ICMCC Event 2008

ICMCC Event 2008
Patient Empowerment - The Power of Information

The 5th ICMCC Event will be organised from June 9-11, 2008,

at University of Westminster

Marylebone Campus, London, UK.

Hosted by the Westminster Business School

The Leading International Event on Patient-Related ICT in Medicine and Care

For the 5th consecutive year the ICMCC Event is the only international event dealing with patient-related ICT, focusing in 2008 on information related aspects, patient record access, electronic health records and behavioral compunetics. A high quality paper presentation programme representing some of the leading researchers in the field will be offered as well as an outstanding forum of key-note speakers.

Registration

Click here for registration.

Programme.

Click here for a full programme overview.

ICMCC announces:
The web-based personal health record - supporting individuals in making informed choices
Panel discussion on Tuesday June 10.

Participants in the panel will be

Mr. Mark Treleaven (Microsoft)
Dr. Marlene Winfield OBE (NHS HealthSpace)
Prof. Carol Detazeux (Wellcome Trust)
Mr. Richard Foggie (UK Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform)
Dr. Richard Fitton (Caldicott Guardian)

Monday June 9
offers 6 parallel sessions on the following subjects:

National and Regional Projects (Projects from India, The Netherlands, Romania and Canada)
Aspects of Electronic Health Records
European Projects (HOST, NEXES, INHOME, Healthwear, HEARTFAID)
Knowledge Management
Platforms
Behavioral Compunetics

In total 31 presentations from 13 countries and 5 continents. Another 6 additional papers will be published in the ICMCC Proceedings.

Tuesday June 10
offers an interesting array of keynote speakers.

Keynotes

The following keynotes have been confirmed:


Don Kemper MPH Healthwise, USA	Prof. Graeme Catto GMC, UK	Prof. Georges B. Kutukdjian UNESCO, France

Dr. Rajeev Bali Coventry University, UK	Drs Lodewijk Bos President ICMCC, NL

This is followed with a series of exciting empowerment presentations.
The day ends with a panel discussion on:
The web-based personal health record - supporting individuals in making informed choices

Wednesday June 11
is entirely dedicated to a workshop on Personal Health Paradigm Challenging Citizens and Patients, organized by Prof. Bernd Blobel, in cooperation with the European Federation for Medical Informatics, Working Groups "Electronic Health Records" and "Security, Safety and Ethics". The workshop has scheduled outstanding presenters from the USA, the UK, Australia, Germany, Finland and Ireland.

The ICMCC Event 2008 is sponsored by

Westminster Business School

PAERS

The ICMCC Event 2008 has the support of

UK Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform

BCS Health Informatics Interactive Care Specialist Group

BCS Sociotechnical Group

HoIP

NHS Commissioning Support Service

IFMBE

BIOPoM

Liability

All organizations and/or person(s) mentioned act solely as agent/intermediary in all matters related to organizing the congress, transport, hotel accommodation, services and facilities provided by other parties, firms, organizations or corporations and shall therefore not be liable for any loss, damage, injury, accident, inconveniences caused by strike, acts of war or any other circumstances.
The organizers do not accept responsibility for individual medical, travel or personal insurance and participants are advised to take out their own insurance policies. The organisers cannot assume liability for changes in or cancellation of the programme due to any circumstances.

Board

Event chair

Drs Lodewijk Bos
President ICMCC

Local Organising Board

Denis Carroll
Event vice-chair
University of Westminster, UK
Dr. Jaafar El-Murad
Acting Dean WBS, University of Westminster, UK
Prof. Vlatka Hlupic
University of Westminster, UK
Prof. Bryan Manning
University of Westminster, UK
Mark Outhwaite
Chairman, BCS Health Informatics Specialist Group - Interactive Care