Tracks

Explore how AI is transforming healthcare—from machine learning for diagnostics and clinical decision support, to predictive analytics, natural language processing, and generative AI for health communication. This track invites abstracts on practical implementations, ethical considerations, equity impacts, and governance frameworks for responsible AI in digital health.

Sample topics include:

• AI for health evaluations and evidence

• AI for health surveillance and prediction

• Chatbots and virtual assistants in primary care

• Responsible AI governance and bias mitigation

• Use of generative AI in health content creation and translation

This track examines the intersection of climate change and health, focusing on digital innovations that mitigate or adapt to climate-related health risks. We welcome abstracts highlighting solutions for health system resilience, environmental monitoring, early warning systems, and sustainable digital infrastructure.

Sample topics include:

• Digital tools for climate-sensitive disease forecasting

• Climate-smart supply chains and logistics

• Environmental data integration into health systems

• Solar-powered and low-carbon digital health technologies

Highlight systems and strategies that enable the secure, efficient, and equitable sharing of health information across different platforms, providers, and countries. This includes governance models, technical solutions, and lessons from implementation.

Sample topics include:

• National and sub-national HIE architecture

• Cross-border information exchange

• Data privacy, consent, and ethics in data sharing

• Governance and policy frameworks for HIE

*Sponsored by Google, HELINA and the Endless Foundation

Share innovations, standards, and best practices for achieving seamless data exchange between digital health systems. Abstracts should explore technical, strategic, and regulatory approaches to open architecture and systems integration.

Sample topics include:

• FHIR, HL7, and other interoperability standards

• Open-source tools and digital public goods

• Shared health record platforms

• Interoperability in LMIC contexts

Explore how digital solutions can strengthen health financing—from increasing efficiency and transparency to enabling new models of payment and financial protection. Submissions may address donor, public, and private sector financing models.

Sample topics include:

• Digital solutions for insurance and UHC

• Financial technologies for provider payment

• Donor transition planning and resource tracking

• Cost-effectiveness and value-for-money evaluations

This track centers inclusive digital health approaches that reach and empower historically underserved populations, including women, girls, persons with disabilities, and marginalized groups. Abstracts should demonstrate intentionality in design, implementation, and measurement.

Sample topics include:

• GESI analyses in digital health programs

• Designing inclusive and accessible technologies

• Addressing gender-based digital divides

• Community-led and locally relevant solutions

Share learnings from digital tools used in preparation, response, and recovery phases of pandemics, epidemics, and natural disasters. Submissions may also explore cross-sector coordination, real-time data use, and digital readiness for future crises.

Sample topics include:

• Digital contact tracing and surveillance

• Crisis communication platforms

• Emergency supply chain management

• Health workers support tools in emergencies

This new track celebrates solutions built to last—systems and strategies that are community-driven, context-aware, and adaptable to change. Abstracts should showcase locally led innovations and digital health architectures that promote long-term sustainability and autonomy.

Sample topics include:

• Locally developed digital tools and platforms

• Human-centered design with community ownership

• Strengthening digital literacy and capacity

• Building systems that survive shocks and scale sustainably