Medical Artificial Intelligence is a highly specialized interdisciplinary field at the intersection of artificial intelligence and medicine. Building upon the success of previous editions, the 4th IEEE International Conference on Medical Artificial Intelligence (IEEE MedAI 2026) will be held in Zhengzhou, China, from November 20 to 22, 2026.

This prestigious event is expected to gather leading experts, researchers, and professionals in the field to exchange knowledge, present cutting-edge advancements, and foster collaborations in MedAI. Specifically, the aim of this conference is two-fold: (1) to showcase successful applications of AI techniques in solving challenging biomedical problems, and (2) to foster deeper interactions and collaborations between medical researchers and practitioners facing challenging medical issues and AI researchers seeking real-world problems for their techniques or aiming to develop novel algorithms for complex medical scenarios.

Such issues may range from molecular-level challenges, including diagnosis, information extraction, analyses, and modeling from massive medical data, to mining electronic medical records, knowledge-based treatment plan recommendation, and robotics for complex surgeries.

The conference invites submissions in two categories: regular papers and short papers, which include posters and abstracts. Short papers may present previously published research findings and are limited to a maximum of two pages. All selected submissions for oral presentation—comprising regular papers, posters, and abstracts—will qualify for reduced registration and conference fees, and they will have the opportunity for direct journal review and recommended publication during the conference.

All accepted papers, provided there are no publication conflicts, will be published in the conference proceedings by IEEE. We strongly encourage the presentation of high-quality research that has been previously published in prestigious journals and conferences, as this will be recognized during the event. Authors of short papers may choose not to publish in the proceedings and may instead have their work showcased solely on the conference website.