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Charlemagne Building, Brussels
29-30 June 2006
Advancing Health Knowledge through
ICT
Videos of the talks are available on the "Webcast" page
Slide-presentations
are available on the "Speakers" page
The conference was organised by the European Commission DG Information Society and Media and DG Research and with the support of three roadmapping projects of DG INFSO (SYMBIOMATICS, STEP & SHARE).
The ICT for Bio-Medical Sciences conference, Brussels, 29th-30th June, 2006
focussed on topics that lie at the cross roads of Information & Communication
Technologies (ICT) research and Biomedical Sciences research :
- Multilevel modelling and simulation of human physiology and disease related
processes
- Biomedical informatics
- Biomedical imaging
- Systems Biology: system approaches to integrate biological data, and to
understand and model biological processes
- Healthgrid – Grid based health information infrastructure and applications
- Bio-inspired Information and Communication Technologies
Vivian Reding, the Commissioner of Information Society and Media, together with
invited Member States and EU authorities opened the conference. Scientific
sessions were held over one and half days and featured leading academic
and industry experts in the field.
Some audiovisual and technical demonstrations were staged. The presentations
and discussions payed special attention to the research challenges as well as
benefits and impact on society and economy.
The conference discussed challenges that could be addressed by the 7th
Framework programme of the European Community for Research, Technological
Development and Demonstration activities by DG of Information Society and Media
and by DG for Research.
The conference was of particular interest to scientists,
those involved in research policy and industry.
Please visit this website regularly as it will be kept updated with the outcomes of the conference.
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