Date: Tuesday, 3 April, 15:00-16:00, CET
Subject: "Electronic Health Record Systems certification: the European perspective"
Speaker: Prof. George De Moor, Head of Medical Informatics of Ghent University and President of the EuroRec Institute, Belgium

Methods of Information in Medicine is announcing a Special Topic Issue on Smart Homes and Ambient Assisted Living in an Aging Society.

A "smart home" is a residential setting equipped with a set of advanced electronics, sensors and automated devices specifically designed for care delivery, remote monitoring, early detection of problems or emergency cases and promotion of residential safety and quality of life.

The eHealth week Berlin 2007 is taking place from 16 to 20 April, 2007 at Messe Berlin. eHealth week Berlin 2007 belongs to the associated programme of the German EU-Presidency and pools key IT and telematics events within the German health sector.

The European Commission, the executive arm of the European Union (EU), the European Patent Office (EPO) and the European Medicines Agency (EMEA) will be present at the BIO 2007 Annual International Convention in Boston (6-9 May 2007). A joint EU Pavilion will highlight Europe's role in supporting research and innovation in the life sciences and promote Europe as a highly competitive knowledge-based economy with opportunities for research, partnering and business.

The purpose of the HEALTHINF 2008 - International Conference on Health Informatics (28-31 January 2008, Funchal, Maderia - Portugal) is to bring together researchers and practitioners interested in the application of information and communication technologies (ICT) to healthcare and medicine in general and to the specialized support to persons with special needs in particular.

In the Speakers page close to the speakers' photo and short resume Personal Health Systems 2007 Conference (PHS) organizers have included web links to the conducted presentations. Additionally, please note that a pleasant Conference Photo Gallery as well is accessible for all PHS 2007 Conference web site visitors.

The eChallenges e-2007 Conference & Exhibition takes place in the beautiful city of The Hague, The Netherlands (24 - 26 October 2007). This is the seventeenth in a series of annual technology research conferences supported by the European Commission, which regularly attracts over 600 delegates from leading commercial, government and research organisations around the world to share knowledge and experience, lessons learnt and good practice in areas of applied Information Communication Technologies (ICT).