# EHRCON25 speaker applications **Category:** [Confs & Events](https://discourse.openehr.org/c/conferences-events/26) **Created:** 2025-06-12 14:28 UTC **Views:** 396 **Replies:** 16 **URL:** https://discourse.openehr.org/t/ehrcon25-speaker-applications/6908 --- ## Post #1 by @Pete_Bouvier Hi all. The deadline for speaker slots for EHRCON25 is the end of this month, so please - even if you're just *considering* presenting - get your [application form](https://docs.google.com/forms/d/14o0yGk6l-HC5F9BtoR_xKi5T6BPpgj0vFoWn-oZ4et0/edit#response=ACYDBNgmOdpLZEaGyd9Op1uoJEYFfIyq9sxgGb2L7NqBybO6B4GaT1Z53-pPeGIqHQtG7r8) in so we can start compiling the programme. Thanks to all who've already submitted - it's going to be fantastic. **Tickets?** Selling out fast - https://www.tickettailor.com/events/openehrinternational/1691673?from_listings=true **Sponsor the event!** Roll up, roll up - https://openehr.org/sponsors/ --- ## Post #2 by @joostholslag Eduction/sec is the track for technically oriented talks? --- ## Post #3 by @Abi Yes but don't worry if you have a proposal that doesn't fit perfectly into any of the categories - any and all submissions are welcomed. --- ## Post #4 by @joostholslag Well. I’ve got a technical presentation and I was a bit confused where it should go. Because education is usually not technical. And not all speakers will understand SEC means this is the technical track. --- ## Post #5 by @Abi Joost there is a category for 'other' also. --- ## Post #6 by @Koray_Atalag Could you please explain "strategic futures" ? I'd like to put in a proposal on value-based care and research and not sure if it'll fall under this or other category. Thanks --- ## Post #7 by @Abi Hi Koray, I think your proposal would fall under strategic futures, which is really aimed at encompassing anything relating to the future direction of the standard/ strategy for progress etc. But don't worry if it's not a perfect fit as we will look at all submissions individually. --- ## Post #8 by @Koray_Atalag OK thanks, good to know --- ## Post #9 by @erik.sundvall Hi @Pete_Bouvier & @Abi! For some of us in publicly funded healthcare organisations with tight budgets it is easier to get permission to go to a conference if we are going to be speakers rather than only listeners. Would it be possible to offer the "early bird" price to speakers after we know if the application was accepted or not? Many other conferences do have an even more reduced price or even free (Vitalis and Highmed) entrance for speakers. I find the openEHR conference price hard to motivate at a publicly funded university hospital organisation when it does not even result in a peer reviewed scientific conference publication (like Medinfo etc do). --- ## Post #10 by @surfer To add more fuel to the fire of questions… I received today the call for scientific publications related to EHRCON25 and have several questions about it. The email mentions two types of contributions: posters and short papers. * Are these publication types mutually exclusive with the speaker presentation? * Will the short papers be published in a peer-reviewed journal? * For speaker presentations, will a written paper also be required and published in the conference proceedings? * When will speaker contribution applications be reviewed, and when can we expect notifications? (The deadline for short paper abstracts is set for July 15.) * Additionally, if the speaker contribution is not published but the short paper is, would it be possible to submit both on the same topic? --- ## Post #11 by @Pete_Bouvier Hi Giovanni. The speaker slots and the call for scientific publications are exclusive, and written papers are not required for speaker slots. The deadline for speaker applications closed on Monday, so we'll be reviewing those over the next couple of weeks as we draft the programme. As far as I know, Jordi Piera is covering the posters and short papers... perhaps you would like to jump in here @jpieraj? --- ## Post #12 by @ukpenguin Just to add we are looking to publish either in an academic journal or other publication but these details are to be firmed up. The peer review will be completed by 15th August although the dates for the review are not yet set. Yes it is possible to submit both short paper and speaker contribution on the same topic. --- ## Post #13 by @Abi Thanks @erik.sundvall: there are a small number of free or reduced-rate places available for public health system staff, we are accepting applications or recommendations now. --- ## Post #14 by @erik.sundvall To make life easier for whoever is going to compile the final submissions into something coherent it is likely a good idea to publish short paper and poster abstract templates (for Word etc.) farily soon so people can use them while working on final versions of submissions. Personally I am a fan of the old two column formats like the Medinfo 2007 one seen in the PDF available from [https://ebooks.iospress.nl/volumearticle/11136](https://ebooks.iospress.nl/volumearticle/11136), but what should be guiding is actually the format used by the academic journal (or similar) that is going to publish papers later so that authors do not need to do reformatting. Try publishing in something that is Open Access and also indexed in Medline. When IHTSTDO/Snomed [Edit: see @mikael's comment below] had one of the initial Snomed conferences they managed to get the papers into a Proceedings supplement of https://bmcmedinformdecismak.biomedcentral.com/, see https://bmcmedinformdecismak.biomedcentral.com/articles/supplements/volume-8-supplement-1 (where you also find an openEHR-related paper ;) ) --- ## Post #15 by @mikael [quote="erik.sundvall, post:14, topic:6908"] When IHTSTDO/Snomed had one of the initial Smomed conferences they managed to get the papers into a Proceedings supplement of https://bmcmedinformdecismak.biomedcentral.com/, [/quote] That conference was not organised by International Health Terminology Standards Development Organisation (IHTSDO) / SNOMED International. IHTSDO started 2007 and the conference you are referring to was organised 2006. I am quite sure that the conference was organised by the EU funded Network of Excellence in Semantic Interoperability and Data Mining. --- ## Post #16 by @Evelyn_Hovenga As a past conference organiser with IMIA connections I found that IOS Press was an excellent publisher of conference proceedings in their **STUDIES IN HEALTH TECHNOLOGY AND INFORMATICS (HTI)** . They make use of a set author template and have printed copies available within 6 weeks of submission, each paper is indexed, refer [https://www.iospress.com/catalog/book-series/studies-in-health-technology-and-informatics](https://www.iospress.com/catalog/book-series/studies-in-health-technology-and-informatics) for details. --- ## Post #17 by @Abi Thanks @Evelyn_Hovenga - this is useful to know; I will have a look at their website. --- **Canonical:** https://discourse.openehr.org/t/ehrcon25-speaker-applications/6908 **Original content:** https://discourse.openehr.org/t/ehrcon25-speaker-applications/6908