*Call for Papers* Special Session on New Business Models for Personal Mental Health in Big Data Era ***************** Venue: Imperial College London, London, UK Time: Aug 30, 2015 Website: http://braininformatics.london/special-session-on-new-business-models-for-personal-mental-health-in-big-data-era/ ***************** *Workshop Theme:* Technology is allowing the acquisition of unprecedented information related to individuals’ mental health, emotional wellbeing and resilience as well as the provision of novel methods of mental disease treatment. However, to date, much of the research has been overly focused on the technical domains, and despite the critical role that businesses play within the development of mental healthcare, the impact upon society and humans has received relatively little attention. This special session of BIH will provide a space where the business and technology (especially Big Data technology) of personalised mental healthcare meet. We are interested in discussing how to leverage the opportunities offered by recent technological advancements in order to build new business models that provide improved mental health services for both healthy subjects and diagnosed patients. *Topics:* * Business models for personal / wearable / ubiquitous services for non-diagnosed people with mental health concerns * Big data driven mental healthcare services and applications (deep learning, behaviour change) * Social networks, social media for mental health assessment and awareness * Applications and their business models for specific mental diseases * Commercial, social, and governmental mental healthcare services models * WaaS (Wisdom as a Service) and active SaaS services for mental healthcare * Screenless and slow or adaptive media solutions for Evidence-Based Social Interventions *Organizers:* Prof. Yike Guo, Imperial College London, UK Dr. Chao Wu, Imperial College London, UK Dr. David Lopez Berzosa, University of Surrey, UK Dr. David Plans, University of Surrey, UK *Important Dates:* * Submission of full papers: June 6, 2015 * Notification of acceptance of full papers: June 16, 2015 * Submission of abstracts: July 20, 2015 *Full Paper & Abstract Submission:* Please use the following link to submit your full paper or abstract: https://wi-lab.com/cyberchair/2015/bih15/scripts/submit.php?subarea=SB&undisplay_detail=1&wh=/cyberchair/2015/bih15/scripts/ws_submit.php The symposium accepts both full paper and abstract paper (Type II) submissions. Authors of contributions presented at our session are also invited to submit extended papers to the possible special issue on Brain Informatics journal (http://www.springer.com/computer/ai/journal/40708). We hope that feedback gathered during the session will be useful when preparing journal submissions. TYPE-I: We accept full paper submissions with a maximum paper length of up to 10 pages, in Springer LNCS format: http://www.springer.com/computer/lncs?SGWID=0-164-6-793341-0. TYPE-II: Each abstract is limited to 500 words. Experimental research is particularly welcome. Accepted abstract submissions will be included in the conference program, and will be published as a single, collective proceedings volume. *Contact:* Chao Wu, Imperial College London, UK [log in to unmask]