Join our researchers in Newcastle, Australia, on 20–22 October 2026 for the ISRII 14th Scientific Meeting. With 9 accepted contributions, we will explore a shared ambition: making digital health more responsive to people’s needs and easier to put into practice.

That journey starts with understanding everyday life. Our work connects lessons from wearable-based prediabetes research with a challenge that runs through digital health: helping people stay engaged with studies and interventions over time. Across our contributions, we examine how the timing of support, the quality of digital coaching, and the involvement of friends, family and human coaches shape people’s experiences.

These insights also inform how we build the next generation of interventions. We explore when people may be receptive to a prompt, how AI can recognize language signaling motivation to change, and how researchers can configure the freedom given to generative AI in coaching conversations. Our work on reusable components, including gamified breathing training, and a marketplace for digital therapeutics asks how useful innovations can become easier to share and adapt across programs.

Together, the contributions connect sensing, behavioral science, AI and implementation around the realities of daily life. Come meet our researchers, explore the demonstrations, and exchange ideas for future collaborations. Whether you work in research, clinical practice or digital health development, we look forward to connecting in Newcastle!

Our contributions

• Brügger, V., Fuchs, M., Jin, Q., Wirth, B., Bilz, S., Brändle, M., Kowatsch, T., Jovanova, M. (2026). Lessons Learned from a Wearable-Based Digital Phenotyping Study for Prediabetes Screening in an At-Risk Population. Conference abstract. PDF.
• Guckel, T., Champion, K., Prior, K., Jabir, A. (2026). Making Internet-Based Interventions Work in Practice: Optimising Support Levels and Delivery Modes. Symposium presentation chaired by Stapinski, L. PDF.
• Jabir, A., Zheng, S., Castro, O., Tan, S., Mathews, R.R., Kowatsch, T., Müller-Riemenschneider, F., Griva, K., von Wangenheim, F., Mair, J. (2026). Process evaluation of the LvL UP Pilot trial: Intervention fidelity, dose, and mechanisms of action. Oral presentation. PDF.
• Shenoi, A., Li, T., Kowatsch, T., von Wangenheim, F., Mair, J. (2026). A Lightweight Change Talk Classifier for Enhancing AI-driven Motivational Interviewing. Conference abstract. PDF.
• de Montleau, A., Nißen, M., Kowatsch, T. (2026). PULSE: A Receptivity-Aware Scheduling Server for Digital Health Intervention and Data Collection Studies. Poster presentation. PDF.
• Melamed, S., Merz, Y., Nißen, M., Kowatsch, T. (2026). A component marketplace for digital therapeutics: design parameters from 24 expert interviews. Oral presentation. PDF.
• Kowatsch, T., de Montleau, A., Nißen, M. (2026). Designing Chatbot-Delivered Digital Coaching with Configurable Levels of Generative AI Autonomy. Poster presentation. PDF.
• Piol, G., Ackermann, L.J., Nißen, M., Kowatsch, T. (2026). Predicting and preventing non-adherence in mobile digital health studies: a focused pilot systematic scoping review. Poster presentation. PDF.
• Kowatsch, T., Pfyffer, R., Galliker, H. (2026). A Demonstration of BREEZE: A Reusable, Dynamically Configurable Gamified Breathing Training Component to Reduce Acute Stress and Strengthen Resilience. Poster presentation. PDF.