About the HC events

Twenty-five years ago, in late March, 300 people attended a three-day conference held by the Medical Specialist Groups of the British Computer Society at the University of Birmingham and some 10 organisations demonstrated their computerised systems from tabletops. The aim of the meeting was to exchange knowledge and views on how best to mobilise the power of IT not only for the administration of healthcare services, but also for the benefit of clinicians and patients.

That aim has remained unchanged, and on 21 April, HC2008, the event that's evolved from Current Perspectives in Health Computing 1984, opens its doors to a very much larger convention of speakers, delegates, exhibitors and exhibition visitors — not just from the home countries, but also from all over the world: Australia, Canada, China, New Zealand, Singapore, the USA and the United Arab Emirates; as well as from the nearer European countries.

The HC conferences are organised by members of the Health Informatics Forum of the British Computer Society.

The HC exhibitions are organised by BJHC Limited.