Welcome to Medinfo 2007 G’day from your colleagues in Australia! Welcome to the congress website. Medinfo 2007 Congress announcement and call for submisions booklet. (600kb.) HISA Australia, hosts to Medinfo 2007 Congress - August 20 - 24, 2007 Brisbane. Workshops and tutorials will be held on August 19 & 20. The Health Informatics Society of Australia (HISA) is the national country member to IMIA. HISA commenced operations in 1993. Since the Association's formation the discipline of health informatics has grown immensely. HISA hosts to the annual prestigious HIC event that brings the Australian health informatics community together. It is with great pride that HISA with our New Zealand informatics members HINZ in association with the IMIA country members host the 12th triennial Medinfo 2007 congress in Brisbane, Australia. Email: Dr Evelyn Hovenga Medinfo2007 Organising Committee Chairperson, Australia Email: Medinfo Secretariat Joan Edgecumbe, Secretariat, Australia IMIA International host The origins of IMIA can be traced to a technical committee formed within the International Federation for Information Processing (IFIP) 1967. By 1979, IMIA had established its own bylaws and identity to be the home for collaboration and international advancement of medical informatics. IMIA today has 40 national country members, eighteen working groups (representing specialist areas within health informatics disciplines), forty-one academic and ten industry members of the IMIA family. Please do not leave the site till you have completed interest! About the Website Website update 17th February 2006. Call for submissions to 4th December 2006 Medinfo 2007.org will continue to bring you all the updated and the latest information about opportunities, news and special offers during 2006 & 2007. Information you will require to plan your visit, including participation, and meeting with your Australian and New Zealand colleagues in August 2007.