projects, research, papers, pilot programs, case studies, and/or quality improvement initiatives.
The AMIA Board of Directors approved an official resource as a submission guideline for AMIA meetings -- the AMIA Inclusive Language and Context Style Guidelines. The AMIA Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Communications Subcommittee created inclusive language guidelines to educate and empower authors, reviewers, and moderators to take responsibility for using inclusive language in AMIA scholarship.
Clinical informatics practitioners work in a variety of settings, including academic and community health systems and industry. Industry-authored and industry-client collaborative presentations, panels, ignite-style talks, and posters are welcome and encouraged. No special submission designation is required. All industry submissions will be considered according to the standard review process. Submissions should not market and promote a specific product or company.
Submission File Requirements
Your submission must adhere to the requirements in the templates (Word). Submissions which do not follow the template will be rejected without review.
Adherence to the following requirements ensures a consistency that facilitates a successful review process. Complete the online form as instructed and attach your manuscript file in compliance with the requirements noted below:
File must be in PDF format.
Adhere to the page length restrictions stated in the category descriptions.
Format for 8.5 x 11-inch paper size with one-inch margins left, right, top and bottom.
Place the title in 14-point Times New Roman typeface, single column, bold, centered, upper and lower case using initial capitals for each word in the title other than articles and prepositions.
Below the title include the names, credentials, institutions and locations of the author(s) or panelists, exactly as they are to appear in the on-line and print programs, using 12-point Times New Roman typeface, single-column, bold, centered, upper and lower case using appropriate capitals.
Include the main text of the proposal file single-spaced in 10-point Times New Roman typeface, justified, one-column format.
Do not number individual pages.
Remove all “track changes” markings, then disable track changes before uploading.
Reference Format
Use the following reference format: Cite all references in the text, tables or figure legends. In the text, use eight-point superscript if possible, to indicate reference numbers; if not possible, use 10-point numbers in square
Workshops are dedicated to in-depth treatment and collaborative discussion of special topics and interests of relevance to CIC attendees.
Workshops are either instructional or collaborative. Instructional Workshops focus on knowledge base and competency development by presenters. Collaborative Workshops support the creation and ongoing activities within AMIA.
2 hours in length.
Emphasis on hands-on instruction to improve attendees’ understanding or performance in specified area.
No more than 5 presenters.
Include at least one outcomes-based learning outcome within submission form (this objective should describe what the learner will be able to do, or do better, as a result of attending your session and using the tool or strategy you present).
Your submission must include a summary of 250 to 300 words that describes the content of the presentation. This summary does NOT have to be part of the submission PDF but must be entered on the submission form in the Abstract box in Step 1. This description will be used in AMIA’s online program schedule and mobile app.
All presenters must complete disclosure of relevant financial relationships with commercial interests prior to the conference
Your uploaded workshop submission must be formatted to fit on a maximum of a 4 page (8.5x11 inch) document and must include
An indication of the suggested length of the workshop (2 or 4 hours)
The names, academic degree(s), affiliations, and locations (city, state/province, and country, if outside of the U.S.) of all instructors. List the authors exactly the way you want them to appear in the Online.
An outline of topics to be covered
An indication of the level or combination of levels of the content (percentage of basic, intermediate, and advanced material covered)
What action the attendee will be able to take to improve his/her practice as an outcome of attendance
Tool(s) the workshop offers to help attendees achieve this skill
A description of prerequisites, if any
Instructor’s experience teaching similar content
Oral presentations enable the presentation of clinical informatics research and content directly relevant to CIC attendees.
12 minutes in length. Q&A included in this time.
Acceptable models for presentations may be an individual or joint presentation, however only one presenter will receive the discounted author registration rate and be listed as the speaker in the program.
Include at least one outcomes-based learning outcome within submission form (this objective should describe what the learner will be able to do, or do better, as a result of attending your session and using the tool or strategy you present).
Your submission must include a summary of 50 to 75 words that describes the content of the presentation. This summary does NOT have to be part of the submission PDF but must be entered on the submission form in the Abstract box in Step 1. This description will be used in AMIA’s online program schedule and mobile app.
Submissions cannot be under consideration or previously presented at other conferences.
All presenters must complete disclosure of relevant financial relationships with commercial interests prior to the conference.
Your uploaded presentation submission must be formatted to fit on a maximum of a 2-page (8.5 x 11 inch) document and must include:
The names, academic degree(s), affiliations, and locations (city, state, and country, if not U.S. based) of all authors
Title of the presentation, description of the problem or gap; methods; results; discussion; conclusion; and Attendee’s Take-away Tool
The Attendee Take-away Tool is a description of what the attendee can “take away” from the presentation, what they can take back to their work place and use to improve their practice of clinical informatics. This further emphasizes the applied aspect of the submissions to this conference
The second page may be used for figures or tables, references, and to let us know if you incorporated into your project anything specific that you learned from a previous AMIA meeting of online training
Student Oral Presentations
Your submission will require you to attest that your primary advisor can confirm your primary role in your outlined submission.
Panel sessions are designed to present an integrated set of perspectives or experience on a current topic in clinical informatics. Panel topics may be on a specific aspect of theory, application, policy, trends, or experience pertaining to any aspect of clinical informatics, or may provide interdisciplinary viewpoints that cut across traditional themes. Panel submissions and final presentations should demonstrate collective reflection and integration of the content presented by each of the panelists, or offer engaged forms of dialogue and interaction between panelists and audience. Scholarly debate among presenters is encouraged, as are panels that incorporate science, practice, and policy themes to improve the practice of clinical informatics in health care.
One hour in length, Q&A included in this time.
Panel (4 individuals with one moderator) presentation by several individuals.
Panels may be didactic or interactive.
Include at least one outcomes-based learning outcome within submission form (this objective should describe what the learner will be able to do, or do better, as a result of attending your session and using the tool or strategy you present).
Your submission must include a summary of 150 to 200 words that describes the content of the presentation. This summary does NOT have to be part of the submission PDF but must be entered on the submission form in the Abstract box in Step 1. This description will be used in AMIA’s online program schedule and mobile app.
All panelists must complete disclosure of relevant financial relationships with commercial interests prior to the conference.
Your uploaded panel submission must be formatted to fit on a maximum of a 3 page (8.5 x 11 inch) document and include:
The names, academic degree(s), affiliations, and locations (city, state, and country, if not U.S. based) of the panel organizer and all participants.
A general description of the panel and the issue(s) that will be examined and a brief description of each panelist's presentation.
A list of possible discussion questions to enhance audience participation.
An explanation why the topic of this session is timely, urgent, needed, or attention- grabbing.
A statement from the panel organizer that all participants have agreed to take part on the panel.
Possible panel topics include:
Discussion of a topic of emerging importance to the applied clinical informatics community.
Exploration of experiences including challenges in professional collaboration, unintended consequences, ethical dilemmas, or legal judgments because of the application of clinical informatics.
Exploration of novel technologies or applications that have the potential to be disruptive to the science or application of clinical informatics.
Discussion of political, societal, ethical aspects of health information technology, clinical informatics, or recent technical developments.
Ignite-style talks provide a rapid presentation format for attendees to consume a fast paced set of talks at the CIC.
Attendees will have five minutes to talk on a subject accompanied by automatically advancing slides.
An individual may be the first author of only one submission for an ignite-style talk.
Talks will be timely, provocative, and creative – addressing a hot topic in clinical informatics. For example, the presentation can:
Describe research, activity, or utilize a case report
Tell a story
Promote a new program
Advocate for a policy initiative
Illustrate a lesson learned
Offer a strong opinion
Provide advice
Ignite Format Rules:
Your Ignite talk will contain exactly 20 slides, 15 seconds each, automatically advanced.
You must use the Ignite PowerPoint slide template provided by AMIA.
After your presentation, a moderator will facilitate a brief dialogue with the audience and move to the next presentation.
Ignite-style talks will be pre-loaded on a laptop, and you will be required to submit a final version of your presentation slides in advance.
For samples of both how to give an Ignite-style talk and for examples see:
The uploaded submission must be formatted to fit a one-page (8.5 x 11 inch) document and must include:
The names, academic degree(s), affiliations, and locations (city, state, and country, if international) of all authors.
A description of your presentation and an outline of your talk.
Your submission must include a summary of 50 to 75 words that describes the content of the presentation. This summary does NOT have to be part of the submission PDF but must be entered on the submission form in the Abstract box in Step 1. This description will be used in AMIA’s online program schedule and mobile app.
Posters are the preferred format for presenting preliminary results or research of small-scale studies, illustrating and discussing innovative systems and services, sharing case studies, describing experimental and in-practice projects and programs, reporting experiences with educational programs, and other dimensions of clinical informatics. The poster sessions have been an increasingly vibrant and popular component of the CIC offering direct access to the authors in a way not possible through other presentation formats. Each accepted poster is displayed during one of the designated poster sessions. At least one author must be present at the poster session.
Each accepted poster is displayed during one of the two designated poster sessions and at least one author must be present during the session. If accepted, the submitting author will be notified the session which the poster will be presented will be included in the acceptance notification.
Accepted posters will be presented on poster board which are 8’ high by 4’ wide.
An individual may be a first author of only one submission for a poster presentation.
We encourage use of the format below for Fellows in ACGME clinical informatics fellowship programs, nursing informatics trainees, and other clinical informatics professionals,
Your uploaded poster submission must be formatted to fit on a maximum of a 1 page (8.5 x 11 inch) document and must include:
The names, academic degree(s), affiliations, and locations (city, state, and country, if not U.S. based) of all authors.
A description of the problem addressed and specific purposes of the system, service, or project; or (in the case of original research) an overview of the methodology, evaluation results, and conclusions
Optional illustrations (figures or tables), which must fit in the one-page limit.
References, if applicable
Your submission must include a summary of 50 to 75 words that describes the content of the panel. This summary does NOT have to be part of the 8.5x11 submission PDF but must be entered on the submission form in the Abstract box in Step 1. This description will be used in AMIA’s online program schedule and mobile app.
Student Posters
Your submission will require you to attest that your primary advisor can confirm your primary role in your outlined submission.
Systems demonstrations illustrate one or more aspects of a leading-edge system that is in use, under development, or at a testing or prototype stage. Each demonstration is 20 minutes long, with an additional 10 minutes for audience questions and comments.
An individual may be a first author of only one proposal for a systems demonstration.
Your uploaded systems demonstration manuscript file must be submitted as a one-page (U.S. Letter; 8.5 x 11 inch) document and must include:
The names, academic degree(s), affiliations, and locations (city, state, and country, if international) of all presenters
An abstract of 50-75 words summarizing the proposal, which will also be entered into a text box at the beginning of the online form to be used in the online and print programs. The abstract does NOT have to be part of the document, but must be entered on the submission website in the Abstract box in Step 2. (Please DO NOT copy and paste the entire one-page document into that box)
A description of the specific purposes of the system, service, or project; the problems in health care practice, biomedicine, or research in informatics that it is designed to address; and the purpose or features of the system, service, or project that make it particularly innovative
A statement of the degree to which the system or service has been deployed, as of the date of submitting the proposal
Informatics debate provides conference participants with the opportunity to use debate as a platform for presenting the pros and cons of a biomedical informatics issue. Debates can cover a wide range of topics including ethical, technology, policy, research, or otherwise-focused debates with specific implications for translational bioinformatics, clinical research informatics, or health data science. Informatics debate submissions must present a fair assessment of both the pros and cons of any topic. The debate submission should not appear biased towards one outcome.
Informatics debate should be limited to four participants and a moderator, and they should be timed to allow for audience participation, including pre- and post-debate assessment of agreement with the debate resolutions. A good debate often has two presenters who are presenting pros and two presenters presenting cons regarding a selected biomedical issue. There will be three 25-minute debates (e.g., 20-minute participant debates and 5-minute audience engagement) in a 75-minute session. An individual may be the primary organizer of only one informatics debate and may not participate in more than two debates total.
The uploaded panel manuscript file must not exceed a maximum of three pages (including all tables, figures, references, and acknowledgements) (U.S. Letter; 8.5 x 11 inch) and include:
The names, academic degree(s), affiliations, and locations (city, state, and country, if international) of the debate organizer and all participants.
An abstract of 150 words, describing the informatics debate and its learning objectives, which should also be entered into a text box at the beginning of the online form to be used in the online program.
A general description of the informatics debate and the issue(s) or position(s) that will be examined.
Explanation of the role of each participant in the debate, including if they will take the pro or the con.
An explanation why the topic of this informatics debate is timely and relevant to the AMIA audience.
A description of how the audience will be engaged in the debate.
A statement from the debate organizer that all participants have agreed to take part in the debate.
brackets. Under a centered heading “References” at the end of the proposal, provide a list of references cited, in order of occurrence in the manuscript, and with titles using initial capital only. List all authors of any cited work when there are six or fewer authors; if more than six, list only the first three followed by “et al.” Follow the Vancouver Style. References must fit within the allotted page(s).
Submission Process and Deadlines
All proposals must be submitted through the submission site by Tuesday, December 2, 2025 at 11:59 p.m. EST. There will be no exceptions.
For all submission categories, you will need to complete the online form as instructed and upload your abstract file in compliance with directions provided in this document. Decisions for all formats will be announced in February.
Please note: Your submission must adhere to the requirements in the submission template. Submissions which do not follow the template will be rejected without review.
