Dear care2x developer, As one of the workshop chairs I would like to invite you to submit a paper for the workshop "Open source in European Healthcare - The Time is Ripe". The workshop invites submissions from all areas of open source in health care. Please find the detailed call for papers on the website (http://www.biostec.org/OSEHC.htm). Position papers are highly welcome. We are very interested to learn from your experiences in the area of open source in the health care sector. We would very much like to have participants from working open source projects at our conference to exchange ideas and identify areas where we may work together. Please help us in spreading this call for papers in your community. Thank you very much for your collaboration.
The International Joint Conference on Biomedical Engineering Systems and Technologies-BIOSTEC 2009 <http://www.biostec.org/> takes place in Porto, Portugal January 14-17th 2009. In conjunction with BIOSTEC 2009 the EFMI LIFOSS WG will hold The First International Workshop on Open Source in European Health Care: The Time is Ripe – OSEHC 2009 <http://www.biostec.org/OSEHC.htm> from 16-17 January 2009. Chairs are Thomas Karopka, IT Science Center Rügen gGmbH, Germany and Ricardo Joao Cruz Correia, Universidade do Porto, Portugal. Possible topics include but are not limited to: open source software - · tools in all areas of healthcare · for eLearning and education in the medical domain · for knowledge bases and knowledge dissemination · out of the Medicine 2.0 realm Position papers may discuss the following problems: · What are the major challenges for open source in health care? · Proposals to overcome the identified barriers · What are the specific requirements for open source software to be accepted by health professionals and institutions? · What has to be done to push open source in the health care arena? · What has to be done to make open source software attractive for institutions? Important Dates Regular Paper Submission: October 31, 2008 Authors Notification: November 10, 2008 Final Paper Submission and Registration: November 17, 2008 The purpose of the 2nd International Joint Conference on Biomedical Engineering Systems and Technologies is to bring together researchers and practitioners, including engineers, biologists, health professionals and informatics/computer scientists, interested in both theoretical advances and applications of information systems, artificial intelligence, signal processing, electronics and other engineering tools in knowledge areas related to biology and medicine. BIOSTEC is composed of three co-located conferences, each specialized in at least one of the aforementioned main knowledge areas. For more information visit the conference web site http://www.biostec.org/ Best regards, Thomas Karopka -- IT Science Center Rügen gGmbH Circus 14 D-18581 Putbus Telefon: +49(0)38301 8829-74 Fax: +49(0)38301 8829-59 [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.it-science-center.de Geschäftsführer Dipl.-Kfm. Rainer Ahrens Handelsregister Amtsgericht Stralsund HRB 6227 USt-Ident-Nummer: DE 244660253 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Moblin Your Move Developer's challenge Build the coolest Linux based applications with Moblin SDK & win great prizes Grand prize is a trip for two to an Open Source event anywhere in the world http://moblin-contest.org/redirect.php?banner_id=100&url=/ _______________________________________________ Care2002-developers mailing list Care2002-developers@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/care2002-developers
