AIDH
Branko Cesnik Awards
The Branko Cesnik Awards recognise the best submitted academic/scientific papers
Presented at the annual conference of AIDH – Health Innovation Community (HIC)
About the awards
The Branko Cesnik award recognises the best submitted academic and student academic papers for HIC, AIDH’s annual conference.
- Best Academic/Scientific Paper
- Best Student Academic/Scientific Paper
Paper Submissions are subject to a double-blind peer review as per the review guidelines. The winner is determined by the review score and the presentation of the paper at the HIC conference.
Selection & review process
- All papers submitted to the HIC conference academic stream automatically become a candidate for this award.
- Submitted papers must be original work and not previously presented before (although material that has been presented at a conference outside Australia will be considered, provided the paper is not identical to any that has been previously published).
- Student authors must be enrolled at a higher education institution in a part or full time capacity AND be principal author (first named author) and also the presenter.
- The award comprises 50% submitted paper review score by Reviewers and 50% presentation score by the relevant Awards Committee.
- The Branko Cesnik Awards Committee comprises a minimum of three (3) people, including the HIC Academic & Scientific Program Co-Chair, a representative from the Australasian Institute of Digital Health and at least one other to participate in the selection process for each award.
- Shortlisting is compiled from the highest scoring five (5) academic papers for both awards during the general submission review process.
- Authors of the highest scoring five (5) academic papers for both awards notified via email of their shortlisting for presentation assessment at the HIC Conference.
- Notified authors must accept or decline the shortlisting via email to AIDH within five (5) days.
- Submitted papers of accepted shortlisted authors and proposed presentation details distributed to BC Awards Committee members.
- BC Awards Committee members review listed presentations and submit scores to the assigned AIDH staff member within two (2) hours of assessment.
- The author and student author with the highest scores are deemed the award winners.
- If two (2) authors in either category are given the same total highest score, a joint award shall be recommended.
- All successful recipients will liaise with AIDH Marketing staff to promote their awards widely, including in the media, and their names will be placed on the AIDH website Awards page.
Award presentation
Successful recipients will be notified and presented with a certificate during the HIC conference program.
About Branko Cesnik
Branko Cesnick (1956-2007) was one of the founding members of the:
- Health Informatics Society of Australia (HISA)
- Asia Pacific Association of Medical Informatics (APAMI)
- Australian College of Health Informatics (ACHI).
He was also a member of the International Medical Informatics Association (IMIA) Board, participating in several roles such as Vice-President of Membership and Senior Editor of the MedInfo98 Conference Proceedings (Korea). He later established the then Centre for Medical Informatics which became a renowned facility for postgraduate health informatics distance education.
His acknowledged leadership and vision were instrumental in laying the foundation for health informatics developments “Down Under” that occasioned MedInfo07 in Australia.