Medicine 2.0 Conference - Call for Abstracts and Presentation Proposals
Toronto, Canada
September 4-5, 2008
Medicine 2.0 is an international conference on Web 2.0 applications in health and medicine, organized and co-sponsored by the Journal of Medical Internet Research, the International Medical Informatics Association, the Centre for Global eHealth Innovation, CHIRAD, and a number of other sponsoring organizations.
EUnetHTA Conference: HTA's Future in Europe
November 20, 2008
Pasteur Institute, Paris, France
Health technology is the application of scientific knowledge in health care and prevention. Health technology assessment (HTA) is a multidisciplinary process that summarises information about the medical, social, economic and ethical issues related to the use of a health technology in a systematic, transparent, unbiased, robust manner.
Med-e-Tel 2008 Program Details
The Med-e-Tel 2008 conference program (April 16-18, 2008) again features speakers from around the world, presenting on a wide variety of ehealth and telemedicine topics. The Med-e-Tel 2008 opening session on April 16th includes welcome addresses and keynote presentations by:
ICT 2008 Open Call for Networking Session Proposals
The Networking Sessions at ICT 2008 complement the conference and exhibition and provide an open forum for exchanging views and ideas on how to address current ICT challenges. Networking sessions encourage forward-thinking collaborative initiatives that support the development of the European Research Area.
ICT 2008 Open Call for Exhibits
The ICT 2008 Exhibition intends to show concrete results of research in and around Europe related to information and communications technologies. This call for exhibition ideas is open to any organisation involved in European research and development as well as deployment projects and associated support activities.
NEST Invites Russian and German Healthcare/Telemedicine Experts
The Network for Integrated Systems in Telemedicine (NEST) invites Russian and German healthcare/telemedicine experts from 14th to 16th April, 2008 (Moscow) for a workshop combining lectures and dialogues between representatives of the Charité University Medicine Berlin and the Russian Medical State University.
TeleHealth2007 Conference Report
The European Commission's Information Society and Media Directorate General published the report of the TeleHealth2007 conference. This conference provided a first overview and introduction to all the reasons why the European Commission is beginning to explore the possibilities for a future action plan for Europe on telemedicine. It would be published in the context of a Commission Communication.