------------------------------------------------------ MIE'94 Twelfth International Congress of Medical Informatics ------------------------------------------------------ Lisbon, Portugal, June 12-16, 1994 The Portuguese Association of Medical Informatics is very proud to receive the speakers and participants in MIE'94, the 12th International Congress of Medical Informatics, the official conference of the European Federation for Medical Informatics, which will be held in Portugal, June 12-16, 1994. The event will take place in Lisbon, the capital of our ancient country (851 years independent). The Congress is aimed at the health policy planners, hospital administrators, physicians, nurses, allied health professionals, university educators and scientists, practicing clinicians and medical informaticians. SCIENTIFIC PROGRAMME The scientific programme will consist of plenary, parallel and poster sessions, educational sessions, as well as workshops. Presentations will be given by leading invited speakers and free paper contributors. TOPICS 1. Artificial Intellingence and Expert 8. Hospital Information Systems Systems 9. Imaging and Signal Analysis 2. Biomedical Engineering, Biometry 10. Laboratory Systems 3. Clinical Information Systems 11. Medical Records and the Use 4. Coding, Classification and DRG of Optical Archives 5. Data Security and Protection 12. Public Health, Primary Health 6. Decision Support Systems Care and Epidemiology Information 7. Economic and Financial Management 13. Nursing Information Systems of Medical Services 14. Software, Database and Application Tools CONGRESS VENUE AND LANGUAGE The Congress will be held at the Cultural Centre of Belem. Belem is a region facing the Tejo river and is the place of some important monuments such as the Belem Tower (1520) and the Mosteiro dos Jeronimos (1516). The Congress will be conducted in English. CONGRESS/SECRETARIAT MIE 93 Av. Columbano Bordalo Pinheiro, 87 - 4th 1000 LISBOA Tel. +351 1 7269695 Fax +351 1 7264919 (abridged and transcribed from official MIE'94 folder)