HISA Conference 2011

Health Informatics South Africa (HISA) Conference August 2011

Prof Anthony Maeder recently attended the annual Health Informatics South Africa (HISA) conference in Johannesburg, 28-31 August 2011 as an invited keynote speaker. His presentation on the UWS "Smart Space" for eHealth research was well received as there is much interest in telehealth and mobile health solutions in Africa. The event was attended by 80 delegates from seven different African countries.

Anthony also arranged the delivery of a 1-day workshop on "Introduction to Health Informatics" based on the successful AHISS Summer School model with invited expert speakers to cover a broad curriculum to raise general knowledge and awareness of Health Informatics for personnel from the health sector. Speakers were drawn from academia and industry and included Prof Michael Legg from University of Wollongong. 

This event was sponsored by the Medical Research Council of South Africa, coordinated by Rosemary Foster, Strategy leader. With over 30 persons attending, this first workshop was deemed a success and it is planned to run similar events in future years. The photo shows the workshop presenters including (centre front) Prof Michael Legg, Rosemary Foster, Prof Anthony Maeder.