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27 October 2019 to 1 November 2019
ABOUT THE EVENT
Mozambique welcomes you to this years' OpenMRS Implementers' annual meeting!
This year's theme is:
Harmonizing and strengthening the OpenMRS ecosystem.
This is the 13th OpenMRS Implementers’ conference, the 7th in Africa and the 2nd to be held in Maputo, Mozambique.
Objectives
- Supporting the Ministry of Health and leveraging country communities of practice to strengthen maintainability and sustainability of OpenMRS implementations
- Harmonising OpenMRS technologies, versions and distributions for data management and decision support across healthcare facilities and services
- Maturing OpenMRS implementations from data entry to point of care
Who Should Attend
People new to OpenMRS who want to connect to others using the platform around the world
Experienced OpenMRS implementers who want to share their experiences and learn from others
OpenMRS platform developers – anyone building systems to integrate with or extend OpenMRS
Developers of related health and healthcare application software
Health practitioners, researchers and publishers
Any other implementor of OpenMRS and its distributions
You!
Why You Should Attend
This event provides an opportunity for developers to collaborate and improve their technical skills in OpenMRS, implementers to share their best practices from implementations, and users to propose and prioritize their top features in future releases of the software. The event will also include visits to OpenMRS implementation sites along with a discussion afterward for participants to share their experience and suggestions.
REGISTRATIONS
Opening Soon!!
The conference registration packages are as follows:-
Package | Opened Dates | Rate |
|---|---|---|
Early Bird | Opening soon!! | USD$ ____ |
Regular | Opening Soon!! | USD $ ____ |
Late & On-Site | Opening soon!! | USD $ ____ |
Payment Options
Tickets via Brown Paper Tickets(BPT).
Opening soon!!
PayPal
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Wire Transfers
Opening soon!!
Please Note: Payments via wire transfers will be for bulk registration(3 participants and above).
CONFERENCE SCHEDULE
The schedule is dynamic. Keep a look out for updates.
OMRS 2019 DRAFT Conference Programme:
The conference dates and schedule are currently as follows (to be confirmed with key stakeholders):
Sun (27 Oct), Mon (28 Oct)
- hackathon, focusing on the new micro front end application framework and possibly also other items of relevance in Mozambique
Mon (28 Oct)
- Planning day and OpenMRS Leadership meeting
Tue (29 Oct)
- Opening day and main addresses:
- Welcome, Official Opening, Keynote address
- Unconferencing session
- Breakaway sessions
- After Action Review
Wed (30 Oct)
- keynote presentations
- Breakaway sessions
- Lightening rounds
- After Action Review
Thu (31 Oct)
- site visits
- Breakaway sessions
- Birds of a feather
- After Action Review
Fri (1 Nov)
- Breakaway sessions
- Close (lunchtime)
Hackathon
TBD.
Site Visits
TBD.
SOCIAL NETWORKING
If you are attending OMRS19 or wish you could but cannot and want to keep in touch with people at the conference:
Email Update List
TRAVELLING TO MOZAMBIQUE
Invitation Letters & Visas
Vaccinations
Accommodation
TBD
Meals
TBD
Transportation
TBD
Cell Phones
TBD
Travel Grants
Opening soon!!
SPONSORSHIP
Event Sponsorship
Sponsorship benefits begin at $5000.00 and can be customized based on the goals and available budget of the sponsoring organization. Please contact events@openmrs.org for more information.
Sponsorship packages can include the following:
- Complimentary conference registrations
- Sponsor ribbon
- Prominent sign recognition in conference registration area
- Name or logo on screen before plenary sessions
- Named sponsor for lightning talk or cultural entertainment event
- Named sponsor for coffee and tea breaks
- Recognition during keynote talks
- Organization listed on "conference sponsor" section on website including logo and
- website link
- Logo on conference t-shirt or lanyard
We have tiered sponsorship packages that can be seen here.
Business sponsorship is available to those registering four participants without additional cost. If your organization is only sponsoring 3 participants, the cost will be an additional $200 USD to be a business sponsor; if only 2 participants, there is an additional cost of $300 USD; for one participant, there is an additional cost of $400. As part of your business sponsorship, there will be an area to have a display to share information at a designated location and time during the meeting. If you are interested in this option, please contact events@OpenMRS.org.
EVENT PLANNING
Resources
The Planning team meets on every Tuesday at 4:30pm CAT /5:30 EAT here.
Below is a list of planning resources.
- Meeting Notes can be found here.
- Task Tracking spreadsheet can be found here.
- Planning conference guide can be found here.
Session Action Items
TBD
Other Event Information Source:
Talk:
Contact Email: events@openmrs.org
Details about the meeting are being sorted out and will be added to this page as they are confirmed.
