APPENDIX 10

REPORT ON THE PREPARATION OF MEDINFO 89

After Medinfa 8<i » the Organizing Committee of Medinfa 89 hasspeeded up the preparation for the Sixth World Congress onMedical Informatics and has held its first meeting .already*meanwhile* the China Council has h e l d a meeting in May 'todiscuss the problems in the preparation. Chinese Association forScience and Technology* M i n i s t r y of Electronics Industry andM i n i s t r y of P u b l i c Health devote great attention to the Medinfa89 which w i l l be held in Beijing. Here I w i'l I report to IMIA onprogress of the preprartion and the concerned problems asf a l l o w s .

1. On the extensively propagating of Medinfa 89 and thed i s t r i b u t i n g of the 1st Announcement of Medinfa 89 both in Chinaand Abroad

In addition to the 1st Announcement of Medinfa 89distributed an Medinfa S&* we have sent out the 1st Announcementto F i n l a n d * Hoi land) France* Japan) East-European countries*USSR* Hang Kang* Singapore* Tai l a n d * North and South Korea*I n d i a * and M o n g o l i a . Altogether we have dis t r i b u t e d nearly10*000 1st Announcement of Medinfa 89) and have received 380reply forms. Ue wi I I continue to d i s t r i b u t e the Announcement ofMedinfa 89 an 'Argentina meeting, an the EMI 87 in Rome and on theMeet i nghy.

In China* we wi I I prop-agate the importance of h o l d i n gMedinfa 89 in Bei j i n g in order to obtain support and h e l p fromal I sides. From A p r i I 10 to 14 we h e l d the Conference CMIA' 87 inX i a m e n * 503 members attended the meeting and submitted 800papers) among them 278 were adapted and 180 papers were declaredan the. meeting. On A p r i l 9 we h e l d IMIA Baard M e e t i n g ) on w h i c h -we discussed about the CMIA members'1 paper c o n t r i b u t i o n toMsdinfo 89 and the r e v i s i o n of -th e i r E n g l i s h t r a n s l a t i o n s * anddecided the technical projects and units which w i l l ca v i s i t e dby attendees qf Me d i n f a 89.

2. On the arrangements of Medinfa 89

A. On the requirement of IMIA Board Meeting held in BeijingA p r i l last year, a l l sessions* workshops and the commerciale x h i b i t i o n w i l l b e arranged in one group of b u i l d i n g s . Thuswe have two meeting sites for choice* both are j o i n t l yventured by China and foreign countries and both w i l l bef i n i s h e d no later than March 1989. Each of the sites has 7meeting h a l l s of 300-400 M ) 20 meeting rooms of SQ-1GQ M . * 3demonstrating h a l I s of 200-300 M ) a banquet h a l I which cancontain 80Q-100Q guests* an e x h i o i t i o n hal I as we I I asChinese and Western restaurants* cafe's* bars) bai Iroom*s w i m m i n g p o o l * b o w l i n g room* beauty parlour) g y m n a s i u m ) andstares and shops. The registration • area w i l l be in thereception h a l l . which i s 200-300 M-.Both of—the sites w i l l

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satisfy the requirement of e l e c t r i c power* a u d i o v i s u a l a i d s ;caruselsj motion p i c t u r e s / v i d i o tapes* compact discs* etc..The two- sites are'

a. China International Culture Exchange Center* uhcih has 250hotel rooms. The cost for s i n g l e room w i t h two s i n g l e beds i sUS$ 100/day* and for suite w i t h two beds is LJSS ISO/day. Thecenter is near the San I itun d i s t r i c t of foreign embassies andw i t h i n 2.5 k-ilameters there 'are some other hotels* such asKulun Hotel* Huadu Hotel* Zhao I one Hotel and Great UaI I-Sheraton Hate I . .

b. China- UorId Trade Center* which has 800 roams of fivestar hotel's l e v e l * the cost for double occupied ream is .US$110/day and 300 rooms of three star hotel's l e v e l * the costfor double occupied room is US$ 50/day. Around- the centerthere are Jianguo Hotel* Beijing-Toranto Hotel* ChangfugongCenter * International Club and Friendship Stare* also* i t . i snot far away from the Ritan d i s t r i c t ' o f foreign embassies.

The Organizing Committee wi I I choose one of these twocenters as Medinfo 89ls meeting site at a proper t i m e *according to their renting p r i c e * construction progress andservi ce I eve I .

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B. Opening Ceremony* C l o s i n g Ceremony* Uelcome recption andFarewelI Banquet

a. Opening Ceremony and Welcome Recption

The Opening Ceremony w i l l be h e l d at 2:QQ-o:QO FM oh Oct.!<£>* 1989. Chinese state leaders and famous s c i e n t i s t s wi I Iattend the ceremony. On the ceremonyj one of Chinese leaaersicha.irman of OC* chairman of IMIA* representative from LJHO * •chairman of China Counci I and two keynote speakers u i I ! makespeech. S m a l l scale c o l o u r f u l performance w i l l b e g i v e n onthe ceremony.

As'for the two keynote speakers* one is a Chinese and the'other a foreigner. The Chinese w i l l be Dr. Ulu J i e p i n g * Vice-chairman of Chinese Association for Science and Technology*Honoured Presidest of China Medical Science Acacemy andchairman of China Counci I for Medinfo 89. The foreigner wi I Ibe named by IMIA.

After the Opening Ceremony* the LJeI come Recpticn w i l lb e gin at &sQQ PM. On the recption* except offering fcod>there are also large scale performances by many famousChinese artists and various games. The perfomance wi I Ii n c l u d e eastern and western s i n g i n g and d a n c i n g * concert*acrobatics* m a g i c * Qigong performance* Peking opera* andChinese movies w i t h E n g I i s h interpretation. The openingceremony has been p r e l i m i n a r i ! y decided to be h e l d at theGreat People's H a l l . But because of the budget d e f i c i t *instead it may be h e l d at Medinfo 89;s ma i n conference h a l l

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and the welcome reception at B e i j i n g Hotel .

b. C l o s i n g Ceremony

The C l o s i n g Ceremony w i l l be hel d at 3:00-4:00 PM on Oct.20 i 1987 at the m a i n conference h a l I . On the ceremony> thef o l l o w i n g persons wi I I make speech: chairman of OC» chairmanof PC and chairman of IMIA; c h a i r m e n of IMIA, ,OC PC AND ECwi I I issue awards to excel lent papers; and at last chairmanof OC w i l l transfer the m a l l e t to the M e d i n f o 92;s OCchairmanj and the new OC chairman wi I I make a speech.

c. FarewelI banquet•

The FareuelI Banquet w i l l be held at 6'00 pm on Oct. 19>1989 at medinfo 89; s m a i n conference h a l l .

C. Simultaneous Interpretation

Bath of the meeting sites have the equipment forsimultaneous interpretation. The OC is now studying thep o s s i b i l i t y of E n g l i s h - C h i n e s e and E n g l l i s h - J a p a n e s esimultaneous interpretation. The ke-y p r o b l e m is the lack of

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D. Accomadat i on

a. IMIA officers* members of PC and EC> keynote speakers andsome members of OC w i l l I i..ve in the hotel at M e d i n f o 89'smeeting site.

b. Speakers and attendees of m e d i n f o 69 may. i i ve in the hotelat the m e e t i n g s i t e as w e l l as the other hotels nearby. Ther e n t i n g s w i l l b e :

Level S i n g l e room 'Double occupied room Suite

A USS 100 USS 120 USS 168

B USS 70 USS 90 USS 130

C USS 50 USS £0 USS 85 .

E. Post Congress Tours

Ue have choosen the f o l l o w i n g 5 routes for the postcongress tours. The p r i c e g i v e n here i n c l u d e s accomodation>transportation; food and t o u r i n g guide.

PT-A: B e i j i n g area' 2 days

USS 180)00 for s i n g l e room . USS 150>OQ for double ream

The tourists on this route w i l l l i v e , 90 for sight-seeingta Palace of Harmony and peace (Youghe Gong), China Art

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Museum* Zhongshan Parki Fragrance Hi I ! Park (XiangshanPark)i Temple of the sleeping Budda. Yuanmingyuan Re I ics.Tanzhe Templei Biyun Temple. Eight Scenic Spots* ect.> inB e i j i n g area.

•PT-Bs Beijing-Xi'an-Shanghai6 daysUSS 667.00 for s i n g l e room. USS 597.00 for double roam

By. this route, tourist can enjoy in Xi'an the terra-cotta fingers of armoured warriors and horses of Qin Dynastywhich is known as the 7th wander in the w o r l d and v i s i tChina's b i g g i s t c i t y ? Shanghai.

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PT-C : Be i j i ng-X i ; an-Chengdu-Gu i,! i n-Guangzhou9 daysUSS 1039>00 for s i n g l e room* USS 904,00 for double room

Except v i s i t i n g the China's ancient c a p i t a l c i t y * Xi'an.tourists on this route w i l l v i s i t Zhuge Liang Memorial Temple.(Uuhou S i » Zhuge was the Prime M i n i s t e r of the K i n g d o m of Shuin the Three Kingdoms Period. 220-280)> Thatched Hut of DuFu> (712-770. the Tang Dynasty Poet). Tower of V i e w i n g theRiver. Tomb of Uang J i a n (847-918) and Uenshu Academy inChengdui the capita! c i t y of Sichuan Province. In GuangxiProvince* tourists w i l l v i s i t G u i l i n a n d Yangshuaj i t i s saidthat the scenary in G u i l i n is the most b e a u t i f u l in theworld) but in Yangshuo it is even better. A l s o , beforeleaving China* the tourists wi I I v i s i t Guangzhou, the biggestcity in Southeast China

PT—D * Be i j i n'g-Na j i ng-Suzhau-Hangzhou-Shangah i9 daysUSS 906*00 for s i n g l e room* USS 771.00 for double room

In Nanjing* one of China's ancient c a p i t a l c i t i e s .tourists w i l l v i s i t S u n Yat-sen Mausoleum. CouIds L i n g e r i n gH i l l (Qixia H i l l ) . Not-to-Uorry Lake (Mochou Lake). andXuanwu Lake. Suzhou and Hangzhou are very famous scenic sitesin east China* and they c a l l e d the paradise on earth. InSuzhou* t-our i sts wi I I see a lot of famous garden parks, suchas Lion Grove (Shizi Lin). Humble Administrator's Garden(Zhouzheng Yuan)* L i n g e r i n g Garden (Liu Yuan)* Uest Garden(Xi Yuan), Tiger H i l l (Hu Qiu). and Cold H i l l Temple (HanshanSi)> and in Hangzhou tourists w i l l enjoy the b e a u t i f u l placesas Uest Lake. Temple of Yue (Yue was a famous marshal in SongDynasty). Temple of the Saul's Retreat (Lingyin Si). TigerSpring (Hu Pao) snd Three Caves at Yan x i a (Yanxia Sandang).

PT-E* Beijing-Hanszhou-Shanghai6 daysUSS 622.00 for s i n g l e room. US$ 532.00 for double room

By this route tourists w i l l have the opportunity toenjoy various r e g i o n a l Chinese famous dishes and local taste

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snack in each city.

P. Social Events

a. S c i e n t i f i c touring to the - f o l l o w i n g u n i t s (free of charge)

Sino-Japanese F r i e n d s h i p HospitalChina Union HospitalM e d i c a l Information Research InstituteGeneral Hospital of PLAChina Mi I I itary M e d i c a l AcademyChina T r a d i t i o n a l Chinese M e d i c i n e Research instituteJ i s h u i Tan HospitalCapital Medical C o l l e g eCancer Research InstituteJ i u x i a n Qiao HospitalTsinghua U n i v e r s i t yBeijing M e d i c a l U n i v e r s i t y

b. Sight-seeing in Beijing area (free for foreign attendeesand their spouses on I y ) > i n c l u d i n g the f o l l o w i n g palaces:

Forb i dden c i t yT e m p l e of the HeveanBa i ha i 'ParkBeijing Zoo (to see the panda)

c. Charged v i s i t i n g to Great UaI I and M i n g Tomb (USS 60 >i ncIud ing i unch ) .

d. Except the items mentioned above* attendees'1 spousescan v i s i t kindergarden and the handiwork factory^ etc.

e. Een-joy-i ng" Peking Opera > or acrobat i c s > or s i n g i n g anddancing (foreign attendees and their spouses o n l y > and eachperson can select one of these only).

f. A reception for registered attendees (free f o r - attendeesand accompanying persons).

g. A banquet; attendees and their spounses wi 1 I have to payUSS 50 for each person.

G. Strategies for attracting attendees

a. Ue w i l l ask CAAC Air-Line to g i v e discount to attendees-1

t i ckets.

b. Post congress tours on the f i v e routes mentioned abovew i l l b e arranged v a r i e d a n d interesting) a n d the cost w i l l b elower than the normal cost.

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c . Ue w i l l arrange l a r g e - s c a l e c o l o u r f u l e v e n i n g p e r f o r m a n c eafter the r e c e p t i o n .

d. F o r e i g n attendees' spouses w i l l be able to learn Chinesecooking in short term t r a i n i n g class.

e. Attendee u i l i be able to buy Carious China's specialproducts and mementos w i t h Medinfo 89 marked on them in storeat the congress site.

f. Social events w i l l be interesting and attractive* and mostof the items w i l l be free of charge.

g. IMIA w i l l issue cr e d i t certificate to attendees.

H. Strategies for attracting exhibitors

a. The commercial e x h i b i t i o n wi I I not o n l y open to theMedinfo S9's attendees* but also tta the China's M e d i c i n ec i r c l e and computer c i r c l e . OC wi I i arrange a large numbersof users as we I I as m e d i c a l and computer experts to attendthe e x h i b i t i o n . China is a big potential market; and t h i se x h i b i t i o n w i l l make the exhibitors able to f i n d users inCh i na.

b. China u i I I buy most of the e x h i b i t e d products w h i c h aresu i tab Ie to Ch i na.

c. The e x h i b i t o r s wi I I have the same r i g h t as the attendeesto the various free a c t i v i t i e s * and w i l l be charged less forthe not free a c t i v i t i e s . (But t h i s is l i m i t e d to one personfor each booth; the others w i l l pay as usual).

d. Provide the manufacturers hwo attend the e x h i b i t i o n w i t hconvenient c o n d i t i o n s for t h e i r technical exchanges) productpropogating and a d v e r t i s i n g .

1. Plan for p r i n t i n g and mai I ing the CaI I for Papers

a. OC W i l l p r i n t the C a l l for Papers in Beijing.

b. OC w i l l send them extensivelty to a l I countries 1MIA repr-esemtatives who w i l l d i s t r i b u t e c a l l for papers to potentialattendees.

c. 8*000 C a l l for Papers are planned to be printed.

d. First mai I ing t i m e u i M be January* 1936.

J. ' The Commercial E x h i b i t i o n for M e d i c a l equipment andinstruments and Medical Information Processing Equipment

China International Culture Exchange Center has ane x h i b i t i o n h a l l of 2*500 M and China W o r l d Trade CenterJJs

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e x h i b i t i o n h a l l i s 15)000 M . The e x h i b i t i o n can be h e l d atany one of the tuc places.

OC hopes IMIA and IM1A representatives in a l I countries toencourage foreign c o m p a n i e s * manufacturers) researchinstitutes* hospitals and u n i v e r s i t i e s to attend- thecommercial e x h i b i t i o n . Ue hope at least we. wi I I have 50-100foreign companies to attend the e x h i b i t i o n .

K. Medinfo 89's Emblem

The Emblem is showing as be Iou.

i3. Oc would I ike to ask IMIA representatives of al I1 countries .to

d i s t r i b u t e CaI I for Papers and F i r s t Announcement andencourage more potential attendees and ar ganiz at i ons from m e d i -cal and computer c i r c l e s to p a r t i c i p a t e the congress andexh i b i t i on.

Although we do have some d i f f i c u l t i e s in preparing M e d i n f o8*?» I b e l i e v e * w i t h the h e l p of IMIA and IMIA member countries*with the h e l p of f r i e n d s from a l I countries* and w i t h thesupport of Chinese government! we c e r t a i n l y wi I I conquer al I thed i f f i c u l t i e s and make the Medinfo 89 successful.

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LIST OF MEDINFO 89 COMMITTEE MEMBERS * '

STEERINNG OOMMITrEE 33076 Bordeaux CedexFRANCE

S. KAIHARA Chairman BITNET SALMON AT FRBDX11Director of Hospital Computer CenterUniversity of Tokyo Hospital ex officio7 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku,TOKYO 113 JAPAN OUYANG Zhineng OC Chairman

. Tel 03 815 5411 ext 8126 c/o.China Computer Technical Corp.BITNET KAIHARA AT SUHEX-AIM.ARPA 29 Xueyuan Nanlu

Haidian DistrictJohn FLINT Beijing,York Central Health Systems . PEOPLES REPUBLIC OF CHINA10 Trench Street Tel 896908 ext 28, 895945Richmond HillOntario, Canada L4C 4Z3 Phil Manning PC ChairmanCANADA Associate Vice PresidentTel (4/6) 884-9650 University of Southern California

2025 Zonal AvenueD.A.B. LINDBERG Los Angeles, California 90033National Institute of Health U.S.A.National Library of MedicineBethesda, Maryland 20209 Barry BARBERU.S.A. Information DivisionTel 301-498-6221 N.E. Thames Regional Health Authority

St. Faith's Hospital,Roger SALAMON London Road, Brentwood, EssexDepartment d'Informatique CM14 4QP U.K.University de Bordeaux II Tel 0277 228470146 rue Leo Saignat

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PROGRAM COMMITTEE Vedado, La Habana (zp-4), CUBATel 32-0136

Phil MANNING ChairmanAssociate Vice President J. MICHELUniversity of Southern California Institut fur medizinische2025 Zonal Avenue Physik und BiophysikLos Angeles, California 90033 des Bereichs Medizin (Charite)U.S;A. der Humboldt-Universitat zu Berlin

DDR-1040 BERLINJan H. van BEMMEL Invalidenstrasse 42, G.D.R.Free University Tel 28 97 305/306Medical InformaticsP.O.Box 7057 Ahmed MEHDAOUI1007 MB Amsterdam Department of Medical InformaticsThe Netherlands Faculte de Medecine and PharmacyBITNET U00070 AT HASARA5 Universite Mohammed S Rabat, Morocco

Marion J. BALL . Hans e. PETERSONMedical Computer Activity . Ha'lso-och SjukvardsnamndenUniversity Health Sciences Center P.O.Box 9099Philadelphia Pennsylvania 19140 S-102 72U.S.A. Stockholm,, SWEDENBITNET MJB AT UMAB Tel 8-737-5060 home: 8-760-3628

LI En Sheng Elly PLUYTER-WENT INGDirector of Medical Record Dept. Ass. Director of Patient CareChina-Japan Friendship Hospital University Hospital LeidenHepingli, Beijing Rynsburgerweg 10CHINA 2333 AA LeidenTel 44-3961 THE NETHERLANDS

071 -262789,071-890584(home)LUN Kwok ChanNational University Hospital Takashi TAKAHASHIDept of Community, Occupational and Department of Medical Informatics

Family Medicine Kyoto University HospitalPublic Health Kyoto JapanLower Kent Ridge Road Tel075-751-3111SINGAPORE 0511BI7MT LUNKC AT NUSVM JIN PihuanTel 7724296 or 7795555 ext 2252 Shanghai Medical University

138 Yi Xue Yuan RoadSalah H. MANDIL Shanghai 200032Division of People's Republic of China51 nformation Systems Support

World Health Organization Observer27 Geneve, CH-1211 Eric H.T.GOONSWITZERLAND World Health Organization

2 Dong Qi JieDr. Emilio MORALES San Li Tun, BeijingDireccion SAD CHINAMinisterio de Salud Publica Tel 522359Calle M 260, e/19 y 21 • 522463 (home)

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PROCEEDINGS COMMITTEE

Peter REICHERTZ ChairmanInstitute Medical Informatics ofMedical School HannoverF.R.G.

Barry BARBER Acting ChairmanInformation. DivisionN.E. Thames Regional Health AuthoritySt. Faith's Hospital,London Road, Brentwood, EssexCMU 4QP U.K.Tel 0277228470

CAO DexianDept of Med. Computer ApplicationsCancer Inst. and HospitalCAMSBeijing, CHINA

QIN DulieDepartment of MathematicsCapital Institute of MedicineBeijing, CHINATel 332631

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