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Time |
Wednesday the 15th of September |
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Track E |
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Trackrationale |
The aims of the sessions are to present and discuss: - The special features of the Scandinavian welfare model, the roleof the public sector in providing care services, the potential andbarriers of public private co-operation and innovation in the fieldof AAL. - Relevant national, interregional and regional strategies andprogrammes for AAL in the Scandinavian and Northern Europeancontext. - Projects, business cases, new methodologies and relevant areas ofcompetence for strengthening the development and use of AALtechnologies. - Users and employees in AAL who will have the opportunity toexpress their needs and expectations. The session will contain traditional presentations combined withworkshop discussions and practical presentations and on locationtesting. Experiments shouldbe considered concerning the form. |
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Theme |
AAL – The Vikingway |
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16.30-18.00 |
E1: Scandinavian Design and product development &AAL |
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SessionRationale |
Scandinavian design is well known throughout the world. But howexactly are Scandinavians working with regard to design processes,fast product development, involvement of end users and customers?.End users in Scandinavia have invested in design furniture – willthey accept an ugly home monitoring device in their living room?Agile development and involving end users in design processes andproduct testing – leading experts from the business and designworlds of Sweden and Denmark will present their methods, examplesand demos.
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Speakers |
Chair: Nicolai Mendgaard-Larsen, Welfare Innovation, Region of SouthernDenmark Anna Romboli, Director of Communications & Madlene Lahtivuori,Interactiondesigner MA, Ergonomidesign: Innovation for People Nick Zacharov, DELTASenseLab & Morten Wagner, DELTA idemoLAB: Electronic Sketching Elsebeth Gerner Nielsen,Rector & Mette Strømgaard Dalby, Head of Development, KoldingSchool of Design: Design for the other 90% |
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Time |
Thursday the 16th of September |
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09.00-10.30 |
E2: National Innovation Models & Clusters |
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SessionRationale |
The Danish model of innovation in the field of AAL is a diversityof initiatives that take place simultaneously on a national,regional and local level. Two major public-privatepartnerships, “LEV VEL”and “UNIK” focus on promoting cooperation, exchange of knowledgeand joint projects between companies and researchers related toindependent living of elderly people and chronic patients; thepartnerships are backed financially by the Danish government.Regionally, Southern Denmark has launched itself as a Welfare TechRegion with a strong commitment to public-private innovation andindustrial development in the field of AAL. Nationally, the PWTFoundation – Investments in Public Welfare Technology – hasdedicated 400 million Euros to modernizing the Danish public sectorthrough the use of new technology, new partnerships and new ways ofworking. The session will present the Danish policy setting and twoparticular partnership-based cluster initiatives, as well as animportant related international initiative at the Baltic level. Itwill discuss the merits of the underlying approaches to innovation,seen in a multi-level regional, national and international contextand from both public and commercial perspectives. |
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Speakers |
Chair: Søren Jensen, Head of Secretariat, Danish Agency for Science,Technology and Innovation Thomas Børner.pdf, Chairman, PWT foundation (ABT Fonden), TheDanish Ministry of Finance: Focused national investmentsas a driver for innovation in the field of AAL Morten Solgaard Thomsen,Senior Advisor, Danish Agency for Science, Technology andInnovation (DASTI): The role of networks and partnerships in the Danish Innovationpolicy Leena Silvennoinen.pdf, Programme director, Health andwellbeing, CulminatumInnovation: National andtransnational innovation models and solutions for theageing Peter Broendum Jensen,LINAK A/S: LINAKCase (Welfare Tech Region in practise) |
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13.00-14.30 |
E3: Northern European AAL projects and business cases |
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SessionRationale |
The four Northern European AAL projects of this session have aspecial focus on preventing social isolation as well as supportingelderly people in living in their own homes for as long aspossible. The projects are finding new ways towards holisticservice concepts for better living environments, including socialinteraction. While adopting different means for obtaining theiraims – including the use of web-based services, systematized socialnetworks, technical aid systems, monitoring etc. – they share adual potential for improving life quality and creating new markets.The experience and results of the four projects will be presentedand discussed. |
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Speakers |
Chair: David Grønbæk, Head of Section, Danish Agency for Science,Technology and Innovation Thomas Hammer-Jakobsen, CEO and partner, Copenhagen Livinglab: Andreas Schrader.pdf, Prof. Dr., Institute of Telematics at theUniversity of Lübeck: SmartAssist – Smart Assistance with AmbientComputing JariNärhi, ActiveLife Village Oy: Active Life Home MikaelSoini, Dr.,Wiktio ltd.: Safe and communal living environment |
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15.00-16.30 |
E4: Public Sector as an End User I: |
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SessionRationale |
The demographic challenges faced by modern societies creates anurgent need for innovation in the field of AAL. This sessionpresents different aspects of innovation, highlighting theimportance of the public sector as an end user and the value of auser-driven approach. The role of public procurement in stimulatinginnovation is discussed both from academic and practicalperspectives. One of the more recently developed methods ispresented: that of pre-commercial procurement where the finalproduct or service is delivered only after certain research anddevelopment activities have been carried out. Second, the role ofuser-driven innovation in the field of AAL is discussed, both frommethodological and practical perspectives. Methods and cases fromthe area of elder care and health will be presented |
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Speakers |
Chair: JeppeKristensen,Regional Development, Region of Southern Denmark Max Rolfstam.pdf, University of Southern Denmark:Innovation for aging: The role of pre-commercialprocurement Søren Jakobsen.pdf, CEO, Statens og Kommunernes Indkøbs ServiceA/S: Public procurement as user driven innovation Britt Östlund.pdf, Prof., Lund University:How to work with old people as lead users forinnovations Jeppe Spure.pdf, Research & Innovation specialist,Alexandra Institute Ltd: HandiVision: User innovation with disabledpeople Uffe Thorup Thomsen.pdf, Innovation Manager, Invia – WellfareInnovation, Region of Southern Denmark: Invia.nu – The Innovation Village |
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Time |
Friday the 17th of September |
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09.00-10.30 |
E5: Public Sector as an End User II: |
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SessionRationale |
The second session on the topic of the public sector as an end userpresents concrete projects and technologies. First, the need for anew patient-centred and coordination-based healthcare model isdiscussed on the basis of the VVP project. Second, differentapproaches towards home monitoring are presented and compared,followed by a presentation of four business cases targetted atpatients with chronic diseases. |
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Speakers |
Chair: Lars Hulbæk, Deputy Manager, MedCom Sune Andreasson.pdf, Vinnova: Innovations for sustainable health and social care – value-creatinghealth and BirtheDinesen, Ass.Professor, PhD, Aalborg University and Casper Marcussen,Consultant, MedCom: Two Approaches to Home Monitoring Claus Duedal Pedersen.pdf, Odense University Hospital / JensBranebjerg, VP ePatch business, DELTA: From Patient to Citizen Peter B. Lau, Consultant Rambøll Management.Consulting: The businesscase for homemonitoring. |
