Everyone has the right to quality healthcare and it must be affordable. At the same time there is a continuous need for better quality healthcare. People are living longer, and this means that the cost of healthcare is rising. ICT makes it possible to meet all of these requirements.

Connecting Leaders in Technology and Healthcare
23 - 25 October 2007
Vienna, Austria
This conference, through the collaboration of HIMSS, the European Commission, World Health Organization and other members of the Organising Committee, will be designed by and for clinicians and other health professionals; health IT users and buyers; directors and administrators; informatics professionals; academicians; relevant standardisation and competent authorities on an international level and national level, and vendors.

Online Educa Berlin, the 12th International Conference for Technology-Enhanced Learning, will start on November 30, offering a comprehensive agenda. With more than 300 international presentations, workshops, and seminars the conference provides a thorough overview of the state of e-learning worldwide.

The fifth EGEE Industry Day - Biomedical Challenges in Grid Adoption between Research and Industry - takes place on 24 November 2006 in Helsinki, Finland. It is kindly hosted by the Finnish IT Centre for science.

The UK's FP6 National Contact Point is holding a series of three workshops around the country to discuss opportunities for collaborative research and development in the field of health in the forthcoming Seventh Framework Programme (FP7).

4th-5th December 2006
In partnership with CNBC Arabiya, International Society for Telemedicine & e-Health, International Hospital Equipment and Solutions, Middle East Health, The Medicine Publishing Company, ArabMedicare.com, Hospital Post Europe, naseba, the global executive event organizer, is presenting the Global Health Care Expansion Congress, taking place at the JW Marriott, Dubai, UAE.

Patients with state health insurance were originally expected to receive their electronic health cards at the start of the year. Despite the delays, however, there is hope. Those wishing to get an impression of the card's capabilities will find what they're looking for in the IT sections of the MEDICA 2006, the world's largest medical trade fair, where the electronic health card once again promises to be a major topic of discussion.