GS1 Healthcare Conference in Tokyo, Japan – 28-30 October 2008 We invite you to participate in our next global GS1 Healthcare Conference in Tokyo from 28 to 30 October 2008. The invitation, draft agenda, online registration form, and more practical information are now available at www.gs1.org/healthcare (direct link: http://www.gs1.org/sectors/healthcare/news_events/281008/).      Other upcoming healthcare events GS1 Member Organisations and local GS1 Healthcare user groups: -       10 September 2008: GS1 UK Patient Safety Forum - Leicester City Football Club, U.K. (link: www.gs1uk.org/events&webinars/)  -       17 September 2008: GS1 Switzerland Forum ‘Bedside scanning – Efficiency in Healthcare’ (in French/German) – Bern, Switzerland (link: http://www.gs1.ch/events/Events/ForenFachtagungen/ForumGesundheitswesen1792008/tabid/1004/Default.aspx)   -       8-9 October 2008: GS1 Germany Healthcare Konferenz (in German) – Berlin, Germany (link: www.gs1.org/docs/healthcare/GS1%20Germany_Healthcare_Konferenz.pdf)  -       13-14 October 2008: GS1 Healthcare US Workgroup Forum - Chicago, U.S. (link: www.gs1us.org/GS1HealthcareUS/tabid/162/Default.aspx)  14 October 2008: GS1 Healthcare supports the Eucomed Symposium “Unique Device Identification (UDI) for Safer Patient Care" at Eucomed’s MedTech Forum in Brussels, Belgium. Speakers from the European Commission, the FDA, the Japanese Federation of Medical Device Associations, and others will share their vision on UDI. Attendance is free. (link: http://www.medtechforum.eu/).    22 September 2008: GS1 Healthcare co-hosts a Symposium “Practical solutions to prepare for automatic identification” prior to the Labelling and Packaging for Medical Devices and In Vitro Diagnostics Conference in Brussels, Belgium (link: http://www.iir-events.com/IIR-conf/LifeSciences/EventView.aspx?EventID=1722)   GS1 Healthcare representatives will speak at: -       17-18 September 2008: 7th Annual Pharma Packaging & Labelling - Barcelona, Spain (link: http://www.pharmapackaging-events.com/)  -       23-24 September 2008: Labelling and Packaging for Medical Devices and In Vitro Diagnostics Conference - Brussels, Belgium  (link: http://www.iir-events.com/IIR-conf/LifeSciences/EventView.aspx?EventID=1722) -       21-22 October 2008: Pharma Secure Chain Conference – London, U.K. (link: http://www.iqpc.com/ShowEvent.aspx?id=113036)    Stay up to date on upcoming events and more GS1 Healthcare news: visit www.gs1.org/healthcare !