Past Events

The 2012 Bio-IT Expo plans to unite 2,000+ life sciences, pharmaceutical, clinical, healthcare, and IT professionals from 30+ countries. The Expo provides the perfect venue to share information and discuss enabling technologies that are driving biomedical research and the drug development process. Two entire days of the Expo are dedicated to  presentations on Open Source solutions, Collaborative Innovation and Cloud solutions (Track 11), and preceeding the conference there will be a full day of pre-conference workshops on open source.

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On April 18-20, the Med-e-Tel conference program will host its major 2012 event at Luxembourg. A three-day event [hosted] by the International Society for Telemedicine & eHealth, Med-e-Tel offers educational “seminars, workshops, demonstrations, and interactive panel discussions...on eHealth and Telemedicine opportunities and experiences.”

The main thrust will cover an incredible array of emerging technologies that are in the process of dramatically reshaping communication and practice in today's world of healthcare. However, the conference is highly interactive and offers ample opportunities to share ideas, establish new partnerships, and benefit from other networking opportunities. The educational experience is especially relevant to healthcare practitioners intending to modernize their systems, learn more about “the latest developments in the field,” implement cutting-edge technologies, and understand how to navigate the future world of eHealth.

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A new and unique digital conference in the heart of Scotland; where agencies, subject matter experts (SME), Chief Technical Officers (CTO) and entrepreneurs meet to discuss new ideas and innovation brought about by the rise of Open Source Software.

Android Open Conference will cover the entire Android ecosystem. Whether you're a developer, IT pro, business decision-maker, or marketer, you'll find the latest and best information for maximizing the power of the Android platform.

Interconnected Health 2012 will focus on approaches, challenges, and solutions affecting the ability to connect health organizations and systems, and the role of IT as an enabler in achieving this connectivity. Geared toward the CxO suite and senior leaders within healthcare organizations, Interconnected Health provides a venue to hear what peer organizations are doing (both within the U.S. and abroad), to exchange ideas, and to interact with peers who are leaders in this space.

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The 5th Annual Palmetto Open Source Software Conference will once again bring a world-class lineup of speakers and content to the Southeast to discuss the latest open and open source issues for technologists, business and government IT leaders, and educators. Read More »

OMG® and the Eclipse Foundation have announced the 3rd Biannual Workshop on Eclipse Open Source Software and OMG Open Specifications to be held March 25, 2012 in Reston, Virginia, USA. 

OMG is holding its quarterly Technical Meeting in Reston during the week of March 19-23, while EclipseCon North America 2012 is being held in the same venue on March 26-29. Holding this joint event on the intervening weekend therefore makes it convenient for participants in either event to attend.

The full program for the event will be posted at http://www.omg.org/EclipseOMG2012.

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Military EHRS — Where Do We Stand? Where Are We Going? – How Will We Get There?

The future of the Military Health Record system and collaboration with the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) will take front stage an the upcoming conference in Washington, DC., March 15-16. As noted in the program, this conference "brings together the experts from government and industry who are defining and developing the solutions to these and other issues and who are modernizing the military Healthcare IT infrastructure and developing the next-generation Military EHRS."

The Military Health System (MHS) has been a key player in the development and utilization of EHRS throughout the military medical system. Currently, it serves over nine million patients, one hundred thirty thousand Medical Health System staff, four hundred plus medical clinics, and over sixty military hospitals. As the program aptly points out, in sharp contrast 'less than ten percent of US non-military hospitals have even a basic electronic records system."

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