Summary
The International Medical Informatics Association (IMIA), a non-governmental, not-for-profit,
global organization promoting health and biomedical informatics, is committed to the
right of communities/populations and individuals to science, comprised of three separate
constituent rights: 1) the right to participate in science, 2) the right to benefit
from science, and 3) the right to benefit from a person’s own contribution to science
or inventions. As such, IMIA provides a global platform where scientists, researchers,
health information users, vendors, developers, consultants, health care consumers,
and suppliers can meet in an environment of cooperation and sharing. In the context
of IMIA’s conferences, the IMIA board has discussed and identified the important central
factors, which are essential considerations to host a scientific meeting. These factors
will be used to help vet future contenders applying for the honor to host an IMIA
conference: Reasonable safety and security, commitment by the host member society,
freedom of travel, scientific freedom, and freedom from discrimination.
Keywords
Scientific freedom - biomedical informatics - conference - conference planning - right
to science
