MIE2009 – opening ceremony

Last night, Sunday, was the opening ceremony for MIE2009, held at the Sarajevo National Theatre, a grand building that was modeled, it seems, on the Vienna Opera House. The ceremony was started with welcomes from Prof Izet Masic, BHSMI President, Jacob Hofdijk, EFMI President, Reinhold Haux, IMIA president, and the Rector of Sarajevo University, among others. The two formal keynote presentations were from Prof. Gjuro Dezelic on ‘After three decades of medical informatics in European congresses’ and Gerard Comyn, from the European Commission on ‘EU ehealth agenda: strengthening research and innovation’. The cermony included a choir and string quartet, and was followed by a welcome reception.