Table 1 .
Locations, Dates, Key People, and Features of the Symposia
| Date/Location | Program Chair | General Chair/SCAMC/AMIA President; Arrangements Chair/Executive Director | Plenary Speaker(s) | Program Features Introduced | No. of Parallel Sessions Program | No. of Tutorials Listed in Program | No. of Exhibits Listed in Program |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1977 Oct 3–5 Washington DC area (Twin Bridges Marriott, Crystal City) | F. Helmuth Orthner, PhD, George Washington University (GWU) | Abund O. Wist, PhD, Virginia Commonwealth University General Chair; N/A | Turner E. Hasty, PhD, Texas Instruments; William Yamamoto, MD, GWU; Banquet speaker: Carl Hammer, Sperry Univac | Invited papers, contributed papers, CE credit | 1 | 1 | Not in program |
| 1978 Nov 5–9 Washington DC (Sheraton Inn, Silver Spring) | F. Helmuth Orthner, PhD | Abund O. Wist, PhD, General Chair; N/A | Cesar Caceres, MD. Clinical Systems Assoc. Banquet speaker: Lawrence Weed, MD, University of Vermont | Panels, workshops, posters | Posters parallel to papers | 2 | 10 |
| 1979 Oct 14–17 Washington DC (Sheraton Inn, Silver Spring) | Rosalie Dunn, PhD, National Center for Health Statistics | Abund O. Wist, PhD, General Chair; N/A | Joshua Lederberg, PhD, Rockefeller University (Nobel Laureate, genetics) | Evening sessions | 4 | 5 | Not in program |
| 1980 Nov 2–5 Washington DC (Washington Hilton) | Joseph T. O'Neill, National Center for Health Services Research | Harry E. Emlet, Jr, PhD, General Chair; Thomas E. Piemme, MD, GWU, Arrangements Chair | Jack D. Myers, MD, University of Pittsburgh | SCAMC, Inc. becomes primary sponsor; demonstrations; job exchange | 6 | 6 | 12 |
| 1981 Nov 1–4 Washington DC (Sheraton Washington) | Henry G. Heffernan, SJ, MUMPS users group | Thomas E. Piemme, MD, General Chair; Greg P. Thomas, PA-C, GWU, Arrangements Chair | James H. Sammons, MD, AMA; plenary panel: Eugene A. Stead, MD, Bernard W. Bise, MD, Charles S. Mirabile, Jr, MD, Donald R. Studney, MD, Ephraim R. McLean, PhD, Alan Taylor, Ian E. Bush, PhD, Jack D. Myers, MD | Outside referees for contributed papers, student paper competition, software exchange | 7 | 6 | Not in program |
| 1982 Oct 30–Nov 2 Washington DC (Sheraton Washington) | Bruce I. Blum, Johns Hopkins University | Thomas E. Piemme, MD, General Chair and Executive Director; Greg P. Thomas, MPH, Arrangements Chair | Alan Cormack, PhD, Tufts University (Nobel Laureate, computed tomography); plenary panel: Donald A.B. Lindberg, MD, G. Octo Barnett, MD, Homer Warner, MD, PhD, Raymond E. Lenhard, Jr, MD, Clement J. McDonald, MD | – | 8 | 13 | Not in program |
| 1983 Oct 23–26 Baltimore (Convention Center) | Ruth E. Dayhoff, MD, Georgetown University | Henry G. Heffernan, SJ, President and General Chairman; Thomas E. Piemme, MD, Executive Director, SCAMC, Inc.; Gail Mutnick, Symposium Coordinator, Greg P. Thomas, MPH, Arrangements Chair | Robert S. Ledley, DDS, Georgetown University; plenary panel: Ted Kehl, PhD, Paul C. Lauterbur, PhD, James A. Reggia, MD, PhD, G. Octo Barnett, MD, Donald W. Simborg, MD, Thomas M. Kurihara | Roundtable discussions, site visit | 10 | 23 | 77 |
| 1984 Nov 4–7 Washington DC (Washington Hilton) | Gerald S. Cohen, National Center for Health Services Research | William R. Felts, MD, President and General Chairman; Thomas E. Piemme, MD, Executive Director, SCAMC, Inc.; Gail Mutnick, Symposium Coordinator, Greg P. Thomas, MPH, Arrangements Chair | David Pearce Snyder, editor, Futurist Magazine; plenary panel: Duncan Newhauser, PhD, Edwin Tuller, George L. Collins, MD, Commodore Grace Murray Hopper | – | 8 | 23 | 78 |
| 1985 Nov 10–13 Baltimore (Convention Center) | Michael J. Ackerman, PhD, Naval Medical Research Institute | Rudolf G. Bickel, MD, President and General Chairman; Thomas E. Piemme, MD, Executive Director, SCAMC, Inc.; Gail Mutnick, Symposium Coordinator; Greg P. Thomas, MPH, Arrangements Chair | Charles A. Csuri, Cranston/ Csuri Productions and Ohio State University; John E. McNamara, Stratus Compure, Inc.; Adam Osbore, Paperback Software International | – | 8 | 23 | 66 |
| 1986 Oct 5–6 Washington DC (Sheraton Washington) | Helmuth F. Orthner, PhD, William R. Baker, PhD, co-chairs | Gerald S. Cohen, President; Thomas E. Piemme, MD, Executive Director; SCAMC, Inc.; Gail Mutnick, Symposium Coordinator; Greg P. Thomas, MPH, Arrangements Chair | William S. Yamamoto, MD, Georgetown University; Peter L. Reichertz, MD, University of Hannover | Special format: 1 day of tutorials, 1 day of invited sessions preceding MEDINFO | 8 | 26 | N/A |
| 1987 Nov 1–4 Washington, DC (Sheraton Washington) | William W. Stead, MD, Duke University | Daniel K. Harris, President, Thomas E. Piemme, MD, Executive Director, SCAMC, Inc.; Gail Mutnick, Symposium Coordinator; Greg P. Thomas, MPH, Arrangements Chair | Donald E. Melnick, MD, National Board of Medical Examiners; Ronald W. Nugent, Nebraska Videodisc Design/Production Group; Robert Hecht-Neilsen, Hecht-Neilsen Neurocomputer Corp.; James B. Wyngaarden, MD, Director, National Institutes of Health | Meet the Experts | 9 | 24 | 56 |
| 1988 Nov 6–9 Washington, DC (Sheraton Washington) | Robert A. Greenes, MD, PhD, Brigham & Women's Hospital, Harvard University | Edward S. Shortliffe, MD, PhD, President; Thomas E. Piemme, MD, Executive Director; Diane Taub, Symposium Coordinator; Greg P. Thomas, MPH, Arrangements Chair | Ted Nelson, Project Xanadu; Lee Bryan, Vortech Data; Daniel R. Masys, MD, Lister Hill Center, NLM, | ACMI Distinguished Lecture; first appearance of Capitol Steps at reception | 10 | 24 | 64 |
| 1989 Nov 5–9 Washington DC (Sheraton Washington) | Lawrence C. Kingsland, III, PhD, Lister Hill Center, NLM | Edward S. Shortliffe, MD, PhD, President; Thomas E. Piemme, MD, Executive Director; Diane Taub, Symposium Coordinator; Greg P. Thomas, MPH, Arrangements Chair | Donald A.B. Lindberg, MD, NLM; Edward S. Shortliffe, MD, PhD, Stanford University | – | 11 | 27 | 57 |
| 1990 Nov 4–7 Washington DC (Sheraton Washington) | Randolph A. Miller, MD, University of Pittsburgh | Donald A.B. Lindberg, MD, President, AMIA; Thomas E. Piemme, MD, Executive Director; Joanne Doyle, Symposium Coordinator | Betsy L. Humphreys, MLS, NLM; Clement J. McDonald, MD, Regenstrief Institute; plenary panel: Don E. Detmer, MD, Daniel R. Masys, MD, Robert A. Greenes, MD, PhD, Paul Clayton, PhD | AMIA becomes sponsor, AMIA membership meeting | 10 | 24 | 68 |
| 1991 Nov 17–20 Washington DC (Sheraton Washington) | Paul Clayton, PhD, Columbia-Presbyterian Medical Center | Donald A.B. Lindberg, MD, President; Gail E. Mutnick, MBA, Executive Director | David Eddy, MD, PhD, Duke University; John M. Eisenberg, MD, University of Pennsylvania | – | 11 | 26 | 56 |
| 1992 Nov 11–12 Baltimore, Maryland (Convention Center) | Mark E. Frisse, MD, Washington University, St. Louis | Clement J. McDonald, MD, President; Gail E. Mutnick, MBA, Executive Director | Esther Dyson, Editor and Publisher, Release 1.0, President, Edventure Holdings | – | 9 | 24 | 73 |
| 1993 Oct 30–Nov 3 Washington DC (Sheraton Washington) | Charles Safran, MD, MS, Beth Israel Hospital, Harvard University | Clement J. McDonald, MD, President; Gail E. Mutnick, MBA, Executive Director | Francois Gremy, MD, Université de Montpelier | ACMI Debate | 9 | 32 | 66 |
| 1994 Nov 5–9 Washington DC (Sheraton Washington) | Judy Ozbolt, PhD, RN, University of Virginia | Randolph A. Miller, MD, President; Gail E. Mutnick, MBA, Executive Director | Kathryn Hannah, PhD, University of Calgary; C. Everett Koop, MD, ScD, former Surgeon General | – | 9 | 32 | 83* |
| 1995 Oct 28–Nov 1 New Orleans (Hilton Riverside) | Reed M. Gardner, PhD, University of Utah | Randolph A. Miller, MD, President; Jeanne Nevin, Acting Executive Director; Vernell Henry, Meetings Manager | Brent C. James, MD, Intermountain Health Care; Michael J. Ackerman, PhD, NLM | Electronic message center | 12 | 48 | 68* |
| 1996 Oct 26–30 Washington DC (Sheraton Washington) | James J. Cimino, MD, Columbia University | Reed M. Gardner, PhD, President; Jeanne Nevin, MBA, Executive Director; Vernell Henry, Meetings Manager | Tim Wild, Tandem Computers | – | 11 | 50 | 70 |
| 1997 Oct 26–30 Nashville, Tennessee (Opryland) | Daniel R. Masys, MD, University of California, San Diego | Reed M.Gardner, PhD, President; Dennis Reynolds, Executive Director; Amanda Rushing, Meetings Manager | Jay Sanders, MD, The Global Telemedicine Group | Proceedings also on CD-ROM | 10 | 41 | 57 |
| 1998 Nov 7–11 Orlando, Florida (Lake Buena Vista) | Christopher Chute, MD, PhD, Mayo Foundation | Paul Clayton, PhD, President; Dennis Reynolds, Executive Director; Dasha Cohen, Meetings Manager | Tim Berners-Lee, World Wide Web Consortium | – | 10 | 40 | 42 |
| 1999 Nov 6–10 Washington DC (Marriott Wardman Park) | Nancy C. Lorenzi, PhD | Paul Clayton, PhD, President; Dennis Reynolds, Executive Director; Dasha Cohen, Meetings Manager | Peter G.W. Keen, Keen Innovations | – | 12 | 45 | 34 |
| 2000 Nov 4–8 Los Angeles, California (Westin) | J. Marc Overhage, MD, PhD, Regenstrief Institute | Patricia Flatley Brennan, PhD, RN; Dennis Reynolds, Executive Director; Dasha Cohen, Meetings Manager | Michael L. Millenson, law firm of William M. Mercer | – | 10 | 40 | 37 |
| 2001 Nov 3–7 Washington DC (Marriott Wardman Park) | Suzanne Bakken, RN, DNSc, Columbia University | Patricia Flatley Brennan, PhD, RN; Dennis Reynolds, Executive Director; Dasha Cohen, Meetings Manager | Tom Ferguson, MD, Susannah Fox, Lee Rainie, Pew Internet and American Life Project | – | 11 | 45 | 23 |