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PDF presentations are now available

We have uploaded most of the powerpoint presentations held at the conference, and converted them to PDF. Links to the files are available in the Programme-menu, next to the speakers name and presentation title. Not all presentations are available for publishing online.

Tromsø Telemedicine and eHealth Conference 2008:

Strengthening a community of expertise

The opening of the Tromsø office of Friprogsenteret - National Competence Centre for Free Software in Norway was strategically timed to coincide with the Tromsø Telemedicine and eHealth Conference 2008.

Tromsø Telemedicine and eHealth Conference 2008:

Teledermatology - A success story from the Netherlands

The introduction of teledermatology in the Netherlands has been a great success, and it has resulted in savings for society, says Bas Van Nispen from KSYOS TeleMedical Centre in Amsterdam.

Photos from the conference

A photo gallery is now available in the left menu. A collection of photos from all 3 days is now published.

News articles from the conference

Our in-house editorial staff will publish articles from the conference. There are 7 articles in Norwegian and 4 in English that is available so far. We will translate and publish the rest of the articles to english.

Tromsø Telemedicine and eHealth Conference 2008:

The great failure

In the United Kingdom, an initiative has been launched to gather all patient records in one large database. This process is now coming to a complete halt. The system is illegal and unsafe, and it does not work, maintains Professor Ross Anderson from the University of Cambridge.

Tromsø Telemedicine and eHealth Conference 2008:

With the patient in the driver's seat

The health services of the future will be centred on the patient and not on the hospital, the way they are today, says Bill Crounse from Microsoft.

Tromsø Telemedicine and eHealth Conference 2008:

Old-fashioned health system

Norway has an old-fashioned, expensive health system which is not adapted to the population's need for accessible health services, says Harvard professor Clayton M. Christensen.

Tromsø Telemedicine and eHealth Conference 2008:

Power to the people

Listening to consumers in product development is important, said Anna Kirah in an inspiring presentation at the annual telemedicine conference in Tromsø, TTeC 2008.

Live streaming

Unfortunately, due to a technical problem with the sound at SAS we were only able to stream live sound on day one. We are recording the sound on day 2 and 3, so podcasts will be available after the conference.

Newsletter no 4, May 2008: Snail's pace in the public health service

Paul Chaffey to speak at this year's telemedicine conference. Final Announcement is now available. Info on visiting NST during the conference.

Thought leader outlines the future of health services

"Any doctor with a laptop and a webcam can be a global telemedicine centre", says Microsoft's dr. Bill Crounse to Sky News Online in Australia. Crounse will be in Tromsø during TTeC 2008 i June, but you can see the interview today to get an idea of Crounse's interesting ideas...

Newsletter no 3, January 2008: World-class visionaries to TTeC 2008

Can the public health service learn anything from visionary thinkers in other fields? The telemedicine conference in Tromsø this summer is attracting leaders and researchers from large companies and institutions such as Microsoft, Harvard, WHO and IBM.

Newsletter no 2, December 2007: Security guru to Tromsø

Read our second newsletter here. Newsletter also available as a downloadable pdf file.

Security guru to Tromsø

One of the world's leading figures in data security, Professor Ross Anderson from the University of Cambridge, will be a keynote speaker at the eHealth conference in Tromsø in June.

Innovation in eHealth

The Norwegian Centre for telemedicine is hosting the 2008 Telemedicine and eHealth Conference from 9 to 11 June in Tromsø, the city of the world’s northernmost university.

Newsletter no 1, October 2007: Call for Papers

Read our first newsletter here. Newsletter also available as a downloadable pdf file.

TTeC 2007

Check out last year's conference, "Elderly - Who cares?". PowerPoint presentations, photos from the event and much more is still available.