I think TC215 is presently scheduled for week of Sep 24 in Vienna (subject to final confirmation). You should probably try to avoid clashing with that given 13606 overlap - but could aim to follow it. Richard DH
At 12:26 11/01/2012, Heather Leslie wrote: >Content-Type: multipart/alternative; > boundary="----=_NextPart_000_010A_01CCD05C.3B6F2490" >Content-Language: en-au > >I???d love to see this timed to be close to >another event for those of us who have to travel >from the other side of the world. MIE2012 is >occurring at the end of August, so a slightly >earlier September date for this gathering might >be more conducive to some to travel the distance/amortise the expense. > >Regards > >Heather > >From: openehr-clinical-bounces at openehr.org >[mailto:openehr-clinical-bounces at openehr.org] On Behalf Of Thomas Beale >Sent: Tuesday, 10 January 2012 11:15 PM >To: Openehr-Technical; For openEHR clinical discussions >Subject: openEHR conference - proposal for Lake Bled, Slovenia 2012 - POLL > > >Dear all, > >for some years now, people have expressed >interest in a live openEHR event. There is no >doubt it is overdue! One nice place for such an >event happens to be available for 2012: Lake >Bled, Slovenia, sometime in the period mid >September - mid October - if we act fast. >Nothing has been booked: the purpose of this >post is for you to decide if you like the idea, >and vote on the doodle poll below, so we can >determine interest and dates. PLEASE RESPOND AS >SOON AS YOU RECEIVE THIS, TIME IS SHORT FOR BOOKING. > >Possibilities for a conference are as below >(it's a compendium of ideas from people with a >slight allergy to wall-to-wall presentations >inside a hotel!) I have run these ideas past the >interim openEHR board, and a few other >experienced openEHR-ites, and the initial >response was positive. There is a poll below to register your interest. > * LOCATION: Lake Bled, Slovenia, one of the > jewels of central Europe, easy to get to, not > too expensive; <http://www.bled.si/en/>touristic info > * CONFERENCE ACTIVITIES: > * max 3 days of 'conference' activity, > with keynotes & organised presentations, many > self-organised workshops and hang-outs > * keynotes: 2 or 3 international speakers > * hang-outs could be in the hotels, but > also cafes, by the lake shore, or in picnic fields > * topics would include all levels of openEHR-related work, including > * clinical modelling, > * governance, > * programming & solutions in every language, > * decision support, > * model merging for 13606 revision, > * possible Clinical Information > Modelling Initiative (CIMI) meetings/presentations > * using archetypes to make coffee > * etc > * academic side: it seems like a good > opportunity to get some nice papers together. > They would be published in a special issue of > one of the existing journals, possibly > <http://www.ejhi.net/ojs/index.php/ejhi>ejHI. > * there would be significant opportunity > for the community to self-organise events & > activities leading up to the conference. > * SOCIAL: > * participants encouraged to bring > partners, kids and to enjoy the beautiful surroundings > * one conference dinner > * interspersed with the conference > activities, there would be some organised > outdoor activities, and free time for > self-organised things like canoing, > sight-seeing, tourist visits to Ljubljana, the caves, etc > * we would organise some good cultural > stuff, including live music and maybe a dance night etc > * the first day of the conference would > be 80% organised social activities and meeting > people, no presentations at all (Joaquim Dudeck > did this years ago at a CDA conference in > Berlin, and it worked fantastically well - all > the attendees more or less knew each other by > the time any actual conferencing got underway). > * COSTS: > * we have done some pricing, and we > think the attendance price would be around ?500 / head > * air-travel to Ljubljana (capital of > Slovenia) and then to lake Bled is generally in > the ?100 per head range if booked ahead from European destinations. > * hotel costs are in a wide range, from > ?70 / night single, 80-90 twin, to ?150+/night > for lake view doubles and suites. > * The organisers would provide guidance for > people who want to make a proper holiday out of > it and stay one or both weekends (in fact, we > might make one weekend part of the conf) > * There is a large contingent of local > openEHR interest in Slovenia, and many friendly > people there who will make visitors welcome and > help with organisation (of course there will be > a professional company running the event, an organising committee, and so on). > >Those of you who get involved in conferences >will know that there is not much time left for >2012 - about 8 months lead time is needed. We >would look for sponsorship to help cover costs. > >WHAT WE NEED TO DO NOW (AND QUICKLY): > * If the above sounds interesting, a window > is open for this Lake Bled, mid-Sep -> mid-Oct. > I have created an online poll to gauge interest: > * INSTRUCTIONS: > * go to the <http://www.doodle.com/mry4ky77nnzpacu9>doodle poll > * please check contiguous days that > could work for you as a conference week - CHECK > ALL DAYS OPEN FOR YOU. It's a bit annoying, > seems you have to individually check each date, > but we would need this data to determine the best date > * If you want to be anonymous, no > problem - please put something like "Sweden #14", "Brazil #38", etc > * OR... if you like the idea but don't > like the location or timing, please say > something on the clinical or technical list in response to this post. >THE INTENDED OUTCOME OF THE POLL IS TO DETERMINE: > * how many people (roughly) are interested, > and would come sometime in the period available > * which week should be booked for the > conference, since this has to be locked in very soon > >One variable that could also be changed is >duration. Some people might want more of a short >working meeting - as far as I can see, there is >no way to include this idea on the doodle poll; please indicate on the lists. > >If you like the conference idea, but can't >participate in the above proposal, or would like >some other proposal, please post you ideas instead on the lists. > >thanks for your input. >- thomas beale >_______________________________________________ >openEHR-technical mailing list >openEHR-technical at openehr.org >http://lists.chime.ucl.ac.uk/mailman/listinfo/openehr-technical J. Richard Dixon Hughes Managing Director, DH4 Pty Limited 86 Cabramatta Road, Mosman, NSW 2088 Phone: +61 (0) 2 9953 8544 Mobile/Cell: +61 (0) 410 549 396 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://lists.openehr.org/mailman/private/openehr-technical_lists.openehr.org/attachments/20120111/c87d7980/attachment.html>
