We invite full paper submissions (Springer LNCS format, 8 pages) on safety-directed topics, including safe data use and annotation frameworks, safety-critical applications such as adverse event detection and anticipation, surgical quality measures, robustness and multi-centric evaluation, and human-AI interfaces for the operating room. The full list of topics and submission details is available on the workshop website: https://camma-public.github.io/safesurg-workshop/

Key dates: Paper submissions due 1 July 2026. Submissions will be managed via OpenReview here: https://openreview.net/group?id=MICCAI.org%2F2026%2FWorkshop%2FSafeSurg

Call for reviewers: We are also recruiting reviewers for the workshop. If you would like to contribute to the review process, please sign up here: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdrzGCAp2-sE1CuPg80EwPpjRpzYeTOwCWCQio7s38B_8C5jQ/viewform. We welcome reviewers across career stages and encourage expressions of interest from researchers and clinicians working on any of the workshop topics.

Please feel free to forward this announcement to colleagues and students who may be interested. We look forward to your contributions and to seeing you on the workshop day!

Best regards,
Lalith Sharan on behalf of the SafeSurg organising committee
Nicolas Padoy · Pietro Mascagni · Namkee Oh · Sophia Bano · Hongliang Ren