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On Sunday, November 7, 2004 from 10:00 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. the first Health Information Informatics Technology Business meeting of APHA was held in room 156 at the New Convention Center in Washington, DC. The keynote speaker at this historic event was Dr.Sohi Rastegar, Nanobiotechology Expert from the National Science Foundation. Dr.Rastegar's topic was, What is Nanotechnology?

Some APHA participants who attended the meeting gladly took a picture with Dr.Rastegar (fourth person from the left) and Dr.David Potenziani from the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill School of Public Health.

Sponsor of this HIIT Group event was Universal Nursing Services, Inc., Akron, Ohio. Members from the American Medical Informatics Association (AMIA) attended and pledge their support.

Dr. Jay Bernhardt, Advisory Member to HIIT and who serves on the Executive Board of the American Public Health Association and the Georgia Public Health Association wasn't able to attend due to another APHA meeting, but HIIT group managed to capture him at his Special Invited Session, Expanding the Linkages between Public Health and Information Technology on Tuesday, November 9, 2004.