MIE2015 (Madrid, Spain) – Call for Submissions – Extended Deadlines

The European Federation for Medical Informatics (EFMI) and the Spanish Society of Health Informatics (SEIS), Spain invite you to submit your contributions to the 26th Medical Informatics Europe Conference, MIE2015, which will be held from 27 to 29 May 2015 in Madrid, Spain. The theme of MIE2015 is “Digital healthcare empowering Europeans”.

UPDATE: – extended deadlines:
Deadline for Papers and Posters (indexed)  is extended to November 17th, 2014 [now closed]
Deadline for Workshops, Panels, Special events (nonindexed) proposals is December 22nd.

Visit the conference website www.mie2015.es for further information and keynotes preview.

On behalf of the SPC MIE 2015
Lacramioara Stoicu-Tivadar (Chair), Ronald Cornet (Co-Chair), Alexander Hoerbst (Co-Chair), Stig Kjær Andersen (EFMI Liaison)

Full information on MIE2015 is at http://www.mie2015.es and the call information is also on the EFMI website at http://www.efmi.org/index.php/91-call-for-papers-mie-2015

New EFMI Board and Website

The new Board of the European Federation for Medical Informatics (EFMI – www.efmi.org) has been announced, with new officers taking up their positions effective of the closing of MIE2014.

The new EFMI Executive Board from 03 September,2014 is:

President – Anne Moen (Norway)
Vice President – Lacramioara Stoicu-Tivadar (Romania)
Past President – Patrick Weber (Switzerland) – also EFMI representative to the IMIA Board
Secretary – Alfred Winter (Germany)
Treasurer – Ragnar Nordberg (Sweden)
Executive Officer – Mira Hercigonja-Szekeres (Croatia)
Publications Officer – Simon De Lusignan (UK)
Institutional Membership Officer – Christian Lovis (Switzerland)
Press and Information Officer – Alexander Hoerbst (Austria)

The position of Executive Officer and Treasurer will have transition periods until the next MIE event (MIE2015) and the closing of the current financial year, respectively.

The EFMI website is also being updated, and has new design and layout.

MIE2014 – Istanbul, Turkey; 31 August – 03 September

MIE2014 – the 25th European Medical Informatics Conference – is will be held on 31 August to 03 September, 2014 in Istanbul, Turkey. Full details of the event are at www.mie2014.org – including speakers, draft programme, as well as information on hotels and the social programme.

Registration is still possible – see http://www.mie2014.org/?page=Conference_Registration for the rates applicable.

Also follow http://twitter.com/MIE2014 on Twitter (@MIE2014) and there is an MIE2014 group on LinkedIn (http://lnkd.in/EvxTt9) and a Facebook page (https://www.facebook.com/Mie2014).

IMIA Board Meeting, Budapest

The IMIA Board met in Budapest on 26 April, 2014 in conjunction with the EFMI Special Topic Conference 2014 (www.stc2014.org). In addition, members of the IMIA Board participated in  a joint meeting with the EFMI Board on 25 April, and were pleased to be able to join the EFMI Council for their dinner in the evening of 25 April.

The next IMIA Board meeting will be on 30 October, 2014 and the next IMIA General Assembly meeting will be on 31 October 2014. The meetings will be held in New Delhi, India in conjunction with the APAMI2014 conference (www.apami2014.com)

EFMI STC2014 – Budapest, Hungary; 26-29 April

The European Federation for Medical Informatics (EFMI) Special Topic Conference (STC) 2014 will take place on 26-29 April, 2014 at the Hotel Benczúr. Information on the event is available through the website at http://stc2014.org

The subject of the EFMI STC 2014 will be Cross-border challenges in informatics with a focus on disease surveillance and utilising big-data. The Patron is Dr. Szócska Miklós, minister of state responsible for health, and the LOC is lead by Dr György Surján and his colleagues from the Biomedical Section of the John von Neumann Computer Society (NJSZT), IMIA and EFMI’s Member Society in Hungary. The SPC chairs are Lacrimioara Stoicu-Tivadar (Romania) and Simon de Lusignan (UK).

The regular registration rate is available until 28 March, after which the on-site rate applies. Information on keynotes speakers and other sessions, including social options, is all available at http://stc2014.org

Acta Informatica Medica Journal – Latest Issue

The latest issue of Acta Informatica Medica: journal of the Society for Medical Informatics of Bosnia and Herzegovina and Academy of Medical Sciences in Bosnia and Herzegovina is now available – 2014, Volume 22, Issue 1.

It is available directly at http://www.scopemed.org/journal.php?jid=6

Information on the journal is at http://www.amn.ba/2014/01/29/acta-informatica-medica/ The Editor-in-Chief is Prof. Izet Masic. An archive of Acta is also available on PubMed.

The latest issue has a Special Tribute on Morris F. Collen from Marion Ball, Donald Lindberg, Izet Masic, and a series of articles on the history of medical informatics in Europe.

MIE2014 Paper/Poster Submission Deadline Extended – 07 February, 2014

The deadline for submission of Papers and Posters for MIE2014 has been extended to 07 February, 2014. See details at http://www.mie2014.org/?page=Call_for_Submissions

The submission deadline for Workshops, Panels, Short communications, and Tutorials is 03 March, 2014

MIE2014 – the 25th European Medical Informatics Conference – will be held on 31 August to 03 September, 2014 in Istanbul, Turkey – watch www.mie2014.org for more information as it becomes available . Also follow http://twitter.com/MIE2014 on Twitter (@MIE2014) and there is an MIE2014 group on LinkedIn (http://lnkd.in/EvxTt9) and a Facebook page (https://www.facebook.com/Mie2014).

Keynote Speakers Announced for MIE2014 (Istanbul)

Keynote speakers have been announced for MIE2014, the 25th European Medical Informatics Conference, to be held in Istanbul, Turkey on August 31st – September 3rd, 2014. See http://www.mie2014.org/?page=Speakers

Keynote speakers include:

• Prof. Dr. Elske Ammenwerth, UMIT, Austria
• Don Sweete, CEO of IHTSDO
• Bedirhan Üstün, Coordinator, Classifications, Terminologies, and Standards, World Health Organization
• Şuayip Birinci, Turkish Public Hospitals Association
• Prof. Kaija Saranto, University of Eastern Finland
• Prof. Jan van Bemmel (past chairman of the Dutch Society of Medical Infor­matics VMBI, past President of IMIA)

REMINDER: Submission deadline, Papers and Posters is January 31, 2014 – http://www.mie2014.org/?page=Call_for_Submissions

UPDATED: EFMI STC 2014 Submission Deadline Extended – 06 January, 2014

UPDATE of 03 January, 2014:

The submission deadline for the EFMI STC 2014 has been extended – the deadline for all submissions (full papers, posters and workshops) is now 06 January, 2014. See http://www.stc2014.org for information.

Information is continually being updated on the website as it becomes available, including details of the conference venue, accommodation, and other relevant dates in respect of the scientific submissions. The deadline for early bird registration will be 21 February.

The European Federation for Medical Informatics (EFMI) Special Topic Conference (STC) 2014 Conference has the subject: Cross-border challenges in informatics with a focus on disease surveillance and utilising big-data. The event will be held on 26-29 April, 2014 in Budapest, Hungary. See http://www.stc2014.org for more information as it becomes available. The IMIA Board and the EFMI Board and Council will both meet in Budapest in conjunction with the conference. We encourage all IMIA and EFMI colleagues to submit to and participate in this event.

For MIE2014, the deadline for submission of papers and posters is 31 January, 2014 – see http://www.mie2014.org/?page=Call_for_Submissions

MIE2014 – the 25th European Medical Informatics Conference – will be held on 31 August to 03 September, 2014 in Istanbul, Turkey – watch www.mie2014.org for more information as it becomes available . Also follow http://twitter.com/MIE2014 on Twitter (@MIE2014) and there is an MIE2014 group on LinkedIn (http://lnkd.in/EvxTt9) and a Facebook page (https://www.facebook.com/Mie2014).

ICIMTH2014 Conference (Athens, Greece) July 10-14, 2014: Call for Submissions

Prof. John Mantas, University of Athens, Greece (on behalf of the Organizing Committee) and Prof. Arie Hasman, University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands (on behalf of the Scientific Program Committee) are pleased to invite submissions, and would like to welcome you to, ICIMTH, the International Conference on Informatics, Management, and Technology in Healthcare. The event will  be held in Athens, Greece on 10-14 July, 2014. As John and Arie note, the conference offers both an excellent scientific event and an outstanding occasion to enjoy the local hospitality, food and culture.

The submission deadline for full papers and posters is 24 March, 2014. For workshops, panels and tutorials, the deadline is 14 April, 2014. Full information is on the conference website – http://www.icimth.com – Call for Papers at http://www.icimth.com/call-for-papers or download PDF [139kb] Queries by email to icimth2014[at]gmail.com

The event is organised by the University of Athens and the Greek Health Informatics Association, and is supported by EFMI and IMIA.

All accepted full papers will be published by IOS Press and will be indexed in Medline, PubMed, Scopus.