[apologies for cross-posting] Dear Colleagues, 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(a)unina.it <mailto: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(a)unina.it <mailto:silviobarra@unina.it>] Adriano Bacconi (Math&Sport) +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ Silvio Barra, Ph.D. Department of Electrical and Information Technology Engineering (DIETI) Università degli Studi di Napoli, Federico II Sede di via Claudio, n. 21, 80125, Napoli, Italy e-mail: silvio.barra(a)unina.it <mailto:silvio.barra@unina.it> silvio.barra(a)visioscientiae.com <mailto:silvio.barra@visioscientiae.com> barra.silvio(a)gmail.com <mailto:barra.silvio@gmail.com> web: https://www.docenti.unina.it/silvio.barra https://www.silviobarra.com <https://www.silviobarra.com/> +————————————————————————————————————+