Leading persons from the medical and care world were invited to address issues concerning important international developments during the morning session on June 8:

• Drs Lodewijk Bos, President ICMCC, The Netherlands
  The Future of ICMCC
• Dr Dick Doyle, IEEE, chair Biotechnology Council, USA
  Biotechnology Council
• Prof. Peter Brett, Aston University, UK
  A perspective on information with respect to interfacing new information-gathering devices in healthcare
• Don Kemper, Healtwise, USA
  Information therapy: The strategic role of prescribed information in disease self-management
  Presentation

Swamy Laxminirayan Lecture

• Prof. Brian O'Connell, Past president IEEE-SSIT, USA
  Swamy Laxminarayan's Legacy in Ethics, Social Issues and ICT: the Virtue of Engagement

Programme Overview.

• Sessions on new developments in medical & care compunetics;
• Sessions on electronic health records, its standards, its social implications;
• Sessions organised by the EFMI (European Federation for Medical Informatics) Working Groups "Electronic Health Records", "Security, Safety and Ethics" and "Cards".
  
• Session on EC-funded projects;

All articles have been published in the book "Medical and Care Compunetics 3.

Event chair
Drs Lodewijk Bos, president of ICMCC, The Netherlands

Scientific chair
Prof. Laura Roa, Biomedical Engineering Program, University of Sevilla, Spain

Chair Electronic health records, its standards, its social implications
Prof. Brian O'Connell, Central Connecticut State University, USA
Co-chair: Bryan Manning, UK

Chair Developments in Medical & Care Compunetics
Prof. Kanagasingam Yogesan, Director, Centre of Excellence in e-Medicine, Australia