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Download Call for Abstracts as PDF(Last update: 27-Jan-2012 [ge])Call for Abstracts, Presentations, Interactive Demos, Tabletop (Tradeshow) Presentation, Startup Pitches and Panel ProposalsDeadline for submission of speaker proposals/abstracts is March 7, 2012. Medicine 2.0 '12, aka the 5th World Congress on Social Media, Mobile Apps, and Internet/Web2.0 in Health and Medicine, this year hosted in Boston at Harvard Medical School, will once again be very international and contain a unique mix of traditional academic/research, practice and business presentations, keynote presentations, and panel discussions to discuss emerging technologies in health and medicine, with an emphasis on Internet-based, social media, and mobile technologies. We strive for an interdisciplinary mix of presenters from different countries and disciplines (e.g. health care, social sciences, computer science, engineering, or business) and with a different angle (research, practice, and business). To keep the conference accessible, we have reduced the price of the conference by about 50% compared to last years' conference in Stanford! (the early-early bird registration fee will be around $500 for academics, and $250 for students). Jan 24, 2012: Early-early bird registration is now open - special rates starting at $250 for the first 50 registrants - last years' rates went up to $2500 shortly before the conference, register early and take advantage of heavily discounted rates! Why attend?While Medicine 2.0 (which we read as “next generation medicine”) has inspired and spun off regional, mostly non-academic meetings, the well-known Medicine 2.0 congress remains the annual main event, and is the top-rated conference in the field, with international participation and a peer-reviewed research stream, a practice stream, and a business stream. Medicine 2.0 rotates each year to a new host ensuring that you don’t hear the same speakers and ideas over and over again. Past conferences have been in Canada, Europe, and at the West Coast – the 2012 conference will be the last conference in the US for some time. The Medicine 2.0 network has over 3.000 members – join the network today and be part of the conversation! Disseminate your research – through web-streaming, video publishing and high impact journals. Research presented at the conference makes it into top-ranked journals. The official journal of Medicine 2.0 is JMIR, which has an impact factor of 4.7 and is ranked #1 in medical informatics and #2 in health sciences and services research. Medicine 2.0 Topics
 Table of ContentsImportant Changes for Medicine 2.0 in Boston [Top]
 New Presentation Formats[Top]In addition to our standard oral presentation, poster presentation and panel discussion formats, we will have three new formats: Tabletop presentations (expo), startup pitches, and 5 min rapid fire presentations. Thus, will be six ways to present your work at Medicine 2.0 '12 Boston:
 Peer Review Process[Top]We believe peer-review is vital to maintaining the highest academic standards for the Medicine 2.0 '12 Congress in Boston at Harvard. As in previous years, we are partnering with IMIA (the International Association for Medical Informatics) Social Media Working Group (SMWG) to provide feedback on all submissions to Medicine 2.0 '12 in Boston at Harvard. New Publication Options for Conference Presentations[Top]Medicine 2.0 '12 in Boston at Harvard will have several exciting options for publication of the work presented at the Congress.
All papers are open access and the author retains copyright. All papers will include the video of the presentation. We can also prepare and publish a transscript of your talk together with the video. (Note that Medline does not index video-only material and requires at least 5 pages of text.). Although publication in JMIR is not required, we do encourage all authors to consider submitting their work to the Journal of Internet Medical Research. JMIR. JMIR Medicine 2.0 Award[Top]The best presentation overall will receive a full Article Processing Fee waiver and an invitation to publish a full paper in JMIR free of charge. Click here to learn more.  Research In Progress[Top]We recognize the field of Medicine 2.0 is constantly changing and evolving. Therefore, Medicine 2.0 in Boston at Harvard will consider abstracts and proposals presenting research in progress. Authors can describe the proposed work and project and plan to present the actual research results at the conference. These abstracts can be submitted in the Research track only. Please write "Research in Progress" in the results and conclusions section of your abstract in order for it to be considered as research in progress. Please preferably submit these as poster presentation or as 5-minute rapid fire presentation. General Submission Instructions [Top]
General Guidelines[Top]Please note that all abstracts and panel proposals must be submitted on this site only. Unless you have an account from previous years, you need to create an account for this site first. Submissions by email will not be accepted. The deadline for submission of applications is March 7, 2012. Please also review your application carefully prior to submission. You cannot edit or change your abstract once your application is submitted. Please note that for submissions in the research track you will be asked to nominate three peer-reviewers (who should not be working with you or have any other conflicts of interests). In order to identify peer-reviewers, go to pubmed.gov, search for published articles that are in the broadest sense similar to your abstract/proposal, and make a note of the name and email address of the corresponding author. You will need the email address, which is listed in some (but not all) publications in PubMed (affiliation field). If you have a name/affiliation but not an email address, you may attempt to locate contact information through standard internet search methods. Presenters must be listed as first author of the abstract (except panels). Note that we will only consider one submission/presentation per participant. Do not submit multiple abstracts (unless there is another first author/presenter). Policy on simultaneous or previous publications/other conferences. Results presented at the Medicine 2.0 congress should preferably be new results. Content overlaps with prior publications or prior/simultaneous submissions to other conferences is not a problem. However, note that your presentation may be PubMed-indexed, so please be careful to not submit your identical abstract to other conferences which offer PubMed-indexed publications. The conference language is English. No simultaneous translation will be provided. All abstracts and proposals must be submitted in English. On submission, authors can select one of the following presentation formats:
Call for Single-Presenter Abstracts (Oral, Poster, Tabletop Presentation)[Top]Submit abstracts here to propose a single-presenter 15 min talk, poster presentation or Tabletop Presentation (Gadget Expo) presentation. All abstracts have a word limit of 500 words, with no references allowed. Abstracts will have to be pasted into an online abstract form and should not contain any special formatting (bold, italics), special characters (eg. Greek characters), tables, or figures. DO NOT USE ALL-CAPS FOR THE TITLE OR ANY PART OF THE ABSTRACT. The Title Should be in "Title Case", Meaning That All Words Except Articles and Prepositions Should Be Capitalized Like in This Sentence. Abstracts are invited in 3 tracks. Please submit your contribution in any of these tracks according to the intended primary target audience of a talk:
Abstracts in the research track have higher acceptance standards and must be structured into Background, Objective, Methods, Results, and Conclusions. Each section should start with the respective heading in the same line (e.g. "Background: The Internet has become..."), with a new section starting on a new line. DO NOT CAPITALIZE THE SECTION HEADINGS (e.g. do not write "BACKGROUND:", but "Background:"). In the results section, make sure to include relevant statistics, if applicable, such as sample sizes, response rates, P-values or Confidence Intervals. Research Practice/Business Poster Click Here to Begin the Submission Process Tabletop Presentation (Gadget Expo) Session[Top]Our limited table/expo space will be awarded on a first-come / first-serve basis, so please submit early. Tabletop presentations are not only for commercial products, but may also be useful for researchers, funding agencies, or other non-profits to demonstrate applications, and to create a more elaborate setup than a simple poster. For Tabletop Presentation (Gadget Expo) sessions, briefly outline the product(s) to be presented. While this is a tradeshow-like presentation, we do publish your abstract, so please refrain from overly bold superlatives and advertising (the best product for ....) -- keep it descriptive. There is a charge of $1000 in addition to the regular registration fee (simply register with the "table" option). Tables will either be placed in the expo hall (Rotunda Room) or in the catering/entrance area or both (all plans subject to change). You can use it for tabletop posters and displays, or for notebook presentations (we only provide the table and chairs).     Click Here to Begin the Submission Process Startup Pitches[Top]From idea to company: Medicine 2.0 Start-up academy. As academics we often have ideas with implementation potential, but how do we make the leapfrog from idea to a company? In this session, 4-5 young science-based start-up companies will preset their ideas and business model. Companies will receive friendly feedback from a panel involving VCs, seasoned entrepreneurs, non-dilutive funding experts, and industry representatives. The panel will be moderated by Talya Miron-Shatz, PhD., who is both an academic researcher and CEO of CureMyWay. Click Here to Begin the Submission Process Call for Panel Proposals[Top]Submit panel proposals here. Panels are 45-60 min presentations or debate sessions of a group of leaders in a field discussing a broad issue of general interest from various perspectives. The panel chair/organizer should be listed as first author. The first author should submit one abstract on behalf of all panelists. The abstract should briefly describe the topic and panelists. Panels are the preferred format for non-research presentations. If you have an idea for a panel topic, please approach 3-4 colleagues from other organizations/institutions/companies and make sure that all potential speakers are available (please also ask your fellow panelists to preregister). Then draft a short panel proposal, and submit it. Panel titles should preferably have the word "panel" in the title, e.g. "PHR 2.0 Panel", "Accelerating Research with Web 2.0 Panel", "Consumer Empowerment Panel", "Venture Capitalists and Entrepreneurs Panel", etc. Please note that normally we will not be able to cover the registration fee, travel and accommodation for any of the panelists. Panelists will have to come up with their own funding. Please note that research abstracts are better suited to be submitted in the research track as "single abstract/paper submission", not as panel contribution. We will not accept panels consisting of coauthors or collaborators of a single research project. Each panelists must come from different organizations. Panel topics should be broad and appeal to a wide audience.  |
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