Latest News
- NEWS ARTICLE
- PredictAD - From Patient Data to Personalised Healthcare in Alzheimer's Disease
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(7 October 2011) Dementia has been recently identified as a health priority both in Europe and in the USA. Efficient solutions for early diagnosis and treatments are highly needed. The PredictAD project has developed several approaches for making the diagnosis more efficient and objective. PredictAD has taken several steps towards solving the challenge of AD diagnostics by many innovations and practical solutions. The exploitation of the PredictAD results has been started. Several patent applications have been filed and the technologies developed have been already licensed.
Contact: ehealth@ec.europa.eu
See also: Previous EC funded eHealth projects in focus - NEWS ARTICLE
- Launch of the WAI-ACT Project to Support eAccessibility
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(17 October 2011) The WAI-ACT project will develop a framework for open, expanded cooperation among European and international stakeholders, technical guidance on advanced web technologies; an evaluation methodology for web accessibility; and a research agenda for eAccessibility. Technical guidance will include a repository of information on accessibility support in web technologies, application notes on authoring accessible web page components, and code samples for web applications. WAI-ACT will result in: expanded cooperation on the development of accessibility solutions; authoritative accessibility guidance on advanced web technologies; harmonised methodologies for evaluating accessibility of websites; common visions for a coordinated eAccessibility research agenda. WAI-ACT will build upon the strengths of the existing World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI) cooperation mechanisms to facilitate strategic European and international participation throughout the project. WAI-ACT will also seek active exchange with relevant networks in Europe such as eAccess+, and with standardisation activities such as EC Mandate M/376. WAI-ACT is co-funded by the European Commission as a Specific Support Action under the IST 7th Framework Programme.
- NEWS ARTICLE
- The FUTURAGE Road Map for European Ageing Research now available
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(18 October 2011) The Road Map summarises the research priorities for ageing research in Europe. It is the collective product of the most extensive consultation ever undertaken on this topic, which spanned two years and involved the major stakeholder groups in ageing research and policy among Member States and Associate Countries. These included scientists (from a wide range of disciplines), policy makers, practitioners, product developers and producers, carers and older people and their organisations. The Seven Major Priorities for European Ageing Research identified in the roadmap are: Healthy Ageing for More Life in Years; Maintaining and Regaining Mental Capacity; Inclusion and Participation in the Community and in the Labour Market; Guaranteeing the Quality and Sustainability of Social Protection Systems; Ageing Well at Home and in Community Environments; Unequal Ageing and Age-Related Inequalities; Biogerontology.
- EVENT ANNOUNCEMENT
- Going Local 2011: Session on Digital Inclusion
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24 October 2011 Dublin, Ireland
The session is organised in the context of the Digital Agenda Going Local exercise.
Contact: to register contact: Sinead Dooley
- EVENT ANNOUNCEMENT
- Reminder: 'epSOS pilots setting sail' programme online
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10 November 2011 Athens, Greece
The epSOS consortium is organising its "epSOS pilots setting sail" event. A number of workshops and meetings as satellites to this central event will jointly be organized with the eHealth Governance Initiative (eHGI) over the week from Nov 7-11. This will offer participants the opportunity to gain insight into both projects and learn from the experience achieved by the epSOS team in launching the pilots at the points of care. The final agenda is now available. Complete details (registration, venue, accomodation, gala dinner, etc) are online.
Contact: ehealth@ec.europa.eu
See also: EC other CIP projects in eHealth - EVENT ANNOUNCEMENT
- 3rd meeting of the ITU-T Focus Group on Audiovisual Media Accessibility
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17 November 2011 Barcelona
The main objective of the Focus Group on Audiovisual Media Accessibility (FG AVA) is to address the need to make audiovisual media accessible for persons with disabilities. The Focus Group encourages participation of all standards development organizations (SDOs) working in this area. The FG AVA is open to ITU Member States, Sector Members, Associates and Academia. It is also open to any individual from a country which is a member of ITU and who is willing to contribute to the work. This includes individuals who are also members or representatives of SDOs as well as other interested stakeholders.
- EVENT ANNOUNCEMENT
- ITU Workshop on "Telecommunications Relay Services for Persons with Disabilities"
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25 November 2011 Geneva, Switzerland
One very important mechanism to provide equal access for persons with hearing disabilities are relay services, where an intermediary typically provides a conversion typically between voice and text or sign language. An increasing number of countries are adopting the UNCRPD and will need advice on the provision of relay services. Also, it is expected that more relay services will be deployed in Europe with the passing of new versions of the Telecommunications Framework Directives; similar regulatory activity and increase in relay service offerings are also expected in other parts of the world. In developing countries, where higher percentages of the population face disabilities, the need for relay services is greater. At the same time, it should be noted that, as the Internet infrastructure develops, it may be used to provide high-quality relay services without the need to build services using older technologies. Finally, relay services today entail operation costs higher than those of normal telephone calls; technical and regulatory solutions are needed to reduce those costs towards the equal basis access to telecommunication services prescribed by the UNCRPD. ITU-T Question 26/16 is currently studying relay services with an aim to advise in those areas through ITU-T Technical Papers and Recommendations. In this context, the workshop is intended as a forum where ideas, problems and good practices can be shared. Existing and future relay service suppliers will be able to share experiences with governments, regulators, standards makers, user groups and users; the outcomes will be fed into the Q26/16 studies.
- EVENT ANNOUNCEMENT
- Seamless Integration for Personal Health Services - EHTEL Symposium 2011
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30 November 2011 - 1 December 2011 European Economic and Social Committee
Given the venerable tradition of many European health and welfare systems, we are recently witnesses to quite rapid changes that call for new strategies and tools. The fundamental care models have to be adapted to fit better to the long-term needs of persons with chronic conditions, particularly to seamless integrate the health and social service domains. eHealth and Telemedicine provide Personal Health Services and help to implement up-to-date health strategies. Yet to move from EU policy initiatives into sustainable practice, still more evidence is needed. This symposium convenes European-wide drivers and frontrunners, i.e. health policy, competence centres and many stakeholder representatives.
See also: EC ICT for Health
- EVENT ANNOUNCEMENT
- Innovation Convention 2011
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5 December 2011 - 6 December 2011 Brussels, Belgium
The European Commission is holding its first Innovation Convention following the adoption of the Innovation Union Flagship initiative in October 2010. This major event will gather more than 1200 participants involved in the innovation chain, including high-level policy makers, leading CEOs, deans of universities and research centres, bankers, venture capitalists, top researchers and innovators. The programme of the Innovation Convention will include master classes and round tables on innovation, an interactive panel debate with global innovation players and the award of the Women Innovators Prize. The exhibition of the Innovation Convention will showcase exciting research and innovation results being developed in Europe. Registration is now open.
See also: Digital Agenda EU
- EVENT ANNOUNCEMENT
- "Universal Design 2012 Oslo" - now open for registration
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11 June 2012 - 13 June 2012 Oslo, Norway
The main focus of the conference is People in Public Space, which is divided into three main topics, one for each day of the conference: Planning for the Diversity of Tomorrow; Good Practice – the interplay of regulations, research and practice; Added Value – the benefits of mainstreaming universal design. Abstract submission is until October 31st.
New in the Library
- AUDIOVISUAL
- Neelie Kroes on Innovation for Ageing Well
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14 October 2011
Neelie Kroes speaks to the Ambient Assisted Living Forum on how Europe can use new technology to become a leader in Innovation for Ageing Well.
- BROCHURE
- New brochure of the AAL JP projects
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14 October 2011
This catalogue presents a number of projects resulting from the first three thematic calls issued since the launch of the AAL Joint Programme (AAL JP) in 2008: "ICT based solutions for prevention and management of chronic conditions of elderly people"; "ICT based solutions for advancement of social interaction of elderly people"; "Self- serve society".
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