OpenHealth conference; Belfast, January 2010 January 21, 2010
Posted by peterjmurray in conference, Europe, health informatics.Tags: Belfast, health informatics, open source, open standards
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Peter is at the OpenHealth conference in Belfast, Northern Ireland today, and will be doing some blogging and tweeting (search for #openhealth on Twitter). Information on the event is at www.openisland.net It is being held at the Spires Centre and the Europa Hotel today, and tomorrow’s linked event will be at the University of Ulster Jordanstown Campus.
Today’s event is a one day free conference on open and connected technologies / services solutions for healthcare and the issues surrounding them, and also includes the official launch of BCS Health Northern Ireland – a new forum for knowledge sharing in Health Informatics & Connected Health in Northern Ireland. The current interim committee for BCS Health NI also includes Jonathan as secretary, and Paul Comac as Treasurer.
Jonathan Wallace opened the event and will chair today’s conference. The first speaker is Prof. Roy Harper, chair of BCS Health Northern Ireland, who outlined the aims of the group, and the wish to be open and inclusive as far as membership of the group – www.bcs.org/health/ni
Jean Roberts followed Roy to give a formal welcome from BCS and introduction, including formal greetings from BCS President Elizabeth Sparrow.
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