This year's DiMI/EMIL Summer School will take place on 1st - 4th September at the University of Münster, Germany. In 2008, the Summer School of Molecular Imaging is focused on the application of molecular imaging on cardiovascular diseases. Various techniques of molecular imaging can be used for refined diagnosis of diseases responsible for the highest number of victims in industrialized countries.

Major diseases like cancer, neurological and cardiovascular diseases are complex in nature involving environmental, life style, ageing and genetic components. One of the future challenges is to integrate the knowledge of all these different components into robust and fully reliable computer models and "in silico" environments that will help the development and testing of new therapies for better prediction and prevention tools in healthcare.

9th September 2008
Kieler Schloss, Kiel, Germany
Travelling abroad for pleasure, education, or work has become a natural part of life for many European citizens. Products and services can be bought in another Member State when the need arises, but obtaining healthcare outside their residence country is still problematic for most European citizens.

This workshop will take place alongside the ICT BIO 2008 conference.
Computational and mathematical cancer modeling is already a driving force behind interdisciplinary cancer systems biology. Understanding cancer as a complex dynamic biosystem requires finding ways to investigate and ultimately target its many constituents and their dynamic relationships across multiple scales in space and time – i.e., multi-scale modeling and simulation.

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The World of Health IT Conference & Exhibition 2008 (WoHIT 2008) has been designed for and by the healthcare ICT community in the European region including: technology end users, vendors, providers and policy makers. Addressing the perspectives of clinicians, directors and other healthcare professionals, The World of Health ICT Conference & Exhibition offers:

26th June, 2008
9:30 AM UK / 10:30 AM Central Europe
Is it a challenge to understand and communicate the benefits of mobile point of care technologies within your organization? Is your team trying to build a holistic business case, including the financial and clinical benefits, using quantitative data?

2-3 September, 2008
National Cancer Institute (NCI-US) and National Cancer Research Institute (NCRI-UK)
Join leaders from the United States, United Kingdom, and beyond for a two-day conference on the critical importance of information technology to biomedical research.