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Telehealth Day
Internet Day
8:30 - 5:00

HeSCA Board of Directors meeting

8 am - 12 noon

Keynote:
Identifying Predictors of Success for Telehealth Networks -
Mark VanderWerf, CEO
AMD Telemedicine

Sessions:

Telehealth in Canada

Establishing a sustainable telehealth network: A Texas Experience

The Membership Model: One approach to network sustainability

Integrating Diverse Resources: Canada's Newest Telehealth Network

Social and Economic Impact of Telehealth Programs on Rural Communities

8 am - 12 noon

Keynote:
It's Made of People: Online Community Makes the Internet

Mark Surman, CEO & Author, The Commonsgroup

Sessions:

Winning at Relationship Marketing: Online Strategies

Building a Consumer Site That Works

Dynamic Content as the Future of the Internet

Integrating a Data-Driven Internet Site for a Health Care System

8 am - 12 noon

Sessions:

Copyright Justice: A Model for Fairness and the Professor Exception to Work Made For Hire

Providing Quality Remote Customer Service in an Electronic Age

The Future is in Your Hands: Wireless Handheld Computing in Healthcare, Business and Education

Medical Applications for Handheld Computers

Technology Trends of Instructional Materials in Higher Education

The State of Wireless Data Connectivity

8 am - 12 noon

Workshops:

Culture & Communication, and the Communication of Culture

Handheld Computing: I got this thing for Christmas - now what?

Acrobat for Creatives: Getting the most out of the PDF workflow process
  8 am - 12 noon

Workshops:

Quicktime VR

Character Building: A Basic Introduction to Macromedia Flash Animation
Lunch Lunch Lunch & HeSCA
Towne Meeting
HeSCA Business Luncheon
1:30 - 5:30 pm

Workshops:

Sweat Lodge Teaching and Experience (see Culture & Communication workshop)

Building Successful Telemedicine Programs

Handheld Computing: Advanced Topics

1:30 - 5:00 pm

Sessions:

Increasing Network Utility with Peripheral Devices

Designing Telehealth Facilities and Making Existing Facilities Work

Creating a Culture of Use: Promoting Telehealth at the Local Level

Keynote:
Telehealth: A Vision for the Future
Ronald S. Weinstein, MD, President, American Telemedicine Association

1:30 - 5:00 pm

Sessions:

Content Management Tools and Resources

Beyond "Click This": Blackboard Integration into Teaching & Learning
2:00 - 4:00 pm

Sessions:
Quicktime VR: A World of Possibilities


Creativity Keynote: Streams of Consciousness: Tales from a Winnipeg Filmmaker
Guy Maddin, Experimental Filmmaker
1:30 - 5:00 pm

Workshops:

Building Multimedia Presentations with Flash: A Powerful Alternative to Powerpoint

Website Design: Looking Behind the Page

First Timer's Reception

Riverboat Trip: Dinner & Dancing
Free evening to explore Winnipeg, attend the Jazz Festival or a baseball game
Reception
Opening Reception     Awards Banquet & Dance
       
       


This conference is being sponsored by
the Health Sciences Communications Association (HeSCA)




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