Health sciences information professionals can now register to attend CRICS9.
An electronic form to register for the 9º Regional Congress of Information in Health Sciences (CRICS9) is now available online at the CRICS9 web-site.
Professionals interested in attending CRICS9 have until October 14th to register on-line. After that date, can register at the venue of the Cobgress, wich wil take place in Washington, DC, United States, 22 – 24 October.
Those interested in presenting abstracts, for posters, have until August 30th to provide the information, which should include a description of the experience, project or research study in the field of health science information. The abstracts will be evaluated by the Scientific Committee of CRICS9, according to criteria such as the quality of the information and relevance to the five themes and subtopics of the Congress.
The slogan of CRICS9 is “eHealth: reaching universal access to health”. During three days the participants of CRICS9 will be contributing through plenary sessions, round tables, panels, and workshops. The event will be preceded by the 6th</> Meeting of Regional Coordination of the Virtual Health Library (VHL6), to be held 20-21 October, also in Washington.
The Regional Congress of Information in Health Sciences (CRICS) is the most important forum for the exchange of information on programs, projects, systems, and networks of information and scientific communication in health in the region of the Americas. Among these programs are the Virtual Health Library (VHL) and the Virtual Campus of Public Health (VCPH). CRICS is organized by the Pan American Health Organization/World Health Organization (PAHO/WHO), through its Latin American and Caribbean Center on Health Sciences Information (BIREME).
More information:
•CRICS9 Web: http://www.crics9.org/en/
•CRICS9 Twitter: http://twitter.com/crics9
•CRICS9 Facebook: http:/www.facebook.com/crics9
•BIREME: http://new.paho.org/bireme/
