2024 Implementers Conference

Owned by Grace Potma
Last updated: Jun 03, 2024
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Save the Date! September 9-13, 2024 in Nairobi, Kenya.

This is a great opportunity to connect with fellow OpenMRS implementers, share best practices, and learn about the latest developments in the platform.

We’ll be sharing more details about the conference program, registration, and venue in the coming weeks. Stay tuned!

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About the Event

Kenya welcomes you to this years' OpenMRS implementers' annual meeting!

This is the 15th in-person OpenMRS Implementers’ conference, the 9th in Africa and the 3rd to be held in Kenya. 

The meeting aims to bring health care professionals and OpenMRS implementers together to collaborate, share implementation experiences and discover new ways to improve OpenMRS.

The event will also include visits to active, production OpenMRS implementation sites along with a discussion afterward for participants to share their experience and suggestions.

Who Should Attend and Why

  • People new to OpenMRS who want to connect to others using the platform around the world
  • eHealth Leaders and Public Health or ICT decision-makers who want to learn more about OpenMRS
  • OpenMRS Implementers who want to share their experiences and learn from others. Share your best practices from implementations.
  • OpenMRS Developers – anyone building systems to integrate with or extend OpenMRS. Collaborate and improve your technical skills in OpenMRS.
  • Health practitioners - healthcare staff are why we're here! Propose and prioritize your top features for future releases of the software.
  • Health researchers and publishers - connect with other researchers from around the globe
  • Funders in the eHealth space who want to learn more about the Community's work and meet the world-wide community!
  • People working on related health software, such as other Global Goods
  • You!

Registration

Details to come!

Hosts

Ministry of Health Kenya


Sponsors

TBC 

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Schedule

What to Expect

Details to come!

The conference schedule has not yet been set, but usually entails the following major activities:

  • Conference Assembly / Official Launch
  • Conference Sessions
  • Unconference Sessions
  • Lightning Talks
  • Demonstrations
  • Hackathon
  • Site Visit
  • Evening Gala Dinner
  • Unconference Sessions: The conference will be structured in a semi-unconference format - each conference date will comprise with a number of pre-determined sessions/events, followed by open slots for the audience to propose sessions of their choice.

Propose Session Ideas

  • Unconference Sessions - One-hour group discussions on a topic of interest to the group. Have a suggestion for something that should be discussed in one of these sessions? Submit your session idea(s) on our Unconference Session - Talk Thread (coming soon)


  • Lightning Talks - An hour-long session where a dozen presenters each get no more than 5 minutes to stand up a present to the group. We get introduced to some of the great work the community  is doing in the lightning talk session. These are a great way to introduce work or ideas to the community to spark greater interest. If you have something you'd like to share, make sure you can fit your ideas within the strictly enforced 5-minute limit and propose your lightning talk on our Lightning Talks - Talk Thread (coming soon)


  • Demonstrations - The demonstrations session is an opportunity for people to set up a "booth" (e.g., a laptop ± any materials) in a room and demonstrate their ideas/work to small groups visiting each demonstration. You would end up giving a brief presentation multiple times to small groups of attendees with the opportunity to answer their questions and discover new collaborative opportunities. If you want to demonstrate your work, register your interest on our Demonstration - Talk Thread (coming soon)

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