I do like the idea but I would prefer that each conference has its own very clear identity, albeit that some sessions could be shared, along with venue etc. A couple of the MIE conferences have operated this way with local informatics conferences being co-hosted/located with the European event, with some joint sessions but otherwise a very clear individual agenda and focus.
Ian Dr Ian McNicoll office +44 (0)1536 414 994 fax +44 (0)1536 516317 mobile +44 (0)775 209 7859 skype ianmcnicoll ian.mcnicoll at oceaninformatics.com Clinical Modelling Consultant,?Ocean Informatics, UK Director/Clinical Knowledge Editor openEHR Foundation ?www.openehr.org/knowledge Honorary Senior Research Associate, CHIME, UCL SCIMP Working Group, NHS Scotland BCS Primary Health Care ?www.phcsg.org On 13 January 2012 13:50, Thomas Beale <thomas.beale at oceaninformatics.com> wrote: > > I think this could be interesting to consider as well. It is a requirement > for us i think to make this work for 'openEHR', since I think most people in > the community would agree with the need for a face to face meeting. Having > said that, I think we certainly want to have a) very practical workshops > and b) sessions / workshops on e-health topics to which openEHR is > connected, e.g. 13606 convergence, decision support using AQL and service > models for the EHR, openEHR/CDA transformation (to name a few). > > Obviously this conference can't replace other conferences that are > completely open in terms of what kind of models & standards underpin the > implementations. If you think an openEHR-flavoured ISHEP conference would > make sense, let's talk further. > > Am interested in the thoughts of others on this. > > - thomas > > > On 12/01/2012 07:54, Miroslav Koncar wrote: > > Hi all, > > I think this is a very positive initiative. In my capacity as the HL7 > Croatia Chair, but perhaps even more importantly, ISHEP (www.ishep.org) > Conference Programme Committee Chair, we would be interested in exploring > the opportunities to combining efforts and supporting this event. > > Few important remarks - ISHEP is a regional two day conference that attracts > about 100 experts from Slovenia, Croatia and neighboring countries, and > discusses best practices around eHealth implementations. It is very much > hands on practice, targeted workshops and implementation type of > discussions, where the aim is to raise awareness and knowledge with local > communities on European and world wide best practices on eHealth > implementation. It is usually done under auspices of two Ministries of > Health, and supported by professional community such as HL7, Croatian and > Slovenian Society of Medical Informatics, EFMI, etc. The conference usually > takes place in September-October time frame, and for the last two years it > has been done in Croatia, whilst the preliminary agreement for 2012 is > Slovenia. > > I think program-wise we would be able to combine the two efforts. The first > day is a plenary one, where we have keynotes, selected presentations and > panel discussion, whereas the 2nd day is several parallel workshops. If we > would combine the efforts, we could set up quite a powerful plenary and > define several parallel sessions on 2nd day (e.g. RIMBAA? CIMI? EHR > Certification?). > > Please check out the ISHEP web site for further information, and let me know > your initial thoughts. > > > > _______________________________________________ > openEHR-technical mailing list > openEHR-technical at openehr.org > http://lists.chime.ucl.ac.uk/mailman/listinfo/openehr-technical >
