MATCH - Mobilising Advanced Technologies for Care at Home

Workshop on International Opportunities in
Independent/Assisted Living

7th September 2010
University of The West of Scotland, Hamilton

Venue

Hamilton Campus, University of The West of Scotland, Almada Street, Hamilton, ML3 0JB (the workshop is in the Caird Building)

Focus

This event is organised jointly by the MATCH Project and the Wellness and Health Innovation Centre. The event is focused on funding and collaborative opportunities in technologies for independent and assisted living.

Target Audience

This event is aimed at funders, companies, Universities, service providers and end-user organisations with an interest in joint work on technologies for independent and assisted living.

Aims

The aims of this event are:

to map out the field in areas such as telehealth, mobile health, telecare, home care technology, and inclusive design
to gain awareness of global opportunities in digital health
to gain insight into the wellness market and its potential
to identify opportunities for funding and collaboration in the field.

Registration

Attendance at this event is free to relevant individuals and organisations. To register for this event, complete the online registration form or contact one of:

(MATCH, phone 01786 467 676)
(WHI, phone 0141 585 6317)

Programme

The following programme is only an outline. More details will follow.

09.30 Registration

10.00 Workshop Introduction

Janette Hughes, Wellness and Health Innovation Centre, Hillington

10.15 Keynote Talk

Harry Wang, Director, Health and Mobile Product Research, Parks Associates, USA

Harry studies the consumer electronics and entertainment service industries with a focus on portable CE hardware, software, and associated applications and services. He is also the lead analyst for the Parks Associates digital health research program. He has presented his research in numerous industry events including CES, Digital Hollywood, Photo Marketing Association Annual Show, American Telemedicine Association Annual Show, and the World Health Congress.

11.15 M-Health and Smart Home Technology

Dr. Guy Dewsbury, Kings College, London

11.45 Tea/Coffee

12.00 Bosch Tele-health Plus

Ileana Welte, Bosch Healthcare, Denham

12.30 The Future

Bill Munday, Blue Aid, Great Cambourne

13.00 Question and Answer Session

Paul Martin, University of The West of Scotland, Hamilton

13.15 Lunch and Exhibition

Exhibitors will include Bosch Telehealth Plus, Hob Angel, Loc8tor, MATCH, OmniQare and Sensorium.

This will be followed by parallel sessions as follows.

14.00 Independent Living Opportunities

Rowan Norrie and Katie Sillars, Wellness and Health Innovation Centre, Hillington

Two one-hour sessions.

14.00 Design-Led Solutions

Gus Desbarats, The Alloy, Farnham

Two one-hour sessions.

14.00 Funding Brokerage with SMEs and Universities

14.00 Summary of Scottish Research in Assisted Living Technology: Kevin Swingler, University of Stirling
14.20 Support Available for Collaborations: Richard Low (Scottish Enterprise), Dr. Judy Brown (Knowledge Transfer Partnerships), Siobhán Jordan (Interface)
15.00 Case Study of Interface-Supported Company: Dean Turnbull (Propeller Multimedia Ltd.)
15.15 Match-Making: Arrangements will be made for Universities and Companies to meet and discuss potential collaborations.

14.00 One-to-One Discussions

Harry Wang, Parks Associates, USA

20-minute sessions by appointment only.