<div dir="ltr"><div style="color:rgb(29,34,40);font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;outline:none"><div style="outline:none"><div style="outline:none"><span style="font-size:10pt;outline:none"><div style="outline:none"><span style="color:rgb(118,113,113);font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-size:16pt;outline:none">Call for Papers</span></div></span><div style="outline:none"><div style="outline:none"><div style="outline:none"><div style="outline:none"><div style="outline:none"><div style="outline:none"><div style="outline:none"><div style="outline:none"><div style="outline:none"><div style="outline:none"><div style="outline:none"><div style="outline:none"><div style="outline:none"><div style="outline:none"><div style="outline:none"><div style="outline:none"><div style="outline:none"><div style="font-size:14px;font-family:LucidaGrande;outline:none"><div style="outline:none"><div style="outline:none"><div style="outline:none"><div style="outline:none"><div style="outline:none"><div style="outline:none"><div style="outline:none"><div style="outline:none"><div style="outline:none"><div style="outline:none"><div style="outline:none"><div style="outline:none"><div style="outline:none"><div style="outline:none"><div style="outline:none"><div style="outline:none"><div style="outline:none"><div style="outline:none"><div style="outline:none"><div style="outline:none"><div style="outline:none"><div style="outline:none"><div style="outline:none"><div style="outline:none"><div style="outline:none"></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>**********************************************************************************</div></div><div style="outline:none"><font size="4" face="Helvetica" style="outline:none"><i style="outline:none"><font color="#38571a" style="outline:none">The 14th International Conference on Current and Future Trends of Information and Communication Technologies in Healthcare  (ICTH)</font></i></font></div><div style="outline:none"><div dir="ltr" style="outline:none"><div dir="ltr" style="outline:none"><div dir="ltr" style="outline:none"><div style="outline:none"><div style="outline:none"><br style="outline:none"></div><div style="outline:none"><b style="outline:none">Date</b>: October 28-30, 2024</div><div style="outline:none"><b style="outline:none">Location</b>: Leuven, Belgium  </div><div style="outline:none"><b style="outline:none">Website</b>: <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" href="https://cs-conferences.acadiau.ca/icth-24/" style="color:rgb(25,106,212);outline:none">https://cs-conferences.acadiau.ca/icth-24/</a>  </div><div style="outline:none">**********************************************************************************</div><div style="outline:none"><br style="outline:none"></div><div style="outline:none"><font size="3" face="Times" color="#38571a" style="outline:none">IMPORTANT DATES </font></div><div style="outline:none">  - Workshop Proposals:     May 30, 2024</div><div style="outline:none"><div style="outline:none">  - Paper Submission Due:  July 15, 2024 (<font color="#ff2600" style="outline:none">FINAL</font>)</div><div style="outline:none">  - Author Notification:       August 3, 2024</div><div style="outline:none">  - Final Manuscript Due:   September 3, 2024</div><div style="outline:none"><br style="outline:none"></div></div><div style="outline:none"><font size="3" face="Times" color="#38571a" style="outline:none">PUBLICATION</font></div><div style="outline:none">All ICTH 2024 accepted papers will be published by Elsevier Science in the open-access Procedia Computer Science series on-line. Procedia Computer Science is hosted by Elsevier on <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" href="http://www.elsevier.com/" style="color:rgb(25,106,212);outline:none">www.Elsevier.com</a> and on Elsevier content platform ScienceDirect (<a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" href="http://www.sciencedirect.com/" style="color:rgb(25,106,212);outline:none">www.sciencedirect.com</a>), and will be freely available worldwide. All papers in Procedia will be indexed by Scopus (<a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" href="http://www.scopus.com/" style="color:rgb(25,106,212);outline:none">www.scopus.com</a>) and by Thomson Reuters' Conference Proceeding Citation Index (<a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" href="http://thomsonreuters.com/conference-proceedings-citation-index/" style="color:rgb(25,106,212);outline:none">http://thomsonreuters.com/conference-proceedings-citation-index/</a>). All papers in Procedia will also be indexed by Scopus (<a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" href="http://www.scopus.com/" style="color:rgb(25,106,212);outline:none">www.scopus.com</a>) and Engineering Village (Ei) (<a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" href="http://www.engineeringvillage.com/" style="color:rgb(25,106,212);outline:none">www.engineeringvillage.com</a>). This includes EI Compendex (<a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" href="http://www.ei.org/compendex" style="color:rgb(25,106,212);outline:none">www.ei.org/compendex</a>). Moreover, all accepted papers will be indexed in DBLP (<a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" href="http://dblp.uni-trier.de/" style="color:rgb(25,106,212);outline:none">http://dblp.uni-trier.de/</a>). The papers will contain linked references, XML versions and citable DOI numbers. Selected papers will be invited for publication, in the special issues of: </div><div style="outline:none"><div style="outline:none"><br style="outline:none"></div><div style="outline:none">     - International Journal of Ambient Intelligence and Humanized Computing, Springer (<a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" href="http://www.springer.com/engineering/journal/12652" style="color:rgb(25,106,212);outline:none">http://www.springer.com/engineering/journal/12652</a>)</div><div style="outline:none">     - International Journal of Computing and Informatics (<a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" href="http://www.cai.sk/ojs/index.php/cai/index" style="color:rgb(25,106,212);outline:none">http://www.cai.sk/ojs/index.php/cai/index</a>)   </div><div style="outline:none">     - International Journal of Ubiquitous Systems and Pervasive Networks, IASKS (<a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" href="https://iasks.org/juspn" style="color:rgb(25,106,212);outline:none">https://iasks.org/juspn</a>)</div><div style="outline:none">     - International Journal of E-Health and Medical Communications, IGI Global (<a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" href="http://www.igi-global.com/journal/international-journal-health-medical-communications/1158" style="color:rgb(25,106,212);outline:none">http://www.igi-global.com/journal/international-journal-health-medical-communications/1158</a>)</div><div style="outline:none"><br style="outline:none"></div><div style="outline:none"><b style="outline:none">ICTH 2024 will be held in conjunction with the 15th International Conference on Emerging Ubiquitous Systems and Pervasive Networks (EUSPN: <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" href="http://cs-conferences.acadiau.ca/euspn-24/" style="color:rgb(25,106,212);outline:none">http://cs-conferences.acadiau.ca/euspn-24/</a>)</b>. Papers on either completed or ongoing research are invited: <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" href="http://cs-conferences.acadiau.ca/icth-24/call-for-papers.html" style="color:rgb(25,106,212);outline:none">http://cs-conferences.acadiau.ca/icth-24/call-for-papers.html</a></div><div style="outline:none"><br style="outline:none"></div></div><div style="outline:none"><br style="outline:none"></div><div style="outline:none"><font face="Times" size="3" color="#38571a" style="outline:none">VENUE</font></div><div style="outline:none">ICTH 2024 will be held in the city of Leuven. Leuven is the capital of the province of Flemish Brabant in Belgium. It is located about 25 kilometres (16 miles) east of Brussels. It is the 10th largest municipality in Belgium and the fourth in Flanders. Leuven is home to the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, the largest and oldest university of the Low Countries and the oldest Catholic university still in existence. The related university hospital of UZ Leuven, is one of the largest hospitals of Europe. The city is also known for being the headquarters of Anheuser-Busch InBev, the world's largest brewer and one of the five largest consumer-goods companies in the world.</div><div style="outline:none"><div style="outline:none"><br style="outline:none"></div><div style="outline:none">The conference venue will be at Park Inn (by Radisson) Hotel (Leuven), which is located right in the heart of the Leuven City. The hotel is less than 2 mins walk from the Leuven train station. All you have to do is to get off the train (or the taxi or the bus) and take the elevator to the bridge connecting the hotel with the rest of the city. Leuven city is directly connected with the Brussels International airport with a 13 min connection via train, 45 mins via bus or a 20 min by taxi (or Uber).</div></div><div style="outline:none"><br style="outline:none"></div><div style="outline:none"><font face="Times" size="3" color="#38571a" style="outline:none">Topics of interest include, but are not limited to: </font></div><div style="outline:none">- Ambient Assisted Living for Elderly Care</div><div style="outline:none">- Ambient Intelligence and Intelligent Service Systems</div><div style="outline:none">- Analysis and Evaluation of Healthcare Systems</div><div style="outline:none">- Clinical Data and Knowledge Management</div><div style="outline:none">- Cloud Computing for Healthcare</div><div style="outline:none">- Collaboration Technologies for Healthcare</div><div styl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 of Victoria, Canada</div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><br class="gmail-Apple-interchange-newline"><div><br></div><span class="gmail_signature_prefix">-- </span><br><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><font style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif" size="1"><i>Ali Benzerbadj <br></i></font></div><div dir="ltr"><font style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif" size="1"><i><span><font style="background-color:inherit">Lecturer, University of Ain Temouchent<br></font></span></i></font></div><div><font style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif" size="1"><i><font style="background-color:inherit">Ain Temouchent, Algeria</font><br></i></font></div><div><font style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif" size="1"><i>Research Laboratory in Industrial Computing and Networks (RIIR)<br></i></font></div><div><font style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif" size="1"><i>Research team :"Networks and QoS"<br></i></font></div><font style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif" size="1">University of Oran 1 Ahmed Ben Bella, Oran, Algeria<br></font><div><font style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif" size="1">Mob(s): +213 6 61622162</font></div><font style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif" size="1">E-mail(s):<a href="mailto:ali.benzerbadj@univ-temouchent.edu.dz" target="_blank">.benzerbadj@univ-temouchent.edu.dz</a>, <a href="mailto:ali_benz@yahoo.fr" target="_blank">ali_benz@yahoo.fr</a>,</font></div></div></div>