Planning Meeting: Healthcare and Medical Research Collaborations between the United States and South Asia
Crystal Gateway Marriott, Arlington, Virginia
Wednesday, April 25, 2007
Salon D/E
1:00pm to 5:00pm
This meeting is being hosted by the Internet2 Special Interest Group on Emerging Research and Education Networks in conjunction with the Internet2 Member Meeting being held the week of April 23, 2007. The meeting is being organized in partnership with a number of groups including the National Institutes of Health, Stanford's SUMMIT lab and others. CTIS, Inc. is providing program leadership and financial support for the meeting.
This planning meeting will focus on opportunities for enhancing collaboration between the US and countries within South Asia in the healthcare, and medical and health sciences research fields utilizing dedicated research and education networks. A number of collaborations in both the clinical and research fields are already underway between countries and the field is expected to be a major driver of further investment in and deployment of advanced networks within and to the region. This meeting will gather information about expected needs of the community and plan for ongoing coordination of projects and initiatives.
Logistics
Date/Time: Wednesday, 25 April 2007, 1:00 p.m.- 5:00 p.m.
Agenda: An agenda and presentations for this meeting are available here.
Wednesday evening reception: meeting attendees are also invited to a reception sponsored by Microsoft Research from 6 p.m. - 8 p.m. on Wednesday evening at the same venue
Location:
Crystal Gateway Marriott
1700 Jefferson Davis Highway
Arlington, Virginia 22202
For those requiring lodging, please consult the Internet2 Spring Member Meeting Hotel & Travel page.
Attendance: All interested individuals are encouraged to attend the meeting. Please rsvp to Giselle Trent <giselle@internet2.edu> so we can plan room size and food/beverage accordingly.
To view this meeting via web stream, please click here
Internet2 would like to thank the following organizations for their financial support for this meeting:
