International flavour

Speakers from China, Australia and France will bring an international flavour to HC2012 at the Business Design Centre, London on 2-3 May.

The conference and exhibition for health informatics run by BCS, The Chartered Institute for IT in association with the Guardian, is free to attend for all delegates and the international speakers will give an insight into how they have successfully engaged and integrated information and IT into day to day practice.

The conference will be hosted by broadcaster Nick Ross and over the course of the two days delegates will also hear from senior figures from the department of health, NHS and other national bodies. 

The international and NICE streams will feature the following topics:

m Quality management in a Norwegian hospital, Morten Skjorshammer, chief executive and Andy Hyde, director of quality management

m Chinese Informatics Innovations, Dr Qi Li, Harvard Medical International, Global Medical director, Harris Healthcare

m Australia Broadband and Informatics Innovations in Australian Healthcare

m France E-Health Projects in France, Speakers from Ministry of Health, ASIP-Santé, ANAP and LESISS

There will also be an international round table where all the international speakers will gather to discuss the opportunities for international trade.

In addition, the UKTI will also be running TechWorld@HC2012 bringing key medical technology purchasers from around the world to the event.