Events

The annual ETSI Security Workshop brings together international Standards Developing Organisations (SDOs) and security experts to discuss recent developments, share knowledge and co-ordinate on future actions and work areas. There will be presentations from major organisations involved in security initiatives, such as ETSI, ENISA, ITU and the European Commission. Participation is free upon registration.

Demand on healthcare systems is on the rise, in light of demographic change, increased citizen mobility in Europe and the rising expectations of patients. As resources remain limited, now is the opportunity to develop new distance spanning services and technologies that will enhance quality and render the management and provision of our services more efficient and more accessible. ALEC 2010 offers peer to peer learning - participants will hear from other European regions why they should work with e-health, how they can develop and implement e-health policies, what challenges they can expect to face and how e-health can contribute to improving the quality and efficiency of services.

Co-organised by the forthcoming Spanish Presidency of the European Union and by the European Commission, with the cooperation of the Government of Catalonia and the Foundation TicSalut, the High Level eHealth Conference 2010, the 8th edition in the series of ministerial events representing an important annual milestone in the field of ICT for healthcare, aims to support dissemination of eHealth best practices.

This year's EDDP conference will focus on health policy and on cardiovascular (cardiac disease and hypertension), metabolic (diabetes) and renal diseases. As early disease detection and prevention are the most promising avenues to effective healthcare, this EDDP conference is expected to draw hundreds of participants from around the globe, including medical practitioners, scientists, investigators, opinion leaders, formulators of health policies and health managers.

The purpose of this meeting is to provide information on the upcoming call for proposals of the Competitiveness Innovation Programme in the area of self-service terminals and assistive technologies (see the draft work programme for 2010) and gather ideas from participants in this connection. Furthermore, the meeting will also aim to identify grounds for further action at European level, notably with support from the European Commission in various possible ways: policy recommendations, stakeholder dialogue, standardisation activities, etc.

The Congress is programmed in collaboration with a multidisciplinary scientific committee and with the support of a steering committee consisting of French and European hospital federations, conferences of CME (medical establishment committee) Directors and Presidents, industry federations, Ministry spokespersons, and private practice representatives. In conjunction with the congress, the Health Information Systems tradeshow brings together all the consulting, equipment manufacturing, and publishing businesses developing a solution for the health-care industry. Hit is co-located with the health event HOPITAL EXPO-INTERMEDICA.

The Heart Failure Congress, the annual meeting of the Heart Failure Association of the ESC, is dedicated to all professionals interested in the broad spectrum of problems relating to heart failure. Deadline to submit abstract at Heart Failure 2010: 14 January 2010.

IST-Africa 2010 is the fifth in an Annual Conference Series which brings together senior representatives from leading commercial, government & research organisations across Africa and from Europe, to bridge the Digital Divide by sharing knowledge, experience, lessons learnt and good practice and discussing policy related issues.

Forum 2009 will focus on innovations in how systems of research for health are organized, managed, financed and applied. It will highlight innovations that are already, or could be, contributing to strengthening systems of research for health and health equity; examine the results of research and innovation in key areas including, for example, equitable finance mechanisms in health systems; explore pivotal factors that are important in improving the organization of research and innovation systems to achieve more equitable health outcomes. Details on the dedicated website.

The "Challenges of Change" will be the motto that will strengthen the long-term impact and value of the World Congress on Information Technology.