The Tromsø Telemedicine and
eHealth Conference (TTeC)

This year's theme – “Innovation in eHealth” - will focus on the synergic combination of research and innovation in the field of advanced telemedicine and eHealth systems, applications, services, as well as products for chronic, age-related, and lifestyle-related diseases. The first day of the conference will consist of a moderated discussion, “Innovation Jam”. This will be followed by a two-day scientific conference.

We now invite you to submit papers for oral presentations at the conference. The deadline is 10 December 2007 and abstracts must be submitted in English.

Main focus for TTec 2008

You can submit papers within the year's two categories:

• Research-Based Innovation, revealing solid and ground-breaking research results in eHealth and telemedicine.
• The Process of Innovation, dedicated to concrete experience including the development of solutions, implementation of daily processes in organizations and well-documented case studies, showing how to establish new businesses and products in health and ICT in a global market.

Categories of submissions

Full papers and student abstracts are new categories this year. All accepted submissions will be published on the conference website and in the conference proceedings. Full papers are subject to peer review and will also be printed in a book with an ISBN reference published by Journal of Telemedicine and Telecare (JTT) after the conference.

Full Papers -  Presentation of well substantiated research and complete case studies with original content, which is not under consideration for publication elsewhere. Maximum length of 5 pages.

Short Papers -  Position papers relating to ongoing research and novel ideas for systems, applications or services. Preferred category for presenting preliminary results or to propose alternative research directions. Maximum length of 1 page .

Student Abstracts -  Abstracts describing early research results or innovative research ideas by students. Abstracts will be subject to the same review process as the other categories. The objective is to provide feedback to students in the early stages of their research work. Maximum length of 1 page.

More information on topics, submission categories and guidelines is available on the conference website www.telemed.no/ttec2008

Help us make this an important event!

We invite anyone with good ideas for workshops and symposia to contact us (vibekeh@telemed.no). We would also be grateful for names of talented speakers, sponsors and exhibitors in this field of whom we may not be aware. We kindly ask you to forward this newsletter/call for abstracts to your colleagues and others who are interested in these topics.

Best regards

Steinar Pedersen
- Conference Chair

The Norwegian Centre for Telemedicine