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Convergence Workshop

co-hosted by

EuroRec and DG Connect (EC)

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Organisers

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DAY 1: 20th of March 2013

12:00-14:00 Sandwich Lunch

14:00-14:45 General Introductions

14:45-15:30 Topic Introductions

15:30-16:00 Coffee Break

16:00-17:30 Break-out Sessions

19:00-21:30 Networking Dinner at the Warande Club

Agenda (1)

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DAY 2: 21th of March 2013

09:00-10:00 Break-out Sessions

10:00-10:45 Consolidated Convergence Plans (by Topic Leads)

10:45-11:15 Coffee Break

11:15-12:15 Keynotes“How ISA is promoting Semantic Interoperability in the EU”(Joao Frade, PWC) “Keynote 2”(presenter TBC, eHGI)

12:15-12:30 Wrap-up and Next Steps (D. Kalra, Benoît Abeloos)

Agenda (2)

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Day 1 - General Introductions (1)

“The Convergence Initiatives: History and Rationale”(Georges De Moor, EuroRec)

“Convergence and the EU eHealth Interoperability Framework”(Benoît Abeloos, EC DG Connect)

“The goals and expected outputs of the convergence initiative”(Dipak Kalra, EuroRec)

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Day 1 - Introductions (2) “Convergence Topics”Topic 1 “Semantic Interoperability / Metadata / Glossaries”(Dipak Kalra, EuroRec)

Topic 2 “Quality Metrics”(Bart Vannieuwenhuyse, Janssen)

Topic 3 “Privacy policy & requirements (including ethics)”(Anne Bahr, Sanofi / Peter Singleton, Cambridge Health Informatics)

Topic 4 “Privacy protection techniques & security”(Brecht Claerhout, Custodix)

Topic 5 “Business Modelling”(Danielle Dupont, Data Mining International)

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History and Rationale

“The Convergence Initiative: its History and Rationale”(Georges De Moor, EuroRec)

“Convergence and the EU eHealth Interoperability Framework”(Benoît Abeloos, EC DG Connect)

“The goals and expected outputs of the convergence initiative”(Dipak Kalra, EuroRec)

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The Convergence Initiatives: History

First Convergence Workshop: Reykjavik, Iceland (June 3, 2010)(EFMI-STC: initiated by DebugIT, Christian Lovis) (EC Support)

Second Convergence Workshop: Oslo, Norway (August 28, 2011)(MIE 2011: initiated by DebugIT, Christian Lovis) (EC and IMI support)

Third Convergence Workshop: Basel, Switzerland (November 7, 2012)(EHR4CR Annual Conference: initiated by EHR4CR, Georges De Moor)

Fourth Convergence Workshop: Brussels, Belgium (March 20, 2013)(EuroRec STC: initiated by EHR4CR with Dipak Kalra)

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The Convergence Initiatives: Rationale

To initiate and support cooperation and consensus building among related e-Health projects (cf. semantic interoperability, data reuse…)

To identify opportunities

To identify results achieved

To identify challenges

… towards a pan-EU e-Health Infostructure

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Growing number of Participating Projects

SmartCare

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Participating Organisations

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TOPIC 1 Semantic Interoperability (Dipak Kalra)

TOPIC 2 Quality Metrics (Bart Vannieuwenhuyse)

TOPIC 3 and 4- Privacy Policies and Requirements (Anne Bahr)- Privacy Protection Techniques and Security (Brecht Claerhout)

TOPIC 5 Business Modelling (Danielle Dupont)

Topics and Topic Leads

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Break-out Sessions

Break-out sessions - Rooms:

BU25 0/S1 - TOPIC 1 BU25 3/S1 - TOPIC 2 BU25 4/S1 - TOPIC 3 & 4 BU25 5/S1 - TOPIC 5

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Dinner at the Warande Club

When : 19:00-21:30Where : De Warande

Zinnerstraat 1

1000 Brussel

By car

W

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How to reach the Warande Club by Metro

• Start at Beaulieu• Take metro direction 1A

(Koning Boudewijn/Roi Baudouin)

• Stop at Kunst-Wet / Art-Loi• See previous slide for street

map

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Information available at:

For workshop PPTs:http://www.eurorec.org/convergence2013/register.cfm#ppt

For Info from Projects: http://www.eurorec.org/convergence2013/register.cfm#projects

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Thanks for your attention!

Georges.Demoor@UGent.be

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Day 1 - General Introductions

“The Convergence Initiative: its History and Rationale”(Georges De Moor, EuroRec)

“Convergence and the EU eHealth Interoperability Framework”(Benoît Abeloos, EC DG Connect)

“The goals and expected outputs of the convergence initiative”(Dipak Kalra, EuroRec)