DPH 2026 invites proposals for Workshops, Tutorials, and Panels to be held as part of this year’s program. These sessions are designed to expand the scientific, practical, and community impact of the Digital Public Health Conference by offering interactive, in-depth, and cross-disciplinary engagements that complement the main track.
Sessions may explore emerging research areas, showcase methodological innovations, provide hands-on learning, or convene multi-sector discussions of high relevance to global digital public health.
We welcome submissions from diverse teams of researchers, practitioners, policymakers, technologists, designers, and community leaders.
For inspiration, explore last year’s workshop, tutorials and panels, which showcase the range of topics and formats we encourage.
!! Deadlines !!
| Workshop Call for Papers (CFP) submission deadline (if applicable) | 11 February 2026 |
| Workshop Call for Papers (CFP) notification deadline (if applicable) | 25 March 2026 |
Session types
WORKSHOPS
Workshops offer interactive, hands-on environments for participants to engage deeply with a focused topic. Formats may include invited talks, group work, paper presentations, design sessions, or facilitated debate. Applicants are encouraged to propose innovative structures (e.g., roundtables, design sprints, speed-networking for researchers).
Workshop Chairs are further encouraged to consider issuing a Call for Workshop Papers, facilitating a review process, and building a high-quality programme of accepted papers. Proposals that include this component will be viewed positively and may be selected to contribute to the DPH 2026 Publication Volumes.
TUTORIALS
Tutorials provide didactic, instructor-led learning. They introduce tools, platforms, datasets, or analytical methods and may combine lecture-style elements with live demonstrations or hands-on components. Tutorials are intended to help participants acquire practical, knowledge-based competencies in digital public health methodologies and technologies.
PANELS
Panels bring together expert speakers with complementary or divergent perspectives to debate timely issues in digital public health. Organisers should aim to foster lively and balanced discussion with adequate time for audience engagement. Panels should include 3-5 speakers plus a moderator. Diversity of expertise, background, and sector is essential.
Submission guidelines
All proposals must include the following components. Applicants may include format-specific elements where noted. Submissions should be approximately 2–4 pages. Workshops including a Call for Papers or prior editions may extend up to 5 pages. Organiser bios may be included in an appendix and are not counted toward this limit.
- Basic Information
- Session Title: Concise and reflective of the central theme.
- Session Type: Workshop, Tutorial, or Panel
- Proposed Duration
- Mini-session: 45 minutes
- Session: 90 minutes
- Half-day: 3 hours
- Full-day: 6 hours with break
Final duration may be adjusted by the conference organisers.
- Organising Committee
- Names, institutional affiliations, and contact information for all organisers.
- Please identify the lead organiser who will act as the point-of-contact.
- Organiser Qualifications: Short bios (100–150 words) for all organisers describing relevant expertise, leadership experience, and prior roles in convening workshops, tutorials, panels, or research meetings.
- Objectives, Themes, and Audience
- Session Objectives: A clear statement of the aims of the session and the expected takeaways for participants.
- Themes, topics, and relevance to Digital Public Health: Briefly describe how the session contributes to current research, practice, policy, or innovation in the field. Describe the key themes, issues, methods, technologies, or case studies to be addressed.
- Intended Audience and Expected Participants: Describe the target audience (e.g., researchers, practitioners, policymakers, technologists) and estimate expected participation or submissions (where relevant).
- Session Structure and Contributors
- Draft Session Outline: Provide a preliminary agenda that includes:
- Planned activities (invited talks, group work, debates, demos, paper presentations, breakout sessions)
- Approximate timeline
- Proposed methods for participant engagement
- Speakers, Instructors, or Panelists
- List all proposed contributors with affiliations, including indication of confirmation status.
- All submissions must identify a chair, and provide a short bio of the chair.
- Workshops must include facilitators.
- Panels must include panelists and moderator(s).
- Tutorials must include instructors and their roles.
- Inclusivity and Diversity Approach: Describe how the organisers have ensured meaningful representation across disciplines, geographies, professional sectors, gender identities, and career stages.
- Draft Session Outline: Provide a preliminary agenda that includes:
- If proposing a Workshop Call for Papers (optional, but encouraged): Proposals including a Workshop CFP will be viewed favourably.
- Tentative Program Committee list
- Confirmation or interest status of PC members
- Previous Iterations of the Session: If the session has been held previously, please provide:
- Date and location
- Number of participants or submissions
- Acceptance rates (if applicable)
- Description of planned enhancements for the 2026 edition
Publication opportunities
Accepted Workshop Papers may be included in the DPH 2026 Publication Volumes, including:
- Extended Abstracts in the Frontiers Abstract Book
- Full Papers in IEEE Xplore (agreements in negotiation)
Session Chairs are also encouraged to lead a Research Topic (Special Issue) in collaboration with Frontiers Digital Public Health, leveraging the outputs of the session.
Contact
All questions about submissions should be emailed to: support@dphconf.org.
The DPH 2026 Organising Committee strongly encourages early dialogue for innovative, cross-sectoral, interdisciplinary, or experimental session ideas. Please reach out with questions, concerns, and ideas.
Submission
Submission is via EasyChair. Please upload your proposal as a PDF following the instructions above.