CQU Professor Evelyn Hovenga is the organising committee chair for Medinfo 2007, a major congress involving health IT experts from around the world.

More than 600 papers and posters from 42 countries will be presented at the Health Informatics Society of Australia (HISA) event.

Professor Hovenga said there was a strong line-up of Plenary speakers to explore the best way to get a sustainable health system.

These speakers include Dr Robert Kolodner, America's National Health Information Technology Coordinator,  Sir Muir Gray, the Director of Clinical Knowledge for England's National Health Service, and Associate Professor Richard Murray, from the Australian College of Rural and Remote Medicine.

The event comes at a time when HISA is warning that the National E-Health Transition Authority's failure to engage clinical, vendor and healthcare stakeholders is jeopardising the sector.

Medinfo 2007 will include panel discussions, workshops, tutorials, industry presentations, an expo and a showcase on interoperability between health IT systems.

Professor Evelyn Hovenga

Keynote presentations will come from Telstra CEO Sol Trujillo, World Health Organisation representative Dr Sylvester Kwankam and also leaders in the health/medical IT sectors from England, the USA, Canada, New Zealand and Australia.

The 12th International Health (Medical) Informatics Congress, Medinfo 2007 will be held from August 20 - 24 at the Brisbane Convention Centre at Southbank.

Details are available at: http://www.medinfo2007.org/