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e-Health 2007 Conference, The Virutal Student Symposium, Quebec City
The Virtual Student Symposium was held on May 27th 2007 in Quebec City. The event was billed as a proof of concept event, designed to test the feasibility of hosting a student-led synchronous presentation including both offsite and onsite participants. Expert panel reviewers were on hand to provide feedback to students on their research work. The primary goal of the symposium was to provide a forum for the communication and sharing of ideas and research, potentially identifying opportunities for collaboration amongst students, faculty and industry conducting investigation in the Health Informatics domain.

The Virtual Student Symposium post-mortem can be downloaded here. Equally, you can read the article published by the conference journalists here.


e-Health 2006 Conference, Victoria Roundtable, Victoria, British Columbia

The Victoria Roundtable held at the e-Health 2006 Conference brought students, faculty, clinicians, government representatives, and industry stakeholders together for an evening to discuss the following question: “What are the top 5 five ways in which healthcare industry and private sector can work with students and academics to move the e-Health agenda in Canada forward?” Some key conceptual learning to come from this event included:

  • Lack of alignment on expectations for the e-Health Agenda
  • Need for greater industry & academic collaboration
  • Need for stronger student leadership
  • Need to leverage existing resources
  • Wide range of possible activities suggested


The recommendations made were to increase partnerships between stakeholder groups; support student leadership; develop tools for connectivity; encourage academic innovation; and expand programs/novel project ideas.

The Victoria Roundtable 2006 Summary report can be downloaded here.

e-Health 2005 Conference, Toronto, Ontario

At the e-Health 2005 Conference, a student committee organized student presentations, oral and poster formats, combined with an evening discussion forum to allow students an opportunity to discuss current and future directions of e-Health in Canada. As a pilot project, the event was extremely popular and received numerous submissions.