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MEDINFO 2013

MEDINFO 2013. Scientific Program Committee. MEDINFO Program. Conference theme : Conducting medical informatics by Converging technologies , Conveying sciences and Connecting people 4 tracks: Representing and understanding biomedical knowledge

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MEDINFO 2013

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  1. MEDINFO 2013 Scientific Program Committee

  2. MEDINFO Program • Conference theme: • Conducting medical informatics by Converging technologies, Conveying sciences and Connecting people • 4 tracks: • Representing and understanding biomedical knowledge • Enhancing care, patient safety and outcome • Managing care information and workflow • Enabling cost-effective health care • Special focus: • “Care for the World” – eHealth activities aimed at improving health care and quality of life for every world citizen

  3. MEDINFO Program • 5 keynote presentations + 1 WHO Keynote panel • 186 papers – 38 sessions (full papers, vision papers, student papers) • 310 posters – 4 sessions • 28 panels • 18 workshops • 8 scientific demonstrations • 4 Care for the World Mini-Symposia • 17 tutorials • Student Paper Competition

  4. Geographic Distribution • No. of countries represented in accepted presentations: 56 across 6 IMIA member regions

  5. Scientific Program Committee Program Co-Chairs: Dominik Aronsky Switzerland/US Tze­‐Yun Leong Singapore Track-Chairs: James Cimino USA Andre KushnirukCanadaFernando Martin‐Sanchez Australia Niels Peek Netherlands Members: Wendy Chapman USA Walter CuriosoPeru Amado Espinosa Mexico Peter HaddawyMacau, China Lyn HanmerSouth Africa Nicolas HardikerUK Chien­‐YehHsu Taiwan Finn KensingDenmark Michio Kimura Japan Christian Lovis Switzerland Daniel Luna Argentina Brad MalinUSA Rae Woong Park South Korea Hans­‐Ulrich ProkoschGermany Najeeb Al‐ShorbajiJordan Ricky TairaUSA Paolo TerenzianiItaly Lucy WestbrookeNew Zealand

  6. Scientific Program Committee Student Paper Competition Committee Chair: AmeenAbu­‐Hanna Paper Awards Committee Riccardo Bellazzi Reinhold Haux CasimirKulikowski Robert A. Jenders Elmer V. Bernstam Jean Marie Rodrigues Siaw-TengLiaw PirkkoNykänen Johanna Westbrook Distinguished paper & poster nominations: - 11 papers, 17 posters - Awards to be announced during closing session

  7. Submissions (n = 862) Total Submissions: All papers: 519 - full Papers: 402 - vision Papers: 34 - student Papers: 83 Posters 230 Workshops 34 Panels 45 Demos 14 Mini-Symposium 5 Tutorials 15 Final acceptances: All papers: 190 (36%) - full papers 147 - vision papers 8 - student papers 35 Posters 410 (paper-to-poster) Workshops 18 Panels 28 Demos 8 Mini-Symposium 4 Tutorials 23 (plus invited)

  8. Review Process • Invited paper reviewers • > 400 reviewers agreed to participate (only 10% were unable to participate after having agreed) • 379 reviewers completed 3 to 8 reviews • > 1700 paper reviews have been completed • 44% with 4 reviews • 45% with 3 reviews • 11% with 2 reviews • SPC members rated the quality of the reviews • SPC co-chairs, track chairs and LOC met in February 2013 in Pavia (Italy)

  9. How papers were selected ... SPC co-chairs, track chairs and LOC met in February 2013 in Pavia (Italy) «The Paper Mill» Historical Collection, Dipartimento di Ingegneria Industriale e dell'Informazione, Pavia, Italy

  10. SPC meeting in Pavia Discussing submissions for acceptance The hardest part: Choosing a dinner place

  11. Editorial Process • Editorial Committee • Christoph U. Lehmann - chair • Elske Ammenwerth • Christian Nøhr • Papers were edited by 20 assistant editors as GoogleDocs (120 papers had moderate to heavy editing) • Process allowed author involvement and final approval during the editing process

  12. http://ebooks.iospress.nl/ Papers already in PubMed®

  13. Reviewers – Thank you !

  14. Outstanding Reviewers

  15. Finally …. … let’s discuss, present, meet, “un-conference”, connect, network, exchange ideas, agree, plan, listen, and … have fun! We hope you …

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