[vtkusers] Call for papers OSEHC2009 Open source workshop in conjunction with BIOSTEC2009

[Thomas Karopka]

Dear vtk user,

As one of the workshop chairs I would like to invite you to submit a 
paper for the workshop "Open source in European Healthcare - The Time is 
Ripe".
The workshop invites submissions from all areas of open source in health 
care. Please find the detailed call for papers on the website 
(http://www.biostec.org/OSEHC.htm).
Position papers are highly welcome. We are very interested to learn from 
your experiences in the area of open source in the health care sector.
We would very much like to have participants from working open source 
projects at our conference to exchange ideas and identify areas where we 
may work together.
Please help us in spreading this call for papers in your community. 
Thank you very much for your collaboration.

The International Joint Conference on Biomedical Engineering Systems and 
Technologies-BIOSTEC 2009 <http://www.biostec.org/> takes place in 
Porto, Portugal January 14-17th 2009.
In conjunction with BIOSTEC 2009 the EFMI LIFOSS WG will hold The First 
International Workshop on Open Source in European Health Care: The Time 
is Ripe – OSEHC 2009 <http://www.biostec.org/OSEHC.htm> from 16-17 
January 2009.
Chairs are Thomas Karopka, IT Science Center Rügen gGmbH, Germany and 
Ricardo Joao Cruz Correia, Universidade do Porto, Portugal.
Possible topics include but are not limited to:
open source software -
· tools in all areas of healthcare
· for eLearning and education in the medical domain
· for knowledge bases and knowledge dissemination
· out of the Medicine 2.0 realm

Position papers may discuss the following problems:
· What are the major challenges for open source in health care?
· Proposals to overcome the identified barriers
· What are the specific requirements for open source software to be 
accepted by health professionals and institutions?
· What has to be done to push open source in the health care arena?
· What has to be done to make open source software attractive for 
institutions? Important Dates

Regular Paper Submission: October 17, 2008
Authors Notification: November 10, 2008
Final Paper Submission and Registration: November 17, 2008

The purpose of the 2nd International Joint Conference on Biomedical 
Engineering Systems and Technologies is to bring together researchers 
and practitioners, including engineers, biologists, health professionals 
and informatics/computer scientists, interested in both theoretical 
advances and applications of information systems, artificial 
intelligence, signal processing, electronics and other engineering tools 
in knowledge areas related to biology and medicine.

BIOSTEC is composed of three co-located conferences, each specialized in 
at least one of the aforementioned main knowledge areas. For more 
information visit the conference web site http://www.biostec.org/

Best regards,
Thomas Karopka

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