Medicine 2.0'11 at Stanford - Call for Abstracts
The Medicine 2.0 World Congress on Social Media and Web 2.0 in Health, Medicine, and Biomedical Sciences is one of the most valuable conferences I have ever attended. It was the meeting in this arena with the clearest focus on actual research and evidence for Medicine 2.0 issues and also offered the best opportunity to connect with other researchers, clinicians, e-patients, business and policy people. In fact, the very first Medicine 2.0 Congress was where I was introduced to (and/or first met IRL) so many people who went on to become research collaborators, colleagues, and friends.
In the spirit of that original meeting, I am excited for this year’s Medicine 2.0 at Stanford (September 16-18, 2011). I have always appreciated the fact that Medicine 2.0 has truly been an international gathering, but am happy to see that it is coming to the United States for the first time. I am also eager to see another first, the one-day Stanford Summit at Medicine 2.0, which will directly precede the Medicine 2.0 Congress. The Summit is lining up to have an incredible array of moderators and panelists.
Given the quality of the attendees and the opportunities for discussion/dissemination of your research (and networking), if you are working in this field I would strongly urge you to respond to the Call for Abstracts, Presentations, Interactive Demos, Startup Pitches and Panel Proposals for Medicine 2.0 at Stanford. The deadline for submission is a (rapidly approaching) March 1st, 2011. You can also start the process by watching the overview below by this year’s Conference organizer, Dr. Larry Chu. Also, feel free to contact me with any questions and I look forward to seeing you there!
@kevinclauson
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Pharmacy representation
Quick follow-up:
This is a great interdisciplinary meeting that holds a lot of potential for pharmacists. However, it has not been historically well-attended by those of us in pharmacy. While there isn't a huge number of pharmacists doing work/research in the medicine 2.0/consumer health informatics/mHealth areas, it would be encouraging to see some of us who are (or who are considering getting involved) at Medicine 2.0. This conference also offers a lot for pharmacy educators, students, and residents; a pharmacy student was actually a finalist for the IMIA research award (against a couple researchers who had already completed their PhDs) at Medicine 2.0 a couple of years ago, and I would love to see a pharmacy student win it this year!
Kevin