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<div>We have had to change the dates of the </div>
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<div> HCSNet Workshop on Social Technologies for Health and Medicine</div>
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<div>to be held in Melbourne. </div>
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<div>The NEW dates are: September 21/22 2009.</div>
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<div>Full information, including submission and registration details can be found at</div>
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<div> <a href="http://www.hcsnet.edu.au/hcsnetevents/2009/socialtechnology09"><font color="#0000FF"><u>http://www.hcsnet.edu.au/hcsnetevents/2009/socialtechnology09</u></font></a></div>
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<div>Please register interest and submit an abstract as early as possible as we need an indication of number of participants.</div>
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<div>We hope you can join us!</div>
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<div>Lawrence Cavedon, Nathalie Colineau, Cecile Paris</div>
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<div>We intend this workshop to be a place to foster communication across relevant disciplines in order to design and develop effective tools and user experience to support online health communities.</div>
<div>Issues of interest may include:</div>
<div>• support for patients vs. support for carers</div>
<div>• tools for developing online communities</div>
<div>• designing effective user experience for online patient communities</div>
<div>• strategies for building online health communities and developing long-term engagement</div>
<div>• motivating information-sharing, content development, and contribution to policy</div>
<div>• health education and policy development: developing trusted content</div>
<div>• tailoring health information</div>
<div>• methods/techniques to provide motivational support</div>
<div>• trust, ethics, and related issues in online health-related communities.</div>
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<div>Please visit <a href="http://www.hcsnet.edu.au/hcsnetevents/2009/socialtechnology09"><font color="#0000FF"><u>http://www.hcsnet.edu.au/hcsnetevents/2009/socialtechnology09</u></font></a> for further information, important dates, and submission instructions.</div>
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<div><font face="Arial, sans-serif">Submitted on behalf of the event organisers by:</font></div>
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<div><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="1">Duncan Stevenson</font></div>
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<div><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="1">CSIRO ICT Centre, Networking Technologies Laboratory</font></div>
<div><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="1">Mail: GPO Box 664, Canberra, ACT 2601</font></div>
<div><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="1">Phone: +61 2 6216 7076, Mobile: 0419 140 209, Fax: +61 2 6216 7111</font></div>
<div><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="1">Email: <a href="mailto:duncan.stevenson@csiro.au"><font color="#0000FF"><u>duncan.stevenson@csiro.au</u></font></a>, Web: <a href="http://www.ict.csiro.au"><font color="#0000FF"><u>www.ict.csiro.au</u></font></a>
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