CCC is pleased to announce we are sponsoring another Blue Sky Ideas track at the ACM SIGKDD 2025 Health Day conference on August 5 in Toronto, Canada, and submissions are open until Friday, June 27. If you are interested in submitting a paper, please see the submission details below or check out the conference website for more information.
Call for Papers: ACM SIGKDD 2025 Health Day Blue Sky Ideas Track
Event: KDD 2025 Health Day
Track: Blue Sky Ideas
Date: Tuesday, August 5, 2025
Location: Toronto, Canada
Website: https://kdd2025.kdd.org/special-days/
Aims and Scope
The Blue Sky Ideas Track at KDD 2025 Health Day seeks bold, visionary contributions at the frontier of AI and healthcare. We invite original, forward-thinking papers that challenge conventional paradigms, propose high-risk/high-reward ideas, or open new interdisciplinary directions in health-focused AI and data science.
This track is designed to foster dialogue, imagination, and long-term impact across academia, industry, and policy. It especially welcomes speculative proposals that provoke discussion on future research priorities and societal implications in digital health.
Topics of Interest Include (but are not limited to):
- Radical rethinking of AI’s role in clinical decision-making
- AI approaches addressing global or underserved health needs
- Ethical frameworks for AI deployment in healthcare
- AI-assisted models for public health, prevention, or pandemics
- Challenges and promises of LLMs in medical settings
- Human-centered AI and explainability in health applications
- Future infrastructures for multimodal or federated medical data analysis
Why Submit?
- Shape bold, long-term research visions in AI and health
- Engage with leaders across computing, medicine, and policy
- Gain recognition through CCC- and NIH-sponsored awards
Submission Guidelines
- Submissions must be no more than 2 pages, excluding references
- Please use the ACM conference proceedings template
- Author names and affiliations should be included (single-blind review)
- Submit via: https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=healthkdd2025
Important Dates
- Submission Deadline: Friday, June 27, 2025
- Notification of Acceptance: July 8, 2025
- Presentation Date: August 5, 2025 (in-person required)
Presentation Format and Awards
Accepted papers will not be formally archived. Instead, we aim to invite all accepted papers to be presented in person during KDD 2025 Health Day and featured in a high-profile session aimed at shaping future priorities in health-related AI research.
With generous support from the Computing Community Consortium (CCC), the top three best papers will receive cash prizes:
- First Prize: $1,000
- Second Prize: $750
- Third Prize: $500
With additional generous support from the U.S. National Institutes of Health (NIH), we will further select papers for Distinguishable Vision Awards with traveling supports.
All awards will be selected based on the submitted paper and the in-person presentation together, with votes from event participants including invited NIH PDs during KDD 2025 Health Day.
Questions?
Contact the organizers at: health2025@kdd.org
KDD 2025 Health Day Co-Chairs:
Wei Ding, University of Massachusetts Boston
Peipei Ping, University of California, Los Angeles
Carl Yang, Emory University
Chair, ACM SIGKDD
Wei Wang, University of California, Los Angeles
Los Angeles
