1.Title: Medical Network bof

2. Organizing Chairs:
Shuji Shimizu (Kyushu University Hospital, Japan)

3. Objectives
We have established a medical network system with high-quality moving image
on a super broad-banded Internet between Korea and Japan since February 2003.
Teleconference or demonstration of live surgery using DVTS was revolutionary 
in medical fields. As our activity is known at various places, there have been 
strong demands to join our project from many countries.  
In order to promote our system to whole Asia-Pacific regions, it is essential for 
both medical and engineering people get together on site and discuss our next strategy.
Medical staffs need to talk on institutions to be connected and their interesting
contents on coming teleconferenes. Engineers are expected to give their
practical comments to medical team on possibility of infrastructural 
as well as technical issues. 
This system is unquestionably useful for exchanging views in medicine. 
The purpose of this session is to share the opinions to work systemically to expand the current project.

4. Target Audience:
Medical doctors/Comedicals /Engineers/Researchers

5. Expected Number of Participants:
20 participants

6. Preferred Time (e.g. 1.25 tue morning):
1.26 wed morning 

7. Number of Sessions (one session is 90 minutes)
1 slot (11:00-12:30)

8. Candidate Session Chairs and Speakers with Topics:
Chairs: Shuji Shimizu (Kyushu University Hospital, Japan)
Parinya Thavichaigarn (Phramongkutklao Hosp., Thailand)
Speakers:
We will invite medical doctors as speakers from various countries of 
Asia-Pacific regions in order to discuss next measures to promote telemedicine 
on the basis of our current achievements and experiences.

9. Remarks (including special arrangement if any):

Network people are always requested to join this session.