Interests and Technologies
GOSCON - Portland Oregan Oct 2008
OpenApp participated in the Government Open Source Conference in Portland Oregan in Oct 2008 - presented on OpenForum Europe at the International Open ICT Summit chaired by Samia Melhem, Chair eDevelopment Thematic Group, World Bank - presented Health Atlas Ireland at the Health Technology stream - participated in a panel discussion on Open Source Software in Government.
Award for Open Source application for analysing health data
Health Atlas Ireland, an Open Source application to analyse health related datasets using geographical information systems (GIS) and statistical software, was one of twenty projects that were given the 'Prime Minister Public Service Excellence Award'. The awards were handed out last month by Irish Prime Minister Bertie Ahern.
Open Source Software in Education - the 4CInitiative
A presentation by Mel McIntyre on Open Source Software in Education for The 4C Initiative, a series of projects aimed at increasing digital content capacity for education on a global scale
Open Source Software in Healthcare
We believe OSS could make a serious contribution to the delivery of healthcare in Ireland and the UK, primarily through the adoption of VA Vista, the US Veterans Administration EHR software, and also through OSCAR, MyOSCAR, Tolven, Mirth and others freely available, proven software applications.
OpenForum Europe - OpenIreland
OpenApp have promoted Open Source Software and Open Standards since 2002 through a number of means including OpenForum Europe (Mel McIntyre is a non executive director), founder and chairman of OpenIreland, Python meetup, OpenOffice.org (Con Hennessy was a member of the first Community Council). We organise information briefings, contribute to conferences and provide input on public policy at local and European level.
