Health 2.0 Unconference in Amsterdam April 14, 2008

A friend of mine, Jan Martents from Medblog.nl, recently attended the Health 2.0 Unconference in Amsterdam. Services like SugarStats or MediGO were presented, among others. Jan talked about Medigo, a vertical search engine:

Some notes from their blog:

50 people crammed into a room in an industrial loft building in Amsterdam talking about Health 2.0, batting balloons (long story), trading cards and commentary, munching on some superb and utterly non-healthy Dutch treats, asking questions that would make O’Reilly blush- in other words, pretty much paradise.

And a message from Martijn Hulst (his slideshow is here):

“For a couple of years I’m blogging and talking about the Internet and Healthcare, about Health2.0 and about the thing that Health2.0 is much more than an internet-application, than something of geeks (who are sitting 24/7 after their pc and playing warcraft or something). It’s a movement of people who are willing to change the relationships in healthcare, to change the paradigm and to get something started. Thanks to you both we did something start today. The room at the Volkskrantbuilding had no windows, no view on the outside, but the energy and vibe was of people who are willing to think different and do things different. It was a room with a view!”

You can also check out the FlickR page of the conference.

I won’t miss the next one for sure!