ANN: Healthcare Informatics Panel Discussion 2: Ontolog Forum

[Rex Brooks <rexb@starbourne.com>]

Dear Colleagues,

We are pleased to announce the second in a series of panel 
discussions held via teleconference and web conference in the Ontolog 
Forum:

http://ontolog.cim3.net/cgi-bin/wiki.pl?ConferenceCall_2005_11_03

RSVP to peter.yim@cim3.com appreciated, to allow us to prepare enough 
conferencing resources.

Topic: "Healthcare Informatics Landscapes, Roadmaps, and Blueprints: 
Towards a Business Case Strategy for Large Scale Ontology Projects" - 
Discussion Session-II

Session Format: this will be a virtual session conducted over an 
augmented conference call using VNC "Virtual Network Computer" (a 
generic, open source, remote desktop web-conferencing utility).

     * First Hour: Briefly address the remaining questions from the 
first panel discussion 25 August 2005.

     * Second Hour: Address at least one of the three selected issues 
from each of the three major constituencies our panelists represent:
           o International Healthcare Standards Organizations;
           o Inter-Governmental Groups seeking Interoperability; and,
           o Academic Institutions with Post-Doctoral Research Perspectives.

Take II: Beyond the Tipping Point: Can We Make Healthcare Standards 
Usable through Semantic Interoperability?

Moderated by: RexBrooks.

     * Panel Members:
           o BobSmith, Professor Emeritus, California State University
           o BrandNiemann, EPA, chair of the federal Semantic 
Interoperability Community of Practice, CIO Council
           o MarcWine, GSA Office of Intergovernmental Solutions, 
Health IT Coordination
           o MarkMusen, Stanford University, Professor of Medicine and 
Computer Science, Director Stanford Medical Informatics, Director 
National Center for Ontological Research-Stanford
           o ChristopherChute, Professor and Chairman, Biomedical 
Informatics, Mayo Foundation
           o BrettTrusko, Industry Program Consultant for OASIS 
focused on healthcare and human resource industries
           o DavidWhitten, WorldVistA, Co-founder; Public Domain Knowledge Bank

     * Pending Panel Members:
           o RamSriram, NIST, Manager, "Manufacturing Metrology and 
Standards for the Health Care Enterprise" program (A member of the 
first panel discussion--will arrange for a representative of his 
program.)

Please pass this announcement and invitation along to your colleagues 
and any interested parties.

Regards,
Rex Brooks
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Rex Brooks
President, CEO
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