We are pleased to announce the Call for Papers for the first edition of the workshop CHAMPIonS 2025 – Conversational Human-AI Methodologies for Performance In Sports, which will be held at CHItaly 2025 in Salerno, Italy, from October 6 to 10, 2025.

This workshop aims to bring together researchers, practitioners, and industry stakeholders to explore the intersection of Human-Computer Interaction, Artificial Intelligence, and sports performance. In particular, we are interested in contributions that investigate how conversational systems and intelligent interfaces can support data-driven decision-making in dynamic and high-stakes environments such as sports.

Important Dates:

• 📝 Submission Deadline: July 14, 2025

• 📢 Notification of Acceptance: August 1, 2025

• 🖋️ Camera-Ready Deadline: August 20, 2025

We welcome submissions on topics including (but not limited to):

• Conversational agents for real-time data interaction

• Human-centric and ethical AI design

• NLP and decision support in sports contexts

• Multimodal and voice-based interfaces

• Explainability and trust in AI for performance analysis

📌 More information is available at https://sites.google.com/view/champions-25

The workshop will include paper presentations and group discussions. Submissions will undergo a peer-review process with at least two reviews per paper. 

Please submit your papers via EasyChair.

Refer to silviobarra@unina.it for further information!

We look forward to your contributions and to seeing you in Salerno!

Best regards,

Silvio Barra (University of Naples Federico II) [silviobarra@unina.it]

Adriano Bacconi (Math&Sport)