It is already clear the European Commission wishes to support the development of ICT tools for Health in FP7.  At present, the STEP (Strategy Towards the EuroPhysiome) consortium is writing a Roadmap for the Virtual Physiological Human, whose purpose is to serve as a basis for calls in FP7 in this field. The delivery date for the Roadmap is set for the end of March 2007, which is also the end of the STEP project, per se. The second (and last) conference towards this goal was held in Brussels Nov. 5-7, and several members of the GdR STIC-Santé have been closely involved. 

The GdR STIC-Santé would like to optimize input from all stakeholders of the French research/health/ and industrial communities to this important effort during the final phase of the Roadmap writing. To this end, the Journée Thématique (JT) proposed here will present the current draft of the VPH Roadmap and hear statements by key players from Brussels as well as from various interested parties in France, i.e., INSERM, CNRS (both STIC and SdV), ANR, INRIA, industry (pharma?, HPC, ...),...

Since a one-day JT is clearly insufficient to develop the discussion and to debate relevant issues, we propose a related Action, "Groupe de Réflexion sur le VPH", to be launched immediately following the JT and to meet two or three times over the following three months in order to formulate suggestions for the VPH Roadmap.

Provisional Program for the Journée d'Information VPH

NB: We recommend that all participants download the latest public draft of the Roadmap from http://www.biomedtown.org

(titles, times, and participation to be confirmed by the speakers)
9h30 Gordon Clapworthy (STEP Coordinator): Presentation of the STEP Roadmap project
10h00 Joel Bacquet (ICT for Health Unit, European Commission): EU objectives for VPH
10h30 Christian Roux (ANR) title to be announced
11h00 pause
11h30 Grids  -- (EGEE (G. Wormser?) & Health-Grid (Yannick Legré?)
11h50 Michel Rochette (ANSYS) "Patient specific finite element simulation, ANSYS contribution to VPH"
12h15-14h00 Lunch

14h00 Brief explanation of the Physiome, and Summary of the current Roadmap draft, chapter by chapter, and weak points that need work - (R. Thomas or another member of the STEP consortium)
14h45 Tables rondes: (Philippe Merloz, Chairman)
• Expected Impact of VPH in Healthcare
• Possible scenarii for the future of Physiome
16h00 Plan the "Action" -- set dates, designate résponsables for the various themes/issues
17h00 Closing