Top News At eHealth week conference a session will give an update on the progress and next steps of the European Innovation Partnership on Active and Healthy Ageing. It will present the Strategic Implementation Plan, the Specific Actions and modalities to join the Partnership. The session will be complemented by six sessions dedicated to each one of the Specific Actions identified in the Strategic Implementation Plan of the European Innovation Partnership on Active and Healthy Ageing.  OPTIMI has developed technology-based tools to monitor subjects' physiological and cognitive state in their natural environment. Between April and May 2012, we will begin small-scale trials, in UK and Spain, measuring how far two systems of Computerized Cognitive and Behavioral Therapy can help participants exposed to chronic or acute stress.  After more than three years of hard work to develop feasible cross-border eHealth services, epSOS is moving from pilot to operational cross-border eHealth services. In this piloting phase the solutions that have been developed are tested in a real-life environment over a one-year period. The major challenge for secure cross border data exchange in respect of EU and national privacy regulations has been successfully addressed in a common approach accepted by the participating nations. The 9th International pHealth Conference is an international meeting on wearable micro and nano technologies for personalized medicine. Submission to pHealth 2012 includes full papers and demonstrations abstracts. IOS Press will publish the pHealth 2012 Proceedings and include it in the IOS Press Series "Studies in Health Technology and Informatics" (SHTI). The pHealth 2012 scientific program committee will designate one demonstration accepted to the conference as pHealth 2012 Best Demo. The winner(s) will be declared at end of the conference. For detailed information, please visit the conference website. |
Calendar (03/05/2012 — 04/05/2012 ) The European Commission is organising a conference on sustainable ICT, smart grids and smart cities. The two-day conference will be opened by Commissioners Günther Oettinger and Neelie Kroes. It will bring together policy makers and stakeholders such as telecom companies, energy providers, regulators and consumer organisations. It will provide a platform for discussions on the challenges faced in deploying smart grids, be they technical, regulatory, financial or linked to public acceptance. The conference will investigate how ICT can make our cities greener by an exchange of best practices. It will also touch upon the important issue of how to deliver transparent metrics around the positive contribution of ICT to solving our energy and climate problems. Registration is free of charge. (29/05/2012 — 30/05/2012 ) The event will provide insight into the results and the future follow-up of the PEPPOL project. Interested parties will be provided with examples of pilot achievements and other first-hand information about PEPPOL. The aim is to show decision makers of the European Commission, Member States, public sector entities, suppliers and service providers the long term sustainability of PEPPOL through specific initiatives. As part of the Large Scale Pilot projects (LSPs) of the European Commission, PEPPOL is building the basis for seamless cross-border eGovernment services in the single market, to realise the goals of the Digital Agenda for Europe. The LSPs were created under the Information and Communication Technologies Policy Support Programme (ICTPSP), a part of the Competitiveness and Innovation Framework Programme (CIP) of the European Commission. The CIP ICTPSP aims at stimulating smart sustainable and inclusive growth by accelerating the wider uptake and best use of innovative digital technologies and content by citizens, governments and businesses. It provides EU funding to support the realisation of the Digital agenda for Europe. You can now register on-line! |
Research INTEGRATE promotes a novel IT-based approach aimed at enabling multidisciplinary collaboration in oncology research. This will be achieved through the creation of innovative biomedical infrastructures; emphasis on standards-based harmonization of efforts; the preservation, management and large-scale sharing of multi-level data; and the development of new methodologies and predictive multi-scale models in cancer. The INTEGRATE newsletters will describe aspects of the research problems in focus, inform readers about challenges encountered and progress made towards overcoming them, and refer to relevant project deliverables. We would like to engage our readers in discussions about data sharing and collaboration in the biomedical domain, as well as the scientific issues around information integration and interoperability. It's never been easier and cheaper to sew small electronic components into wearable clothing. In this issue of Futuris, we are diving into the world of smart textiles that help improve health and safety. |
Innovation The European Commission is organising a conference on sustainable ICT, smart grids and smart cities. The two-day conference will be opened by Commissioners Günther Oettinger and Neelie Kroes. It will bring together policy makers and stakeholders such as telecom companies, energy providers, regulators and consumer organisations. It will provide a platform for discussions on the challenges faced in deploying smart grids, be they technical, regulatory, financial or linked to public acceptance. The conference will investigate how ICT can make our cities greener by an exchange of best practices. It will also touch upon the important issue of how to deliver transparent metrics around the positive contribution of ICT to solving our energy and climate problems. Registration is free of charge. |
