First pictures at the conference (Photographer: Mr Quang)

First day came to our hostel

                                        
                                           Name sign on the old door

                                          
                                           Air conditioner from 10 years ago
                                         
The second day at the conference

                                          Welcome day

                                           Long talked at the conference

                                            Bill style

Vietnam joining OpenMRS conference in Philippines

There will be a one-week conference taking place in Silang, Philippines from October 09 - 12, 2012 where OpenMRS developers and implementer from around the globe come and share experiences applying the EMR software in their countries. In Vietnam, OpenMRS was customized and localized for use as an EMR at HIV/AIDS outpatient clinics (OPC). Development partners including CDC, I-TECH and CHAI have been working  with the provincial AIDS committee of Ho Chi Minh City (HCMC PAC) since mid of 2011 in an effort to implement the system for OPCs in the city, and will join the conference.

Participants from Vietnam includes the I-TECH's local HMIS coordinator (Mr. Pham Viet Long), and an IT staff of the HCMC PAC (Mr. Bui Lieu Phuoc Quang). Long and Quang will work with Dr. Bill Lober (I-TECH) on a presentation introducing the HMIS integration project for HCMC, Vietnam, and the technical solutions for electronic data exchange between OpenMRS and other technology including .NET, using MirthConnect.

Information about the conference can be found in the links below.

1) Ideas for conference sessions: http://goo.gl/Tx8bQ
2) Tentative conference schedules: https://wiki.openmrs.org/display/RES/OMRS12+Daily+Schedule
3) Plan for I-TECH, Vietnam and Kenya in joining the conference: http://goo.gl/Ieqtj

Updates on October 9, 2012: Presentation for Vietnam's delegation available at http://goo.gl/5XB6x.

Updates on October 10, 2012: Notes during the presentation session: http://notes.openmrs.org/upgradelessons2012

-- Outcomes of the conference will be posted soon.