Top News Read Neelie Kroes' personal take on eHealth week (13-15 May 2013).  During the recently held eHealth Week in Dublin, the Greek Delegation announced its intention to organize the next High-level eHealth Conference and associated events under the Greek Presidency: In May 2014, Greece will welcome you to the eHealth Forum. Read more... | Calendar (27/08/2013 — 29/08/2013) Prof. Karlheinz Meier (R.Karl University of Heidelberg(DE))will talk about the EU "Human Brain Project" - Scientific Foundations and Plans. The Human Brain Project is one of the selected FET Flagships project funded by the EU.  (05/09/2013 — 19/09/2013) The mHealth Grand Tour, under patronage of Commissioner Neelie Kroes (Digital Agenda for Europe), is a cycle ride with a difference. Going from Brussels to Barcelona in just 13 days, it is 2,100km long with more than 22,000 meters of climbs. However, it isn't just a bike ride - it is also the opportunity to help demonstrate innovative solutions to the challenges of managing diabetes. Read more... (19/09/2013 — 22/09/2013) This event is organised by the Association for the Advancement of Assistive Technology in Europe(AAATE). One of the main objectives of the AAATE2013 Conference is to bring together researchers, professionals, manufacturers, end users and their families, and combine their knowledge, expertise, needs and expectations. This will be achieved not only by the presentation of papers during the two and a half days of the conference, but also through the participation in "Instructional Courses" and in a "Research Symposium" held immediately after the main Conference. (03/06/2013 — 04/06/2013) Going local Italia 2013 - Roma, 3 giugno e Milano, 4 giugno Documents Read more... | Policy A declaration by the Irish Presidency of the Council of the EU committing Member States to developing eHealth ecosystems that could contribute to the reform of health systems has been welcomed by European Commission Vice-President for the Digital Agenda Neelie Kroes and Health Commissioner Tonio Borg. The Irish Presidency presented the Declaration at the Ministerial eHealth High Level Conference in Dublin on May 13th. eHealth ecosystems pool the resources of health and social care providers, industry, research institutions, authorities and end users throughout Europe to accelerate the development and adoption of innovative solutions such as eHealth to specific problems in health and social care. E-Health High Level Conference, Dublin AGE Platform Europe General Assembly, Brussels | Research  Brain research in Europe needs a decisive effort. We must invest more, define clearer and more innovative research and healthcare strategies, and better coordinate national efforts. Documents Read more...  Blog by Professor António Dourado, coordinator of the EPILEPSIAE project. This EU funded project (FP7) has done a lot of research to make prediction of epileptic seizures possible and is trying to bring a small transportable warning device for epilepsy patients on the market. May is European Month of the Brain. The brain controls our thinking, feelings and movements and a new exhibition in southern France aims to reveal some of its secrets. European researchers are trying to unlock the brain's deepest mysteries – and its amazing capacities. The PERFORM project (FP7) has successfully tackled problems associated with the efficient remote health status monitoring, the qualitative and quantitative assessment and personalized treatment for people suffering from neurodegenerative diseases and movement disorders, such as Parkinson's disease. Read more... The EU funded Sim-e-Child project has developed a grid-enabled platform for large scale simulations in paediatric cardiology. This platform provides a collaborative environment for constructing and validating multi-scale and personalized models of a growing heart and vessels. Read more... The Network of Excellence on Engineering Secure Future Internet Software Services and Systems (NESSoS) is an EC co-funded project that aims at constituting and integrating a long lasting research community on engineering secure software-based services and systems. The new roadmap and research agenda was published in February 2013. It also contains recommendations on the main research issues to tackle, including the focus on eHealth systems that consider security and privacy by design as foundational aspects. Read more... | Innovation  European Commission Vice-President Neelie Kroes has awarded prizes to eHealth SMEs from Finland, Germany, Italy, Netherlands, Switzerland and United Kingdom as part of eHealth Week 2013 in Dublin, Ireland. Read more...  Did you know that eHealth technologies can help you to check and manage your health, wherever you are? You can monitor your heart, stress, diabetes, a stroke, a depression... Read more... | Subscription Information This is the newsletter of the eHealth web site on Europa. It is hosted by the Communications Networks, Content & Technologies Newsroom - a 'one stop shop' on European Communications Networks, Content & Technologies news spanning all Directorates-General of the European Commission. 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