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- Preparation of pilot European Innovation Partnership on Active and Healthy Ageing – Follow live the stakeholder event of 26 November via web-streaming
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(10 November 2010) The European Commission is organising a stakeholder conference to prepare a proposal for a pilot European Partnership on Active and Healthy Ageing, which will take place on 26 November in Brussels, starting at 10am. The conference can be followed via web-streaming at this link: http://scic.ec.europa.eu/str/index.php?sessionno=e0ab531ec312161511493b002f9be2ee. The intention to prepare a pilot partnership was announced in the EU's "Innovation Union" flagship initiative, part of the Europe 2020 strategy. The proposed aim of a pilot partnership on active and healthy ageing is, by 2020, to enable citizens to live longer actively, independently and in good health by increasing the average number of healthy life years by two. This pilot partnership would build on coherent and integrated, stakeholder-led, citizen-centred and innovation–driven actions. The event is the first opportunity for stakeholder representatives to discuss their ideas and concrete actions for the partnership.
See also: the EU's "Innovation Union"
- PRESS RELEASE
- Commission launches public consultation on future funding to boost EU competitiveness and innovation
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(11 November 2010) The European Commission has launched a public consultation on the successor to the Competitiveness and Innovation Framework Programme 2007-2013 (CIP). The CIP is the main EU budgetary instrument targeting competitiveness outside the research and skills areas. Its main priorities are SMEs, access to finance, innovation (including eco-innovation), take-up and use of information and communication technologies (ICT), energy efficiency and renewables. Through the consultation, the public is invited to have its say on what the priorities of future competitiveness and innovation EU funding should be. The consultation will remain open until 4 February 2011.
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- Creating a barrier-free Europe: European Commission seeks better access for 80 million people with disabilities
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(15 November 2010) Most people take it for granted that they can hop on a bus to go shopping, surf the Internet or enjoy a television series. But for the 80 million Europeans with a disability, there may be major obstacles that put these activities out of reach. The European Commission today adopted a new strategy to break down these barriers. The plan outlines how the EU and national governments can empower people with disabilities so they can enjoy their rights. Specific measures over the next decade range from the mutual recognition of national disability cards, the promotion of standardisation to a more targeted use of public procurement and state aid rules. These measures will have substantial societal benefits, but should also produce a knock-on effect on Europe's economy. They could for example enhance the EU market for assisted devices and services, which already today has an estimated annual value of over €30 billion. The Commission will also consider whether to propose a "European Accessibility Act" by 2012 to further develop the Single Market for accessible products and services.
- NEWS ARTICLE
- OLDES - An Affordable and Customisable Telecardiology System
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(17 November 2010) The OLDES project, after peer review evaluation, has been selected as one of the 25 nominees for the IT @ 2011. The project intends to offer new technological solutions to improve the quality of life of older people, through the development of a very low cost and easy to use entertainment and health care platform, designed to ease the life of the elderly in their homes. OLDES project aims to plan and develop an innovative technological system for tele-assistance and tele-accompany, thanks to the joint work of 11 EU partners. The OLDES system has been experimented on two testing pilots in Bologna and in Prague. In the town of Bologna more than 100 mature adults have been involved and to access the services, they have been provided a home gateway made up by a set-top-box (a small, low cost PC) and a remote control.
See also: EC research in ICT for Health
- NEWS ARTICLE
- eHealth Week 2011 to Focus on Cost and Quality Benefits of IT Solutions in Healthcare
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(10 May 2011) Political leaders, hospitals and IT leaders from across Europe will come together at eHealth Week 2011 in Budapest to advance the continent's digital health infrastructure. The four-day event will feature educational sessions, an exhibition, workshops and many networking opportunities. For the first time, eHealth Week (co-located with eHealth High level conference and WoHIT conference) will also feature symposia on innovation-rich subjects such as Ambient Assisted Living; Health 2.0 and a leaders in health IT (LHIT) symposium for hospital IT directors.
Contact: ehealth@ec.europa.eu
See also: eHealth series of Conferences - EVENT ANNOUNCEMENT
- ITU-EBU Joint Workshop on Accessibility to Broadcasting and IPTV access for all - Follow live the event via webstreaming with captioning
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23 November 2010 - 24 November 2010 ITU Headquarters, Geneva, Switzerland
The objective of this Workshop is to consider and explore how persons with hearing, sight or aging disabilities can consume the same broadcasting services (television, radio and Internet) as those without disabilities, to a reasonable extent. In cooperation with the ICT PSP project DTV4All, the Workshop will feature speakers from broadcasters, IPTV providers, manufacturers and user associations. The event is webstreamed with captioning (subtitles).
See also: webstreaming
- EVENT ANNOUNCEMENT
- First Pan-European VERITAS Workshop and User Forum
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29 November 2010 - 30 November 2010 Prague, Czech Republic
Ensuring that all products developed in the car, home, work, healthcare and entertainment industry are accessible and designed for all, lies at the core of the VERITAS project (FP7). Through the development of virtual user models that can be inserted in simulation environments, any design elements that cause barriers for the beneficiaries (people with disabilities and older people) can be detected at the very beginning, thus allowing the designers to improve their initial design and make it inclusive. The User Forum aims to bring together on the one hand the developers and designers, and on the other hand the beneficiaries of the developed products and services.
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