Canadian Nursing Informatics Association
The Voice for Nursing Informatics in Canada
Upcoming Events
This section of the site offers links and news about upcoming informatics events both in Canada and Internationally.
If you know of an event of interest to Canadian nurses involved in nursing or health informatics, kindly
send the details for inclusion on this page. Be sure to include the title of the event, date, registration information, and brochure and location of website if available.
| Canadian Conferences and Events |
May 27 - 29, 2012
eHealth 2012: Innovating Health e-Care Conference
Location: Vancouver Convention Centre, Vancouver, BC.
The e-Health 2012 Program at a Glance (PDF) is now available to download..
For more information about the conference, please go to: http://www.e-healthconference.com/.
June 23, 2012
Spotlight on NI Challenges in Canada Event
CNIA extends an invitation to all individuals interested in nursing informatics to attend a national working meeting on Saturday June 23rd, 2012 at the McGill University Health Centre, in Montreal, Quebec in advance of the NI 2012 Congress on Nursing Informatics. Join us for a full day with Canadian nurse leaders to discuss and address the challenges in nursing informatics today. Register below.
This focused time together is intended to provide an opportunity for interaction with colleagues from across the country, to exchange ideas and experiences, and to brainstorm on issues and strategies for the continued advancement of informatics within Canada’s nursing community.
CNIA EVENT REGISTRATION PROCESS
(Deadline is April 30, 2012)
Advance registration is required with payment of a $25 lunch fee. All fees are non-refundable.
STEP 1: GO TO THE COMMERCE CENTRE TO PAY $25 FOR REGISTRATION
STEP 2: COMPLETE THE REGISTRATION FORM
June 23 - 27, 2012
NI 2012 - the 11th International Congress on Nursing Informatics
The Canadian Nursing Informatics Association along with the American Medical Informatics Association (AMIA) and representatives from Central and South Americas have successfully won their bid to host the NI 2012 eleventh triennial Congress on Nursing Informatics. NI2012 is the official meeting of the IMIA Special Interest Group on Nursing Informatics.
MARK YOUR CALENDARS! The 11th International Congress on Nursing Informatics will be in Montreal, Canada, June 23 - 27, 2012.
The Congress provides a forum for nurses and other health care professionals to inform, study, evaluate, innovate, and create a climate within which they can enlarge upon their professional goals.
In order to accomplish this purpose, the objectives are:
- To provide a mechanism for generating and sharing information.
- To examine the impact on nursing of information technology in the areas of clinical practice, education, administration, and research, and health policy.
- To provide an update on trends, developments, and innovations in information and communication technologies (ICT) in nursing and health care.
- To determine the priorities for nursing uses of information science.
- To generate future directions in relation to nurses' use of ICT.
SUBMISSIONS: The submission deadline for the NI2012 is August 31, 2011. NI2012 will also be offering a submission mentorship program which will offer the opportunity for those that need assistance in submitting. The deadline for submissions with mentoring is July 31, 2011.
REGISTRATION: On-line registration will open on March 15, 2012
VENUE: Hilton Montreal Bonaventure, 900 de La Gauchetiere West, Montreal, Quebec H5A 1E4 - Phone: +(514) - More Information
WEBSITE: The official website for the NI 2012 Conference is at http://www.ni2012.org/
October 31, 2012
Manitoba eHealth Conference
Location: Victoria Inn in Winnipeg, Manitoba.
Theme: On the Right Track
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| International Conferences and Events |
July 17-20, 2012
The 6th International Symposium on Bio- and Medical Informatics and Cybernetics (BMIC 2012)
The purpose of the conference is is to bring together scholars, researchers, professionals and practitioners from the fields of biology, medicine, cybernetics and informatics who have been working or are interested in the relationships and cross applications of concepts and technologies among these areas. Submissions of papers/abstracts related to applications of Informatics and Cybernetics in Biology and Medicine are encouraged, as well as applications in the opposite direction, i.e. applications of concepts, theory and experimental results in biology and medicine in the areas of informatics and cybernetics, as it is the case, for example, of Bio-inspired computing.
LOCATION: Doubletree by Hilton Orlando at SeaWorld, Orlando, Florida
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July 30-August 2, 2012
HIC 2012: Australia's Health Informatics Conference
THEME: Building a Healthcare Future Through Trusted Information
As Australia’s largest e-health and health informatics conference, the HIC program will include over 100 presentations over 4 days. HIC is renowned for the quality and relevancy of its program and we encourage you to make sure your work, your ideas, your research, your case study is part of HIC and contributes to the national dialogue.
LOCATION: Sydney Convention & Exhibition Centre, Australia
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September 15-16, 2012
Medicine 2.0'12: 5th World Congress
THEME: Social Media, Mobile Apps, and Internet Web 2.0 in Medicine and Public Health
LOCATION: Joseph B. Martin Conference Center at Harvard Medical School, Boston, USA
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