Health and human services professionals will gather next month at the 2007 Esri Health GIS Conference in Scottsdale, Arizona, where they will learn about the latest health applications of GIS technology.
The conference, scheduled for October 7-10 at the FireSky Resort & Spa, will feature a keynote address by Dr. Stephanie Bailey, MSHSA, chief of Public Health Practice at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The title of her speech is The World's Greatest Threat to Better Health, and it discusses the role of GIS in combating the problem. Plenary speaker Dr. Raymond D. Aller, director of the Bioterrorism Preparedness and Surveillance Section in the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health, will explore the power of place in medicine.
The conference will provide a global forum for health and human services professionals to network and see how GIS can help them analyze and address today's health challenges around the world. Topics that will be covered include using GIS in disaster preparedness, hospital infection control, standardized information exchange, and information confidentiality.
Technical sessions will focus on the most recent applications of GIS in the health and human services fields. Attendees will see, for example, demonstrations of these applications using ArcGIS Server and Web services. Health professionals will also present papers about how they're using these geospatial tools.
Other conference highlights will include the GIS Solutions EXPO, the Academic GIS Health Fair, the Map Gallery, and a postconference visit to the Arizona Department of Health Services in Phoenix.
"This conference demonstrates year after year its ability to present some of the best GIS practices in health organizations," says Bill Davenhall, global manager of health and human services for Esri. "Attendees come away with fresh ideas and important, new networking relationships that inspire and motivate them in unexpected ways, which is an important goal of the conference."
The deadline to register for the conference is September 23, 2007. Register now.
