Hospitalaria '99
November 3 - 6, 1999
Buenos Aires, Argentina

The Canadian Embassy in Argentina will have a Canada Stand at Hospitalaria '99. We are inviting companies to send brochures, visit the event or participate in booths of their own.

In order to facilitate planning, the following deadlines have been established for the receipt of registration forms:

• Sending brochures for the Canada Stand - Friday, September 17, 1999
• Visiting the fair - Friday, October 8, 1999
• Setting up a booth in the Canada Pavilion Friday July 16, 1999

Please note that companies interested in setting up a booth should be aware that 3 months are required to comply with customs procedures for the temporary importation of equipment.

American Medical Informatics Association 1999 Annual Symposium
"Transforming Health Care Through Informatics"
Cornerstones for a New Information Management Paradigm
November 6- 10, 1999

The AMIA Annual Symposium program emphasizes an integrated view of informatics and is organized around four cornerstone areas—Representing Knowledge, Acquiring and Presenting Data, Managing Change, and Integrating Information. While each of these cornerstones is vital to the success of a total system, they are interconnected, supporting each other and the total systems approach. Regardless of where one’s personal interests or specialization may lie within any of these areas, it is important for all of us to see the complex linkages involved in the big picture.

Our keynote speaker, Peter Keen, is internationally recognized for his insights and strategies regarding integrated information systems. He will set the stage for us by talking about the requirements for system success and some strategies to ensure the long-term success of the systems that we develop.

The AMIA 1999 Annual Symposium program is offering tutorials, workshops, paper and panel sessions, demonstrations, posters, and exhibits. Also, for the first time, we will have a two-day Cancer Informatics Technology Expo sponsored by the National Cancer Institute.

For further information contact:
American Medical Informatics Association

Medica Congress '99
31st World Forum for Doctors' Surgeries and Hospitals
November 17 - 20, 1999
Dusseldorf

Medica Congress '99 is the world's largest and most important forum for all companies who want to stay ahead in the medical care and is aimed at hospital doctors and GP's, medical support staff and equipment operators, nursing staff and physiotherapists as well as visitors from industry and healthcare management.

The programme spotlights a wide range of specialist subjects from all medical disciplines, and is designed to reflect and complement the extensive range of exhibits visitors will find at the show. Sessions fall within the following categories.

• Medical seminars for visitors from all disciplines
• Nationally and, in some cases, internationally recognized practical courses involving the very latest medical equipment, both at the Trade Fair Center and at hospitals in Dusseldof, Bochum and Wuppertal
• Matters of topical interest connected with healthcare finance, healthcare policy and legal issues affecting clinics and doctors' surgeries
• Specific topics relating to hospital administration, from logistics to environmental impact, from cost-cutting to strategies for the future
• Tele-MEDICA use of information technology in doctors' surgeries and hospitals
• Seminars/courses for those in the medical ancillary professions

In all, over 200 seminars and courses to be addressed by around 600 top speakers of international repute are due to take place.

ISTAHC 2000
16th Annual Meeting of the International Society of Technology Assessment in Health Care
June 18 - 21, 2000
The Hague
The Netherlands

The 16th Annual Meeting of ISTAHC will take place in the Hague, and will be open to healthcare workers, purchasers and providers of health services, researchers and policy makers throughout the world interested in the exchange of information on Technology Assessment In Health Care.

The ISTAHC Annual Meeting in 2000 will offer continuity and change. True to tradition, clinical screening issues in health care technology will return in the programme in The Hague. In addition, the broad scope of health care technology assessment will be reflected in relatively new topics on the agenda. The conference will focus on outpatient care and treatment in sectors such as mental health, addiction, primary care and physical therapy. Also, assessments addressing nursing home care will receive due attention. Technology assessment is gaining momentum in these health care sectors, but often outside the realm of ISTAHC.

New Topics

• from inpatient to outpatient care
• mental health and addiction
• primary care
• allied health care
• nursing
• disease management
• shared/transmural care
• consumer perspective

Returning Topics

• clinical issues
• screening issues

The call for abstracts will be sent out in May 1999. Abstracts are to be submitted before 30 September 1999. Notice of acceptance/rejection will be given in December 1999. Early bird registration must be received by 1 April 2000.

For further information:
Mrs. Elita Zoer-van der Veen
Netherlands Institute of Primary Health Care (NIVEL)

ICCEF 2000
International Conference on the Combined Effects of Environmental Factors
August 26 - 29, 2000
Savonlinna, Finland

The 9th International Conference on the Combined Effects of Environmental Factors will take place in Savonlinna, amidst the beautiful eastern lake area of Finland. The conference is organized under the auspices of the International Society of Complex Environmental Studies (ISCES) in cooperation with national and international research institutes and universities.

ICCEF 2000 invites all scientists who are interested in basic or applied studies related to complex interactions and combined effects of physical, chemical, psycho-social and biological environmental factors on human health and well-being, or on biological systems. Contributions cover the following main subjects areas Complex Environmental Studies,Combination Epidemiology, Combination Toxicology, Combined Mutagens, Genotoxins,Carcinogens and Teratogens, Combined Environmental and Psychosocial Factors, Psychophysiological Studies on Combined Environmental Factors, Methodological Issues and Computer Simulation as well as Modelling. The program will include introductory lectures, oral and poster presentations. The working language of the Conference is English.

For further details please contact:
Dr. Olavi Manninen
Conference Chair
The International ISCES Society