MEDINFO'95 EIGHTH WORLD CONGRESS ON MEDICAL INFORMATICS First Announcement MEDINFO '95 is scheduled for July 23-28, 1995 at the Vancouver Trade and Convention Center, also known as Canada Place (remember EXPO 86). For further information regarding this IMIA (International Medical Informatics Association) event, write MEDINFO '95, Suite 216, 10458 Mayfield Rd., Edmonton, Alberta, CANADA, T5P 4P4, or call 403-489- 8100/fax: 403-489-1122. The host of the meeting is COACH, Canada's Health Informatics Association. If there are any COACH members that are subscribers to COCAMED it would be appreciated if you could forward information as appropriate. N.B.: A secretaria da Sociedade Brasileira de Informatica em Saude recebera' folhetos informativos, fichas de inscricao e kits de autor, dentro em breve. Os interessados em receber este material, favor enviar uma mensagem para o Dr. Renato M.E. Sabbatini, secretario geral da SBIS. sabbatini@ccvax.unicamp.br oducts, services and literature in Medical Informatics, will be held in conjunction with MEDINFO'95. Sao Paulo is the country's biggest city, actually one of the largest urban concentrations in the world (17 million inhabitants). It's the most important commercial, industrial, banking, economic and cultural center in Latin America; a modern city of skyscrapers, universities, sophisticated shopping malls, theaters and showplaces. Cultural and night life in Sao Paulo is intense and varied, with international and local attractions. Three airports serve the city and provide connections and direct flights to all major foreign capitals. Besides its rich resources, the state of Sao Paulo is endowed with beautiful mountain ranges, beaches and many historical townships that are easily reached by modern express highways. Furthermore, pre- and post-congress tours to Brazil extremely beautiful and exotic touristic sites will be arranged, such as the Amazon forest, Pantanal ecological preserve, Rio de Janeiro, Salvador, the Iguazu falls, etc., at attractive low prices for foreign visitors. The scientific and technical program will include plenary and semi-plenary lectures, tutorials, poster and technical sessions, workshops, theater-style and tabletop demonstrations, meet-the-experts sessions, technical excursions and free software exchange. If you want to receive more information about MEDINFO'95, including the upcoming Call for Papers, please send your name, title and address (with fax and/or email location) to MED95@SUNCIS.EPM.ANSP.BR (Dr. D. Sigulem) or to postal address: MEDINFO'95 Secretariat, CIS/EPM, R. Botucatu, 862 Sao Paulo, SP 04023-062, Brazil. $