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Thursday afternoon provides an opportunity for in-depth learning from leaders in the fields of telehealth and Flash video production. Or take a behind the scenes tour of the renowned Ontario Science Centre. Choose the activity which most interests you. Space is limited so be sure to register early.

Choose between these workshops and field trips on Thursday, June 14, beginning at 12 noon.

Building Successful Telemedicine Programs
Richard A. McNeely
Co-Director, Arizona Telemedicine Program and
Director, Biomedical Communications,
University of Arizona

Janet Major
Technical Coordinator
Arizona Telemedicine Program and Distance Program Coordinator, Biomedical Communications, University of Arizona

This half-day workshop will provide both clinicians and technical support staff with a fundamental understanding of the major considerations their organizations must consider when starting or managing a telemedicine service. Topics will include:
  • Overview: Best practices of the award-winning Arizona Telemedicine Program will illustrate this comprehensive case-study of the clinical, technical, administrative and business aspects a successful telehealth/telemedicine program. Also, this session will provide a look at how several telemedicine technologies and practices can be orchestrated into virtual centers for clinical care and offer a look into the future of how telemedicine will benefit us all through deployment of “rapid throughput clinics”.
  • Telemedicine Applications: This session will provide a detailed look into which clinical areas work well in the telemedicine setting. A number of subspecialty applications will be covered including teledermatology, telepsychiatry, Telecolposcopy, and teleophthalmology.
  • Telemedicine Facility Design: This portion of the program will examine the process of telemedicine room design from beginning to end. Included will be before and after photographs of several of the rural telemedicine clinics located throughout Arizona.
  • Training Telepresenters: The technical coordinator who trains the presenting clinicians and consulting specialists of the Arizona Telemedicine Program will demonstrate how to put the “tele” into telemedicine. Featuring the actual real-time telemedicine systems used in the Arizona program, this session will describe the elements of television production which can be incorporated into patient presentation and consulting specialist communication, as well as how to incorporate basic photographic techniques to improve telemedicine images.
  • Continuing Education on Telehealth Networks: Distance Education can be the “value added” component of a clinical telemedicine network, allowing organizations to maximize their investment in networking and videoconferencing technology. This session will describe how the educational resources of an academic health sciences center can benefit health care professionals in isolated rural areas through such networks.



Flash Video Production Primer
Tom Green ( www.tomontheweb.ca )
Professor of Interactive Media
Humber Institute of Technology and Advanced Learning
Author of Foundation Flash 8 Video and Macromedia Flash Professional 8: Training from the Source
Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Flash Video is quickly becoming the preferred choice for streaming video. In this workshop participants will learn how video moves from a QuickTime or Windows Media Format to one that is played through a browser using Flash. Participants will learn the difference between a Progressive Download and Streaming; how data rate can have a profound impact upon the user experience and how to use the various tools and features of Flash Professional 8 to create a player for Flash Video.

Some practical techniques to be covered include:
  • Encoding video with the Flash 8 Video Encoder
  • Using the FLV Playback component
  • Using the FLV Custom UI components
  • Using a video object and making it work through ActionScript
  • Controlling video through ActionScript
  • Creating a custom video controller



From Idea to Inspiration: Creating Innovative Experiences at the Ontario Science Centre
Ontario Science Centre tour guides:
Barry Crean, Acting Associate Director of Exhibit Systems
Rich Vieira, Senior Scientist

With a mission to delight, inform and challenge visitors through engaging and thought-provoking experiences in science and technology, the Ontario Science Centre (OSC) has attracted over 40 million visitors since its opening in 1969. As a national and international leader in innovative approaches to communicating science and technology, the OSC has influenced the design of hundreds of museums and science centres around the world.

Through a recently completed $47 million transformation initiative the OSC has created major new experience areas – KidSpark, TELUSCAPE outdoor exploration plaza, and the Weston Family Innovation Centre.

Each of these new areas focus on innovation and the understanding that the skills and attitudes which lead to innovation must be developed at an early age and supported through young adulthood. Through these experiences, the Centre seeks to excite and interest young people in pursuing futures in science and technology and in creating a sustainable culture of innovation.

This behind-the-scenes tour will provide a snapshot of the thrills and spills of experience development, design, and fabrication. How does an exhibit experience come to be? What are some of the processes we use to generate ideas, and the platforms we create to encourage young people to use and develop problem-solving skills – to think creatively, to take risks and to respond to change…to be innovative.
Rick McNeely
Rick McNeely is the Director of Biomedical Communications at the University of Arizona Health Sciences Center and the Co-Director of the Arizona Telemedicine Program at the University of Arizona. Biomedical Communications has a staff of about 40 serving the Tucson and Phoenix campuses, and the award-winning Arizona Telemedicine Program now reaches more than 160 sites.

Nationally, Mr. McNeely has served as President for the Association of Biomedical Communications Directors, and as Chairman of the Management Board of The Journal of Biocommunication. He has been active in HeSCA since 1976 and was awarded the association’s top award, the Golden Raster in 2000.

Mr. McNeely serves as the Co-Principal Investigator for a new congressionally mandated program funded through the Office for the Advancement of Telehealth of HRSA to establish an Institute for Advanced Telemedicine and Telehealth on the new Phoenix Campus.
Janet Major
Janet Major attended Northern Arizona University where she earned her Bachelor of Science Degree in Telecommunications. Janet joined the University of Arizona in 1987 as Technical Director of Centennial Hall and is currently employed by the Division of Biomedical Communications at the Arizona Health Sciences Center. For the past 9 years she has been the Technical Coordinator for the Arizona Telemedicine Program. Her current responsibilities include room design and installation of teleconferencing and peripheral equipment used in telemedicine as well as training healthcare professionals.
Tom Green

Tom Green. Teacher. Author. Lecturer. Raconteur. Chief Cook and Bottle Washer. Professor, Interactive Multimedia through Humber College's School of Media Studies in Toronto. Tom Green is the author 7 books .The latest are Flash Professional 8: Training From the Source published by Macromedia Press, Foundation Flash 8 Video and From After Effects to Flash: poetry in motion graphics, both published by friendsofED. Tom is also a partner at CommunityMX, a regular columnist at Digital-Web magazine, a regular contributor to both the Adobe Design and Developer Centers and a member of the Adobe's international Community Experts group. Tom has also spoken at Web Conferences around the world including NAB, Adobe Max, FlashintheCan and SparkEurpoe.
Barry Crean
Acting Associate Director of Exhibit Systems, Ontario Science Centre

Barry has 23 years experience in planning, design, installation and operation of exhibitions ranging from big screen theatres to hands on interactive multimedia. He has project managed exhibit projects in Singapore, The Philippines, Hong Kong, Saudi Arabia, Germany, Korea, United States and Canada. Recently he was the Associate Project Manager for the $ 47 million Agents of Change project at the Ontario Science Centre. Currently Barry is the Acting Associate Director of Exhibit Systems at the Ontario Science Centre.
Rich Vieira
Senior Scientist, Ontario Science Center

Rich is a Biologist who works with teams of researchers, designers and skilled craftspeople to create engaging and thought-provoking experiences in science and technology. Rich has been at the Ontario Science Centre (OSC) for over 16 years, and has contributed to numerous projects, ranging from permanent exhibitions at the OSC, to traveling exhibitions and installations in Ankara, Turkey, Sharjah, U.A.E. and Belfast, Ireland.