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Slide 1: Jonathan Wallace Roy Harper
Slide 2: Jonathan Wallace Director of Knowledge & Technology Transfer Faculty of Computing & Engineering, University of Ulster TRAIL Living Laboratory Technologies for Rurality, Ageing and Independent Living
Slide 3: Activities • £22 Million total project value with income to UU of £2.2M • Research & Technology & Knowledge Transfer: – TRAIL (Technologies for Rurality, Ageing and Independent Living) ENoLL – European Integrated Projects and STRPs – e.g. COGKNOW, BRAIN – Charitable and Philanthropic Sources – e.g. NESTLING Technologies – INTERREG III and IV / Northern Peripheries e.g. NETWELL & MyHealth@Age (WebHealth 2.0) – ETAC project funded by the Alzheimer’s Association and INTEL Inc. in the USA – FUSION and KTP
Slide 4: Why Connected Health ? Timeliness – Demographics (‘Pig in the Python’) – Healthcare (Medical > Social Model) – Computing (Pervasive) Kathleen Casey-Kirschling
Slide 5: What is a Connected Health ? IT IS NOT JUST SIMPLY “TECHNOLOGY”
Slide 6: More Than Just Technology Provision of Integrated Technologies & Services To Support Independent Living
Slide 7: Way Forward & Challenges • Balancing – User Needs – Market – Technology • Multi-disciplinary Partnerships – – – – Users / Carers Health & Welfare Organisations Companies (MNC and SMEs) Research Organisations
Slide 8: Way Forward & Challenges • Open Innovation – – – – Business Community Government Academic • User-Centered – Balanced Design Processes • Setting up – Innovation Models that are Socially Inclusive • Building Stakeholder Partnerships