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Tiedotukset ja tapahtumat / Announcements and events
KONFERENSSIT/ CONFERENCES
MIE2014, Istanbul, Turkey 31.8.–3.9.2014
The 25th European Medical Informatics Conference ‐ MIE2014 ‐ in Istanbul, August 31st – September 3rd, 2014. See http://www.mie2014.org/
Important Dates Early bird registration May 15, 2014
NI 2014, Taipei, Taiwan 21.–25.6.2014
The theme of the conference is “eSmart + ” where “e”
stands for eHealth, “S” implies simplicity, “m” repre‐
sents mobility and meaningful use, “a” denotes ad‐
vanced leadership, “r” indicates revolution, “t” means translational technologies, and “+” symbolizes People Leading uCare Safely. The acronym is also used to con‐
vey the idea of adopting smart technology to help health providers deliver higher quality care. See the conference website at www.ni2014.org
Important Dates Onsite Registration
May 16, 2014‐June 25, 2014
HIC, Victoria, Australia, 11–14.8.2014
HISA’s annual Health Informatics Conference (HIC) will be held in Victoria, Australia at the Melbourne Conven‐
tion and Exhibition Centre on 11 – 14 August 2014. Full details will be at http://www.hisa.org.au/page/hic2014 and will be frequently updated.
With the primary theme of Investing in e‐health: Peo‐
ple, knowledge and technology for a healthy future, the conference will focus on investing in e‐health, improv‐
ing the climate for investment and innovation in e‐
health, strategic opportunities and “where to for Aus‐
tralia?” Keynote speakers will include Dave de Bronkart (ePatientDave) and Dr Danny Sands, Regina Holliday and Dr Bertalan (Berci) Mesko.
Important Dates
Early bird registration is open now until 16 June 2014 see http://www.hisa.org.au/page/hic2014register
VPH, Trondheim, Norway, 9.9.–12.9.2014
The Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) is pleased to host the 3rd VPH conference by the Virtual Physiological Human Institute. See http://www.ntnu.edu/vph2014 for full information about the event. The VPH2014 event will be held in Trondheim, Norway at the Clarion Hotel & Congress Trondheim, on 9‐12 September, 2014.
Important Dates Abstract submission May 15, 2014
http://www.ntnu.edu/vph2014/abstracts Early bird registration
June 1, 2014
http://www.ntnu.edu/vph2014/registration
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HELINA 2014, Accra, Ghana 11.–15.10.2014
The 9th Health Informatics in Africa Conference
‐ HELINA 2014 will take place in Accra, Ghana from the
11th to 15th of October 2014. The theme of the con‐
ference is Informatics for Universal Health Coverage in Africa: From Point of Care Systems to National Strate‐
gies. This year conference is hosted by the Ghana Health Informatics Association (GHIA). HELINA, the Pan African Health Informatics Association, is the African Region of the International Medical Informatics Associ‐
ation (IMIA).
Important Dates Submission deadline 16 June 2014
Notification of acceptance of submissions 18 August 2014
Camera‐ready paper deadline 8 September 2014
Conference
11 – 15 October 2014
See the conference website at
http://conf.helina‐online.org/index.php/2014/index/
APAMI2014, New Delhi, India 30.10.–2.11.2014 The 8th Conference of the Asia Pacific Association of Medical Informatics to be held in the capital of India – New Delhi, from 30th October to 2nd November, 2014.
The theme of the conference 'Health IT Solutions for Improving Patient Care' aims to encourage researchers, surgeons, practitioners, young scientists, healthcare workers and suppliers from across the world to cooper‐
ate and share knowledge & experience about how to use information technology to improve the healthcare status of the people. See the conference website at http://www.apami2014.com.
ITCH2015, Victoria, Canada 26.2.–1.3.2015
The ITCH2015 conference (International Conference on Information Technology & Communications in Health), organised by the University of Victoria School of Health Information Science (http://www.uvic.ca/hsd/hinf/) will be held on February 26 – March 01, 2015 at the Inn at Laurel Point, Victoria, BC, Canada. The theme of ITCH2015 is Driving quality in informatics: Fulfilling the Promise, and national and international papers are invited under three strands:
• Patients talking
• The profession listening
• Services unleashing imagination
The deadline for submission of complete papers is September 15, 2014. All correspondence and requests for information can be sent to itch@uvic.ca
MEDINFO 2015: eHealth enabled Health
The 15th World Congress on Medical Informatics will be held in São Paulo city, Brazil, from 19th to 23th August, 2015. MEDINFO is the main conference promoted by the International Medical Informatics Association (IMIA) and its 15th edition will be organized by the Brazilian Health Informatics Association (SBIS).
Important Dates
Opening of Medinfo 2015 Registrations 01 September 2014
Deadline for Full Paper, Student Paper, Vision Paper
and Poster submissions
15 December 2014
Deadline for Panel, Tutorial, Workshop and Demo submissions
15 January 2015
