SNOMED CT Expo 2020 & October Business Meetings
October 5-9, 2020 - Virtual Sessions
Now we have had a chance to catch our collective breath, SNOMED International would like to express our gratitude to the Community of Practice for making our first-ever virtual SNOMED CT conference a huge success! Whether you were a Business Meeting participant, a SNOMED CT Expo 2020 delegate, speaker, exhibitor or sponsor - your involvement was crucial to such a positive outcome (and a true representation of the global interest in SNOMED CT).
The results at a glance:
- Our biggest Expo ever: Almost 1,900 delegates registered, with 1,195 unique live event attendees (typical Expo registration is in the 300-400 range)
- A truly global event: delegates from 60+ countries (typical Expo is 30+ countries represented). To date, registrants have hailed from countries all over the world, with 34% from the Americas, 40% from Europe, the Middle East and Africa, 22% from Asia Pacific, and the rest from other regions.
- No time-zone or financial barrier to delegate attendance: 16,000 session views so far (live and on-demand); over 28,000 content downloads, and almost 9,000 visits to exhibitor booths.
There was also a strong show of support from those that joined the October 2020 Virtual Business Meetings, including the Open General Assembly and the SNOMED CT for Clinicians sessions. Documents and recordings (including our Community Updates) are located here for your reference.
Virtual Expo sessions and Exhibit Hall available until January 8, 2021:
Did you miss a concurrent session or an exhibitor booth you wanted to attend or explore? You can still access them all. Plus, you can continue to submit questions to presenters via the Q&A tool, or contact exhibitors through the ‘Chat with Us’ function (both will send an email to the appropriate party).
Visit https://snomed.6connex.com/event/sctexpo/login and sign in with your conference credentials. If you didn’t register before the conference, you can still register to access the content.
Expo evaluation survey and feedback:
Nothing replaces interacting with people face-to-face, but we hope you found participating virtually to be a worthwhile endeavour. We highly value your feedback, so if you haven’t done so yet please complete the evaluation survey: https://bit.ly/34Tf5uL
Events in 2021:
Stay tuned over the coming months for more information on our next events - the April Business Meetings (April 17-21, 2021), and the October Business Meetings and SNOMED CT Expo 2021 (October 23-29, 2021) to be held in Lisbon, Portugal (barring any further COVID-19- related international travel complications).
We very much hope to see you there!
Thank you for the strong show of support from those of you among the community that joined Tuesday's virtual Open General Assembly.
For those interested, Business Meeting and Open General Assembly documents are located on the October 2020 Business Meetings confluence page for your reference.
Please direct any questions regarding updates or presentations to info@snomed.org.
Sent on behalf of Don Sweete, CEO, SNOMED International
I'd like to personally welcome you to the start of the October Business Meetings. While virtual, there is a wealth of activity taking place over the next 3 days, satisfying the governance and advisory aspects of an in-person business meeting.
Remember that you can locate the schedule of these governance, advisory, project and clinical reference group meetings, including zoom links, via the What's on this Week calendar.
Business Meeting Highlights:
Governance
I invite you to register for and attend the Open General Assembly, Tuesday October 6, 12:00 - 13:30 UTC, where General Assembly representatives are presented with and vote on statutory matters. Other presentations in this meeting include a progress update on the Organization's strategy and innovation portfolio.
Closed meetings of the General Assembly, Management Board, and Member Forum round out the Governance meetings this week.
Advisory, User Group and Clinical Meetings
Advisory
Modeling, Terminology Release, Editorial, and E-Learning comprise the Advisory Group element of the schedule. The Managed Service User Group, a sub-group of the Tooling User Advisory Group, is also scheduled to meet.
Clinical
In addition to Anesthesia, Dentistry, and the new Genomic and Precision Medicine Clinical Reference Group meetings, the Clinical Engagement group has organized a "SNOMED for Clinicians" session on Wednesday October 7th. Featured keynote speaker, Dermot O'Riordan, Consultant Surgeon at West Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust, participates in this session that will also deliver an overview of clinical engagement and the work currently underway. Register to attend.
Member-Led Meetings
New to this October's schedule include two Member-led meetings. New Zealand invites you to the launch of their SNOMED CT consumer friendly terms (October 6, Register here) and the Belgium National Release Centre invites you to learn about their 2019-2021 roadmap, including existing and ongoing projects (October 7, Register here.)
Community Updates
To brief the Community on the activities of the organization and Membership since April 2020, we have shared a Community Updates document for your review and reference. Please reach out to the respective subject matter experts of the organization with your queries directly or via info@snomed.org.
SNOMED CT Expo 2020
October 8-9 marks the start of the first virtual SNOMED CT Expo. Join presenters as they deliver 50+ sessions, explore products and services of 15 exhibitors, and engage with 1300+ attendees. Once registered, you will have access to conference sessions for the following 3 months. Register Here.
I extend my thanks for your ongoing contribution and support,
- Don
