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The Association for Geographic Information (AGI) presents "Giving Health Geographic Information a Forum" A one day seminar of the AGI Health Special Interest Group (SIG) Date-Tuesday 25th May 1999. Venue-Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors, 12 Great Charles Street, London UK SW1P3AD PROGRAMME 10.00 Registration and coffee 10.30 Welcome and Introduction by the session chairman to AGI and connections with other AGI SIGs Dr Richard Ley, AGI Direct Action Committee chairman 10.45 AGI Health Special Interest Group - what do you want from it? Ralph Smith, Chairman AGI Health SIG 11.00 Putting health events on the map - address geography issues Hugh Neffendorf, Katalysis 11.25 Introduction to GIS and GI use in health Ralph Smith, GIS Manager, West Midlands Cancer Intelligence Unit 11.50 Discussion 12.15 Lunch 13.15 Introduction to the afternoon session Session chairman, Ralph Smith, Chairman AGI Health SIG 13.20 Health GIS - a national perspective Samantha Cockings, GIS researcher, Small Area Health Statistics Unit,Imperial College 13.40 Primary care group geography Duncan Cooper, GIS officer, West Midlands Cancer Intelligence Unit 14.00 Health Boards, GPs and geographic information Mette Trantor, Information Strategy Officer, Lothian Health Board 14.20 Discussion, chaired by Ralph Smith 14.40 Tea break 15.00 GIS in Cancer Intelligence Helen Beer, Research Officer, Wales Cancer Intelligence & Surveillance Unit 15.20 Spatial analysis of criteria based dispatch data Mike Ploughman, Project Officer, Sussex Ambulance Service HQ 15.40 GIS in breast screening Sarah Greening, Research Fellow, Breast Test Wales 16.00 Discussion chaired by Ralph Smith 16.30 Departure *Faculty of Public Health Medicine (FPHM) continuing professional development (CPD/CME) accreditation approval applied for. COST-AGI members - œ25 (+VAT) Non-AGI members - œ35 (+VAT) For all enquiries contact Gayle Gander, AGI, 12 Great Charles Street, London, UK SW1P3AD Tel-0171 334 3746 Fax - 0171 334 3791 email - [log in to unmask] http://www.agi.org.uk %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%