Dear Colleague, We think it would be interesting for you to know that the "4th Libre Software Meeting 2003" will be held from July 9 to July 12, in Metz (east of France, near Germany, Belgium and Luxembourg).
Therefore, I would like you to consider the possibility of participating in the section for medicine. The aim of this conference is to present, explore and evaluate the effects of the integration of the developing with the Libre Software Health Care Systems (LSHCS) known also as Open Source Software (OSS). Encouraging high levels of academic rigour, the conference will offer keynote and plenary sessions with internationally recognized scientists and researchers in the theoretical and practical applications of offering collaborative opportunities to computer scientists, researchers, doctors, faculty, medical and hospital staff, experts in eHealth issues and others from all fields of the LSHCS on the following general topics: - Development strategies, models, and methodologies based on reusing LSHCS; - Available repositories of potentially reusable software elements LSHCS; - Searching and evaluation strategies; - Success stories and failures; - The maintenance and integration of evolution paths; - Cooperation with the Open Source Software (OSS) community; and - Challenges and benefits of interesting economic, business, and legal aspects. Please see the link for the call for papers, registration guidelines and all other necessary information. http://www.telemed.ro Your contribution must be suitable for a 15-20 minute presentation at a plenary session including questions. Please include in your abstract name, position and department, institution and contact information (phone, mail, fax and e-mail). Registration is mandatory to attend this workshop. There is no participation fee. To register, please kindly fill to registration form in the site: http://www.sincromed.ro/libre/register.php For more information, please contact me. Please note that the nearest large airports to the Workshop venue are: Brussels, Luxemburg and Strasbourg. Looking forward to meeting you in Metz the next July. I wish you all the best. Simion Pruna Chairman of Libre Software for the Health Care Systems ===================== Simion Pruna, PhD, Prof. President of Romanian Society for Clinical Engineering & Medical Computing - Telemedicine Centre I.L.Caragiale Str. 12, Sect 2., 70208 Bucharest, Romania Phone: + 40 21 2123217; +40 722 304655 Fax: + 40 21 3303769 gsm: +40 92 304655 e-mail: simion.pruna at telemed.ro http://www.telemed.ro - If you have any questions about using this list, please send a message to d.lloyd at openehr.org
