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- NEWS ARTICLE
- Consultation reveals near consensus on the importance of pushing forward eHealth deployments
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(9 December 2011) A final report on the public consultation on the eHealth Action Plan 2012-2020 has been published. The consultation, which involved a range of stakeholders including NGOs, academic institutions, enterprises, health and social care providers and public authorities from many Member States, aimed to validate four proposed objectives and to explore possible actions to be undertaken in the coming years. More than 90% of the stakeholders agreed with the four main objectives of the eHealth Action Plan and concluded that the main benefit of eHealth solution is to improve the quality, the efficiency and the sustainability of the available healthcare services.
- EVENT ANNOUNCEMENT
- INBIOMEDvision Training Challenge: last days to register!
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23 April 2012 - 27 April 2012 Catalonia, Spain
Students, don't miss this opportunity! This is intended to be a 5 day intensive course (2 groups of 5 students) taking place in Spain. The INBIOMEDvision approach of integrating medical informatics, chemoinformatics, and bioinformatics is to foster collaboration on complex case studies within a small group of researchers who have a widely varying but complementary backgrounds, ensuring a way of crossing borders between disciplines. Expenses of travel/accommodation/meals of the successful applicants will be fully covered. Application deadline: 31st December 2011.
Contact: msaarela@imim.es
See also: VPH activities at the EC - PRESS RELEASE
- European Commission, EIB and EIF launch new scheme to help SMEs get loans for research and innovation
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(5 December 2011) Today the European Commission and the European Investment Bank Group launch a new guarantee facility for innovative small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) to help them access finance from banks. This builds on the success of the Risk-Sharing Finance Facility (RSFF), launched in 2007, that has so far helped 75 companies benefit from over €7 billion in EIB loans to projects enhancing European growth and competitiveness. The new risk-sharing instrument for SMEs will be managed by the European Investment Fund (EIF). In addition, the EIB and the European Commission are to provide extra resources for research infrastructures.
- NEWS ARTICLE
- EU Prize for Women Innovators
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(6 December 2011) During the Innovation Convention, the winners of the EU Prize for Women Innovators, Gitte Neubauer, Fabienne Hermitte and Ilaria Rosso, were awarded - see the winners's related videos. The European Commission has launched this contest to reward women innovators who have achieved outstanding innovations and brought them to market. The prize aims to inspire and raise awareness of the need for more women innovators and entrepreneurs. The contest was open to all women who have at some stage participated in the EU Framework Programmes.
See also: Innovation Union
- NEWS ARTICLE
- New AAL project: Adaptive embedded human interfaces designed for older people
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(7 December 2011) A new European Project, GoldUI: Adaptive embedded human interfaces designed for older people, co-funded by the European Commission under the Ambient Assisted Living Joint Programme has started in July 2011 with a duration of 24 months and involving partners from 3 different countries (Spain, UK and Italy). The objective of GoldUI is to improve the independence and participation of older people, for whom technology can present some problems and difficulties particular to the elderly. In order to foster independence and participation, GoldUI adopts an end-user perspective to develop and test technological solutions in the home environment and other related activities of daily living. GoldUI will allow the elderly to access a wide range of cloud-based services by using content adaptation and personalization techniques GoldUI will provide an older person with access to an extendable range of online services such as local library, social networking, home delivery shopping through multiple devices and communication channels: traditional telephone, smartphone or tablet, IP-TV and home radio. The service will be designed to complement other methods of information access such as "traditional" web browsing, use of specialized mobile phone applications, etc. It will provide a tailored, clear interface that will encourage older people to make greater use of online services. The project effort is on customization and tailoring of access for the older user.
See also: http://www.aal-europe.eu/
- NEWS ARTICLE
- New AAL project: Way Finding for Seniors
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(7 December 2011) A new European Project, WayFiS: Way Finding for Seniors, co-funded by the European Commission under the Ambient Assisted Living Joint programme has started in March 2011 with a duration of 30 months and involving partners from 3 different countries (Spain, Switzerland and Hungary). WayFiS project will be based on the development of a pilot to be tested by approximately 200 end-users in Spain and Hungary; the objective is improving the capability of seniors for projecting personalized route planning and elderly guiding in complex paths (indoor/outdoor/pedestrian/public transport). WayFiS will allow elderly people to overcome barriers and difficulties that often limit their possibility of feeling healthy-well and safe and that severely compromise their indoor and outdoor mobility. Some of the innovative features that WayFiS will provide to elderly people are: Allowing to identify the optimal physical activity route; Identifying routes that match with nutrition needs and disease's restrictions; Avoiding inaccessible routes; Finding necessary facilities along the route. WayFiS will affect the quality of life of elderly people at different levels: it will allow them to maintain mobility, which is a crucial issue for enabling independent and healthy living; it will also guarantee orientation, which is essential for safe moving around in an unknown environment and avoid isolation; it will also enable independent living by allowing elderly people to maintain a high degree of independence and autonomy; it will help elderly people to participate into digital self-service society.
See also: Ambient Assisted Living Joint programme
- NEWS ARTICLE
- Open vacancy for the position of Director of the Ambient Assisted Living Association Central Management Unit (Brussels)
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(7 December 2011) The Ambient Assisted Living Association (AALA) is seeking to hire a Director for the Central Management Unit, which is the body that carries out the operational management tasks of the AALA, and manages the AALA Joint Programme in close cooperation with the AALA Member organisations. The director is the head of CMU which is staffed with a further six people (2 programme officers, 1 communications officer, 1 financial officer, 1 legal officer and 1 management assistant). The Ambient Assisted Living Association (AALA) is the implementation body of the AAL Joint Programme (AAL JP), a programme of cooperation between the European Commission and 23 Partner States. The Members of the Association are funding authorities and agencies from the Partner States. The objective of the Ambient Assisted Living Joint Programme (AAL JP) is to enhance the quality of life of older adults through the use of Information and Communication Technologies (ICT), whilst strengthening the European industrial base for products and services in this domain. The AAL JP is set up for an initial period of a six-year funding programme (2008 – 2013) with administration of funded projects presumably lasting until 2017. During this period, the planned total public funding will be more than 300 Million €. The first term of employment for the new director will end December 31st, 2013, with the possibility of mutually agreed extension. The deadline for applications is Thursday 15th December 2011 at 17.00 CET.
- EVENT ANNOUNCEMENT
- Unlocking the Machine to Machine ecosystem
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14 December 2011 Brussels, Belgium
According to research unveiled by industry association GSMA, the number of mobile connected devices in the world is set to grow 100 per cent from more than 6 billion today to 12 billion in 2020. This trend will provide a significant growth potential for the entire M2M ecosystem. Mobile operators are uniquely placed to work in partnership with other industries to enable this opportunity.
- EVENT ANNOUNCEMENT
- User-Centric eServices
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20 December 2011 Brussels, Belgium
This event will focus on user-empowerment, on how modern technology can transform the way citizens communicate, and the ways that governments can enable citizens to access eServices at their own convenience for a minimal cost.
New in the Library
- SPEECH
- Neelie Kroes, Vice-President of the European Commission responsible for the Digital Agenda , Investing in the future: meeting the Internet's astonishing promise
"Talk in Brussels", Deutsche Telekom Annual Reception, Brussels, 29 November 2011
- REPORTS AND STUDIES
- Economic Analysis of the Single Market for an Information Society
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2 December 2011
In parallel with the legal analysis, the Commission published an Economic Analysis of the Single Market for an Information Society carried out by the external consultant DIW Econ. The study found that ICT, e-Business and e-Commerce are all tools that can help accelerate economic growth as well as improve European economic integration. For example, ICT infrastructure, skills and usage have resulted in a statistically significant increase in cross-border trade flows among European countries. Additionally, the variation in prices was much lower for countries that have implemented the Euro, signalling that the idea of the Single Market can be found in an electronic internet form as well. However, EU Member States are not at the same level of ICT infrastructure and e-Business and e-Commerce usage. While many countries can compete on the world stage, other countries lag far behind which leaves room for further government support. Moreover, even in countries with high levels of infrastructure and usage, much government work can be done to further foster the climate needed for a more comprehensive information society. This work requires policy initiatives to create the correct institutional and legal frame conditions that allow ICT and e-Business to thrive. The study proposes a new policy outlook for the information society.
Contact: INFSO-DIGITAL-AGENDA@ec.europa.eu
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