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eHealth Newsletter - 06/05/2011

6 May 2011
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EVENT ANNOUNCEMENT
EU-US cooperation on eHealth workshop - the role and involvement of the industry

11 May 2011 Syma Center, Budapest

This workshop is organized (to follow-up the Memorandum of Understanding on eHealth signed by the EU and the US last December) to discuss the role and active involvement of the industry in carrying out the activities on the current and future topics of cooperation.

EVENT ANNOUNCEMENT
VPH-FET Conference

27 June 2011 London, UK

The event is open and free to everyone, but the number of places available is limited, and registration will be on a first-come, first-served basis; thus, registration is mandatory. You are invited to participate in the on-line discussion, which will help to shape the conference agenda, and to register immediately for the VPH-FET Conference. Future VPH expansion is, to a considerable extent, in your hands.

Contact: Registration
See also: VPH

EVENT ANNOUNCEMENT
MIE2011 - 23rd International Conferences of the European Federation for Medical Informatics

28 August 2011 - 31 August 2011 Oslo, Norway

The conference special theme is "User Centered Networked Health Care". Keynote addresses, parallel sessions, workshops, panels and posters will discuss several upcoming, unresolved challenges for 21-century health care ranging personalized health, mobility, access to information, standardization, decisions-making, self-care, and education. Highlight of the offer program also include visit with workshops at Akershus University Hospital, an invitational track "Partnerships in Innovation", and a "MIE Village of the future" to profile envisioned personalized personal health information systems, support for ambient assisted living and future health service infrastructure. MIE2011 is hosted by the Norwegian Society of Medical Informatics and European Federation of Medical Informatics (EFMI).

Contact: loc@mie2011.org
See also: Registration

PRESS RELEASE
FET flagships, six cutting edge projects to change the face of Future and Emerging Technologies

(4 May 2011) Six research projects selected to compete for two top spots in the area of research into future and emerging technologies (FET) have been announced today by the European Commission at the FET11 conference and exhibition in Budapest. The six contenders will receive around €1.5 million each to refine their proposal for one year, after which only two will be selected. This MEMO gives details of the six research projects concerned.

PRESS RELEASE
Commission selects six future and emerging technologies (FET) projects to compete for research funding

(4 May 2011) Six research projects selected to compete for two top spots in the area of research into future and emerging technologies (FET) have been announced today by the European Commission at the FET11 conference and exhibition in Budapest. The six contenders will receive around €1.5 million each to refine their proposal for one year, after which only two will be selected. The aim of these flagship initiatives will be to deliver major breakthroughs in information and communication technologies (ICT), with the potential to provide solutions to some of society's biggest challenges. The two initiatives selected for long-term funding will run for 10 years, each with a total budget of up to €100 million per year.

See also: FET flagships, six cutting edge projects to change the face of Future and Emerging Technologies

New in the Library

POLICY AND LEGISLATION
New COCIR Toolkits on eHealth and Telemedicine available now

6 May 2011

Building on the success of its Telemedicine Toolkit, published in 2010 and updated today, COCIR is launching its first eHealth Toolkit. The new eHealth Toolkit sets out recommendations on how to create a favourable environment for innovative technologies in healthcare. These recommendations are based on COCIR's market statistics which have been published for the first time in the Toolkit. A Glossary of Terms is also included to bring clarity to the eHealth debate. As for the Telemedicine Toolkit, it has been expanded with success stories and new evidence on the benefits of telehealth for patients. It also highlights the potential of mHealth to improve the management of chronic diseases.

SPEECH
Neelie Kroes, Vice-President of the European Commission responsible for the Digital Agenda, Pushing science beyond fiction

Future and Emerging Technologies Conference 2011 (FET11), Budapest, 4 May 2011

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