International Symposium on Telemedicine and Teleeducation in Practice ISTEP 2000

[jakab frantisek]

International Symposium

on Telemedicine and Teleeducation in Practice

ISTEP 2000

22.-24. March, 2000 Košice - Slovakia

devoted to the promotion, support and development

of progressive telecommunications and data services into practice

Call for Participation



Dear colleagues,

Enclosed is a Call for Papers for a special issue of ISTEP 2000. Please feel free to distribute it to interested colleagues and post it as appropriate. Also, please accept our sincere apologies if you receive multiple copies of this CFP. Detailed information about the Symposium you will  also fing on the Symposium web site: 
http://www.elfa.sk


Best regards,

Frantisek Jakab
National Organisation  Committee, Chairman

Organisation of the symposia


Symposium will be organised in close co-operation with the academic institutions home and abroad. The main guarantees of the symposia will be the Technical University of Košice, STU Bratislava and Charles University in Prague.


The ISTEP 2000 symposium is held under the personal sponsorship of Mr. Martin Fronc - state secretary of the Ministry of Education of the Slovak Republic and Mr. Miloš Somora - Rector of the Technical University of Košice. This symposium is organised in co-operation of the Slovak Telecom and the ATM Association in Slovak Republic.


Scientific programme guaranties:


  a.. Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Informatics, Technical University of Košice, Slovak Republic 


  b.. 2nd School of Medicine Charles University in Prague, Czech Republic 


  c.. Faculty of Mathematics and Physics, Charles University in Prague, Czech Republic 


  d.. Faculty of Medicine University of Pavol Jozef Šafarik in Košice, Slovak Republic 


Scope and Aims of the ISTEP 2000 Symposium the Symposium will be devoted to:

  a.. Presentation and sharing of knowledge in the implementation and operation of the telemedical and teleeducational services. 


  b.. Presentation of applied telemedical and teleeducational solutions. 


  c.. New applications of virtual infrastructures, computer graphics and visualisation in education. 


  d.. Tendencies and trends in the development of telemedical and telelearning systems. 

Aims of the Symposium:


  1.. To support dissemination of experiences pursuant to telemedical and teleeducational activities. 


  2.. To get an extensive base of future customers and users, 


  3.. To support various forms of links among users and service providers. 




Symposium Structure and Suggested Topics for Papers 

Symposium will consist of a plenary session and technical sessions. 


Plenary Session

In the plenary session representatives of the following organisations will give lectures:


  a.. Ministry of Transport, Posts and Telecommunications of the Slovak Republic, 


  b.. Ministry of Education of the Slovak Republic, 


  c.. Ministry of Health of the Slovak Republic 


  d.. Guarantors of the Symposium, 

Presentation of the most important telemedical and teleeducational solutions, their owners, operators and users. We suggest the following topics:


  1.. Pilot projects of telemedical and teleeducational solutions. 


  2.. Models of virtual infrastructures: virtual university and virtual hospital. 


  3.. Engineering of telelearning systems. 


  4.. Hardware and software for telemedical and teleeducational applications. 

Technical sessions 

Technical sessions will provide information for wide spectrum of experts from academical and healthcare workplaces. It is possible for them to present their experience and suggestions in the field of telemedicine and teleeducation. We suggest the following range of topics:


  1.. Telecommunication in diagnostics, therapy and prevention. 


  2.. Telelearning systems (virtual university and virtual hospital), standardisation of telemedical and teleeducational applications. 


  3.. Multimedia in telemedicine and teleeducation based on ISDN and BISDN. 


  4.. Hardware, software and methodologies for the videoconferencing solutions. 


  5.. Telelearning services for public based on Internet, cable TV and XDSL technologies. 


Exhibition

The Symposium will promote technologies for supporting telemedical and teleeducational applications. Producers and institutions will have the opportunity to present new products, components, applications, measurement equipment, etc. The exhibition will be held on the same premises as the Symposium. 

A special advertisement session will be devoted to introducing the new products and services. 

Several videoconferencing sessions will be provided during the symposium. In co-operation with the Slovak Telecom. s.c. and other organisations we plan to deliver lectures from the Charles University in Prague, AGH Krakow and FEI STU in Bratislava. Videoconferencing sessions will be based on the already established ATM infrastructure at the Technical University in Košice which is connected to the WAN of the Slovak Telecom.

The focus of this symposium will be on the practical presentations of the ISDN and B-ISDN applications and services in international context.


Deadlines


  1.. Acceptance of registration forms and abstracts and/or proposals to exhibition : 

  30 November, 1999


  2.. Notification of acceptance, rules for full paper 

  preparation and Second Call: 

  15 December, 1999


  3.. Receipt of full paper and advanced registration: 

  15 February, 2000


  4.. Last information and Final Program: 

5 March, 2000

Further information


Symposium Languages

Slovak, Czech and English are the official languages of the symposium. Each contribution should contain a resume in English.


Symposium Proceedings

The proceedings will be published in time for the Symposium. Each registered participant will receive the proceeding in both printed and electronic forms (CD). 

Venue

Aula Maxima and Associated Lecture Halls, Technical University of Kosice

Letná 9, Košice, Slovak Republic 


Symposia consists of 3 committees: Organisational, Honorary, Program.


Schedule of the symposia:


1st day: presentation, welcome meeting of the organising committee with the invited persons, opening ceremony, plenary session, technical sessions, welcome party.


2nd day: technical sessions, conclusions from the technical sessions


3rd day: optional program: trip to High Tatras or Tokaj region.




ISTEP 2000 Symposium Secretariat

Mrs. Darina Bodonská, Mr. Tomáš Griger


Elfa, s.r.o., Letná 9, 042 00 Košice

Slovakia, e-mail: elfa at elfa.sk

Tel./Fax.: +421 95 6253839, 6253200, 6253202






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