# Converge And Collaborate, Dublin May 12/13 (St Patricks Day announcement)

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**Created:** 2026-03-17 13:08 UTC
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**URL:** https://discourse.openehr.org/t/converge-and-collaborate-dublin-may-12-13-st-patricks-day-announcement/11845

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## Post #1 by @grahamegrieve

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**Announcement: Converge and Collaborate**

**Second annual meeting of openEHR and HL7 FHIR**

12-13 May 2026, Dublin, Republic of Ireland

On 12 and 13 May 2026, members of the openEHR and HL7 communities will reunite for the second annual in-person meeting, with the aim of pushing forward the collaboration agenda  through meaningful convergence between standards bodies.

At this inspiring two-day event, you’ll hear from guest speakers, take part in strategy and roadmap sessions, and have the chance to join workgroup meetings which will accelerate HL7 and openEHR’s joint objectives, aligned with the broader goal of improving interoperability for healthcare data exchange.

Having established 5 formal working groups at last year’s event, we’re now looking for more representatives to join this interactive, action-oriented initiative and contribute to the work that began in Amsterdam last year.

You can purchase your ticket for the event [here](https://www.tickettailor.com/events/openehrinternational/2121387). Places are limited to 120, so tickets will be allocated on a first-come, first-served basis.

**Call For Presentations**

The conference will provide  lots of opportunities for the community to have its say. We are looking for presentations that cover the range of the community’s experience relating to strategy, architecture, data migration, system integration, community building, and open source and commercial product demonstrations, and also tutorials, and let’s build sessions.

If you would like to propose any kind of presentation, then please express your interest [here](https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScWrtlDu-BQOcpX3og5wO70F2RPv9d4pzmLNRFSY9w3DUxkWw/viewform?usp=publish-editor).

Note that one focus of the meeting will be cancer treatment support, in service of the EHDS and related US projects.

Converge & Collaborate is a non profit-making event, with ticket prices kept deliberately low to help the organisers cover costs.

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## Post #2 by @jake.smolka

Looking forward to the event! We submitted a presentation proposal 2 weeks ago and never got any conformation. There was also no field for an email, so I just put mine in the comment field. 
Who is handling the proposal process, openEHR or HL7? I would like to double check if it got through.

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## Post #3 by @grahamegrieve

It’s a joint effort between us. I see your proposal - you should get a response early next week

Grahame

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