We invite submissions for the workshop “AI Health Coaching People Trust and Use: Culturally Responsive Design and Hands-On Message Tailoring”.
AI chatbots, apps, and virtual coaches increasingly deliver coaching and behavioral support for health and well-being, often ahead of the evidence on what makes them effective, equitable, and trustworthy. This session pairs a 90-minute hands-on tutorial with a participant showcase, where selected authors present their own AI-based coaching platforms. The tutorial draws on a scoping review of 76 studies of AI coaching tools, five design principles for elevated engagement and impact (transparency, personalization, warmth, user autonomy, and sustained motivation), and demonstration of a working, culturally-tailored AI coach, Nala. In the showcase, authors share their tools through demos and posters, followed by a gallery walk and closing discussion. The session aims to connect researchers, practitioners, and developers working on AI coaching for health and well-being across settings and populations. AI-based coaching tools at any stage of development are welcome.
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!! Deadlines !!
| Workshop Call for Papers (CFP) – Submission deadline | 23 December 2026 |
| Workshop Call for Papers (CFP) – Notification deadline | 28 January 2027 |
| Camera-ready deadline | 7 April 2027 |
Themes of interest
We encourage abstracts on the following topics, among others:
- AI-based coaching agents, chatbots, and virtual coaches for health behavior change, chronic disease prevention and self-management, mental health, and well-being
- Application of design principles related to transparency about automation, personalization, warmth, user autonomy, and sustained motivation through behavioral strategies in the AI coach platform
- Cultural, linguistic, and contextual tailoring of AI coaching and health messages, including multilingual and multicultural approaches
- Equity, bias, and inclusion in AI coaching and AI-generated message banks and images
- Community-engaged, participatory, and co-design approaches to developing AI coaching tools
- Safety, privacy, guardrails, and human-in-the-loop oversight
- Evaluation of AI coaching tools: engagement, usability, acceptability, effectiveness, and implementation
- Lessons learned from pilots, early prototypes, and tools that did not work as planned
Submission guidelines
We encourage authors to submit an extended abstract. Authors of accepted abstracts will be invited to present in-person at the workshop and will be included in the DPH2027 proceedings in Frontiers.
For submitting an Extended Abstract, please follow the instructions:
- Please format your submission using Times New Roman, 12 pt font size, with justified alignment. The submission must not exceed 1000 words, excluding the reference list. References are compulsory and should be included in the submission. A maximum of two figures or tables may be included.
- Extended Abstracts could follow the standard structure: Introduction, Background, Methods / Datasets, Results, and Conclusion. Alternatively, computer science and engineering abstracts can follow alternative structure such as Introduction, Background, Framework / Architecture, Implementation, Results (if available), Novelty and Challenges and Conclusion.
- Submissions must be anonymised: the names and affiliations removed, and any references to previous works either substituted with “anonymised” or rephrased.
- All submissions must be submitted in PDF format using the Easychair submission system. Click on the submission button below and choose the “DPH2027 Workshop – AI Health Coaching People Trust and Use” track.
- Paste your first section (Aims/Abstract/Overview) to the Abstract field in the Easychair system for ease of processing and review allocation.
NOTE that:
- Abstract submissions will be reviewed by two to three reviewers from the PC and SPC committees and assessed based on their quality, relevance to the conference, originality, significance, correctness, and clarity.
- Accepted Extended Abstracts will have to incorporate reviewers’ comments and re-submit their abstract by the Camera-ready deadline. Instructions will be provided.
- Accepted submissions may be selected for either oral or poster presentation depending on review score, topic specificity, and space availability.
Tentative Program Committee
- Kelly L’Engle, PhD, MPH (University of San Francisco, USA), Workshop Chair
- Alark Joshi, PhD (University of San Francisco, USA), Workshop Chair
Contact
All questions about submissions should be emailed to:
- Kelly L’Engle, PhD, MPH – klengle@usfca.edu
- Alark Joshi, PhD – apjoshi@usfca.edu
SUBMISSION
Submission is via EasyChair.