On the right to science: recommendations of selection criteria for IMIA Scientific Meetings

Christoph U. Lehmann, Elizabeth Borycki, Kyung-Hee Cho, Amado Espinosa, Antoine Geissbuhler, Elaine Huesing, Petter Hurlen, Michio Kimura, Ghislain Kouematchoua Tchuitcheu, Andre Kushniruk, Christian Lovis, Daniel Luna, Anne Moen, Hyeoun-Ae Park, Brigitte Seroussi, Marcelo L. Silva, Hiroshi Takeda, Patrick Weber, Johanna Westbrook, Sabine Koch

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Abstract

The International Medical Informatics Association (IMIA), a non-governmental, not-for-profit, global organization promoting health and biomedical informatics, is committed to the right of communities/populations and individuals to science, comprised of three separate constituent rights: 1) the right to participate in science, 2) the right to benefit from science, and 3) the right to benefit from a person's own contribution to science or inventions. As such, IMIA provides a global platform where scientists, researchers, health information users, vendors, developers, consultants, health care consumers, and suppliers can meet in an environment of cooperation and sharing. In the context of IMIA's conferences, the IMIA board has discussed and identified the important central factors, which are essential considerations to host a scientific meeting. These factors will be used to help vet future contenders applying for the honor to host an IMIA conference: Reasonable safety and security, commitment by the host member society, freedom of travel, scientific freedom, and freedom from discrimination.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)11-13
Number of pages3
JournalYearbook of Medical Informatics
Volume28
Issue number1
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 1 Aug 2019
Externally publishedYes

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Keywords

  • Scientific freedom
  • biomedical informatics
  • conference
  • conference planning
  • right to science

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