ICT4Health 2008: Call For Participation (Updated, 1/27/08)

NOTE: ICT4Health 2008 will provide registration subsidies to all deserving undergraduate and graduate students. Also, the registration fees of authors of contributed papers may be waived or subsidized. For more information, contact Dr. Rafael Saldana (E-mail: raffysaldana@gmail.com).

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CALL FOR PAPERS AND PARTICIPATION:

ICT4Health 2008
International Symposium on ICT For Health
(in conjunction with the 4th ONCO-MEDIA meeting in Asia)
February 29 - March 1, 2008
Ateneo de Manila University, Philippines
Sponsored by the French Embassy in Manila
Website: http://www.math.admu.edu.ph/ict4health
E-mail: ict4health@gmail.com


BACKGROUND:

Information and Communications Technology (ICT) has an important role in healthcare delivery, especially in many developing countries and communities.

The International Symposium on ICT For Health (ICT4Health 2008) aims to provide a forum for research and information exchange among healthcare practitioners, ICT professionals, researchers, faculty, students and various institutions engaged in ICT and Health (academe, government, industry, NGOs, etc.)

ICT4Health 2008 will be held in conjunction with the 4th ONCO-MEDIA Project Meeting in Asia. ONCO-MEDIA (http://www.onco-media.com/) is an international research collaboration on biomedical applications of Grid technology funded by the ICT Asia Regional Program of the French Government.

ICT4Health 2008 also includes a Workshop on Apoptosis/Cancer.

ICT4Health 2008 is being sponsored by the French Embassy in Manila.

TOPICS:

ICT4Health 2008 will include (but are not limited to) the following topics:

· Bioinformatics
· Biomedical Applications of Grid Computing
· Biomedical Imaging
· Computational Methods and Algorithms for Biomedical Applications
· ICT-facilitated Collaboration in Biomedical/Health Research
· ICT in Disease Prevention and Epidemiology
· Improvement of Healthcare Delivery Through ICT
· Information Retrieval/Data Mining for Health Applications
· Medical Databases
· Medical Informatics
· Medical Ontology
· Mobile and Wireless Applications for Health
· Modeling and Simulation in Medicine
· Using ICT in Remote Consultation, Diagnosis and Treatment
· Using ICT to Improve Public Health Systems
· Using ICT to Improve Medical Health Facilities

PAPERS/PRESENTATIONS:

Contributed papers/presentations on the symposium topics are being solicited.
Selected papers will be peer-reviewed and will be published in a special issueof the Philippine Information Technology Journal (PITJ) (provided that the papers are presented in ICT4Health 2008).

Use the ACM paper format (maximum of 4 pages for EXTENDED ABSTRACTS): See the following link for details.http://www.acm.org/sigs/publications/proceedings-templates

Submit Extended Abstracts to Dr. Rafael P. Saldaña ( see contact details below ).

IMPORTANT DATES:

Deadline for Submission of Extended Abstracts: 31 January 2008

Notice of Acceptance: 6 February 2008

Early Bird Registration: 10 February 2008

Symposium: 29 February – 1 March 2008

KEYNOTE SPEAKER:

Daniel RACOCEANU, Ph.D., Dr. Habil.
IPAL - Image Processing Application Laboratory
French National Research Center – CNRS,
National University of Singapore – NUS,
Institute for Infocomm Research,
A*STARFrance/Singapore
A/Prof at the University of Franche-Comté, France


PROGRAM (Tentative)

Day 1. February 29, 2008 (Friday)
08:00 – 08:30 a.m. Registration
08:30 – 09:00 Opening Session/Welcome Remarks
09:00 – 10:00 Keynote Paper 1
10:00 - 10:30 Coffee Break
10:30 - 11:00 Invited Paper 1
11:00 - 11:30 Invited Paper 2
11:30 - 12:00 Invited Paper 3
12:00 – 01:00 p.m. Lunch Break
01:00 – 01:30 Invited Paper 4
01:30 – 02:00 Invited Paper 5
02:00 – 02:30 Invited Paper 6
02:30 – 03:00 Invited Paper 7
03:00 – 03:15 Coffee Break
03:15 – 03:45 Invited Paper 8
03:45 – 04:15 Invited Paper 9
04:15 – 04:45 Invited Paper 10
04:45 – 05:15 Invited Paper 11

Day 2. March 1, 2008 (Saturday)

9:00 – 10:00 a.m. Keynote Paper (Workshop on Apoptosis/Cancer)
10:00 – 10:15 Coffee Break
10:15 – 12:00 Parallel Sessions
12:00 – 01:00 p.m. Lunch Break
01:00 – 03:00 Parallel Sessions
03:00 – 03:30 Closing Session/Distribution of Certificates
03:30 – 05:30 ONCO-MEDIA Business Meeting

REGISTRATION FEES:

1. Foreign Participants: 100 U.S. Dollars ( 70 Euros or 11,500 Japanese Yen)

2. Local Participants:

Early Bird Registration Fee: PhP 2,500 ;
Regular Registration Fee: PhP 3,000
(Php = Philippine Peso)

NOTES:

1) The registration fee includes the following: snacks, lunch, symposium kit, and certificate of participation.

2) The registration fee does not include hotel accommodation and transportation expenses.

3) Check payments should be made payable to: ATENEO DE MANILA UNIVERSITY

4) Subsidies (reduced registration fee) will be given to students who will participate in ICT4Health. To apply for subsidy, contact Dr. Rafael Saldaña (see contact details below).

5) All participants must submit a Pre-Registration Form.

For more information, contact:

Dr. Rafael P. Saldaña
Convenor, ICT4Health 2008
c/o Grid and High Performance Computing Group
School of Science and Engineering
Ateneo de Manila University
Loyola Heights, Quezon City 1108, PHILIPPINES
and Editor-in-Chief,
Philippine Information Technology Journal
Telephone Numbers: (+63 2) 709090, (+63 2) 4266125
Fax: (+63 2) 4266125
Mobile: +63 928 5043121
E-mails: raffysaldana@gmail.com , ict4health@gmail.com