The Interventional Centre involved in pHealth 2009

The 6th edition of the International Workshop on Wearable, Micro, and Nano Technologies for Personalized Health, pHealth, will take place in Oslo, Norway, 24-26 June 2009.
pHealth 2009 continues the tradition of the previous series of workshops by bringing together key players from all aspects of healthcare and technology to inform, discuss, debate, and learn about how personalized healthcare systems can help meet future healthcare needs. This year's workshop will focus how to face the health care needs in the near future. Organisers of the event are the Interventional Centre, the Norwegian Centre for Telemedicine and SINTEF.

A primary focus will be user centred development and successful implementations. We would like to demonstrate successful technology implementation at hospitals and in the health care sector, and present and discuss new possibilities and solutions of tomorrow.
We have allocated an exhibition space and facilities for organisations that want to be present with their products and technologies. Project demos will also be part of the exhibition. In addition to the scientific programme this is an opportunity to enjoy the social and friendly atmosphere of Oslo and participate in a social programme that includes a reception at the Oslo City Hall, followed by a boat trip.
Do not miss the pHealth 2009 workshop! Study the programme and plan your visit to Oslo 24-26 June!
Please see www.phealth2009.com and the flyer attached for more information.

Call for papers - Demo and Poster session
Authors who wish to submit a paper for the Poster of Demo session of the conference are welcomed to submit an abstract following the guidelines below no later than 6 March 2009.

Please note that ordinary presentations at the workshop are only under invitation.

The topics of interest include, but are not limited to, the following:

• Sensors
• Micro systems
• Nano systems
• Wearable systems
• In-vitro and in-vivo sensors and systems
• Implants and actuators
• User interaction and multimodal user interfaces
• Mobile personal health
• Ambient intelligence
• ICT for pHealth
• Behaviour change support systems
• System integration
• pHealth business models
• pHealth future trends

Deadlines and important dates
Submission of Poster and Demo abstracts 6th March 2009
Notification of Posters and Demos acceptance 20th March 2009
Workshop registration – reduced fee 24th April 2009
Posters and Demos full paper 22nd May 2009
Invited speakers full paper 22nd May 2009
Workshop registration 19th June 2009
Workshop opening 24th June 2009

Submission guidelines
Submission of a demo or a poster requires a written abstract of maximum 200 words describing the demo or the research results that are to be presented. All demo or poster proposals must be in English and using the demo or poster template (see www.phealth2009.com), and submitted to the email address phealth2009@sintef.no within the deadline stated above.

All submissions will receive an email confirming the submission and the selected contributions will be notified according to the timetable above.

For additional information, please contact the pHealth 2009 Programme Committee, chairman: Per Hasvold, Norwegian Centre for Telemedicine, per.hasvold@telemed.no.

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