Note: site under development - further major update due March 2008

The EFMI (European Federation for Medical Informatics - www.efmi.org ) Special Topic Conference (STC) for 2008 will take place in London, UK on 9-11 September 2008 (with associated EFMI Board and Council meetings commencing on 8 September).


Venue:

British Computer Society London Offices

First Floor, The Davidson Building,
5, Southampton Street
(off The Strand)
London  WC2E 7HA
United Kingdom

Map and directions (pdf file)  >>>
(includes information on local transport connections)

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Aim and Scope of the Conference

This Special Topic Conference will be organised by members of the IMIA and EFMI Open Source Working Groups with a focus on Open Source in European Health Care. The Conference will consist of invited plenary speakers and parallel workshops to actively engage the delegates. In addition, pre- and post-conference online discussion forums will be used.

Supporting Organisations

BCS Health Informatics Forum
EFMI LIFOSS (Libre/free and open source) WG
IMIA Open Source health Informatics WG
IMIA-NI Open Source Nursing Informatics (OSNI) WG
CHIRAD (EFMI and IMIA Academic Member)

Conference Programme (preliminary)

June to September 2008	Web Based Tutorials
September 20	Monday 8th          Board Meeting Tuesday 9th         Council Meeting                             Opening Ceremony                             Welcome Party Wednesday 10th Plenary Sessions                            Workshops                            Gala Dinner Thursday 11th   Plenary Sessions                           Workshops                           Closing Ceremony
September to December 2008	Web Based Discussions

Publicity brochure:
A 4 page colour brochure is available. It is also here electronically (1  2  3  4)

More information to follow