EU eHealth in focus - Newsletter update - 24/09/2013

24th of September 2013

Top News 'Biomedical Facebook': New web portal for drug discovery Researchers can now use www.granatum.org to socially interact and cooperate, build and share hypotheses, search databases, design and execute in-silico experiments to screen potential chemoprevention drugs ahead of in-vitro and in-vivo test. Read more... Live web-streaming: EU mHealth policy presented at European Health Forum At this year's high level European Health Forum in Austria a major part of the conference program will be devoted to mobile health (mHealth). The European Commission will present its policy in this field. You can follow this session live and for free on your computer. Contact: info@ehfg.org See also: Retweet this Read more... "Dragons' Den" will decide on best health care ideas for the future Do-it-yourself health care, a 3D stem cell printer...What will health care look like in 2050? A group of young health policy experts and researchers (the "Young Gasteiners") has been discovering potential futures with a view to inspire future Commission's strategic choices. A "Dragons' Den" session (after the popular BBC show) during the high level European Health Forum Gastein will filter out the best ideas. See also: Retweet this Read more... Calendar European Cyber Security Month (01/10/2013 — 31/10/2013) In October 2013, the first fully-fledged European Cyber Security Month (ECSM) will take place all over Europe. The challenge is to improve trust in public and private IT services, used in everyday lives.   Read more... 3rd EU-US eHealth Business Marketplace and Conference (22/10/2013 — 23/10/2013) Global connected health innovators, public officials and business leaders will convene for the 3rd EU-US eHealth Business Marketplace and Conference October 22nd-23rd, 2013. This event is part of the Connected Health Week, in the heart of American health innovation: Boston, Massachusetts. See also: Retweet this Read more... Rehabilitation games at Games4Health symposium (28/10/2013 — 29/10/2013) At the Games4Health conference in Amsterdam, the REWIRE project will present its game engine specifically tailored to rehabilitation. Read more... eHealth networking sessions at ICT2013 (06/11/2013 — 08/11/2013) During the ICT2013 conference in Vilnius, 14 networking sessions on ICT for health and wellbeing ('eHealth') will take place. Get together and meet not only scientific experts in for example modelling, applied mathematics and ICT, but also opinion leaders, industrials, investors and regulators. VPH meeting on 'in silico medicine' (08/11/2013) The VPH Institute was selected to lead one of the networking sessions at the ICT2013 conference in Vilnius (6-8 November 2013). The scope of this meeting will be to expose the vision of the VPH community on the role of in silico medicine as one of the priorities of H2020. Read more... First international conference Mobile and IT in Medicine (20/11/2013) The first MobileMed conference is the premier event for researchers, medical doctors, engineers, academicians interested in applications of mobile communications to human health. The conference will cover the most recent discoveries within the synergistic areas of mobile and health and participants will be able to network with experts in the field. Would you like to provide input? The organisers are calling for submissions.   See also: Retweet this EHTEL 2013 Symposium 'Sustainable Partnerships for Well-being and eHealth' (02/12/2013 — 03/12/2013) The yearly symposium of the European Health Telematics Association (EHTEL) convenes the European eHealth community in the heart of Brussels (Belgium) on 2-3 December 2013. Read more... Research eHealth projects - Research and Innovation in the field of ICT for Health and Wellbeing: an overview What have the best brains of Europe come up with to improve health care with the help of Information and Communication Technology (ICT)? This document offers an overview of the most current (ongoing or recently finished) European funded projects in the field of ICT for health and wellbeing ('eHealth'). Contact: cnect-ehealth@ec.europa.eu See also: Retweet this Documents eHealth projects Research in eHealth: analysis and data Over the years of the 7th Framework Program (FP7), the eHealth Unit of the European Commission spent more than € 434 million, funding a total of 99 research projects. Researchers from the UK received the most resources. Read more... ARTreat: A multiscale model for prediction of atherosclerosis On August 31st, 2013 the ARTreat project successfully ended after 60 months of intense activities. It created a 3D image reconstruction of the arteries and modelling of blood flow and plaque. An interview with the coordinator, Prof. Parodi, sheds more light on this interesting project.   Read more... DemAAL Summer School: State-of-the-art technologies to monitor dementia DemAAL Summer School has successfully taken place from 16 until 20 September in Chania, Crete (Greece). Not only many sessions on sensing technologies for monitoring human behaviour in relation to elderly and alzheimer's disease (the main topic of the Dem@Care FP7 project, organising the School), also practical sessions were on offer, providing opportunities for hands-on experience. Read more... Next cyberpsychology and cybertherapy conference is calling for papers If you would like to help shape this year's Cyberpsychology and Cybertherapy Conference (CYPSY19), please submit an abstract or paper. In the meantime one of the organising institutes is going to help traumatised US soldiers getting rid of their nightmares by using advanced eHealth tools to digitally create new dreams. See also: Retweet this Documents Call for Papers CyPsy19 Read more... Video: Games for stroke survivors Games, being performed with a wearable hand robot, can help stroke survivors and other patients with their hand and wrist rehabilitation. See also: Retweet this Read more... Innovation Who will win the European Health Award 2013? Six cross-border health projects, each of them with a patient-centred focus, have been short-listed for the prestigious European Health Award 2013. Among them are the EU funded epSOS project and an online platform where volunteer medical students explain medical reports to patients. The prize-winner will be chosen by a panel of leading health experts, and the award presented at the European Health Forum Gastein in early October. Commission delivers €100 Millions to tech startups and SMEs - puts money where mouth is Around 1000 start-ups and other highly innovative companies will receive grants from a new €100m funding round from the European Commission’s Future Internet Public-Private-Partnership to develop apps and other digital services, in areas such as transport, health, smart manufacturing, energy and media. Video: Neelie Kroes speaks about innovation for health and active and healthy ageing In this video, Commissioner of the Digital Agenda for Europe Neelie Kroes gives examples of how European regions are successfully implementing innovative technologies for eHealth and active and healthy ageing. On the 25th of November a Conference of Partners of the European Innovation Partnership on Active and Healthy Ageing will take place.   See also: Retweet this 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. You may unsubscribe or broaden your subscription from this newsletter by going to Your Profile. In this issue Top News 'Biomedical Facebook': New web portal for drug discovery Live web-streaming: EU mHealth policy presented at European Health Forum "Dragons' Den" will decide on best health care ideas for the future Research eHealth projects - Research and Innovation in the field of ICT for Health and Wellbeing: an overview Research in eHealth: analysis and data ARTreat: A multiscale model for prediction of atherosclerosis DemAAL Summer School: State-of-the-art technologies to monitor dementia Next cyberpsychology and cybertherapy conference is calling for papers Video: Games for stroke survivors Innovation Who will win the European Health Award 2013? Commission delivers €100 Millions to tech startups and SMEs - puts money where mouth is Video: Neelie Kroes speaks about innovation for health and active and healthy ageing (01/10/2013 — 31/10/2013)  European Cyber Security Month (22/10/2013 — 23/10/2013)  3rd EU-US eHealth Business Marketplace and Conference (28/10/2013 — 29/10/2013)  Rehabilitation games at Games4Health symposium (06/11/2013 — 08/11/2013)  eHealth networking sessions at ICT2013 (08/11/2013)  VPH meeting on 'in silico medicine' (20/11/2013)  First international conference Mobile and IT in Medicine (02/12/2013 — 03/12/2013)  EHTEL 2013 Symposium 'Sustainable Partnerships for Well-being and eHealth' Your Profile  |  eHealth on Europa  |