IWEEE 2015 Speakers

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Call for Papers IWEEE 2015 : Social Medicine – People before Patients –

06 Monday Jul 2015

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The International Workshop on e-Health in Emerging Economies (IWEEE) is an annual conference for Free (Freedom) Software in Healthcare and Social Medicine advocates.

The workshop promotes Free Software as an effective and ethical solution to provide universality and equity in health care.

This year the theme of IWEEE is “People before Patients”. We will put the attention on health promotion and disease prevention.

Share your government experiences and ideas, such as how your government is improving Public Health with Free Software, or personal health devices using open hardware.

IWEEE is a non-profit event organized by GNU SOLIDARIO.

If you are interested to participate, please submit your presentation at: papers@iweee.org

If you want to sponsor the event, please contact us via: sponsors@iweee.org

Please feel free to share this information with others people who may be interested.

*Deadline*

If you wish to participate to the call for papers/posters :

*Abstract* *submission*: no later than 1st of August 2015

Paper and posters submission guidelines

We hope to see you in Las Palmas !

GNU Health presentation at World Health Organization – WHO

25 Tuesday Mar 2014

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AIDS, Chagas, developing countries, GNU Health, GNU solidario, government, GPL, IWEEE, Jamaica, MDG6, WHO

Dear friends

I’m very proud to announce that our GNU Health presentation at WHO Second Global Forum on Medical Devices in Geneva, Switzerland, has been published at the World Health Organization site . Thank you United Nations for inviting me, it has been a fantastic experience and opportunity !

I shared with the audience the importance of Free (Freedom) Software in the Health Care sector, stressing that Health must be a public good and it can not belong to private corporations.

GNU Health is now being installed in many countries around the World, it has over 80 translation teams, and a great community that contributes that keeps growing every day.

GNU Health presentation at World Health Organization - WHO

Special thanks to the government of Jamaica, and to its Ministry of Health, who has adopted GNU Health as their eHealth system for the whole country. This is amazing ! Just some years ago, we, health care professionals and social activists, just dreamed about one day being able to provide equality in health care. Today is becoming a reality !

This April 10th I will be in Luxembourg, at Medetel , talking about the GNU Health implementation in Jamaica.

GNU Health 2.6 is coming soon, with a lot of new functionality, such as HL7 FHIR, improved ergonomics, strong auditing, and much more. We’ll be releasing the RC version soon so you can take a look of what is coming up and be able to test it.

Thanks to the Free Software Foundation for making GNU Health a GNU official package; to Free Operating Systems such as GNU/Linux or FreeBSD; to great frameworks like Tryton; to fantastic programing languages like Python and to the most beautiful and powerful database engine PostgreSQL. They all make GNU Health possible.These are just some examples, from a much larger list, to show that GNU Health is a real community-based project.

Let me take this opportunity to invite you to the upcoming International Workshop on Emerging Economies – IWEEE “Social Medicine” , brought to you by GNU Solidario, that will take place in the city of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria this May 29-30th. Join us and share your experience and benefits of Free Software in the Health Sector !

Remember that health must be a non-negotiable human right, and that people always come before profit.

Looking forward to seeing you in Las Palmas !

[1] Luis Falcon. GNU Health Interfacing and Interoperability http://www.who.int/medical_devices/global_forum/2nd-gf_posters/en/index8.html

[2] Poster : http://www.who.int/medical_devices/global_forum/H40.pdf

About GNU Health
GNU Health is a Free Health and Hospital Information System that provides the following functionality:

Health Information System (Demographics, Epidemiology)
Hospital Information System
Electronic Medical Record

GNU Health won the Best Project of Social Benefit from the Free Software Foundation, among other international awards.

GNU Health is an official GNU Package , and is part of GNU Solidario, an NGO that delivers health with free software. GNU Solidario and the United Nations University, International Institute for Global Health have signed an agreement to implement and to train Health professionals GNU Health around the world.

GNU Health was presented at the World Health Organization (WHO) and International Communication Union (ITU) session “ICT for Improving Information and Accountability for Women’s and Children’s Health” at the World Summit on the Information Society – WSIS 2013 Forum in Geneva.

Main site : health.gnu.org

Entrevista a Luis Falcón en Ethical Magazine (español).

08 Thursday Aug 2013

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Ethical Magazine: Entrevistamos a Luis Falcón, creador de GNU Solidario y GNU Health dos herramientas para promover la salud gracias al software libre, implantado ya en los cinco continentes con un objetivo claro: “romper los grilletes digitales” que nos atan a grandes corporaciones multinacionales y que frenan la salud pública de todos como motor básico para el desarrollo de los pueblos …

Entrevista completa:

Muchas gracias al equipo de Ethical Magazine !

Richard Stallman at IWEEE 2013 . Webm format

21 Thursday Feb 2013

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Just wanted to share Richard Stallman’s interview at the GNU Solidario‘s International Workshop on e-Health in Emerging Economies – IWEEE 2013 -. (in Spanish)

As Richard and the Free Software community request, the following video is in encoded in WebM format.

The video in webm format can also be downloaded here : http://www.iweee.org/presentations/2013-las_palmas/IWEEE_2013_stallman.webm

IWEEE is the annual GNU Solidario workshop that focuses in Free Software solutions for the health care sector, especially for developing countries.

This year we had speakers from :

UNESCO chair of Telemedicine
The Free Software Foundation
Doctors without Borders
ZoHE
Thymbra
El Salvador Health Ministry
Caritas
GNU Solidario
Red Cros
MedFloss
University of Georgia
EpSOS -. The European eHealth Project
Ingenia
BikaLabs
BrainOS

IWEEE keeps getting bigger and better ! Thanks to all of you who contributed to this great workshop and we’re looking forward to seeing you at IWEEE 2014 !

IWEEE 2013 Program !

23 Wednesday Jan 2013

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Time	Speaker	Organization	Country	Presentatiom
08:30-09:00		Registration
09:00-09:15	Luis Falcón	GNU Solidario	Spain	Opening Session
09:20-09:35	Thang Dao	Doctors without Borders – Switzerland –	Switzerland	Information Systems Governance at a humanitarian NGO
09:40-09:55	Carlos J. Martín Pérez	Ministry of Health El Salvador	El Salvador	Enjoying the free-libre software benefits to build a country level health information system: now is the time of giving back
10:00-10:15	Aymón López Márquez	Bubble Software Assotiation	Spain	TBC
10:20-10:35	Licino Kustra Mano	epSOS	Portugal	(epSOS) Smart Open Services for European Patients and the OpenNCP Initiative
10:40-10:55	Jesús González Herrera	Ingenia	Spain	Implementation of a software solution for Emergency Coordination based on Free Software. Sustainable investment.
11:00-11:15	Zviad Kirtava	Partners for Health NGO – Tbilisi State Medical University	Georgia	Hybrid (Fiber + Wireless) cost-efficient solution for Adjara Regional e-Health Network (REHN)
11:20-11:35	O. Ferrer – Roca	UNESCO – Univeristy of La Laguna	Spain	mHealth, BYOD, Gamification & Inverse Innovation
11:35-11:50		Coffee Break
11:55-12:10	Pedro Herranz Porcio	Caritas	Spain	CARITAS IN THE WORLD: Health related projects within the Social Action
12:15-12:30	Nicholas Wilkie	Doctors without Borders – Switzerland –	Switzerland	Mobile Healthcare Software for Emerging Economies
12:35-12:50	Holger Schmuhl	Helmholtz Zentrum München / medfloss.org	Germany	An overview of Medfloss.org and International Open Source Working Groups
12:15-12:30	Jordi Puiggené Valls	BIKA Labs	Spain	Bika Health, LIMS for public health laboratories
13:35-13:50	Alberto Lazzero	ZOHE – eHealth Open Zone	Italy	ZOHE: work and achievements
13:55-14:10	Benjamine Budiman	Cruz Roja	Spain	Humanitarian Logistics Center
14:10-15:00		Lunch Recess
15:00-15:15	Luis Falcón Sebastián Marró	GNU Solidario	Spain	Adoption of GNU Health in Public Hospitals
15:30-16:30		Round Table
16:30-18:30	Richard Stallman	Free Software Foundation	USA	Free Software …. Defending Your Freedom

Registration is open for IWEEE 2013

05 Monday Nov 2012

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We are thrilled to announce opening of registration for the VI edition of IWEEE 2013 : Social Justice

Admission is free, but previous registration is required. Make sure to reserve your place !

In the next few weeks we will start publishing the tentative program, so don’t forget to check out our latest news and events.

We hope to see you in Las Palmas !

IWEEE 2013 at EUROSTARS Las Canteras

01 Thursday Nov 2012

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The next edition of IWEEE: VI International Workshop on e-Health in Emerging Economies, will be held at Salón Canteras – EUROSTARS Las Canteras – in Las Palmas (Spain).

If you would like to book a room at the same hotel, please make sure to send a mail to make a reservation to: comercial@eurostarslascanteras.com and to reservas@exelascanteras.com and don`t forget to mention that you will be attending IWEEE 2013 !

Attending IWEEE 2013 will give you the opportunity to visit the beautiful Gran Canaria.

Eurostars Las Canteras

[…] Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, commonly known as Las Palmas, is the co-capital (jointly with Santa Cruz) and the most populous city in the Autonomous Community of the Canary Islands […] Las Palmas enjoys a subtropical climate, with mild to warm temperatures throughout the year.

According to a study carried out by Thomas Whitmore, director of research on climatology at Syracuse University in the United States, Las Palmas enjoys “the best climate in the world” […] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Las_Palmas)

Las Palmas` Cathedral

In Las Palmas you will be able to enjoy culture, beaches and entertainment, all at the same place !

Alfredo Kraus` Auditorium

You can find more info about the city at the Ayuntamiento de Las Palmas de Gran Canaria.

Night view

We hope to see you in Las Palmas !

6ª edición IWEEE: Internacional Workshop on e-Health in Emerging Economies

22 Monday Oct 2012

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Con gran orgullo anunciamos la 6ª edición de IWEEE: International Workshop on e-Health in Emerging Economies: Social Justice (English version)

La próxima edición tendrá lugar en Las Palmas de Gran Canaria (España) el 25 de enero 2013. Richard Stallman, de la Free Software Foundation ya confirmó su presencia !

“Como la mayoría de ustedes ya sabe, IWEEE reúne a un equipo multidisciplinario que representa ONGs, Academias, Gobiernos e Industrias para compartir sus experiencias y tratar de encontrar formas de mejorar la vida de millones de seres humanos en todo el mundo. IWEEE se centra en el factor humano y en crear conciencia sobre la situación actual de las sociedades. Vamos a discutir mecanismos que ayudaránn a los profesionales de salud, instituciones y organizaciones no gubernamentales en mejorar la calidad de vida de muchos seres humanos. El evento promueve el Software Libre como una solución eficaz y ética de proporcionar la universalidad y la equidad en la atención de la salud. No habrá conferencias paralelas. IWEEE es un evento sin fines de lucro organizado por GNU Solidario. Espero que encuentren este evento tan inspirador como lo es para mi. Espero verles en Las Palmas !”. Luis Falcón, Presidente GNU Solidario.

En las próximas semanas publicaremos más información. Mientras tanto les pido de contactarnos si están interesados en esponsorizar o auspiciar el evento, así como si quisieran hacer una donación a GNU Solidario.

Su ayuda contribuirá a entregar Salud y Educación a los más necesitados.

En las próximas semanas abriremos las inscripciones y la presentación de ponencias.

Más información:
info@gnusolidario.org

1ª Conferencia Nacional de e-Salud

22 Monday Oct 2012

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El pasado martes 16 de octubre se llevó a cabo la 1ª Conferencia Nacional de e-Salud en el marco de la CISL 2012.

Más allá de toda la logística, los nervios, los cambios de último momento y demás temas relacionados con la organización, finalmente llegó el gran día.

GNU Solidario, con el proyecto GNU Health, organiza cada año conferencias de este estilo, tanto en América Latina como en Europa, para impulsar la importancia del uso del Software Libre para que cada vez más personas puedan tener acceso a educación y salud.

Creemos que fue una experiencia muy enriquecedora. La idea era poder intercambiar experiencias y poder luego abrir un espacio al debate. Las presentaciones de los ponentes y la mesa redonda que tuvo lugar a continuación con el público presente, nos dieron una visión mucho más clara de la realidad de la Salud hoy en día (tanto a nivel público como privado), lo que se ha estado haciendo hasta ahora con el Software Libre y de todo lo que se puede y debe hacer a futuro.

Se estuvo debatiendo sobre la importancia y la necesidad cada vez más evidende de un sistema de salud que se pueda manejar con historia clinica digital, como herramienta tanto para el Estado como para sus habitantes.

Se presentaron diferentes experiencias a nivel académico en donde la aplicación del Software Libre está tomando cada vez más presencia.

Hubo un par de temas que nos parecieron ser una costante. Por un lado la posibilidad y necesidad de tener que utilizar el Software Libre en los sistemas de salud públicos, universidades y el ámbito privado también y, por el otro la necesidad urgente de estándares libres!

Como siempre se abrió un espacio para el debate que fue de lo más productivo. Como cada vez que nos juntamos a proponer y debatir problemas y soluciones, nos dejamos llevar por el entusiasmo y el tiempo se nos hace corto y finalmente la tarde se nos quedó en nada. Fue una verdadera lástima tener que finalizar la mesa redonda por falta de tiempo !

Es por esto que les proponemos continuar no sólo intercambiando ideas sino proponiendo acciones concretas en el próximo evento de GNU Solidario:

Una vez más queremos agradecer a todas las personas que han hecho posible esta conferencia, organizadores, ponentes y participantes. Esperamos volver a verles pronto!

Selene Cordara
Cristina Melgosa