AMIA is announcing its first ever Open Source Expo for the Fall 2003 conference in Washington, D.C. The expo will occur during the poster session. The call for participation states: ‘…Suggested items to include in the abstract are brief description of the functionality and scope of the product, the motivation for making the product open source, the development and usage history, how the development was funded, product features, design and implementation details, future directions, and a URL for more information and from where the product may be downloaded…’ Read on for the full call for participation.

Call for Participation in AMIA 2003 Open Source Expo

AMIA invites you to participate in an open source expo during the poster session at the 2003 Fall Symposium. Presenters at the expo are strongly encouraged to include a table-top demonstration of the open source product in addition to the poster. Open source products may include but are not restricted to software, knowledge bases, and terminologies.

Please submit a one-page abstract according to the instructions in the AMIA 2003 Call for Participation for poster submissions (http://www.amia.org/meetings/annual/current/call.html#posters). Following the title of the abstract, you must include the following tagline: “AMIA 2003 Open Source Expo”. Suggested items to include in the abstract are brief description of the functionality and scope of the product, the motivation for making the product open source, the development and usage history, how the development was funded, product features, design and implementation details, future directions, and a URL for more information and from where the product may be downloaded.

The last date for submission is 12th March 2003. In addition to submission via AMIA’s web-site, please send a copy of the abstract by e-mail to Aziz Boxwala (aziz@dsg.harvard.edu). Since the expo is part of the poster session, you may submit an abstract for the regular poster session or for the open source expo but not for both. Please direct questions regarding the open source expo to Aziz Boxwala. (aziz@dsg.harvard.edu)