Monthly Archives: May 2008

Health and Web 2.0 in the Information Age videos available at YouTube

I’m glad to announce that Health and Web 2.0 in the Information Age videos are available at YouTube. Health in the Information Age by Rita Espanha Health and Web 2.0 by Michael Hardey Health and Web 2.0: initiatives from Catalonia Government by Joan Guanyabens Enjoy them! Thanks again to those who made this conference possible…. Read more »

Health Commons from Science Commons

Ismael Peña, a colleague at Open University of Catalonia and a friend of mine, has been working on issues relative with Open Access, Open Science, Open Educational Resources, Open Source Software, etc. His post titled Introduction to the open paradigm sum up the main features of Open movement. Talking about “paradigm” is a tricky question… Read more »

Health and Web 2.0 in the Information Age Conference: from empirical data to Web 2.0 trends

First of all I would like to thank Gustavo Cardoso, Miquel Angel Mayer and indeed Rita Espanha and Michael Hardey for the marvellous working days we had in Barcelona. It was a honour to have the opportunity to share during three days thoughts, reflections, past researches and ideas about health and the Internet. I’m sure… Read more »

Health and Web 2.0 in the Information Age Conference

I’m pleasure to announce “Health and Web 2.0 in the Information Age Conference” on 15th May at Barcelona Biomedical Research Park. The speakers are: Prof. Rita Esphana (CIES-ISCTE – OberCom, Portugal) – “Health in the Information Age” Prof. Michael Hardey (Hull/York Medical School – SIRU, UK) – “Health and Web 2.0” The conference is sponsored… Read more »

Internet, Health and Society. Implications for health promotion in Catalonia

Yesterday, I was invited by Cristina Iniesta, Hospital del Mar Manager Director and Health Promoting Hospital Network Coordinator, to present the results from Internet, Health and Society in Catalonia in one of the network meetings at Hospital Sant Joan de Deu. The aims of the presentation were: (1) to analyse in what way and to… Read more »