AAL Call 2016 Information Day – 8 March 2016
The AAL Association will organize an INFO DAY on Tuesday, 8 March 2016 to inform the European community about the next call topic of the AAL Programme:
“Living well with dementia – The contribution of ICT to integrated solutions for enabling the wellbeing of people living with dementia and their communities”
People with dementia are confronted with a syndrome that increasingly affects their memory, thinking, behaviour and ability to perform everyday activities. The average duration of dementia is between 2 and 10 years and ranges from mild cognitive impairments to severe dementia. Dementia is overwhelming not only for the people who have it, but also for their caregivers and families and impacts them physically, psychologically and economically. Dementia is strongly linked with age. Existing treatments for neurodegenerative diseases are very limited and only treat the symptoms, rather than addressing the cause. In addition, no new drug treatment for Alzheimer’s disease has been approved in the past five years. This means that care and support to increasing numbers of people who have MCI/dementia, their carers and communities will be needed in the coming years. ICT technologies offer enormous potential to support not only people with dementia to live well, but also their families, informal carers and professional carers.
The aim of this call is to support innovative, transnational and multi-disciplinary collaborative projects with a clear route to market and added-value for the different types of end-users. A key priority underlying this challenge will be to bring together technologies and services to create ICT based solutions with a clear route to market addressing the aspirations and challenges that will enable the wellbeing of people with dementia and their communities (family, caregivers, neighbourhood, service providers, care system, etc.).
The challenge, as well as the procedures for applying and for searching partners, will be explained during the event. Please note that the agenda of the event will be available soon.
The Future of Ageing – 2016 Play Up Convention March 14, 2016
Imagine!
Future cities creating age friendliness, creative tech for an ageing population, system redesign, new models of aged services disrupting old thinking, cultural curation creating new experiences, social entrepreneurship and more.
The 2016 Aging in America Conference will be held in Washington DC, March 20-24
Over 3,000 attendees from across the nation and abroad attend the conference to learn, network and participate in the largest multidisciplinary conference covering issues of aging and quality of life for older adults. Mark your calendar now to be a part of this dynamic community of professionals.
One of the biggest conferences in US.
Senior Housing News Summit Thursday, April 7th 2016
Event Description
IFA Copenhagen Summit, 17-19 April 2016
“It is essential to offer reablement models of community health and social care that focus on multi-disciplinary, individualized care for both the older person and the caregiver” – Diabetes Working Group
The IFA in partnership with DaneAge is convening the inaugural IFA Copenhagen Summit on 17-19 April 2016 in Copenhagen, Denmark on Reablement and Older People.
This high-level knowledge exchange platform is targeted towards key decision makers in government, business and civil society as a means of developing the social and economic case for future policy.
ATSA Independent Living Expo – May 18 & 19, 2016
The ATSA Independent Living Expo will have over 100 exhibitors displaying a wide range of products and services in assistive technology, mobility solutions, pressure care, employment support, accessible recreation/holiday ideas, modified motor vehicles and a lot more.
ATSA Independent Living Expo is open to visitors of all ages, including those with a disability, seniors and their families, friends and carers.
A key feature of the Expo is the FREE Clinical Education Program – run in rooms conveniently located next to the exhibition floor.
The International Conference on Information and Communication Technologies for Ageing Well and e-Health aims to be a meeting point for those that study and apply information and communication technologies for improving the quality of life of the elderly and for helping people stay healthy, independent and active at work or in their community along their whole life.
ICT4AWE facilitates the exchange of information and dissemination of best practices, innovation and technical improvements in the fields of age-related health care, education, social coordination and ambient assisted living. From e-Health to intelligent systems, and ICT devices, this will be a point of interest for all those that work in research and development and in companies involved in promoting the well-being of aged people, by providing room for industrial presentations, demos and project descriptions.
CONFERENCE AREAS
. Ambient Assisted Living
. Telemedicine and e-Health
. Monitoring, Accessibility and User Interfaces
. Robotics and Devices for Independent Living
. HCI for Ageing Populations
CONFERENCE CO-CHAIRS
Leszek Maciaszek, Wroclaw University of Economics, Poland and Macquarie University, Sydney, Australia
William Molloy, Centre for Gerontology and Rehabilitation, School of Medicine, UCC, Ireland
PROGRAM CO-CHAIRS
Carsten Röcker, Ostfestfalen-Lippe UAS and Fraunhofer IOSB-INA, Germany Martina Ziefle, RWTH-Aachen University, Germany John O’Donoghue, Imperial College London, United Kingdom
KEYNOTE LECTURE
Ana Fred, Instituto de Telecomunicações / IST, Portugal
The 7th Ageing Asia Innovation Forum is returning on 26 – 27 April 2016.
Theme ‘Integrated Care and Ageing Friendly Communities’, the 7th Ageing Asia Innovation Forum will be hosting international keynote speaker – Dr Audrey Weiner, President and CEO, Jewish Home Lifecare, USA, who will be sharing with us the innovative approaches to eldercare to support ageing-in-place.
5th Annual Health Innovation@50+ LivePitch Event, April 27 2016
AARP is pleased today to announce details of its fifth Health Innovation@50+ LivePitch event which will be held Wednesday, April 27, 2016 at Plug and Play Tech Center in Sunnyvale, CA. This dual-pitch event is the only one of its kind, bringing together innovative startups pitching before expert judges along with their actual intended end users, consumers whose feedback is gathered and shared real-time. Registration is now open at limited early bird pricing of $199.00 for the full day of content. For more information and guidelines please visit http://health50.org/.
AARP’s Health Innovation@50+ LivePitch is a one day pitch competition for emerging startups in the healthy living space with a focus on caregiving. Ten finalist companies will present their business focus on stage in a rapid three minute presentation to a panel of industry expert judges, most of whom are venture capitalists and angel investors focused on the health tech space.
Representing 38 million members, the power of AARP takes this pitch event up a notch. Only Innovation@50+ creates a dual-pitch event that also provides an audience of 250 actual intended end user consumers who listen to the pitches and share feedback in real time, providing the companies absolutely invaluable market data on the spot.
“We are very proud of what AARP’s Health Innovation@50+ LivePitch has become in just five short years,” said Jody Holtzman, senior vice president, Enterprise Strategy and Innovation, AARP. “And we have now proven the format works. Finalists from our past events have raised over $80 million in investments and four companies have been acquired.”
Past AARP Health Innovation@50+ LivePitch events have been held in Boston, Las Vegas and New Orleans, with last year’s event in Miami showcasing technology innovation across Florida. Holding the 2016 event in Silicon Valley, such a hub for technology innovation, is a strong opportunity to attract and feature 10 amazing companies.
Registration to attend the event is now open at http://health50.org/. Applications to compete for one of the ten finalist slots are also now open. Startups with solutions focused on Digital Health and/or Caregiving are invited to submit their information for consideration.
Press are invited to attend the 5th AARP Health Innovation@50+ LivePitch event gratis and may register by contacting Laura Beck, laurabeck@adeointeractive.com. Representatives from AARP and past winners and finalists, as well as judges, are also available for interviews.
Additional information, including the 2016 sponsors and judges, and programming content, will be shared ongoing as we near the April event. The 10 finalists will be announced in advance of the event. Please mark your calendar now to join us Wednesday April 27, 2016 at Plug and Play Tech Center in Sunnyvale, CA to see the most exciting startup companies in the “50 and over” health technology sector.
The AARP Health Innovation @50+ LivePitch event is produced with support by Adeo InterActive.
