IMIA Monthly Newsletter

1. HELINA Conference - Accra, Ghana
2.HIMSS15 - Chicago, IL, USA; 12-16 April, 2015
3. MIE2015 - Madrid, Spain; 27-29 May, 2015
4. IMIA CEO Transition; Interim CEO
5. Medinfo2019 - Call for Bids
6. NI2016 Student Wearable Design Contest
7. Medinfo2015
8. AMIA2015 Call for Submissions
9. Miscellany: short items
10. Forthcoming events
 
   a] Regional events
 
   b] National/global events

11. Next newsletter: April 2015

This newsletter is published monthly. For more frequent news updates, please visit the IMIA News site at news.imia.info or the main IMIA website.
 

HELINA Conference - Accra, Ghana; 07-11 March 2015

HELINA, the Ghana Health Informatics Association, and the organisers of the delayed HELINA2014 conference, are pleased to confirm that the event will be held in Accra, Ghana at the University of Ghana, ISSER Conference Centre from March 7 – 11, 2015. See http://www.helina-online.org/en/conferences/helina-2014 for further updates.

They write, in the latest HELINA newsletter: "With regard to the notice of postponement of the HELINA 2014 conference due to the ban on international conference in Ghana as part of measures to prevent the outbreak of Ebola in Ghana, we are happy to announce to the community that the ban has come to an end. In view of this, the HELINA and GHIA Council would like to announce that the HELINA 2014 conference will be held in Accra, Ghana at the University of Ghana, ISSER Conference Centre from March 7 – 11, 2015. With regard to this new development the organizers of HELINA 2014 are pleased to announce that the conference fees remain unchanged. We are looking forward to seeing you in Accra."

Please direct all questions to HELINA (hcs@helina-online.org), not to IMIA.
 

HIMSS15 - Chicago, IL, USA; 12-16 April, 2015

HIMSS15, the HIMSS Annual Conference and Exhibition, will be held on April 12-16, 2015 in Chicago, IL, USA. Further information will be available through the conference website in due course - http://www.himssconference.org IMIA will, once again, be an Endorser of the event. George W. Bush, 43rd President of the United States, will be a speaker at HIMSS15. Registration is open. Further information on submission, registration, etc. will be updated on the HIMSS15 website.
 

MIE2015 - Madrid, Spain; 27-29 May

MIE2015, the 26th European Medical Informatics Conference, will be held in Madrid, Spain on 27-29 May, 2015. The conference theme will be "Digital healthcare empowering Europeans". Key dates and the opening of the Call for Submissions are available at http://www.mie2015.es/MainDates.html
Keynote speakers will include Mrs. Gisele Roesems-Kerremans (Deputy Head of Unit Health and Well-Being, European Commission) and Prof. Fernando Martin Sanchez (Foundational Chair of Health Informatics at Melbourne Medical School).

Conference registration is open. Full information will be updated at http://www.mie2015.es as it becomes available. MIE2015 will be hosted by SEIS (Sociedad Española de Informática de la Salud – the Spanish Society of Health Informatics – www.seis.es).
 

IMIA CEO Transition; Interim CEO

As announced by IMIA President Dr Lincoln de Assis Moura Jr. in the February 2015 newsletter, the IMIA Board has appointed Ms. Elaine Huesing as Interim CEO until October 2015. Elaine will be gradually taking over responsibilities in a planned transition during March (and has already taken over some items), and will be the primary contact point for the IMIA Office from 01 April, 2015.
 

Medinfo2019 - Call for Bids

The Call for Bids to host Medinfo2019 is open. We have a slightly amended process and timeline (as advised to the IMIA GA2014 meeting in New Delhi), as follows:

• if not already submitted, a one page letter of intent to bid should be sent to the IMIA Office by 05 March 2015 (for consideration at the March 2015 IMIA Board meeting - this is not a binding commitment, but to help in Board deliberations);
• full bids are due by May 1 2015, and should be sent by e-mail to: alvaro.margolis@evimed.net and copied to the IMIA office at imia@imia-services.org

Only fully paid up IMIA Member Societies are eligible to bid for Medinfo. Unsolicited bids and speculative queries on bidding from conference organisers, covention bureaux, and other bodies will not be accepted or acknowledged. Member Societies are asked to consider the tradition of global rotation of Medinfo events when deciding on submitting a bid. Please direct any queries to the IMIA VP Medinfo, Dr Alvaro Margolis (email: alvaro.margolis@evimed.net )

Shortlisted bidders will be invited to present their bids to the IMIA General Assembly meeting to be held at Medinfo2015 in Sao Paulo, Brazil in August 2015. The GA will vote on selection of the host.
 

NI2016 Student Wearable Design Contest

The purpose of the NI2016 Student Wearable Contest is to encourage collaborative teams to develop and share innovative ideas in wearable or ubiquitous technologies to promote mobile-health, connected health or ubiquitous computing in health care. The goal is to allow the next generation of interprofessional collaborative teams to showcase how technologies can transform nursing and health care.

Details of the contest are available on the NI2016 website - see www.ni2016.org  and directly at http://www.ni2016.org/images_newsletter/PDF_news/141222_StudentContest.pdf

Topic areas of the contest: Wearable, Mobile and ubiquitous computing - including wearable devices, mobile apps, integration of mobile technologies into the care continuum.

Abstracts must be submitted in English. Presentations at NI2016 can be presented in English, French, German, Spanish, Japanese or Mandarin Chinese.

Deadline for submissions in the contest: April 1, 2015

Descriptions are also available here in English, French, German and Spanish.

 

Medinfo2015

Scientific submissions for Medinfo2015 are now closed. The SPC co-chairs, Profs. Fernando Martin-Sanchez and Kaija Saranto thank everyone who has submitted materials. All submissions have been reviewed, and key members of the SPC, EC and LOC will meet in Madrid, Spain in early March to finalise the outcomes of the review processes.

We ask all IMIA members to ensure promotion of Medinfo2015 through their networks; now may be a good time to start planning your trip.

We ask everyone planning to attend Medinfo2015, and/or the IMIA General Assembly meeting, to ensure that they are aware of any visa requirements, and to make early plans to minimise the risk of problems.

Passports and Visas: Visa requirements may differ according to the country of origin. Brazil does not require visa for most countries, however we advise delegates to check their individual needs in advance and in case a visa is necessary, we suggest to preview at least 10 working days to have the passport back from the Consulate.
Official invitation letters: Official letters of invitation are designed to help overcome administrative difficulties in certain countries. Such letters do not imply any financial support, nor offer the guarantee of a visa. Letters can be requested to the executive secretariat at info@fernandapresteseventos.com.br and will be issued after registration to the congress is completed.  
MEDINFO 2015: ¡Participe en el XV Congreso Mundial de Informática Biomedica y de la Salud! Bajo el lema “La Salud, facilitada por la eSalud", la comunidad internacional se reunirá entre el 19 y el 23 de agosto en São Paulo, Brasil, para compartir conocimientos y discutir cómo las innovaciones en Salud digital y en Informática biomédica están ayudando a resolver los principales problemas en atención sanitaria, Salud Pública, Salud del consumidor e Investigación biomédica. ¡Súmese y aporte sus conocimientos, conectándose con colegas de todo el mundo, y disfrutando de la cosmopolita ciudad de São Paulo!

We are seeking to develop welcome/promotional messages (similar to that above) in as many languages as possible for the Medinfo2015 website. If you can assist, please contact the Medinfo2015 LOC or the IMIA Office.
 

IMIA Yearbook 2014 Now Available in PubMed Central

On behalf of the Editorial Team, IMIA and the publishers, Prof. Christoph Lehmann, IMIA VP Services, is pleased to announce that the IMIA Yearbook of Medical Informatics is available on PubMed Central. See http://preview.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/journals/2656/ for the link to contents. Currently, only the 2014 edition of the IMIA Yearbook is available via this route. The Yearbook 2014 is also available directly from our publishers, Schattauer, at http://www.schattauer.de/de/magazine/uebersicht/zeitschriften-a-z/imia-yearbook/imia-yearbook-2014.html

Work is currently underway on production of the 2015 IMIA Yearbook of Medical Informatics.

AMIA 2015 Call for Submissions

Christoph U. Lehmann, MD, FAAP, FACMI, Chair of the AMIA2015 Scientific Program Committee, together with Vice Chairs Sarah Ingersoll, MS, MBA, and Riccardo Bellazzi, PhD, FACMI, invite all informatics researchers, practitioners, professionals, students, trainees, friends, and colleagues to participate in and attend the AMIA 2015 Annual Symposium fueled by the Power of Informatics! The Call for Participation is open - http://www.amia.org/amia2015  Deadline: March 12, 11:59 p.m. EDT

 

Miscellany of Short Items (from news.imia.info)

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