Date: Wed, 2 Feb 2000 04:24:46 -0400
From: Catherine DHAUSSY <[email protected]>

This message was written by Terry WEIGLER < [email protected]> and forwarded to the Mistica list by Catherine Dhaussy.

Announcing the Harvard Health & Internet Meeting, May 30-31

The Internet and the Public's Health: Impact on Individuals,

Communities and the World is a conference to be presented by the Harvard School of Public Health and Harvard Medical School on May 30-31, 2000 in Cambridge, Massachusetts. The conference will explore the promise of the Internet in relation to four critical areas: supporting the doctor-patient relationship; improving healthcare systems; reaching the U.S. underserved; and improving health in the developing world.

In addition to twenty panel presenters, including George Sadowsky, Vice President of Education, Internet Society, keynote speakers include Tom Ferguson, The Ferguson Report; Esther Dyson, EDventure Holdings; Phillip Nudelman, Group Health/Kaiser; Fred Bukachi, HealthNet Kenya; and George Lundberg, Medscape.

The fee is $350 before March 31; $425 thereafter.

The program coordinators are offering a $1,000 travel stipend to individuals from developing nations. All one has to do is submit a one paragraph statement about one's work/interest in the topic, to Bev Freeman ([email protected]). A limited number of awardees will be selected before April 1. I urge chapter heads to promote the opportunity to attend this conference using the assistance of the monetary stipend.

The complete program and registration is available online at www.hsph.harvard.edu/health-internetconference, or call +1-617-432-1026 for more information. The health & Internet meeting opens a week of Internet discussions including the Harvard Internet & Society conference and a companion program offered by the Harvard Kennedy School of Government. For program information and registration, visit www.is2k.harvard.edu

. Kind regards,

Terry Weigler
ISOC Chapters Administrator