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GGzE organiseert elke maand een discussiegroep met cliënten, mantelzorgers en/of zorgprofessionals. Hier kan input gegeven worden op nieuwe/bestaande hulpmiddelen, behoeften voor innovaties kenbaar gemaakt worden, of informatie aangaande mogelijke innovaties verkregen worden. 

Deze discussiegroep vindt elke tweede dinsdag van de maand plaats van 10:00-12:00 uur in De Grijze Generaal: Winston Churchilllaan 75 te Eindhoven. U kunt zich aanmelden via Harriët Verbeek (HJ.Verbeek@GGZE.nl).  

GGzE organiseert elke maand een discussiegroep met cliënten, mantelzorgers en/of zorgprofessionals. Hier kan input gegeven worden op nieuwe/bestaande hulpmiddelen, behoeften voor innovaties kenbaar gemaakt worden, of informatie aangaande mogelijke innovaties verkregen worden. 

Deze discussiegroep vindt elke tweede dinsdag van de maand plaats van 10:00-12:00 uur in De Grijze Generaal: Winston Churchilllaan 75 te Eindhoven. U kunt zich aanmelden via Harriët Verbeek (HJ.Verbeek@GGZE.nl).  

GGzE organiseert elke maand een discussiegroep met cliënten, mantelzorgers en/of zorgprofessionals. Hier kan input gegeven worden op nieuwe/bestaande hulpmiddelen, behoeften voor innovaties kenbaar gemaakt worden, of informatie aangaande mogelijke innovaties verkregen worden. 

Deze discussiegroep vindt elke tweede dinsdag van de maand plaats van 10:00-12:00 uur in De Grijze Generaal: Winston Churchilllaan 75 te Eindhoven. U kunt zich aanmelden via Harriët Verbeek (HJ.Verbeek@GGZE.nl).  

GGzE organiseert elke maand een discussiegroep met cliënten, mantelzorgers en/of zorgprofessionals. Hier kan input gegeven worden op nieuwe/bestaande hulpmiddelen, behoeften voor innovaties kenbaar gemaakt worden, of informatie aangaande mogelijke innovaties verkregen worden. 

Deze discussiegroep vindt elke tweede dinsdag van de maand plaats van 10:00-12:00 uur in De Grijze Generaal: Winston Churchilllaan 75 te Eindhoven. U kunt zich aanmelden via Harriët Verbeek (HJ.Verbeek@GGZE.nl).  

GGzE organiseert elke maand een discussiegroep met clienten, mantelzorgers en/of zorgprofessionals. Hier kan input gegeven worden op nieuwe/bestaande hulpmiddelen, behoeften voor innovaties kenbaar gemaakt worden, of informatie aangaande mogelijke innovaties verkregen worden. 

Deze discussiegroep vindt elke tweede dinsdag van de maand plaats van 10:00-12:00 uur in De Grijze Generaal: Winston Churchilllaan 75 te Eindhoven. U kunt zich aanmelden via Harriet Verbeek (HJ.Verbeek@GGZE.nl).  

The Centre for Biomedical Ethics and Law of the KU Leuven is organizing the first edition of the Summer Course on Ethics in Dementia Care (Leuven, Belgium 1-3 July 2015. The objective of the course is to foster exchanges on foundational, clinical-ethical and organizational-ethical approaches to dementia care practices.

During the Summer Course, national and international experts will give presentations on various ethical topics in the domain of dementia care. There will be time for intensive discussions. The language of instruction will be Englisch.

The Summer Course is of interests to participants form diverse professional backgrounds, such as medicine, nursing, psychology, social work, gerontology, health care administration, philosophy and theology, and to PHD students undertaking courses of study in these areas. Detailed information on program, funding opportunities, registration and payment can be found at our website www.cbmer.be under Summer Course.

Flyer

Brochure

“Kansen van grensoverschrijdende samenwerking in de zorgsector"

Na een periode van bijna vijf jaar wordt het INTERREG IV A-project “Telemedicine and Personalized Care” afgerond. Binnen het Duits-Nederlandse samenwerkingsproject hebben negen teams nauw samengewerkt aan innovatieve oplossingen voor de uitdagingen in de gezondheidszorg.

Wat zijn de resultaten, de highlights en de ervaringen met de grensoverschrijdende samenwerking? En wat zijn de mogelijkheden die het nieuwe Interreg V-programma gaat bieden? U hoort en ziet er alles over op het Final Event op vrijdag 24 april 2015. Wij nodigen wij u van harte uit hierbij aanwezig te zijn en zien uit naar uw komst.

Programma 

Voorzitter: Brigitte van der Zanden, BZ consultancy

12:00 Ontvangst met lunch, bezoek aan informatiemarkt

13:00 Opening door drs. Theo Föllings (Oost NV)

"Telemedicine and Personalized Care: Highlights” door Evelien Dijk (Oost NV) en Heino Müller (one2one) 

"Infotainment, NL - D Intermezzo” door Jan Oostenbrink (Intercultureel Management Cross-border Cooperation)

"Ondernemen en samenwerken over de grens in de zorgsector” door prof. dr. Alex Friedrich (Universitair Medisch Centrum Groningen), Heinz Jürgens (Jüke Systemtechnik GmbH) en Henk Zeegers (Robot Rose) 

14:30 Koffiepauze en bezoek aan informatiemarkt

"Wat brengt de toekomst van INTERREG V A – Programma, projecten, partners" door Evelien Dijk (Oost NV) en Yvette Lammers (Ministerie van Economische Zaken) en Anja Middendorf (Cluster Gesundheitswirtschaft NRW)

"Innovatiemanagement: het herkennen van de parels en het vermijden van de flops” door prof. Dr. Markus Schwering (Fachhochschule Münster) 

Wrap up

16:00 Borrel

Informatieflyer 

Locatie

BTC Twente, The Gallery, Hengelosestraat 500, Enschede

Sprekers

Voorzitter: Brigitte van der Zanden (BZ consultancy)
drs. Theo Föllings (Oost NV)
Evelien Dijk (Oost NV)
Heino Müller (one2one)
Jan Oostenbrink (Intercultureel Management Cross-border Cooperation)
prof. dr. Alex Friedrich (Universitair Medisch Centrum Groningen)
Heinz Jürgens (Jüke Systemtechnik GmbH)
Henk Zeegers (Robot Rose)
Yvette Lammers (Ministerie van Economische Zaken)
Anja Middendorf (Cluster Gesundheitswirtschaft NRW)
prof. Dr. Markus Schwering (Fachhochschule Münster)
Johannes Technau (Gewinet)

Innovate Dementia Transnational Symposium

On March 4th 2015 we welcome you to our “Building dementia care of the future” symposium at Campus St. Jozef, Turnhout. This event is part of an INTERREG IVB funded project, Innovate Dementia (www.innovatedementia.eu). Everyone involved in care for people with dementia can join this networking event, especially all people and organizations engaged in providing the best dementia care possible will benefit from participating.

We will present a wide range of innovations in dementia care developed by the partners of the “Innovate Dementia” initiative, made possible by the INTERREG IVB program. You will receive a more detailed program later but we already provide you with the general outline of the day.

Important: the location has been changed!

Programme          

• Welcome with coffee and tea
• Introduction by our keynote guest speaker Prof. Dr. Martina Hasseler of the Nursing Department of Ostfalia University of Applied Science, DE.
• Music and dementia? How can music support people with dementia by University of Technology Eindhoven, NL.
• Relevance of psycho-education by Expertisecentrum Dementie, Flanders, BE. 
• Involving students and young volunteers in dementia care by Alexianer Research Center Krefeld, DE. 
• What about quality in Dementia care? By St. Annadael, Diest, BE.
• Co-creation with people living with dementia by Liverpool John Moores Univeristy and Mersey Care NHS Trust, UK.
• Lunch and Networking.

For questions, you can contact karolien.baldewijns@thomasmore.be or j.delaat@brainportdevelopment.nl. 

Registration is already possible by clicking on the registration link.

We are looking forward to meet you in Turnhout!

This Steering Committee Meeting will be organised by LJMU/Mersey Care.
More details will be provided.

The symposium will be part of the COALAS final event and will focus on Open Innovation. Detailed information on the programme and registration possibilities will follow soon.

The steering committee will take place during the COALAS final event. 

The programme and registration details will follow soon.

Steering Committee of the CASA project will only be accessible for project partners. More details will be provided to the partners on short notice.

For more information, click here. 

More information will follow soon.

We would like to invite you to the second symposium of Health Cluster Europe organised by the project IN2LifeSciences. The symposium takes place in Stuttgart, Germany, on October 30, 2014. 

The theme of the symposium is ‘Exchanging best-practices for health innovation in Europe’. The programme will focus on the design and execution of inter-regional voucher projects and success stories of SMEs and knowledge institutes. Special attention will be given to cross-border financing opportunities for innovation and SMEs. The symposium will be organised around a partner meeting of the project IN2LifeSciences, partner of Health Cluster Europe.

Please click here for more information on the programme and practical details. 
                                   
Registration is possible by clicking here. The symposium is open to everyone, therefore you are welcomed to share this invitation with your own project partners and external network. 

Topics:
 

Smart diagnosis: current applications and future challenges
o    RECAP – the short overview
o    Smart applications and future challenges from a scientific perspective b
o    Business development by promoting the application of telehealth equipment and an overview of its market potential

Opportunities and implementation of  telehealth and knowledge sharing across Europe
o    Telehealth solutions from a patient perspective 
o    Intelligent Organisation of Care  
o    Telehealth integration into community care 
o    Engaging stakeholders using a transnational health innovation portal 

Registration

With the ‘ageing’ of the European population, one of the ‘hot’ topics of the coming years for business is health ageing, including themes such as nutrition, sports, health care, wellness, topics on which many industries and organisations are focusing at the moment.

The European Commission also stresses in the themes of the new programmes the importance of ‘health’ and ‘sustainability’ . This year, the Businet Business Health working group organises its 1st Active Healthy Ageing @ home symposium, which will take place on 22nd-23rd of October in Leuven (Belgium). The symposium aims to be a meeting point for lecturers and researchers from Higher Education Institutes (HEI) and representatives of life tech companies, to facilitate building project consortia within the Health business field and to exchange knowledge on active healthy ageing @home related topics (such as observation technology, healthy living support, home care and assisted living environments.

For the programme and registration details, please click here.

We would like to invite you to the last Round Table of Health Cluster Europe that takes place in Eindhoven, Noord-Brabant, the Netherlands on Wednesday, October 22nd. The Round Table will tackle the theme of organisational change in care and healthcare with a special focus on Education and Empowerment of the workforce. Part of the roundtable is also a couple of site visits in the morning of October 23rd. 

This round table is an integral part of the inspiring World Health & Design Forum 21-23rd October:  http://www.whdf2014.com that takes places during the Dutch Design Week: http://www.ddw.nl

Participants of the round table participating on behalf of one of the Health Cluster Europe projects are eligible to having full access to the WHDF programme without paying the conference fee. Please indicate in the form which lead partner has invited you to participate in this round table. You will then soon receive a confirmation of your registration for the round table and the two site visits, and your possible eligibility for a free WHDF ticket.

This event has a special focus on education and empowerment of professional and family caregivers, in the introduction of ICT in care and healthcare. The implementation and scaling of smart solutions for independent living and integrated care cannot be realised without involvement of formal and informal caregivers. 

Three inspirational speakers share their expertise and vision on informal and professional care. 
Dr. Deirdre Beneken genaamd Kolmer, Professor Informal Care, The Hague University of Applied Sciences, Tilburg University. 'How do we reach a Care Justitia?'
Dr. Dorien Voskuil, Lecturer and program leader Research at The Hague University of Applied Sciences
Dr. Eveline Wouters, Lecturer Health Innovations and Technology at Fontys University of Applied Sciences. 

All speakers share their expertise and vision on informal and professional care. For innovators it is of great importance to understand the responsibilities and changes these groups are facing. How can we as innovators guide caregivers into using technological solutions in order to help them care for others? And is it necessary to make changes in our organisations and communication to make this happen? 

Two exclusive site visits are organised at October 23rd for the participants to the round table. We will visit Zuidzorg - a large regional care company - and see how they've changed their view on improving care services by adopting design thinking and by working closely together with designers. 
The 2nd visit is a guided tour in the Graduation Show of the Design Academy Eindhoven with the focus on projects in care and healthcare. Students will be there to explain their projects and how they've worked with the companies in achieving these results. http://www.designacademy.nl/

Program:
October 22nd 14.00 - 16.00h - Roundtable
14.00     Introduction by Patricia Braat
14.15    Presentation by Dr. Deirdre Beneken genaamd Kolmer
14.50    Presentation by Dr. Dorien Voskuil 
15.10    Presentation by Dr. Eveline Wouters
15.20    Interaction and discussion
16.00    Closure

October 23rd 09.00 – 13.30h
Site visits to care company Zuidzorg and Design Academy Eindhoven. 

Check out http://www.whdf2014.com/programme/ for the full programme of WHDF including social events. 

Register by clicking here.

More information: www.whdf2014.com

More information will follow soon.

This Steering Committee Meeting will be organised by Thomas More Kempen.
More details will be provided.

The focus of this workshop will be on European collaboration so as to scale up health innovations and accelerate their route to the market. One of the main goals of our cluster is to share knowledge and experiences and to create synergies between our partners. We will pursue this in our workshop as well. 

An important topic of discussion in our cluster is the implementation of health innovations in the healthcare market. How to introduce innovations to the market and end-users? How to deal with regulations when being active in different European countries? After all, regulations of healthcare markets differ significantly per European country. And how do we involve SMEs? Can we learn from each other’s experiences? 

During the workshop, we will discover how European collaboration can help overcome challenges faced in the cross-border healthcare markets. Marcel de Pender, the moderator of the day, will start by explaining the necessity and added value of Health Cluster Europe.  Next, we will invite representatives of Interreg and the AAL to business programmes to explain how their programmes contribute to the scaling of health innovations. Also, collaboration between the two programmes will be touched upon. Subsequently, two of our cluster projects are invited to the stage to discuss their experiences with European collaboration. After these plenary sessions, the audience will be divided into groups of 4 to 5 persons. In a world-café setting, they will discuss different themes such as ‘implementation of health innovations’, ‘involvement of SMEs’, and ‘working in a cross-border environment’ so as to get to know each other, share knowledge and connect. 

Preliminary programme of the workshop:
09.00    Welcome and introduction of Health Cluster Europe – Marcel de Pender
09.10    Perspective of Interreg programme – Representative JTS
09.20    Perspective of AAL programme – Representative AAL to business
09.30     Dialogue with moderator and representatives of JTS and AAL
09.40    Experiences of Health Cluster Europe – Representative of one of the key partners
09.50    Why working in a European context – Representative of partner active in cross-border activities
10.00      Discussing themes with audience in a world-café setting
10.45    Coffee 

Register by clicking here. Search for 'Implementing health innovations through European collaboration'. 

AAL JP side event of the Brussels Open Days

Why investing in ICT for ageing? A regional perspective.

How to move forward from a Business-to-Business oriented AAL market to a more Business to Consumer oriented AAL market?

Time:        October 8th 2014  - 13.00 - 17.00 h. 
Venue:      The Royal Flemish Academy of Belgium, 1 Rue Ducale, B-1000 Brussels
Organiser:  AAL Association (Ambient and Assisted Living Joint Programme and Active and Assisted Living Programme)   in collaborationwith Coral, ENGAGED and EIP AHA. 

Register here: http://bit.ly/1pggD3x

Short description:
This event aims at connecting regional strategies on social inclusion, boosting innovation and creativity in ways to promote and keep the well being of an ageing society.  An interactive session facilitates a lively exchange of experience, good practices and opinions among representatives of local and regional authorities and with ICT industry representatives in particular on relevant policies, implementations of such policies as well as financing through new business models and innovative procurement of ICT based solutions for ageing well. An increased mutual understanding between the different stakeholders’ points of view regarding needs, use and procurement in this area is the main outcome expected. 

Expected participants:
80 participants, local and regional authorities, AAL businesses, regional innovation clusters, European end user organisations and European organisations representing different stakeholders within the domain of Active and Healthy Ageing. We are specially encouraging the unusual suspects - like the participants to the Brussels Open Days - who are curious about scaling smart AAL solutions to participate.  

Rationale:
There are plenty of AAL solutions developed and close to the market, many of them resulting from European projects funded by the AAL Programmes http://www.aal-europe.eu/. We all know that the implementation and up scaling of these solutions are a challenge and is not an easy task to fulfil. There are some barriers that need to be solved for the actual deployment of AAL solutions. 

Innovative procurement is a challenge, but also a way to contribute to the implementation of AAL solutions. Innovative procurement is not an easy process as procurers are lacking a good overview of innovative solutions. There is not yet a good insight in the evidence on impact of these solutions. We also lack an overview and insight in the actual experiences of end users already who are using these solutions in practice. 

The AAL programme facilitates the adequate framework conditions to integrate the end users requirements in the whole lifecycle of the AAL research and innovation projects. Nevertheless end users are not yet sufficiently involved in the implementation of AAL solutions. Like procurers, they also do not have a good overview of all the innovations they could benefit from. Their interest in these solutions is increasing rapidly. Where can they find proper AAL solutions? 

Where can they buy these solutions? Which solutions are reimbursable by their government or insurance company? The AAL JP has launched a manual on methodologies to adequately involve end - users that is available on the following link: http://www.aal-europe.eu/involving-end-users/ The AAL Association is also participating in the EIP AHA in the Action Group C2 Innovative independent living solutions. We work together with other stakeholders like regional authorities on improvement of user involvement as well as on the development of a common approach to improve the evidence culture in Europe.  

Both these improvements and good stakeholder collaborations are important constraints to come to new business models as well for AAL solutions. We need new business models to achieve more value creation for citizens and end users. Because of shrinking health care budgets and the pressure on the existing health systems we see that the AAL market is starting to move from a more business-to-business market towards a more business to consumer market. Consumers are ready for it, but the market is not there yet. This is a relatively new market. Companies are not used to communicate directly to end users and consumers. How to do this? What kind of business models needs to be developed?  What role can regional and local policies play to stimulate these developments? 

This event offers an excellent opportunity to talk more in depth about actions already taken to solve these barriers by different stakeholders and to exchange experiences between AAL businesses and regional and local policy makers and other organisations like development agencies that can support AAL businesses in this transforming AAL market.  

Therefore we defined the following Central theme for this session:

How to move forward from a Business-to-Business oriented AAL market to a more Business to Consumer oriented AAL market?

Programme

12.30 h. Registration and welcome 

13.00 h. Moderator Shabs Rajasekharan, director at Smarter Futures (Spain) and coordinator Action Group C2 of EIP AHA
Welcome and overview of the afternoon.

13.10 h. Karina Marcus, director of AAL Joint Programme
Introduction of the Ambient Assisted Living Joint Programme. Which actions take place from the AAL JP to stimulate the AAL Market and uptake of innovative solutions? 

13.25 h. Frank Verbeek, managing director Gociety  (Noord-Brabant, NL)
Good practice business model presentation GoLivePhone® and GoLiveAssist®

13.40 h. Saied Tazari, REAAL project and Fraunhofer IGD (Germany)
Collaboration between industries. Sharing experiences from practice why these topics of user involvement, impact assessment and new business model development are still issues and have to be solved together.

13.55 h. Mariëlle Swinkels, coordinator EIP AHA C2 Action Group, ENGAGED, Coral and Province of Noord-Brabant. (NL)
Joint action of the development of three roadmaps for user involvement, impact assessment and new business model development. 

14.10 h. Anders Carlsson, Process manager at New Tools for Health (Sweden), ENGAGED and Coral
Collaboration of the demand side with industry to achieve future proof business models. Anders will inform participants about the outcomes of the ENGAGED mutual learning workshop about business models that took place during the AAL Forum as a side event. 

14.25 h. Panel discussion 

How to move forward from a Business-to-Business oriented AAL market to a more Business to Consumer oriented AAL market?

Panel:         Karina Marcus, Saied Tazari, Mariëlle Swinkels and Anders Carlsson 
Moderator:     Shabs Rajasekharan

During this plenary programme active involvement and contribution of the participants is highly appreciated and encouraged. Please prepare questions for the speakers and be ready to add to the panel discussion with your expertise. 
Use hashtag #AALJP in your contributions on Twitter. 

15.15 h. Network break 

15.45 h. Optional programme in break out work sessions

Optional and additional programme for those participants ready to go in depth in three parallel interactive sub sessions. 

Three interactive tables about the development of future proof business models for AAL products and services: Development of new business models (using the Business Value Canvas). Dick van Dijk and his colleagues from the WAAG Society will bring in the business value canvas in all three sessions as an instrument.

Table 1:  Anders Carlsson from Norrkoping, East Sweden is the moderator and Helmi Ben Hmida from Fraunhofer IGD is the rapporteur.  
Table 2: Jon Dawson is the moderator and Ilenia Gheno from AGE Platform is the rapporteur.
Table 3: Shabs Rajasekharan is the moderator of this session and Mariëlle Swinkels is the rapporteur. 

17.00 h. Closure and network drink. 

This side event of the Brussels Open Days is organised by the AAL association in collaboration with Coral, ENGAGED and experts in Action Group C2 about Independent Living from the European Innovation Partnership on Active and Healthy Living. 

The Interreg IVA 2 Seas programme authorities and the EDECT cluster partners have the pleasure to invite you to the EMPOWERMENT OF DISABLED PEOPLE - through responsive care, assistive technology and ethical reflection - Conference

October 8th 2014
Provinciaal Administratief Centrum, Woodrow Wilsonplein, Ghent, Belgium
09:30-18:00 

Programme includes:

Empowerment of disabled people through ethics in care and technology
Ladan Najafi, East Kent Hospital University NHS Foundation Trust

Technology and Empowerment
Ilse Oosterlaken, Delft University of Technology

Education of Care givers
Vincent de Rooij, HZ University of Applied Science

Opportunities for the future
Annemarie Kokosy, ISEN‐Lille

Pierre Boitte, Lille Catholic University

User Group Representation
From Belgium, France, the Netherlands and the UK

Details of the whole programme are available on the website.
                                          
This EU conference will be of significant interest to assistive technology users and their families, caregivers, students in health & social care and technology, equipment suppliers and manufacturers, health care organisations and professionals, policy makers, academic researchers and importantly the general public. Don’t miss the event and your chance to feedback your opinion and potentially influence policy on the provision of assistive technologies and dignity focused approaches to care!

• Free Admission – registration mandatory
• Multilingual event with simultaneous translation in French, Dutch and English
• Registration: https://registration.livegroup.co.uk/edect2014/

Cluster partners: The Health and Europe Centre, Groupe HEI-ISA-ISEN, University of Kent, East Kent Hospitals University NHS Foundation Trust, Institut Catholique de Lille, HZ University of Applied Science, University of Essex, University College HUB-KAHO, FAM "La vie devant soi", PATH asbl

Contact:
Janet MERZA: janet.merza@kmpt.nhs.uk
www.edect-cluster.eu

The cluster receives funding from Interreg IVA 2 Seas

CASA is about the development of regional policy and the exchange of knowledge around the up scaling of innovative ICT and services for independent living. Demographic changes make it necessary to organise the care and housing of senior citizens and chronically ill in a smarter way including the use of ICT. This also gives opportunities for innovative companies to develop new tools and services.

INNOVAge project aims at helping older people to live independently for longer in their own homes by increasing their autonomy and by the emerging of new ‘technological supply chains’ associated with new developments like independent living and eco-innovation, with a valuable contribution to minimize environmental impact of elderly daily life activities.

With this aim, both project decided to join forces and organize a common Final Conference that will be held in Brussels on 7th October 2014 moderated by Meike de Jong.

Regions in CASA and INNOVAge also work closely together in the Community of Regions for Assisted Living (Coral) a European network of regions collaborating on up scaling smart solutions for independent living and integrated care. The ambitions, networks and spirit of CASA and INNOVAge continue to live on in the Coral network: www.coral-europe.eu

For more information on the programme and registration details, please click here.

Uitnodiging 'Meet the members of LifetecZONe & Health Valley
& Slimmer Leven 2020'

Hierbij nodigen wij u van harte uit om deel te nemen aan de bijeenkomst: 'Meet the members of LifetecZONe & Health Valley & Slimmer Leven 2020' op dinsdag 30 september 2014 vanaf 14.00 uur in het Auditorium van de Technische Universiteit Eindhoven.

Programma
De middag start met een drietal interessante rondleidingen binnen de Technische Universiteit Eindhoven. De deelnemers kunnen een keuze maken uit een van onderstaande onderwerpen:

- Preseyes; het ooglab en medische robotica lab

- Het Biomechanica lab
- Robotica lab

Na de rondleidingen start om 15.30 uur een kort plenair programma met als centraal thema ‘Health at home’. Tijdens dit plenaire gedeelte aandacht voor het bedrijf Xendo dat zich onder meer richt op eHealth at home en een van de spin-offs van de Technische Universiteit gericht op de inzet van robotica in de thuissituatie.

Vanaf 16.15 uur is er volop gelegenheid om de tafelpresentaties van de leden van Lifeteczone, Health Valley en Slimmer Leven 2020 te bezoeken. De afgelopen jaren werden er tijdens deze bijeenkomst al vele interessante verbindingen gelegd tussen ondernemers, raakten zij geïnspireerd en gingen naar huis met meer kennis en interessante contacten. Voor zorginstellingen bleek de bijeenkomst vooral een etalage van wat er mogelijk is binnen de zorg op het gebied van innovatie. Producten en diensten om niet alleen de kwaliteit van zorg te verhogen maar ook de efficiency te verbeteren. Kortom, het beloofd een geslaagde middag te worden die u niet wilt missen! Meld u hier direct aan.

Nieuwe verbindingen door de netwerkapp
Om het netwerken op deze bijeenkomst te vergemakkelijken maken we dit jaar gebruik van de netwerkapp. In de aanloop naar de bijeenkomst krijgt u een link waarmee u de app kunt downloaden. U kunt dan al direct starten met netwerken.

Meedoen met de tafelpresentaties?
Via een tafelpresentatie kunt u uw bedrijf, product of prototype onder de aandacht brengen van uw collega-ondernemers en andere belangstellenden die actief zijn binnen de life sciences en health. Voor elke exposant is een tafel beschikbaar en het is mogelijk om een roll up banner van 120 cm breed en 200 cm hoog te plaatsen. De leden van Health Valley, Slimmer Leven 2020 en van LifetecZONe kunnen gratis van deze faciliteit gebruik maken. Er is een maximum van 35 tafelpresentaties. U kunt zich  hier inschrijven als exposant tot 11 september aanstaande en is op volgorde van binnenkomst. Niet-leden kunnen helaas niet deelnemen als exposant.

Lid worden?
Bent u nog geen lid van Health valley en/of LifetecZONe, schrijf u dan in voor een  gratis kennismakingsperiode tot het einde van het jaar via de website van Health Valley. Na december 2014 kunt u dan een definitieve keuze maken om lid te worden van Health Valley en/of LifetecZONe.

The Cool North conference will celebrate the achievements of the Northern Periphery Programme 2007-2013 as a foundation for the new programme. The conference will also introduce the upcoming Northern Periphery and Arctic 2014-2020 Programme and spark new ideas about where the Programme area could go next. Day 2 of the conference will consist of a How to Apply seminar aimed at providing technical guidance to project applicants.

More information, click here.

Het goed gevulde programma biedt u

• Een inspirerend innovatieparcours waarin een 30-tal Vlaamse bedrijven in ons ‘Huis van de Toekomst’ hun innovaties voorstellen. Een deel van het innovatieparcours inspireert je ook extra rond de talrijke kansen die de (thuis)zorg van de toekomst biedt aan diverse sectoren
• Leo Bormans, ambassadeur van Happiness & Quality of Life, geeft u met zijn keynote tips om uw eigen geluk en dat van anderen te verhogen.
• Gedeputeerde Peter Bellens legt een innovatieve brug tussen overheid, kenniscentra, profit en non-profit
• De KIR reikt twee Innovatie-awards uit (profit en non-profit), waaronder de ‘Janssen Open Innovation Award’
• Alle ruimte voor netwerking met het nodige vocht en hongerstillers.

• De KIR heeft ook 2 primeurs voor u in petto bij deze editie:
• Ervaar zelf in een speciaal ingerichte loge de AURO 3D®-audiotechnologie waarmee Auro Technologies en Galaxy  Studios Group, winnaar van de Innovatie-award in 2012, momenteel de wereld verovert.
• Michael Beal, de nieuwe General Manager van Microsoft België, deelt met u in de plenaire sessie zijn visie over de kansen die nieuwe digitale ontwikkelingen bieden, ongetwijfeld ook voor uw bedrijf

Het innovatieparcours is doorlopend te bezoeken tussen 14u en 19u.

Het plenaire gedeelte met keynotes en uitreiking van awards vindt plaats tussen 16u en 17u45.

Het Feest van de Innovatie 2014 is een samenwerking tussen KIR en de Europese projecten Learning Cities (Interreg 2 Zeeën) en Health4Growth (Interreg IVC).

Meer info vindt u op www.feestvandeinnovatie.be waar u zichzelf of uw medewerkers meteen kan inschrijven. Een terugblik op de eerste editie met 550 aanwezigen vindt u hier. Wie er toen bij was, weet waaraan zich te verwachten: een namiddag boordevol inspiratie en interactie over hoe innovaties binnen kleine en grote bedrijven uit diverse sectoren, zowel profit als non-profit, het verschil maken

Het goed gevulde programma biedt u

• Een inspirerend innovatieparcours waarin een 30-tal Vlaamse bedrijven in ons ‘Huis van de Toekomst’ hun innovaties voorstellen. Een deel van het innovatieparcours inspireert je ook extra rond de talrijke kansen die de (thuis)zorg van de toekomst biedt aan diverse sectoren
• Leo Bormans, ambassadeur van Happiness & Quality of Life, geeft u met zijn keynote tips om uw eigen geluk en dat van anderen te verhogen.
• Gedeputeerde Peter Bellens legt een innovatieve brug tussen overheid, kenniscentra, profit en non-profit

De KIR reikt twee Innovatie-awards uit (profit en non-profit), waaronder de ‘Janssen Open Innovation Award’
Alle ruimte voor netwerking met het nodige vocht en hongerstillers.

• De KIR heeft ook 2 primeurs voor u in petto bij deze editie:
• Ervaar zelf in een speciaal ingerichte loge de AURO 3D®-audiotechnologie waarmee Auro Technologies en Galaxy  Studios Group, winnaar van de Innovatie-award in 2012, momenteel de wereld verovert.
• Michael Beal, de nieuwe General Manager van Microsoft België, deelt met u in de plenaire sessie zijn visie over de kansen die nieuwe digitale ontwikkelingen bieden, ongetwijfeld ook voor uw bedrijf

Het innovatieparcours is doorlopend te bezoeken tussen 14u en 19u.

Het plenaire gedeelte met keynotes en uitreiking van awards vindt plaats tussen 16u en 17u45.

Het Feest van de Innovatie 2014 is een samenwerking tussen KIR en de Europese projecten Learning Cities (Interreg 2 Zeeën) en Health4Growth (Interreg IVC).

Meer info vindt u op www.feestvandeinnovatie.be waar u zichzelf of uw medewerkers meteen kan inschrijven. Een terugblik op de eerste editie met 550 aanwezigen vindt u hier. Wie er toen bij was, weet waaraan zich te verwachten: een namiddag boordevol inspiratie en interactie over hoe innovaties binnen kleine en grote bedrijven uit diverse sectoren, zowel profit als non-profit, het verschil maken

The next Round Table of Health Cluster Europe will take place in Gent, Belgium on Wednesday, September 24. The Round Table will focus on the theme Patient Empowerment. 

In a fast pace a lot of new types of treatments,  technologies, products and information systems have been introduced to the health and wellbeing market. Solutions that are designed to assist people who are in a vulnerable moment in their lives. Therefore it is crucial to know what their needs are and implement this knowledge into our projects.

In the processes of designing and providing care, the care receivers or -users need to participate as an autonomous actor taking increased responsibility and a more active role in decision making regarding his or her health. This active role is referred to as ‘patient empowerment’ and occurs when the goal is to increase the capacity of patients to think critically and make autonomous, informed decisions. Empowerment also occurs when patients are actually making autonomous, informed decisions about self-management.

From their own function and experience service users develop a view on care providing and use of assistive technology. During the Round Table insights and hands-on experience will be given on how to involve patients in decision making processes, improve their health literacy and self-management capacity. Additionally, you have the opportunity to visit a Care Ethics lab where empowerment and dignity in care are trained through learning by experience.

If you are looking for tips and tricks to approach patients with respect, mobilizing their potential in (re)designing care, then this Round Table is definitely an inspiration.

Program:
09h30  Welcome
10h00  Testimonials and workshop on patient empowerment

- Introduction and theoretical framework by Filip Dumez (HUB KAHO)

- Presentation by Peter Lambreghts, expert on assistive technologies
- Role play in groups & reflection

- General conclusions on patient vulnerability and the role of assistive technology

12h30  Lunch

13h30  Visit care ethics lab
16h30  Return to Gent

For more information and registration details, contact Edwin Mermans via EMermans[a]brabant.nl.

The EU has already launched a number of measures to stimulate this market and to help European industry (and SMEs in particular) to be in the driving seat. They include the Active and Assisted Living Joint Programme, the eHealth Action Plan, the European Innovation Partnership on Active and Healthy Ageing as well as dedicated parts of Horizon 2020 Societal Challenge 1 on Health, Wellbeing and Active Ageing. However, more is needed before this market really takes off.

We invite in particular industry and SMEs, but also policy, research, care professionals, service providers and consumers to join and share their views on what it takes to make Europe the world leader in the silver economy. What can policy makers and governments at regional, national and EU level do more to help? What should industry do? How to best mobilise the consumers?

The outcomes will be used to stimulate further actions at all levels, including the EU.

This event is by invitation only. If you are interested, please contact ec-eip-aha@ec.europa.eu and state your reasons for wanting to take part.

The next I-stay@home conference will take place on Thursday, 18 September 2014 in Lienden, Netherlands and is now open for registration. Hosts for this event are the I-stay@home partners Stichting Woningbeheer Betuwe and De Woonplaats.

The programme will start at 9:00h in the morning and will consist of workshops and discussions focusing on the topics of I-stay@home. Due to limited seating, we kindly ask all interested participants to register in advance. The complete agenda can be found here:

Program public conference I-stay@Home 2014

The conference brochure is also available in Dutch and can be downloaded here.

If you want to register, please follow this link.

If you have questions, please do not hesitate to contact the I-stay@home team via info@i-stay-home.eu. 

For more information about I-stay@home in general, please visit: www.i-stay-home.eu.

http://www.esiw.nl/unconference-dementie/

Care ethics lab

The workshop's aim is to discuss solutions for increasing the quality of health and social care, leading to better dignity and patient centered care. The objective is to improve the impact of experimental learning on the ethical reflection and practice by students and professionals in health and social care organizations in the cross-border region by experience based learning in a sTimul: care-ethics lab. Being cared for is a highly stressful experience, placing the patient in a dependent situation were dignity is often overlooked. We want to make all groups of stakeholders aware of this and learn how to reflect an act on non technical issues.

Organization Company: Dignity in Care
Contact person: leen.stevens[a]hubkaho.be

More information:  http://www.aalforum.eu/
Subscription: http://aalforum.uefiscdi.ro/conference/register/

Health literacy and patient empowerment

The recent European Health Literacy Survey found that nearly half of all adults in 8 EU countries tested have inadequate or problematic health literacy skills that adversely affect their health literacy.

This event is focused to the participants’ skill development in order to:

• Be familiar with the concept ‘health literacy’ and with concepts related to health literacy
• Recognize that limited health literacy is a prevalent problem and can name consequences of limited health literacy
• Be able to explain the relationship between limited health literacy and social determinants
• Be able to detect and measure limited health literacy
   

Contact person: filip.dumez@kahosl.be

More information on AAL Forum: www.aalforum.eu/

Subscription: http://aalforum.uefiscdi.ro/conference/register/

Session Chair: Meike de Jong, Meike de Jong Media (The Netherlands)
Session Responsible: Peter Portheine, Brainport Health Innovation/Slimmer Leven 2020 Brainport (The Netherlands) and Edwin Mermans, Coral/ENGAGED/CASA/Province of Noord-Brabant (The Netherlands)

A landscape of European networks, programs, partnerships, projects and clusters has arisen in recent years all working on implementation of smart ICT solutions for independent living & integrated care. Together we are a learning community to tackle the barriers for up scaling and create a market for AAL technology. We’ve learned that the regional scale makes a difference for serious implementation. Large entities in this European learning community are the Ambient Assisted Living Joint Programme (AAL JP), European Innovation Partnership on Active and Healthy Ageing (EIP AHA) – including the 35 regional reference sites – and the Community of Regions for Assisted Living (CORAL) about regional policy for Active and Healthy Ageing connecting regional innovation clusters. Within the Interreg programme the ‘Strategic Health Cluster Europe’ brings together parties from the Interreg IVA/B/C program with a total of 128 partners. Interreg projects involved are CAN, CASA, COALAS, CURA-B, DIC, GCS, In2Lifesciences, Innovate Dementia, istay@home, ITTS, NeuroSKILL, RECAP, SYSIASS, Telemedicine and Personalized Care and TTC. The Assembly of European Regions (AER) with an e-Health network and several projects like the Thematic Network ENGAGED are on the same mission. Also small innovation clusters in Central European countries are ready to join this growing European learning network. How can we connect all these networks, partnerships, programmes and clusters better to the AAL JP.

The session touches on how to create regional alignment between AAL and other European programs, projects and networks. Not only for regions to be better equipped and to be involved in such programs but also because a coherent regional strategy allows much better and wider implementation of AAL technology once developed. We will showcase Reference sites explaining their specific regional and unique selling points, focusing on specific thematic issues from references site to AAL solution. Answers to questions like: How can twinning activities, side events and activities from the EIP AHA, Coral, AER, Interreg contribute to better implementation and up scaling of smart ICT solutions? How can the AAL JP be promoted better within the regional innovation clusters? How can regional and municipal governments be involved and stimulated to participate in the AAL JP? What can networks like Coral, AER and the reference site do to include and mobilise partners in Central European countries? How to mobilize the regions and governments that are unengaged so far?

Invited Speakers:
Peter Portheine Brainport / Slimmer Leven 2020 (The Netherlands)
Maurice Smith, Liverpool Clinical Commissioning Group (United Kingdom)
Esteban de Manuel Keenoy, Kronikgune, Basque Country (Spain)
Ida Prosperi, Sviluppo Marche SpA, Marche Region RDA (Italy)
Vesna Dolničar, University of Ljubljana, Faculty of Social Sciences (Slovenia)
Márta TATÁR, Covasna county Council (Romania)
Raquel Fernandez Horcajada, AAL JP Central management Unit (Belgium)

Registration and more information:

www.aalforum.eu

The purpose of the AAL Forum is to exhibit and demonstrate existing or developing ICT solutions (products and services), promote networking within the AAL community, foster the interest of other sectors in the field of AAL, provoke debate and discussion on various topics and highlight new or emerging developments in the area to inform the AAL community.

For more information and registration details, click here.

Health is relevant to a number of International Festival of Business (IFB) themes and given its importance, theme leads have agreed with Liverpool Vision that the IFB should include a focus on Health and that Liverpool Health Partners (LHP) should act as a coordinator for a range of health events: the From Trial to Dissemination through Partnership Conference, Healthy Cities: Ready and Open for Business, Health is Wealth Conference, The  Business of Health Exhibition, Digital Futures: Delivering Growth Exhibition, Health: a platform for intelligent business partnerships, Brain Health equals National Wealth Public Event.

www.liverpoolhealthpartners.org.uk

Dementia: Innovation

This conference will focus on the latest developments in dementia, from pharmaceutical research and development to innovations in care and support. Delegates will hear from people living with dementia and their carers, setting discussions around policy and strategy strongly in context. The emphasis of the day will be ont the practical: this is an opportunity to hear from a programme of high level speakers discussing their work and how it might be applied elsewhere.

www.openforum-delegates.co.uk

Health systems in Europe are facing unparalleled levels of challenge, complexity and uncertainty. Health system leaders, at every level, have a responsibility to engage with and tackle the enduring problems of funding constraints, technological developments, cost pressures, increasing chronic disease, ageing populations and growing societal expectations and demands.

From the frontline to board level the quality of leadership is a crucial determinant of the quality, effectiveness and safety of health services. Effective leadership is needed not just within organisations but across them, in health systems and networks, across sectoral boundaries such as health and social care, and across the public, private and not for profit sectors. Many of the current challenges for health systems require leaders who can create teams across healthcare and other sectors, lead networks, create a stable and motivated workforce and be accountable to boards, funders, the public and patients as well.

Interactive sessions and several networking opportunities together with an informal and relax atmosphere will facilitate the discussion, the exchange and the birth (or consolidation) of partnerships among the representatives of all health sectors coming from all around Europe and beyond.

Join us in Birmingham for a three-day conference that will bring together over 300 researchers, policy makers, managers and health leaders.

www.ehma.org

L'ISEN and its partners invite you to the SYSIASS Closing Conference. The theme of the conference is 'Why and how could assistive technology improve the lives of disabled persons?

Event details: 

Date: June 17

Time: 09:30 to 17:30 hours

Location: Lille Catholic University, Aula Maxima, 60 Boulevard Vauban, 59000 Lille, France

Simultaneous translation is provided

For more information and registration details, please click here.

In 2014, this interdisciplinary and networking event will showcase a new and exciting concept! 

Biomedica invites business development managers, engineers, clinicians and researchers to present new products developments and product applications, product engineering and clinical validations. 

Biomedica is a conference with focus on products & developments related todiagnostics, medical devices, medical instrumentation and (bio) materials.

Visit www.biomedicasummit.com for detailed information.

The second Roundtable of Health Cluster Europe will take place in Lille on June 16. More information has been sent to the project partners by email.

The next steering committee will take place in Lille on June 16. More information has been sent to the project partners by email.

The theme is “Including SMEs in European and cross-border projects: experiences, best-practices and results in the field of Health and Life Sciences”. The symposium will start with the experiences of cluster projects and a SME active in EU projects. This will be followed by a presentation of a representative of the INTERREG national contact point on SME inclusion and new structures of organisation in the transnational INTERREG programmes NWE and NSR. After the plenary session, discussions on the topic capitalisation of health innovations will take place in a world-café setting.

Program
Venue: Hotel van der Valk Maastricht, Nijverheidsweg 35, 6227 AL Maastricht
Time: 09:00 – 14:00 hours

9:00    Registration and welcome coffee

9:20    Opening by Prof. Christoph Maria Ravesloot, moderator
           Welcome by the Province of Dutch-Limburg

9:30    Setting the scene: “e-Ucare” symposia and results of TTC / GCS
           Ralf P. Meyer, AGIT, (D)

9:40    Insights in working methods / tools of the TTC working group “Life sciences”
           Claire Bajou, ULg INTERFACE (B)

9:50    Cross-border cooperation: Experiences of an SME-based R&D consortium
           N. N. SmartBiolabs (NL)

10:05  Equal participation of SMEs in INTERREG programmes:
           Gé Huismans, Netherlands Enterprise Agency (NL)

10:20  Explanation and introduction of workshop method of innovation cafeteria
           Prof. Christoph Maria Ravesloot, moderator
           Serving of coffee and tea during the innovation cafeteria
           Four rounds of working on capitalization of SME-based innovations

12:20  Wrap-up by eye witnesses and sharing of data from workshop rounds

12:50  Outlook and further approach
           Marcel de Pender, Brainport Development (NL)

13:00  Networking and lunch in the innovation cafeteria

14:00  End of event

The symposium is free of charge and open to everyone. Register by clicking here. 

TTC Closing Conference

Open innovation in the greater EMR
 

All relevant stakeholders from the Netherlands, the Flemish and the Walloon region in Belgium, as well as North Rhine Westphalia in Germany met in March 2010 in Aachen (D) and agreed to enlarge, interlink and foster their unique potential in the fields of innovation, economy and science across borders. Not only an extraordinary proximity of knowledge-based universities and R&D-institutions, but also a unique technology-driven SME-potential in one of the assets of this cross-border functional region!

Now is the time to present you the concrete outcomes of this SME-driven, cross-border pilot initiative: "towards Top Technology Clusters (TTC)".

Thursday, June 5th, 12:00-17:00 Mercedes-Benz Customer Assistance Center (MBCAC), Gelissendomein 5, Maastricht (NL)

An inspiring event for business, research institutions and all relevant stakeholders all over the cross-border area of Belgium, the Netherlands and Germany: Learn more about ongoing cross-border R&D-activities, get in contact with interesting cooperation partners across the borders and explore your strategic opportunities until 2020!

Program and registration available soon.

For the last 14 years, MEDTEC Europe has been one of the leading and largest trade fairs for the supplier industry to medical technology. MEDTEC Europe will bring together medical device companies and advanced technology providers to discuss and share the latest product developments, research and innovations in healthcare. Around 900 exhibitors are expected to attend from sectors as diverse as medical automation, clean room technology, materials and packaging.

Click here for more information.

In Pflegeeinrichtungen, in ambulant betreuten Wohnformen wie auch im eigenen zu Hause: Die Ahnzahl an Menschen mit Demenz wächst. Wie gut dat Leben miet einer Demenz gelingen kann, wird auch Maßgeblich duch die architektonische Gestaltung des räumlichem Umfelds bestimmt. Auf der Tagung "Architektur für Menschen mit Demenz"stellen internationale Referenten neuste Erkentnisse aus der Forschung vor. Ergänzt werden dise um interviws von Akeuren, die Projecte in Deutschland realisert haben. Die Tagung startete 2012 mit großem Erfolg in Belgien und wurde aufgrund der großen Nachfrage 2013 in den Niederlanden wiederholt. 2014 wird sie mit der Verantstaltun in Dresden nach Deutschland kommen und 2015 in Gro brittanien starttfinden.

www.a-i-dw.de

http://dutchtechnologyweek.com/nl

ESIGELEC, a French Engineering School, Jules Verne University of Picardie and the University of Limoges organize a theme day on assistive robotics. 

The Assistive Robotics Day will take place on 15 May 2014 from 9:30 a.m to 5 p.m in the IRSEEM-CISE premises in Saint-Etienne-du-Rouvray (Upper Normandy). This event is supported by the Robotics Research Group (GDR Robotique), the Health Research Group (GDR STIC Santé) and the COALAS (Cognitive Assistive Living Ambiant System) Interreg IV A program.

The ARD will deal with several themes related to assistive robotics, including man-robot interaction or assisted indoors-outdoors mobility, through conferences, presentations and demonstrations. A call for papers will also give researchers the opportunity to present their work.

Information and registration on http://www.coalas-project.eu/ARD/en 

langerthuis@fontys.nl

For more information and the program, please visit the website: http://www.smartcityevent.com/smart-health/

It is designed to raise awareness about the importance of recognising Heart Failure, getting an accurate diagnosis and receiving optimal treatment. 

More information, click here.

Congres 20 jaar ontmoetingscentra 'Samen Sterk' gecombineerde ondersteuning voor mantelzorgers en mensen met dementie.

Singelkerk Amsterdam

www.vumc.nl

For more than a decade, Med-e-Tel is bringing together Telemedicine and eHealth stakeholders from around the world to share experiences, best practices and research results. The Med-e-Tel 2014 conference topics will include Telehealth for Chronic Disease Management, Telehealth Service Standards, Telenursing, eLearning, Open Source in Healthcare, eHealth in Low Resource settings, Global eHealth Strategies Symposium, and more. The Med-e-Tel 2014 expo will feature Telemedicine and eHealth solutions from leading companies and providers. 
 

For more information, please go to: www.medetel.lu 

Dear colleague,

We would like to invite you to participate in the Recap symposium –‘Intelligent systems supporting decision-making’ simultaneous to the Med-e-Tel event on Wednesday the 9th of April 2014 in Luxemburg from 11am-5.30pm (registration from 10am).

Venue: 
Luxexpo Exhibition and Congress Center
10, Circuit de la Foire Internationale
L-1347 Luxembourg-Kirchberg (Luxembourg)
                                                                                                                                          
The Recap (Regional Care Portals) project aims at boosting innovation and employment by strengthened cooperation at international level.  Therefore the project has been developed with thirteen partners from the North West Europe region. In view of the scale and the urgency, Recap focuses specifically on patients with chronic heart failure problems, one of the main causes of death in Western Europe. By focusing on a specific target group, the quality of the solutions is improved, services can be more easily delivered to new patient groups and integration in the transnational portal is facilitated. The Symposium will offer you the opportunity to hear an update on progress made and future planned developments.

The research and testing of innovations will take place in three regional hubs, each of which will focus on one aspect where the collaborating partners already have gained experience (Telehealth solutions, Intelligent organization of care and Decision supporting systems). 

The programme of this event will include presentations regarding the progress of activities within hub Leuven-Cambridge who focus on intelligent systems supporting decision-making and inspiring company speakers from Philips, Docobo, NELFT, HEE and KU Leuven.  

  
The symposium will be organised simultaneous to the Med-e-Tel conference. During the day there will also be an exhibition market to visit.  

Registration
Attendance is free of charge. 

You can register for the Symposium here.

For more information, you can contact j.delaat@brainportdevelopment.nl. 

We are looking forward to meeting you in Luxembourg!

With kind regards,
the organisation

Partners exchange experiences with the first installations of best practice products in elderly tenants' live-test dwellings

13th Geneva/Springfield Symposium on Advance in Alzheimer Therapy

Leading scientists will discuss new targets and drugs for the treatment of Alzheimer’s disease and novel approaches to current therapy. An oral communication session will be open to young scientists.

We expect approximately 1500 participants, mostly neurologists, psychiatrists, geriatricians and pharmacologists.

http://www.siumed.edu/cme/alzheimer/

 

58th Annual Meeting of the German Society for Clinical Neurophysiology and functional imagining (DKGN)

and

30th International Congress of Clinical Neurophysiology (ICCN)

website: www.iccn2014.de

Necessity is the mother of invention. Europe, faced with declining healthcare budgets and a rapidly aging population, urgently needs radical changes to keep its healthcare system affordable. New technologies, innovative approaches and business models are developing in an ever-faster manner. With this challenge in mind, we would like to invite you to the final conference of the CURA-B project.

At this conference, new disruptive technologies will be presented, innovative project will be discussed and the results of new case studies will be shown.

We are proud to present Doctor Berlatan Meskó from Hungary as keynote speaker. As a medical futurist he brings disruptive technologies to medicine and healthcare. He inspires and assists medical professionals and students in using these in an efficient and secure way; and educating e-patients about how to become equal partners with the caregivers.

Attending 'Embracing Change' is free of costs. We hope to welcome partners and organisations from the four regions that have participated in CURA-B: West-Flanders in Belgium, East of England in the United Kingdom, Nord-Pas De Calais in France and Zeeland in The Netherlands.

CURA-B has joined the Health Cluster Europe, in which European projects are sharing their outcomes. In the afternoon program, workshops will be organised including a round table as part of the program of the Strategic Healt Cluster.

The final conferene will take place March 13, 2014 in the historic city hall of Middelburg, Zeeland. Please save the date! 
For more information and registration click here.

 

This Steering Committee Meeting will be organised by ARCK.
More details will be provided.

We would like to invite you to participate in the Innovate Dementia Transnational Symposium which will be held in Dusseldorf on Monday 10th of March 2014 from 9.30am-3pm. 

 The Symposium will offer you the opportunity to hear an update on progress made and future planned developments. Participating regions are developing technological innovations which are being tested and evaluated in four Living Labs based on the project themes: 'intelligent lighting systems', nutrition and exercise programmes', 'living environment' and 'models of assistance for people living with dementia and carers' which has its core in Krefeld, our organiser for this symposium. 

Programme
A detailed programme can be found here. 

Venue
Ärztekammer Nordrhein
Tersteegenstraße 9, 40474 Düsseldorf (Germany)
 

Language
The symposium will be held in English. 

Registration
Attendance is free of charge. You can register for the Symposium here.

We are looking forward to meeting you in Dusseldorf!

With the G8 summit, dementia has been front page news. There is a consensus that more funding should be diverted to reseach into potential preventions and cures - as well as innovations in care and support. Now is the time to turn talk into action and develop some solutions. Designed to appeal to all aries, Dementia: Quality of Care will focus on best practice in compassionate dementia care and support. The programme will cover diagnosis through end of life care, including hospitals, community settings and care homes. The conference will bring together professionals from health and social care, academia and the wider public and third sectors with those living with dementia, providing a rare chance to engage with and learn more from each other.

www.openforumevents.co.uk/dementia-quality-care-programme-2

Dementias 2014: the 16th national conference will provide participants with

• an update on clinical, research, organisational and policy developments that are taking place in the field of dementia
• a chance to look at progress in old age psychiatry and its service provision
• a forum to share and exchange views with eminent faculty speakers.

http://www.globaleventslist.elsevier.com/events/2014/02/dementias-2014-16th-national-dementias-conference/

Programma wordt na zomervakantie bekend gemaakt.

www.anderszorgen.nl

Het aantal mensen met dementie is in 2013 opnieuw gestegen. Tgelijkertijd daalt het aantal mensen werkzaam in de zorg. Om de  256.000 dementiepatiënten te voorzien van goede zorg zijn er oplossingen nodig:

- hoe ga je om met de man met dementie en pijnklachten?

- wat moet je doen met de verwarde vrouw die steeds weer wegloopt van de afdeling?

- wat zeg je tegen de bezoekende dochter die maar niet wil geloven dat haar moeder dementie heeft?

- wat kunnen we doen om mensen met dementie een veilig en geborgen gevoel te geven?

Alle kennis en vaardigheden die je opdoet tijdens het Dementiecongres, kun je de volgende dag al in de praktijk toepassen. In je werk, maar ook in de persoonlijke situatie als dat nodig is.

De eerste 200 deelnemers betalen € 199 (excl BTW) i.p.v. € 249,- excl. BTW) dus wees er op tijd bij!

meer informatie het dementie congres: http://www.reedbusinessevents.nl/Event-detail-pagina/1014/647028/Het-Dementiecongres.html#tab1

Wat hebben de inspanningen van vijf jaar Nationaal Programma Ouderenzorg opgeleverd?

Er is een gevarieerd programma met ruim 20 workshops en deelsessies, discussies, een informatiemarkt en plenaire presentaties door uiteenlopende sprekers uit het veld van praktijk, beleid en wetenschap. Aan deelname aan dit congres zijn geen kosten verbonden.

Voor meer informatie: www.leidscongresbureau.nl/NPOcongres12november

For more than a decade, Med-e-Tel is bringing together Telemedicine and eHealth stakeholders from around the world to share experiences, best practices nd research results. The Med-e-Tel 2014 conference topics will include Telehealth for Chronic Disease Management, Telehealth Service Standards, Telenursing, eLearning, Open Source in Healthcare, eHealth in Low Resource settings, Global eHealth Strategies Symposium, and more. The Med-e-Tel 2014 expo will feature Telemedicine and eHealth solutions from leading companies and providers. 
 

For more information, please go to: www.medetel.lu 

Invitation Recap symposium:  
‘Intelligent organisation of Care’

We would like to invite you to participate in our first Recap symposium which will be held in Eindhoven on Tuesday 5th November 2013 from 10:00am until 06:00pm. 

Venue: 
University of Technology Eindhoven (TU/e), Building nr. 55 ‘De Zwarte Doos’', 
Den Dolech 2, 5612 AZ Eindhoven, the Netherlands
 

The Recap (Regional Care Portals) project aims at boosting innovation and employment by strengthened cooperation at international level.  Therefore the project has been developed with thirteen partners from the North West Europe region. In view of the scale and the urgency, Recap focuses specifically on patients with chronic heart failure problems, one of the main causes of death in Western Europe. By focusing on a specific target group, the quality of the solutions is improved, services can be more easily delivered to new patient groups and integration in the transnational portal is facilitated. The Symposium will offer you the opportunity to hear an update on progress made and future planned developments.

The research and testing of innovations will take place in three regional hubs, each of which will focus on one aspect where the collaborating partners already have gained experience (Telehealth solutions, Intelligent organization of care and Decision supporting systems). 
 

The programme of this event will include presentations regarding the progress of activities within hub Eindhoven-Kempen who focus on intelligent organisation of care and inspiring speakers, for example: 
•    Prof.dr.ir. Twan Basten, Professor of Computational  Models, chair of the day, chair Electronic Systems group, faculty of Electrical Engineering, Eindhoven University of Technology
•    Lieven de Maesschalck , researcher Thomas More Kempen
•    Walter de Raedt, Program Manager Body Area Networks IMEC 
•    Dr. ing, J.P. van Dijk, Head of Clinical Physics Department, Kempenhaeghe
•    Prof.dr. H.H.M. Korsten, anaesthetist intensivist Catharina Hospital Eindhoven & Eindhoven University of Technology
•    Ir. Paul Brandt, Research Fellow Eindhoven University of Technology & Interoperability Architect & Agile Coach TNO 
  
A workshop and roundtable will organised and during the day there are poster presentations and demonstrations which can be visit. 

Detailed programme

Registration
Attendance is free of charge.

You can register for the Symposium here. 

We are looking forward to meeting you in Eindhoven!

With kind regards,

The Recap project team

More details will be provided.

http://www.ouderenpsychiatrie.nl/sjablonen/1/infotype/news/newsitem/view.asp?objectID=2202

De zorg aan kwetsbare ouderen is concreet aan het verbeteren, zo blijkt uit allerlei goede voorbeelden in het land. Tijdens het KNMG-congres worden de laatste ontwikkelingen besproken. Het congres is bedoeld voor zorgverleners, opleiders, onderzoekers, beleidsmakers, bestuurders en toezichthouders bij ouderenzorginstellingen. Meer informatie en inschrijven via knmg.artsennet.nl/Agenda

 How can we put consumer needs in the forefront of the changing care environment? What do we have to do to ensure that in their daily lives our citizens have more readily access to innovative solutions of SMEs? 
Those being new services and products that contribute to a healthier en independent life, with care close at home. How can we use the world of design to create the mind shift that is needed to mutually build on new solutions, and thus realise breakthroughs? 

These are the central themes of the Dutch Design Week, at the event: 

Smart Health meets Design 
Wednesday, 23 October 
 
On behalf of our Health and Social Care Economy programme, Brigite van Haaften, 
the Regional Governor and I would like to invite you to this event. 
 
Chair: Maarten Bouwhuis, radio show host BNR News Radio. 
 
More information. 

In dit slotevent blikken we terug op de successen en laten we ons inspireren door cross-over mogelijkheden voor de gezondheidszorg met de Brabantse maakindustrie. Tijdens dit event starten we nieuwe projecten waarin de zorg en de maakindustrie samen nieuwe producten en diensten gaan ontwikkelen.

Voor meer informatie: www.innovatieveactiesbrabant.nl

www.alzheimer-europe.org

participation costs: € 230 (until 30 June 2013)

This business and care fair is located in the Libary in Eindhoven (Emmasingel 22, 

5611AZ EINDHOVEN, NL) and will showcase products and services related to people living with dementia. 

Organisations who are interested to showcase their own products and services could sign in here. 

This fair is open for everyone  to visit and attendance is free of charge. 

For more information you could contact Audrey Meulendijks: a.meulendijks@brainportdevelopment.nl 

This Transnational Symposium will contain inspiring presentations from key note speakers, updates about our work in the four Living Labs of the Innovate Dementia project regions and the announcement of the Innovate Dementia Award. Furthermore, you can be part of the premier of the movie "AchterRuit".,  

Attendance is free of charge.

You can register for the symposium here

Actie- en informatiefestival in Eindhoven in teken van het geheugen: thuis oud worden, dementie en geheugenproblemen met als onderdelen verschillende activiteiten zoals workshops en lezingen, het Innovate Dementia Transnational Symposium, de aftrap van de Brabantse Proeftuin Dementie, de Proeftuin Dementie Informatie- en Ontmoetingsmarkt / Business Fair, films, theater, een verwenplein voor mantelzorgers, de Into D'mentia dementiesimulator.

www.weekvanhetgeheugen.nl

This Steering Committee Meeting will be organised by Brainport Development.
More details will be provided.

Welke mogelijkheden en nieuwe oplossingen zijn er om het langer zelfstandig wonen van ouderen te ondersteunen? Of wat is er nodig om deze innovaties mogelijk te maken? Op deze en andere vragen zoeken de deelnemers aan de GENERO-bijeenkomst het antwoord. Met plenaire sprekers waaronder Hannie van Leeuwen, parallelsessies en een kennismarkt. Meer informatie staat binnenkort op de website van GENERO: http://www.erasmusmc.nl/research/over-research/subsidies/investeren/genero/

Archipel Kenniscentrum bestaat vijf jaar en organiseert daarom een symposium over specialistische zorg en behandeling in de ouderenzorg. In het programma zijn er prikkelende lezingen en workshops. Sprekers zijn o.a. professor Rudi Westendorp en bioloog Freek Vonk. Meer informatie en aanmelden via www.symposium-archipelzorggroep.nl/eindhoven.

www.npk2013.de

participation costs: € 69 - 139 €

Hoe denken ouderen zelf over somberheid en depressie? Hoe reageren mantelzorgers op hun veranderende rol? Deze en andere vragen staan centraal tijdens het symposium van de AWO-NZH. Tijdens het symposium worden de uitkomsten van de zes regionale projecten van het NPO gepresenteerd en de betekenis hiervan voor de ouderenzorg. Het symposium is bedoeld voor ouderen, professionals, beleidsmakers en bestuurders. Meer informatie staat binnenkort op www.awo-nzh.nl

www.aalforum.eu

Stichting Onderzoek Licht & Gezondheid SOLG organiseert op donderdag 19 september een symposium over het professioneel gebruik vvan lichttherapie in de geozndheidszorg.

Deelnamekosten € 145,- excl. btw

www.solg.nl

De Landelijke bijeenkomst van het Landelijk Netwerk Dementie vindt plaats in Amersfoort bij Alzheimer Nederland in het nieuwe 'Huis van de Gezondheid'. Op het programma staan onder meer het Deltaplan Dementie, de ervaringen van acht netwerken met de vertaling van de zorgstandaard naar een regionaal zorprogramma en het recent verschenen rapport van de IGZ naar samenhangende zorg voor mensen met dementie.

www.alzheidmerliga.be

www.alzdiscovery.org

www.worldeventsforum.com

participation costs: 300 - 375 USD

One Week Course in Geriatric Psychiatry by the European Association of Geriatric Psychiatry.

suzanne.mailard@chuv.ch

participation costs: € 800

The 4th ENoLL Living Lab Summer School will be held in Manchester UK, August 27 - 30 2013. This years' edition will be co-organised by Manchester Digital Development Agency, together with the European Network of Living Labs and hosted at the Manchester Metropolitan University campus close to the city center.

http://www.openlivinglabs.eu/news/4th-enoll-summer-school-manchester

Stichting Onderzoek Licht & Gezondheid SOLG organiseert op donderdag
19 september 2013 een symposium over het professioneel gebruik van
lichttherapie in de gezondheidszorg.

Klik hier voor meer informatie.

www.alz.org

Cardiologists, HF-nurses, physician researchers, a general practitioner, Inge vd Breok of patient organisation 'Hart&Vaatgroep' (heart and vascular group) and the people of Sananet will be attending this meeting. Aim of the meeting is to come up with input from the caregivers and stakeholders to serve the development of the HF coach. The input of this advisory board will be used by Sananet for further development. 
More information will be provided on this website after the meeting. 

Symposium met in het ochtendprogramma (locatie Fontys R!, Rechelsmolen 1, 5612  ma Eindhoven) o.a. een presentatie over eHealth en dementiezorg door Nienke Nijhof, consultant Care Management Philips Industry Consulting

In het middagprogramma wordt het Fontys Expertisecentrum Gezondheidszorg en Technologie (EGT) geopend (locatie TF, Ds. Th. Fliednerstraat 2, 5631 BN Eindhoven.

Meer informatie vindt u hier.

Verdiepende Masterclass Ouderenzorg 2040: Wat betekent de veroudering van Nederland voor de ouderenzorg?

Masterclass voor extra verdieping over de consequenties van de vergrijzing voor de Nederlandse ouderenzorg.

www.sbo.nl/ouderenzorg

Deelnamekosten:  € 299 excl. btw

Tweede interregionale conferentie Ontmoeting en participatie - Op naar een dementievriendelijke gemeente.

Om de samenleving in al haar facetten dementievriendelijk te maken, speelt de bestaande beeldvorming over dementie een grote rol. Hoe kunnen we bestaande frames positief ombuigen. Hierna staan de thema's ontmoeting en participatie centraal in de presentaties van Vlaamse en Nederlandse dementievriendelijke initiatieven.

Deelname is gratis. Aanmelden voor 24 mei via www.zet-brabant.nl/dementievriendelijk.

This Steering committee meeting will be organised by Brainport Development. 
More details will be provided. 

Ouderenzorg 2040 - Een toekomstbestendige ouderenzorg aan de hand van onderzoek en praktijk!

Unieke congresopzet met onder andere:

- internationale keynote: Europese trends in de ouderenzorg

- 7 inspirerende stromingen met 31 powersessis over de key-issues in de toekomstbestendige ouderenzorg. Iedere stroming adresseert een specifiek onderwerp met een vertaalslag van wetenschap naar praktijk

- Intergenerationele ontdekkingsreis voor toekomstbestendige ouderenzorg in 2040.

Congres en Masterclass

www.sbo.nl/ouderenzorg

Deelnamekosten € 299 (ecl. btw).

More information will follow. 

http://www.biomedicasummit.com/

Het symposium duurt een halve dag; het programma wordt zowel in de morgen als in de middag gedraaid.

Komende jaren verandert er veel rond dagopvang, dagbesteding en dagbehandeling voor mensen met dementie. Gemeenten krijgen een steeds grotere rol. Dit symposium is bedoeld voor gemeenteambtenaren,  mensen werkzaam in dagbesteding, dagopvang en dagbehandeling, casemanagers dementie, ketenregisseurs, management van zorg- en welzijnsorganisaties.

Meer info en aanmelden: www.studiearena.nl

At this conference, the Innovate Dementia Living Lab approach will be presented in one of the conferences workshops by Rens Brankaert, Living Lab manager at the TU/e.

For more information: see also 'News'.

http://conference.ispim.org/index.php/home/programme 

www.gerion.nl

deelnamekosten € 75 per lezing

Landelijk Congres Lerend Vermogen voor Mensen met Dementie. Lancering nieuwe handleiding 'foutloos leren'.

www.studiearena.nl

www.artsennet.nl

deelnamekosten"€ 330

Dementie nabij - Lokale kracht in beeld. Een inspirerende middag waarbij verschillende initiatieven gepresenteerd worden op het gebied van informatie, advies en ondersteuning voor mensen met dementie en hun mantelzorgers.

Bijeenkomst georganiseerd door SRE, gemeente Bladel en Alzheimer Zuidoost Brabant.

Aan deelname zijn geenkosten verbonden.

Inschrijving kan tot en met 30 mei 2013 bij Marlies Geurts van SRE (m.geurtsen@sre.nl of 040-2594520) onder vermelding van naam, organisatie, functie en e-mail adres.

www.dggpp.de

participation costs: € 160 - € 280

www.gerion.nl

kosten: € 75 per lezing

e-health week Dublin.

www.worldofhealthit.org/2013

participation costs: € 649 - € 749

Symposium en verdediging proefschrift M. Gulpers over Exibelt; reductie en preventie van fixatiebandengebruik bij psychogeriatrische verpleeghuisbewoners.

www.maastrichtuniversity.nl

IEEE CICARE 2013 is the first Symposium of its kind, and will bring together leading research and clinical scientists, engineers, practitioners, technology and solution providers in healthcare and e-health from around the world to discuss latest advances in the field of computational intelligence applied to solving the growing scale and complexity of problems in these inter-disciplinary domains. This symposium will provide a forum for the presentation of recent results in the theory and practice of computational intelligence in healthcare and e-health systems and services (download here the article "Semantic interoperability in sensor applications" which will be presented by Paul Brandt, researcher Technical University Eindhoven), and there will also be Panel discussions to outline future research directions and challenges.

IEEE CICARE 2013 is being held as part of the IEEE Symposium Series on Computational Intelligence (SSCI’2013), Singapore, 15-19 April 2013. IEEE SSCI 2013 is one of the two flagship biennial international events sponsored by the IEEE Computational Intelligence Society (IEEE CIS) promoting all aspects of the theory and applications of computational intelligence. The IEEE SSCI co-locates several technical meetings at one location. This event attracts top researchers, professionals, and students from around the world. > More information

 

Med-e-Tel is an official event of the International Society for Telemedicine & eHealth (ISfTeH), THE international federation of national associations who represent their country's Telemedicine and eHealth stakeholders. The ISfTeH exists to facilitate the international dissemination of knowledge and experience in Telemedicine and eHealth, to provide access to recognized experts in the field worldwide, and to offer unprecedented networking opportunities. Med-e-Tel is one of the instruments that help the ISfTeH to realize this mission.

eHealth, Telemedicine and Health ICT are a tool at the service of medical and nurse practitioners, patients, citizens, healthcare institutions and governments. It involves many different stakeholders who need to be brought face-to-face to share aspirations, learn from research and experiences, show the possibilities, understand the market, discover new applications. Med-e-Tel is the meeting place with a proven potential for Education, Networking and Business among a global audience with diverse professional backgrounds.

For more information, check the website: http://www.medetel.lu/index.php

Dementia in itself is a complex disease involving many different parties. Design for such a complex user group brings up a number of challenges which can be solved by addresing it from a single perspective. By combing different disciplines from TU/e and Fontys (Engineering, Design, Nursing and Interaction design) we aspire to find some new innovative proposals on how to deal with dementia in future care. The workshop will be an inspiring day in which different parts of innovation will be addressed, from user-driven design approaches to radical business cases.  The workshop is organized by Fontys and TU/e.

 This is part of her science intern at the MUMC+.
The topic of her presentation is 'Knowledge and understanding of heart disease patients: bottleneck analysis to barriers in knowledge transfer'. The presenation will be given at the department of Cardiology*, from 8.00-9.00hr. 
Invited are cardiologists, heart failure nurses, physician assistants and GPs from Maastricht . The presentation is also open for other people who are interested. 

A summary of the presentation and findings of the interviews will become soon available at this website. 


*University hospital Maastricht: meeting room A3/B3. 3rd floor, follow the signs towards the A/B wing wards ('verpleeggafdeling A/B zijde'), the meeting room is located between the entrance of department A3 and B3. 

 

Innovate Dementia Partner Meeting

1971 the EAGP was founded as an informal association of psychiatrists, neurologists, neuropathologists, psychologists and sociologists from various European Countries with a special interest in the field of geriatric psychiatry.

The EAGP organizes the 2013 Annual Conference together with the Royal College of Psychiatrists Faculty of Old Age Psychiatry in Manchester, UK, Wednesday 13th -Friday 15th March 2013. During the parallel workshops and symposia (Thursday 14th March), the Innovate Dementia project will be presented through various presentations of the project partners. Further information is provided on: http://www.eagp.net/

First Innovate Dementia Transnational Symposium

Get more information here

This Steering Committee Meeting will be organised by Thomas More Kempen. 

More details will be provided soon. 

This Steering Committee Meeting will be organised by KU Leuven. 
More details will be provided. 

Project Partners will discuss the draft report on the Status Quo of the Innovate Dementia Living Labs on Thursday 31st of January in Eindhoven. The meeting also includes site visits to the premises of two Project Partners in Eindhoven: GGzE: Centre of Geriatric Psychiatry and TU/e (Technical University): experience prototypes.

One year after the delivery of the Strategic Implementation Plan, the six Action Groups are ready to present their action plans to a wider audience. These plans aim to bring the benefits of innovation in the field of active and healthy ageing to Europe's citizens.

The Conference is an opportunity for stakeholders who are already part of an Action Group to meet with different group members, collaborate and discover common interests. Stakeholders interested and involved in different areas of active and healthy ageing will also take part in the conference and contribute to the discussion on how to get the most out of the action plans.
 
Two panel discussions will be dedicated to the action plans in the areas of prevention, integrated care, and active ageing and independent living. Candidate Reference Sites from different regions will be running a session highlighting the important role of regions in the Partnership by presenting some concrete examples of their work.
 
The European Commission will also provide information on horizontal issues – such as regulatory framework conditions and funding opportunities – and explain the next steps for the Partnership.
 

An exhibition, open to all throughout the conference, will display real life examples of innovation in this field.
 

Please note that only registered delegates will be allowed entry to the event. However, it will be possible to follow the event online live via web streaming.
 

Admission to the conference is by personal invitation only. Should you wish to be invited, please send us your full contact details and reason for participating to EC-EIP-AHA@ec.europa.eu  and we will consider your application.
 

More information

One year after the delivery of the Strategic Implementation Plan, the six Action Groups are ready to present their action plans to a wider audience. These plans aim to bring the benefits of innovation in the field of active and healthy ageing to Europe's citizens.

The Conference is an opportunity for stakeholders who are already part of an Action Group to meet with different group members, collaborate and discover common interests. Stakeholders interested and involved in different areas of active and healthy ageing will also take part in the conference and contribute to the discussion on how to get the most out of the action plans.
 

Two panel discussions will be dedicated to the action plans in the areas of prevention, integrated care, and active ageing and independent living. Candidate Reference Sites from different regions will be running a session highlighting the important role of regions in the Partnership by presenting some concrete examples of their work.
 

The European Commission will also provide information on horizontal issues – such as regulatory framework conditions and funding opportunities – and explain the next steps for the Partnership.

An exhibition, open to all throughout the conference, will display real life examples of innovation in this field.

Please note that only registered delegates will be allowed entry to the event. However, it will be possible to follow the event online live via web streaming.

Admission to the conference is by personal invitation only. Should you wish to be invited, please send us your full contact details and reason for participating to EC-EIP-AHA@ec.europa.eu and we will consider your application.

More information
 

The AAL Forum 2012 is the premier meeting place for Ambient Assisted Living. AAL exists to stimulate innovative ICT-based products that help people grow older in a good and healthy way – at home, on the move and in the workplace. The object of the products is to promote quality of life, independence and participation in mainstream society.

More information: www.aalforum.eu

All these presentations combined will form the Dementia Summit of the Innovate Dementia project

Monday 24 September – 16.00-17.30: Social Computer Robotics
Tuesday 25 September – 11.00-12.30:  Cognitive Impairment
Tuesday 25 September – 14.00-15.30: Fall Prevention
Tuesday 25 September – 16.00-17.30:  Mobility

pre-meetings such as the Launch Event of the Innovate Dementia project will take place.  The main programme will take place on two full days: 25 and 26 September 2012.
During the main programme on 25 and 26 September the registrants may choose between one of the 6 parallel programmes and a visit to the interesting exhibition. More than 80 companies, organizations, regions and countries will showcase their progress in the AAL domain. Also many short meetings, match making, etc. will be organized in the exhibition space. We offer for the first time at an AAL Forum two venture days, where Dutch and international investors and fast growing high-tech companies operating at the cutting edge of innovation are brought together.
More information on the AAL forum 2012 such as programme, registration, et cetera: www.aalforum.eu

www.aalforum.eu –Track F3

Programme

Chair:
Prof. Inge Bongers, Tilburg University

Key note:
Care for people with dementia
Prof. Ralf Ihl, President of the European Association of geriatric psychiatry

Panel discussion on the four key themes of the Innovate Dementia project: intelligent lighting; nutrition and physical activity; living environment and models of care for persons with dementia and their carers.
Panellists are:

• prof. Ralf Ihl – Alexian Research Centre Krefeld, DE
• dr. Chantal Van Audenhove, Catholic University Leuven, BE
• prof. Elke den Ouden, Eindhoven University of Technology, NL
• dr. Grahame Smith, Liverpool John Moores University, UK

Key note:
How can regional policy strengthen economic growth in health sector’
Ms. Patricia Ceysens, former Flemish Minister of Economy, Entrepreneurship and
Innovation.

Host: Brainport Development

Slotevent van het Innovatieve Acties Brabant (IAB-4) programma. We blikken terug op de successen en we laten ons inspireren door cross-over mogelijkheden voor de gezondheidszorg met de Brabantse maakindustrie. De vierde editie van het IAB programma richtte zich op innovatieve oplossingen voor mensen met diabetes, COPD of dementie.

Tijdens het slotevent starten we nieuwe projecten waarin de zorg en de maakindustrie nsamen nieuwe producten en diensten gaan ontwikkelen.

Meer informatie: www.innovatieveactiesbrabant.nl

Onder voorzitterschap van Paul Schnabel beoogt dit symposium bruggen te slaan tussen meer fundamenteel en breder georiënteerd onderzoek, zoals dat plaatsvindt onder de vlag van Healthy Ageing en het zorgonderzoek dat werd uitgevoerd in het kader van het Nationaal Programma Ouderenzorg.

Meer informatie over het programma en aanmelden: www.wenckebachinstituut.nl/