Increasingly, micro and medical technology are growing together and driving each other on to new developments. According to a survey by IVAM, the Professional Association for Microtechnology (Dortmund), medical technology is the principal target sector for European microtechnology companies, with a clear lead on the telecommunication and electronic industries. Over 43 percent of the companies asked regard medical applications as the primary focus of their marketing opportunities.

October, 7th, at MEDNET 2007, Leipzig, Germany
Information Technology is more and more influencing the daily practice in healthcare. Examples are the proliferation of electronic health records, workflow support for medical processes and therapy protocols, etc. Together with the ubiquitous availability of relevant information, information technology also found its way into emergency care - both in prehospital and in hospital emergency care.

INTEGRAMplus Workshop at the CAS Conference: Silicon / Polymer Microsystems for Life Sciences 17th October 2007, Sinaia, Romania
INTEGRAMplus brings together the complementary expertise of 10 major companies and institutes from 7 European countries to accelerate the development of novel MNT (MicroNanoTechnology) products, including consultancy, feasibility studies, design, development, prototyping and a route to production.

The International Virtual e-Hospital Foundation in collaborations with USAID/Albania and Telemedicine and Advanced Technology Research Center (TATRC/MRMC), Fort Detrick, Maryland, is organizing a three-day intensive workshop on current practices and principles of telemedicine and e-Health that will be held in Tirana, Albania, October 21-23, 2007.

In order to offer a series of seminars on hot topics, HIMSS EMEA has increased the variety of content to our programme with two eSeminars per month: twice the opportunity to learn about the latest developments and interact with peer and colleagues from across Europe, the Middle East and Africa! These low-cost eSeminars offer a high quality educational value to help develop in-depth knowledge on hot topics and choose the most appropriate sessions.

Lancaster Workshops 1-4 Oct 2007, a Series of Events organised by the European Network of Excellence in Design for Micro & Nano Manufacture (PATENT-DfMM) and the Europractice Technology Access Initiative INTEGRAMplus.

Despite its significant market expectations for a vast area of applications, many microsystems (MST, MEMS) still face key manufacturing challenges in guaranteeing stability, robustness and associated reliability within the target working environment.

The 1st World of Health IT Conference & Exhibition took place in Geneva in 2006 and was a great success. But the 2nd one, taking place 22-25 October in Vienna, Austria, promises to be even better.

Register before 21 September to benefit from pre-registration reduced rates.