Medical Forum on the CanalAVIST, 11 and 19 september 2008

CanalAVIST is a part of the ASEAN Virtual Institute of Science and Technology (AVIST) and the ASEAN Science and Technology Research and Education Network Alliance (ASTRENA) under ASEAN Committee for Science and Technology to provide channels for seamless education, teaching, training, conferencing, lectures, talkings of ASEAN countries for ASEAN researchers and students

The ASEAN Virtual Institute of Science and Technology (AVIST)  set up by ministerial approval in 2005, following development by ASEAN Committee on Science and Technology (COST) ), is as part of the strategy for continuing professional education, hosted in Asian Institute of Technology (AIT), Bangkok Thailand. Since then, AVIST has conducted various online e-learning courses for a large number of participants throughout ASEAN. The ASEAN Science and Technology Research and Education Network Alliance (ASTRENA) was mooted in 1998 and implemented in 2006. Since then, two ASTRENA meetings have been carried out, ASTRENA-1 in Brunei, March 2006 and ASTRENA-2 in Manila, January 2007. Other ASTRENA associated meetings will be conducted.

CanalAVIST will utilize the Trans Eurasia Information Network (TEIN2) to deliver lectures and streaming VDO to members of TEIN2, ASEAN, Europe and Australia with the use of ranging from H.263 to DVTS supported by an E-learning platform VCLASS (see http://www.vclass.net) by the Internet Education and Research Lab, Asian Institute of Technology.

CanalAVIST Medical Forum aims to provide updated knowledge and information to the ASEAN and Asia-Pacific audience in the field of medicine, specifically in endoscopic diagnosis and treatment .  The forum willl introduce medical practitioners, surgeons and medical students in the region to a new avenue for clinical exchanges and discussions, enable collaborations and update the audience with the rapid development of the field of endoscopy.

The two-day event will stream talks from various sites on TEIN2. Participating institutions in the forum include:

• Paul Brosse Hospital, Villejuif, France
• Iwate Medical University, Morioka, Japan
• Kyoto 2nd Red Cross Hospital, Japan
• Kyushu University Hospital, Fukuoka, Japan
• Seoul National University Bundang Hospital, Bundang, Korea
• Chiangmai University, Thailand
• Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand
• Mahidol University Siriraj, Thailand
• Prince Songkla University, Thailand

On the first day, lectures willl revolve around current situation of laparoscopic hepatectomy in Japan, Korea, and France.Hot topics in GI endoscopy shall be tackled on the second day. Short discussions shall follow each topic lecture.

The more information you can find out from:  http://www.canalavist.org/med-forum/

VinaREN Attends the lectures through the closest designated venues: Room 201, 24 Ly Thuong Kiet, Hanoi. of NACESTI and NOC-HUE, Hue University.

Time:      11/9/2008: Begining from 16h00.
               19/9/2008: Beginning from 8h30.     
Every interested body  are invited to the med-forum.

Contact telephone: 84-04-9365424