The European Society for Artificial Intelligence in Medicine Europe (AIME) was established in 1986 after a highly successful workshop held in Pavia the year before. The aims of AIME are the following:

AIME also assists industry to identify high quality medical products which exploit these techniques.

The Conference will be held at Grenoble World Trade Center, in France, on 23rd-26th March 1997. The Conference programme and registration form will be available from the Secretariat of the Conference and will be sent to those who return the attached reply form. Tutorials will be held on 23rd March 1997. The working language is English and will be used for all printed material, presentations and discussions.

The Conference will be held immediately after the first joint conference of CVRMED & MRCAS (Computer Vision, Virtual Reality and Robotics in Medicine, Application to Computer Assisted Surgery) which will be held at Grenoble World Trade Center, on 20th-22nd March 1997. This conference will provide a unique opportunity to gain an insight into advanced research in computer-based technologies applied to surgery and therapy http://curie.imag.fr/gmcao/cvrmed-mrcas/index.html.

Registration fees include participation in the technical programme, a copy of the proceedings, all lunches and refreshments during the Conference, and the Welcome Party on the evening of Monday 24th March. Fees are in French Francs (FFr).

Early registration (before February 15th, 1997): 2 300 FFr

Late registration (after February 15th, 1997): 2 850 FFr

Early student registration (before February 15th, 1997): 1 300 FFr

Late student registration (after February 15th, 1997): 1 650 FFr

Students should attach a letter of support from their supervisor or institution confirming student status.

A Technical Exhibition will be held in association with the Conference. Those requiring further details of layout and charges should indicate this on the attached reply form.

Over the last ten years, medicine has more and more tended towards the prevention of diseases rather than diagnosing and treating them. This shift of strategies is most remarkable in primary care. Future family physicians should be closer to the community and families, and their medical role is expected to promote health rather than just treating disease processes.

Are we really prepared to fulfil these expectations? Are we sure our preventive strategies are effective? Do they really change morbidity and mortality? Are they efficient enough - is there any proof that the costs of health promotion initiatives are worthwhile? These are questions we have to answer from the public, politicians, and the providers of funding.

Stimulating research in both basic and applied prevention, finding adequate outcome measures, developing quality assurance activities, as well as improving medical education, are all possible instruments to find the answers and solutions.

Further information about the conference from:

ESGP/FM '97 c/o Guarant Ltd.

Opletalova 15, CZ 110 00 Praha 1, Czech Republic

Tel +422 2421 0650 or +422 2421 0735. Fax +422 260 130

Highlights: National and international speakers, pre-conference workshops, presentations, demonstrations, posters, pre-conference tour of central Australia, post conference tour of North Queensland. Topics: Information technology, health care and case studies, clinical decision support, communication infrastructure, continuity of care, education, electronic health records, health care services, library services, management - the big picture, multimedia, organisational impacts, pathology services, privacy and legal issues, quality and outcomes, radiology services, standards and coding, system integration.

Themes: Family medicine - meeting people's needs; Family in Family Medicine; Clinical prevention and health promotion; Information in Family Medicine - clinical practice guidelines, practice-based research, information technology.