ICT4Health 2008 International Symposium on ICT For Health February 29 - March 1, 2008 Ateneo de Manila University, Philippines Co-sponsored by the Embassy of France to the Philippines

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ANNOUNCEMENTS (2/27/08)

Onsite registration payment will be accepted.

Registration starts at 8:00 a.m. on February 29, 2008.

Location: SOM 111 (Ching Tan Room), School of Management Building.

For check payment, please make check payable to ‘Ateneo de Manila University.’

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 (academia, government, industry, NGOs, etc.)

ICT4Health 2008 will be held in conjunction with the 4^th ONCO-MEDIA Project Meeting in Asia. ONCO-MEDIA (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 will also feature a Workshop on Apoptosis and Cancer, a session on Medical Imaging, Instrumentation and Informatics, and a Research Collaboration Forum Between the Philippines and Singapore.

Keynote Speakers:

Day 1. February 29, 2008.

Title: "Medical Image/Case Based Reasoning using Medical Knowledge to Improve Diagnosis Assistance

Showcases: Early Diagnosis of Brain stroke from Brain CT, Ultrasound Guided Biopsy for Breast Cancer

Diagnosis"

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*STAR France/Singapore

A/Prof at the University of Franche-Comté, France

Day 2. March 1, 2008.

Title: "Interaction of Tumor with its Microenvironment"

Speaker:

Avner Friedman, Ph.D.

Distinguished Professor of Mathematics and Physical Sciences

Director, Mathematical Biosciences Institute

The Ohio State University, USA

To view the tentative program, click here.

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 Telephone Numbers: (+63 2) 4266125, (+63 2) 7090907 Fax.: (+63 2) 4266125 Mobile: +63 928 5043121 E-mail: ict4health@gmail.com Website: http://www.math.admu.edu.ph/ict4health/

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Last Updated on 26 February 2008