February 19, 2019

2020 GHI Global Events

2020 GHI Global Events

March 9-13 | HIMSS Global Health Conference
CANCELED due to COVID-19
Orange County Convention Center, Orlando, Florida, USA
The HIMSS Global Health Conference & Exhibition brings together nearly 45,000 health information and technology professionals, clinicians, executives and market suppliers from around the world. Exceptional education, world-class speakers, cutting-edge products and powerful networking are hallmarks of this industry-leading conference.
Registration is CLOSED

March 10-11 | Data Science & AI Summit for Health (DASH) in Africa
POSTPONED due to COVID-19
Kigali Marriott Hotel, Kigali City, Rwanda
The inaugural Data Science & AI Summit (DASH) will inspire, teach and connect innovators in the health data science/AI community within Africa. Through a cross-disciplinary approach that empowers participants to customize the event content, we will explore lessons learned from previous digital health revolutions, highlight new challenges in the advent of AI and cultivate ideas and collaborations that will drive the ecosystem toward scalable impact.
Registration is CLOSED

March 24-26 | LOINC Conference
In-person workshops CANCELED due to COVID-19 – Attendance for the public committee meetings is now online only. All are invited to attend.
Regenstrief Institute, Indianapolis, Indiana, USA
LOINC Conferences offer two learning tracks, with the ability to select which sessions you want to attend. Continuing education credits (via PACE from the American Society of Clinical Laboratory Science) are also available for this event. LOINC Premium Members receive a 10% discount on the admission fee. The committee meeting is free and open to the public. We invite all Conference attendees to stay and attend the meeting.
Registration is CLOSED
Terry Cullen to participate

March 25-26 | BPM+ Health Workshop
Quarterly face-to-face will now be virtual due to COVID-19
Reston, Virginia, USA
The OMG Technical Meeting provides IT architects, business analysts, government experts, vendors and end-users a neutral forum to discuss, develop and adopt standards that enable software interoperability for a wide range of industries.
Registration is CLOSED
Terry Cullen to participate

April 16-17 | Twelfth International Conference on Climate Change: Impacts & Responses
POSTPONED until 1-3 July 2020 in Venice, Italy (tentative)
Ca’ Foscari University of Venice, Mestre, Venice, Italy
International Conference on Climate Change Impacts & Responses, attendees include leaders in the field, as well as emerging scholars, who travel to the conference from all corners of the globe and represent a broad range of disciplines and perspectives. A variety of presentation options and session types offer opportunities for attendees to share their work, discuss key issues in the field, and build relationships with attendees.
Registration is CLOSED
Terry Cullen to participate

April 21-23 | ICT4D Conference
POSTPONED due to COVID-19
Sheraton Abuja Hotel, Abuja, Nigeria
The 12th Information Communications Technology for Development (ICT4D) Conference is leading the conversation in digital development, bringing together 900+ attendees from public, private and civil society organizations, eager to share practical insights on applying digital technology to development, humanitarian, and conservation challenges.
Registration is CLOSED

May 19-21 | AMIA 2020 Clinical Informatics Conference
VIRTUAL due to COVID-19
AMIA’s Clinical Informatics Conference is where practitioners in health informatics including physicians, nurses, physician assistants, technicians, HIT developers, data analysts, C-suite executives, and all members of the health care team come together at their home conference. Our collective goal is to advance healthcare systems driven by data, evidence, and best practice with the explicit purpose of creating better health information technologies. Known as AMIA’s “doing” conference, this conference features workshops, presentations, and networking events that provide attendees with tools to support their day-to-day efforts while working toward the quadruple aim.
Registration is CLOSED
Paul Biondich, Terry Cullen, Burke Mamlin, Jonathan Dick, Jennifer Shivers, and Joe Amlung to participate

June 15-18 | HL7 FHIR DevDays
VIRTUAL due to COVID-19
HL7 FHIR DevDays is an opportunity for health IT professionals – whether new to FHIR or with previous experience – to learn about FHIR in a collaborative environment. Participants will have a chance to work with the specification surrounded by others doing the same thing, side by side with experts to answer any questions. Designed to deliver a unique education experience within a collaborative environment, FHIR DevDays offers a combination of focused hackathons, tutorials, keynotes and networking. Top FHIR experts from around the world instruct, guide and discuss the further improvement of the HL7 FHIR standard.
Registration is CLOSED

July 6-10 | AIDS 2020 23rd International AIDS Conference
VIRTUAL due to COVID-19
The International AIDS Conference is the premier global platform to advance the HIV response. As the world’s largest conference on HIV and AIDS, it sits uniquely at the intersection of science, advocacy and human rights, bringing together scientists, policy makers, healthcare professionals, people living with HIV, funders, media and community. Since its start in 1985, the conference has served as an opportunity to strengthen policies and programmes that ensure an evidence-based response to HIV and related epidemics.
Registration is CLOSED

October 1-2 | DHIS2 Symposium 2020
VIRTUAL  due to COVID-19
The DHIS2 Symposium brings together representatives from global development agencies, governments, and NGOs with a shared vision of using data to drive decision making and impact. It is an opportunity to interact with peers and thought leaders in health systems strengthening, monitoring & evaluation, and analytics. This two-day event will highlight how DHIS2 is being used in creative ways to solve common challenges in collecting, managing, visualizing, and most importantly, using data.
Registration is CLOSED
TBD to participate

October 13-16 | LOINC Virtual Conference
VIRTUAL  due to COVID-19
Registration is CLOSED
Join LOINCers from around the globe at this special virtual event. Each day, the conference will feature informative presentations by members of the LOINC team and/or the LOINC user community. In addition, there will be a combined Laboratory and Clinical Committee meeting on October 13th, as well as individual Laboratory and Committee meetings on October 15th and 16th, respectively.

October | OpenHIE Community Meeting
POSTPONED  due to COVID-19
Lilongwe, Malawi
Registration is CLOSED
Paul Biondich, Terry Cullen, Burke Mamlin, Jonathan Dick, Jennifer Shivers, Joe Amlung, and Jamie Thomas to participate

November 14-18 | AMIA 2020 Annual Symposium
VIRTUAL due to COVID-19
The AMIA 2020 Virtual Annual Symposium brings together informatics professionals from diverse backgrounds committed to transforming health through informatics. From the leading experts in the field to the students eager to get started, the AMIA 2020 Virtual Annual Symposium provides an opportunity to learn and to grow professionally, to network, and to flesh out ideas with colleagues and start new collaborations.
Registration is CLOSED
Terry Cullen to participate

November 30 – December 4 | OpenMRS Implementers Conference
VIRTUAL due to COVID-19
Registration is CLOSED
Paul Biondich, Terry Cullen, Burke Mamlin, and Jonathan Dick to participate

December 7-9 | 2020 Global Digital Health Forum
VIRTUAL due to COVID-19
The theme for this year’s event is Digital Health – Making it work for everyone. The Forum will have engaging sessions to connect government stakeholders, digital health technologists, researchers, donors, implementers and field experts from across the globe. The Forum will once again feature TED-style talks, panel presentations, hands-on workshops, deep-dive lab sessions, the interactive “Appy Hour”, vendor tables, and an opportunity to showcase your work on a poster.
Registration is CLOSED
Paul Biondich, Burke Mamlin, Jonathan Dick, Terry Cullen, Jennifer Shivers, Joe Amlung, Jamie Thomas, Shannon Effler, and Kasey Cummins to participate