Future conferences and other scientific and commercial events Please find below a list of conferences and events to take place during the period 2007-20010 .The newly advertised conferences are highlighted in this table. If anyone would like to have further info on these announced events, please contact following people:
FORTHCOMIING EVENTS FOR ENABLE PROJECT FORTHCOM NG EVENTS FOR ENABLE PROJECT NAME
Ageing in Latin America: Developing the Research Agenda
LOCATION
Oxford England
DESCRIPTION
The demographic ageing of societies represents one of the major challenges for the 21st century. As fertility has fallen, longevity has increased, with older people living longer and healthier old ages. The experience and meaning of old age is being transformed. However, in Latin America the context for this is very different from other world regions. Population ageing is taking place much more rapidly than it has done in Europe and North America for example, and against a background of limited health care and social protection. Both collaborative research and data collection are now needed to better understand the implications. Conference attendance is free, registration is mandatory; The theme of the Congress is "Home share: transforming the lives of people, communities and nations". This very special event will give all who are interested in homecare the opportunity to learn more about this important
DATE
2-3 July 2009
CONTACT
For more information: http://www.ageing.ox.ac .uk/events/conferencesworkshops
First World Home share Congress - Home share: Transforming the lives of People, Communities and Nations
Paris France
3-5 July 2009
For more information: http://homeshare.org/co ngress.aspx
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19th International Association of Gerontology World Congress
means of providing low cost accommodation in exchange for help. Those who are already engaged in a home share programme, whether as a co-coordinator or participant, will get to meet others and exchange news and views. And Home share International will enjoy the privilege of meeting some of those the charity has helped over the years. Home share International was founded in London, UK, in 1999 to forge links between the programmers known to be running in eight countries and to stimulate the development of new Programmes. Paris (France) The conference will focus on: New technologies imaging, stem Gerontechnology (biomarkers, cells…) / / 5-9 July 2009 For more information: http://www.paris2009.or g/site/view8.php
Network of excellence Integrated models of care
Demography / Economy / Retirement policies / Gerontology in developing countries Social policy and social welfare Metabolic syndrome / Diabetes / Obesity / Nutrition / Food Mechanisms of aging / Longevity / Centenarians Ways of affecting the ageing process / Anti-ageing Education and multidisciplinary training / Primary care Frailty / physical exercise / Osteoporosis / Rehabilitation / Sarcopenia / Falls
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Intensive care / Long-term care / End of life / Ethics Alzheimer‟s / Dementia Cognitive decline / MCI Why geriatrics? Psycho-geriatrics / depression / delirium Cardiac failure / atherosclerosis / vascular disease and hypertension / COPD / cerebrovascular disease Gender-specific medicine Menopause / Ageing male Cancer advances in geriatrics Ageing and disasters Family and care giving / Agingenvironment interactions 11 July 2009 and 16 July 2009 For more information: http://www.alz.org/icad /overview.asp / /
ICAD: The Alzheimer's Association International Conference on Alzheimer's Disease Vienna Austria
This conference will focus on the clinical application and methodological development of neuroimaging (modalities including MRI, PET, SPECT, CT, and others) for the diagnosis, early detection, tracking of progression, monitoring of therapeutic response and scientific understanding of Alzheimer's disease, other dementias, and normal brain aging. The workshop will bring together researchers from both industry and academia from the various disciplines to contribute to this the inaugural year of the International Workshop on Intelligent Environments Supporting Healthcare and Well-Being (WISHWell
1st International Workshop on Intelligent Environments Supporting Healthcare and Well-being (WISHWell’09)
Barcelona, Spain
19th July 2009
For more information: http://jod.ucc.ie/WISHW ell09.html
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2009). Healthcare environments (within the hospital and the home) are extremely complex and challenging to manage from an IT and IS perspective, as they are required to cope with an assortment of patient conditions under various circumstances with a number of resource constraints. Pervasive healthcare technologies seek to respond to a variety of these pressures by integrating them within existing health care services. It is essential that intelligent pervasive healthcare solutions are developed and correctly integrated to assist health care professionals in delivering high levels of patient care. It is equally important that these pervasive solutions are used to empower patients and relatives for selfcare and management of their health to provide seamless access for health care services. Areas of interest: Health monitoring from the home, office Mobile health monitoring Next generation telehealth/telecare Systems to encourage well-being and healthy lifestyles Ambient assisted living Case Studies Decision Support Systems (DSS) within healthcare Support for independent living Support for rehabilitation Environments supporting carers Pervasive Technologies
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Pervasive data management architectures For more information: http://www.hcii2009.org /
HCI2009 International 13th International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction
Town and Country Resort & Convention Center, San Diego, CA, USA
IAHSA 8th International Conference : Global Ageing Services conference 2nd Annual Conference of the BSA Ageing, Body and Society study group 'Gender, Ageing and the Body'
London England
The Conference focuses on the following major thematic areas: Ergonomics and Health Aspects of Work with Computers Human Interface and the Management of Information Human-Computer Interaction Engineering Psychology and Cognitive Ergonomics Universal Access in HumanComputer Interaction Virtual and Mixed Reality Internationalization, Design and Global Development Online Communities and Social Computing Augmented Cognition Digital Human Modeling Human Centered Design IAHSA is an NGO in special consultative status with the Economic and Social Council of the United Nations. With an increasing interest in the significance of gender to how people experience their ageing bodies, this one day conference seeks to bring together researchers, academics and
19-24 July 09
19-22 July 2009
For more information: http://www.iahsa.net/lo ndon/ For more information: http://www.britsoc.co.uk /events/ageing
London England
20 July 2009
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MIE 2009
Sarajevo, Bosnia & Herzegovina
10th AAATE Conference “Inclusion between past and future, AT from adapted equipment to inclusive environments”
Florence, Italy
practitioners whose work explores and highlights men and women‟s experiences and perceptions of growing older in gendered bodies. Researchers are encouraged to share their perspectives on „gender, ageing and the body‟ and welcome abstracts on different theoretical and methodological approaches, emergent ideas, work in progress, practitioner perspectives, and empirical findings. The main theme of MIE 2009 is MEDICAL INFORMATICS IN A UNITED AND HEALTHY EUROPE. New medical, biomedical, and health informatics bridges must be built between the western and eastern parts of the European world. For this purpose, a panel of high-level scientists and health care managers will be invited to participate and give keynote speeches, tutorials, and organize in-depth workshop discussions As technology develops rapidly and an Information Society is approaching, the concept of Assistive Technology seems to be moving away from adopting the most appropriate device/s for each user in order to overcome the limitations to her/his activity to the design and set up of the total environment in which people live, supported by suitable functionalities (services) and, when necessary, by additional support devices integrated within the environment. At present, these two perspectives are deeply intertwined, from both a technological and a social point of view.
30 August 2009 2 September 2009
For more information:
31 August 2009 2 September 2009
For more information: http://www.aaate2009.e u/
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International Conference :Facing the Future
York Racecourse, York, England
The main aim of the conference is just to provide an opportunity to clarify the differences and the common points between them and to better define a way for the future. The DSDC's 3rd International Conference 'Facing the Future' is aimed at all those who support people with dementia, whether their background is in medicine, social care, planning or service provision. The content will be of interest to those from the public, private and voluntary sectors, as well as community representatives such as faith leaders The conference will address many important aspects of dementia care including the range of crucial issues raised by the National Dementia Strategy. During the conference, the DSDC team will be on hand to offer guidance and assistance, and there will be opportunities to visit over 30 exhibitors. The "AAL forum" will serve as a platform and meeting place for the AAL Joint Programme. Beyond this, the forum will present, discuss and communicate the AAL field in a holistic view including national, regional, European and international aspects. The mission of IDF is to promote diabetes care, prevention and a cure worldwide. IDF is a non-governmental organization in official relations with the
14th-16th September 2009
For more information: Soon available…
First announcement of the "AAL (Ambient Assisted Living ) Forum" event
Vienna, Austria
29 September - 1 October 2009
For more information: http://www.aaleurope.eu/news-andevents/aal-forum-2009
IDF 20th World Diabetes Congress
Montréal, Quebec (Canada)
18-22 2009
October
For more information: http://www.congresmtl.c om/
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World Health Organization (WHO)
OASIS 1st International Conference independent living and mobility of the elderly across Europe
Florence Italy
In the OASIS 1st International Conference will be provided a forum where current and future work will be presented as well as ideas in the field of Independent Living and Autonomous Mobility for elderly. OASIS is a Large Scale Integrating Project – partially funded by the European Commission (FP7-ICT 215754) - with the aim to develop an open and innovative reference architecture, based upon ontologies and semantic services, that will allow plug and play and cost-effective interconnection of existing and newly developed services in all domains required for the independent and autonomous living of older people and their enhanced Quality of Life Telehealth and Assistive Technology 2009 is intended to be an international forum for researchers and practitioners interested in the advances in and applications of Telehealth, assistive software technology, assistive ergonomics technology, assistive rehabilitative technology, and assistive medical technology; to exchange the latest research, results, and ideas in these areas The 4th UK Dementia Congress will offer an exciting mix of plenary sessions,
4-5 2009
November
For more information: www.oasis-projecrt.eu
Telehealth and Assistive Technology 2009
Cambridge, Massachuset ts, United States of America
4 - 6 November 2009
For more information: http://www.iasted.org/c onferences/cfp-663.html
4th UK Dementia Congress
UK Harrogate
3rd November to
For more information: sue@hawkerpublications.
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International Centre
USAB 2009 - Usability & HCI for eInclusion
University of Linz, Austria
parallel sessions and workshops as well as breakfast and lunchtime special interest symposia over 2 and half days. There will also be a large exhibition - at which over 40 companies exhibited last year - two wine receptions and a conference buffet. Information and Communication Technology (ICT) pervaded many parts of our daily lives. Due to its flexibility (multimedia connected with multimodality) it offers a huge potential for people with disabilities and others with functional limitations to interact with electronic systems and services. Human-Computer Interaction (HCI) is the central place to adapt the interaction to a diverse set of user needs as well as the entry for people with disabilities making use of standard accessibility and usability features or using Assistive Technologies (AT) which ENABLE the interaction with HCI. This opens up doors to a more independent participation in many aspects of our “digital lives”. Th enhanced usability and accessibility aspects will be a focus of USAB 2009: - building bridges between accessibility and usability in HCI - motivating to take the growing importance in an aging society into account - addressing psychological as well as engineering aspects - taking into account the strong relationship between Accessibility / AT
5th 2009
November
com
9-10 2009
November
For more information: http://usab.icchp.org
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and HCI / Usability Engineering (UE) Main Topics of the conference are: • Assistive Technologies • Design for All • eInclusion: Accessibility, HCI & Usability • HCI: Accessibility, Usability and Aging • Software Accessibility • Web Accessibility • Adaptive Interfaces for Medical Systems • Augmented Cognition (AugCog) • Cognitive Task Analysis • Formal Methods and Methodologies (incl. Agile Methods) • Human Aspects of Future Technologies in Health Care • Human–Computer Interaction in Health Care • Usability in Ambient Assisted Living • Life Long Learning • Usability of Mobile, Pervasive and Ubiquitous Computing for Medicine and Health Care support • User-Centered Design & Development Methods
Forum 2009 Innovating for the health of all
Havana, Cuba
Forum 2009 will focus on innovations in how systems of research for health are organized, managed, financed and applied. It will highlight innovations that are already, or could be, contributing to strengthening systems of research for health and health equity; examine the results of research and innovation in
16 - 20 November 2009
More information: http://www.globalforum health.org/
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21st Annual National Forum on Quality Improvement in Health Care,
Orlando Fl
key areas including, for example, equitable finance mechanisms in health systems; explore pivotal factors that are important in improving the organization of research and innovation systems to achieve more equitable health outcomes. The National Forum is the premier health care conference where leaders come together to recharge their batteries, hear about cutting-edge improvement strategies, and share best practices and innovative ideas. This conference draws nearly 6,000 health care professionals from around the world and thousands more via satellite broadcast. The content areas of the forum are: Hospital Care Innovation and Spread Leadership and Governance Measurement, Tools, Technology, and Quality Processes Office Practices and Outpatient Settings Patient- and FamilyCenteredness Patient Safety Student Quality Improvement Research Quality Improvement for Vulnerable Populations
6th -9th December 2009
More information: http://www.ihi.org/IHI/ Programs/ConferencesAn dSeminars/21stAnnualNa tionalForumonQualityImp rovementinHealthCare.ht m?TabId=2
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11th National Conference on Gerontology and Geriatrics
Athens Greece
The National Greek Gerontology and Geriatrics Association is organizing the 11th National Congress of Gerontology and Geriatrics. The aim of the congress is to bring together scientists, Doctors, psychologists, social workers and caretakers so as to inform them for the latest researches on elderly matters. Soon the will be announced the main topics of the Conference.
4th – 6th February 2010
For more information: www.gerontology.gr
World Congress on Information Technology 2010
Amsterdam, The Netherlands
The "Challenges of Change" will be the motto that will strengthen the long-term impact and value of the World Congress on Information Technology.
26th -28th 2010
May
For more information: Contact: info@wcit2010.org
7th World Conference International Society for Gerontechnology
Vancouver, Canada
This conference brings together people who design, develop, prescribe, research and use technology to enhance the functional capacity and quality of life of older adults. It‟s the perfect venue for dialogue between engineers, ICT experts, health and social care professionals, architects, social science researchers and educators and others working in this multi-disciplinary field. Topics to be discussed include cuttingedge innovations in: smart homes and smart materials, robotics, mobile and
27-30 May 2010
For more information: Email: isg2010@sfu.ca
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wireless communication systems, online goods and services, computer games, and applications of new technologies in health and social care. The latter include management of chronic illness in the community and supporting people with dementia living at home or in congregate settings. The conference will also address markets and business issues including: understanding the older consumer, developing effective markets for care technology, connectedness and the digital divide, and knowledge transfer from research into commercial products
Mental health in Older people
Spain
With the rapid ageing of our population, the promotion and protection of good mental health in old age are becoming a major societal concern in all EU member states. It will be easier for Member States to respond to this challenge, good practice on how to detect and treat old age dementia how to better prepare older workers to move from full employment to retirement, how to prevent suicide among and elder abuse, and how to address properly the gender dimension of old age mental health. The scope of the EU demographic challenge makes it all the most urgent for Member States to adopt a holistic approach to healthy
21-22nd 2010
April
More information: http://ec.europa.eu/heal th/ph_determinants/life_ style/mental/index_en.h tm
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ageing, including the promotion of good mental health in old age.
The list presented above does not intend to be exhaustive. E-ISOTIS will release a monthly dissemination calendar, hence guiding the consortium members in identifying interesting conferences and events where ENABLE project objectives and its outcomes can be presented and demonstrated to a larger audience.
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