IHE N.A. Connectathon Conference offers unique “one day adventure” with Industry Leaders! The IHE N.A. Connectathon Conference 2012 is next week, Wed. January 11, 2012 in downtown Chicago at the Hyatt Regency. Join us for a full day of valuable educational sessions and venture out to the IHE N.A. Connectathon testing floor where interoperability happens through the collaborative efforts of 600+ database architects and engineers. Visit IHE USA’s website for the full agenda and details around the educational sessions, speakers, and the cocktail reception following the conference. Registration will be available online until Tuesday, January 10, 2012 and on-site the date of the event. Conference Dates & Logistics The IHE N.A. Connectathon Conference is open to the public. We encourage IHE members to invite interested organizations and individuals that want to learn more about IHE and interoperability. Please review the second page for more details. Conference Date: Wednesday, January 11, 2012 Educational Sessions: 8:30 – 4:30pm CT Cocktail Reception: 4:30 – 6:00pm CT Registration fee: $195.00 Meeting Location & Hotel Accommodations: Hyatt Regency - Chicago, IL. 151 East Wacker Drive Chicago, IL 60601 Hotel Reservations: Click here. If you have additional questions, please contact Connectathon@ihe.net or visit IHE USA’s website for more information. |
Figures just released by the Office of National Statistics claim that the number of households living in fuel poverty has declined by 0.7million ( see data here ). The government say that less than 5 million households live in fuel poverty, while Uswitch claim that 6.3 million households live in fuel poverty. Uswitch's figure is much more reliable as their's summer 2011 price hikes. We say a family is in fuel poverty when it spends 10% of household income on its dual energy costs of heating the home and operating cooking and electrical appliances. However, as USwitch explain the governments figures are appallingly out of state ( here ). The publication today by the government only examines fuel costs up to the end of 2010. The Office of National Statistics does admit that if it factored in housing costs then 3 million more households could be described as living in fuel poverty, it also admits that 72% of English households faced a high risk of fuel poverty at year end (2010)....
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