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MONDAY, JUNE 7, 1999

09:00 - 09:30 HALL A

OC: OPENING CEREMONY

Chairperson: D. Michaeli, Tel Aviv, Israel

09:30 Welcome Greetings:

S. Pedersen, International Executive Committee
J. Shemer, Director General, Ministry of Health, State of Israel
Y. Bitton, Israel Society of Telemedicine

09:30 - 10:30 HALL A

PL01: Plenary Session I
TELEMEDICINE IN THE SERVICE OF PEACE
Sponsored by: The Peres Center for Peace

Chairpersons: A. Allen, Kansas City KS, USA

Y. Goussous, Amman, Jordan

D. Shanit, Tel Aviv, Israel

Keynote Lecture:
A COALITION FOR WELFARE TOWARDS THE 21ST CENTURY - THE GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE
S. Peres, Former Prime Minister of the State of Israel
Nobel Prize Laureate, President of The Peres Center for Peace

THE MIDDLE-EAST OPTHALMOLOGY NETWORK
W. Striebel, V. Schmidt, G. Michelson, D. Shanit, Erlangen, Germany

TELECARDIOLOGY PALESTINIAN-ISRAELI COOPERATION: SUPPORTING PRIMARY HEALTHCARE IN THE PALESTINIAN NATIONAL AUTHORITY
D. Shanit, The Peres Center for Peace, Tel Aviv, Israel

10:30 C o f f e e B r e a k

11:00 - 12:30 HALL A

Z01: REGIONAL COOPERATION

Chairpersons: S.H. Mandil, Geneva, Switzerland ????????

J. Shemer, Jerusalem, Israel

11:00 NASA'S INTERNATIONAL ACTIVITIES IN TELEMEDICINE APPLICATION AND TRAINING
C. Doarn, R. Merrell, A. Nicogossian, Washington DC, USA

11:15 FUTURE BATTLEFIELD COMBAT CASUALTY DETECTION
R. Mosebar, Houston TX, USA

11:30 TELEMEDICINE DEVELOPMENT AND CO-OPERATION IN THE BALTIC SEA REGION
S. Wiktorsson, Stockholm, Sweden

11:45 RESOLVING THE CONFLICT OF LAWS IN THE PRACTICE OF MEDICINE ACROSS INTERNATIONAL BORDERS
B.A. Stanberry, Cardiff, UK

12:00 EXPERIENCE WITH A TRANSNATIONAL FETAL ULTRASOUND LINK BETWEEN BELFAST AND DUBLIN
R. Wootton, C. Barry-Kinsella, J. Dornan, A. Harper, R. Harrison,
Belfast, UK

12:15 THE ALASKA TELEHEALTH SYSTEM AND INTERNATIONAL ADOPTIONS
K. Boucha-Roberts, Anchorage AK, USA

12:30 L u n c h B r e a k

11:00 - 12:30 HALL B

Z02: CLINICAL APPLICATIONS I

Chairpersons: R. Richardson, London, UK

M. Feingold, Israel

11:00 REMOTE CARDIAC CONSULTATION USING HYBRID BROADBAND TECHNOLOGY
S.T. Cheung, K. Smith, R.F. Davies, S.A. Kearns, R. Marsh, W.J. Keon, Ottawa ONT, Canada

11:15 COMPREHENSIVE ONCOLOGY CARE VIA TELEMEDICINE: LESSONS LEARNED FROM THE KANSAS EXPERIENCE
G.C. Doolittle, Kansas City KS, USA

11:30 THE CHILD TELEPSYCHIATRY PROJECT - PHASE 2
R. Elford, Calgary AL, Canada

11:45 TELE-OPHTHALMOLOGY AND E-MAIL BASED DIABETIC RETINOPATHY SCREENING
M.A. Johansen, K. Fossen, Tromso, Norway

12:00 TELEMATIC EYE SCREENING ENABLING BETTER PRESERVATION OF VISION
G. Michelson, H. Prihoda, W. Striebel, Erlangen-Nurnberg, Germany

12:15 L u n c h B r e a k

11:00 - 12:45 HALL C

Z03: TECHNOLOGY I

Chairpersons: Y. Bitton, Ramat Gan, Israel

G. Harris, Tokyo, Japan

11:00 TELEMEDICINE - USING SPACE TECHNOLOGY TO IMPROVE HEALTH CARE IN ISRAEL
A. Gliksman, A. Orenstein, S.C. Simmons, K. Dagan, Z. Rotstein, Tel Hashomer, Israel

11:15 GUIDELINES FOR HUMAN-COMPUTER INTERFACE DESIGN IN TELEMEDICINE
S. Boccaccio, A. Castelli, C. Colombo, M. Fregonara, E. Frumento, Milano, Italy

11:30 RENY - A PROTOTYPE APPLICATION GENERATOR FOR HOME HEALTH CARE TELEMEDICINE SYSTEMS
D. Goren-Bar, E. Shachar, Beer-Sheva, Israel

11:45 IP-VIDEO CONFERENCING CONSULTATIONS
P. Loula, N. Halin, S. Gratschew, T. Lummevaara, Pori, Finland

12:00 INTRODUCTION TO THE "SHIP NODE": A MEDICAL DATA TRANSFER FORMAT FOR SHIPS
H. Wickramatillake, T. Patel, Cardiff, UK

12:15 DEVELOPMENT OF A WWW CLINICAL BOOKING SERVICE
F. Sicurello, R. Pizzi, Milano, Italy

12:30 TELEMEDICINE IN THE INTERNET ERA
N. Drutin, Petach Tikva, Israel

12:45 L u n c h B r e a k MONDAY, JUNE 7, 1999

14:00 - 15:30 HALL A

PL02: Plenary Session II
TELEMEDICINE: EXPECTATIONS & CONCERNS

Chairpersons: A. Lacroix, Montreal PQ, Canada

D. Michaeli, Tel Aviv, Israel

14:00 ARE WE ON OUR WAY TO OVERCOME OBSTACLES TO TELEMEDICINE ?
J. Kisslo, Durham NC, USA

14:25 INEXPENSIVE TELEMEDICINE TECHNOLOGIES THAT CAN BE USED BY ANYONE, ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD
A. Allen, Kansas KS, USA

14:50 THE NORWEGIAN TELEMEDICINE EXPERIENCE
S. Pedersen, Tromso, Norway

15:30 C o f f e e B r e a k

16:00 - 17:30 HALL A

Z04: EDUCATION AND TRAINING

Chairpersons: A. Allen, Kansas City KS, USA

A. Har-Even, Ramat Aviv, Israel

16:00 AN INTERNATIONAL NEEDS ASSESSMENT FOR VIDEOCONFERENCED CONTINUING HEALTH EDUCATION
M.J.M. Allen, J.M. Sargeant, T.V. Wickramasuriya, Halifax NS, Canada,

16:15 EDUCATING EDUCATORS IN HEALTH PROMOTION ACTIVITIES THROUGH A TELEMEDICINE NETWORK
P. Chatzipantazi, V. Grapatza, E. Lappa, A. Thomidou, I. Spiropoulou, K. Karamolegou, M. Tsagaris, D. Tsantoulas, A. Tsarouchi, Athens, Greece

16:30 TELE-EDUCATION: A COLLABORATIVE PROJECT IN THE DELIVERY OF MENTAL HEALTH EDUCATION IN RURAL AUSTRALIA
H. Gelber, A. Fahey, Melbourne, Australia

16:45 INTEGRATION OF VIRTUAL ENVIRONMENTS AND INTELLIGENT TRAINING SYSTEMS FOR LAPAROSCOPIC/HYSTEROSCOPIC SURGERY TRAINING
P. Oppelt, J. Stahler, W. Muller, C. Winkler, R. Baumann, A. Scharl, M. Kaufmann, Frankfurt, Germany

17:00 TELEMEDICINE AND MARITIME MEDICAL TRAINING
T. Patel, Cardiff, UK

17:15 USING TELEMEDICINE WITH LIBRARIES OF PRE-CLASSIFIED SETS OF IMAGES TO IMPROVE PHYSICIANS DIAGNOSTIC CAPABILITIES
Y. Smith, Jerusalem, Israel

16:00 - 17:30 HALL B

Z05: SYSTEM MANAGEMENT I

Chairpersons: M. Benjamin, Raanana, Israel

S. Pedersen, Tromso, Norway

16:00 CITIZENS' AND EXPERTS' INFORMATION SERVICES USING VARIOUS TRANSFER MEDIA
P. Loula, J. Turunen, J.P. Niemi, H. Soininen, Pori, Kokemaki, Finland

16:15 "SEVEN NET" - A REGIONAL HEALTH CARE NETWORK CONNECTING SEVEN COUNTRIES IN SWEDEN
H. Silander, A. Fagerlund, B. Forsen, K.G. Nerander, L.G. Rosmark, C. Schonqvist, Uppsala, Sweden

16:30 MOBILE TELEMEDICINE UNIT FOR USE IN NORTHWEST RUSSIA
Y. Andreassen, V. Kozlov, S. Manankova, A. Mokeev, T. Sorensen, S.B. Uldal, Tromso, Norway

16:45 SHOW - A HEALTHCARE INFORMATION NETWORK FOR SCOTLAND
M.H. Williams, G. Venters, Edinburgh, UK

17:00 TELEMEDICINE EXPERIENCE IN CANADA
R. Elford, St. John's NF, Canada

 

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