How to get off the Roundabout
In April European Knowledge Tree Group held its 2013 European Masterclass with the theme of "Getting off the roundabout" bringing together experts for a series of presentations, exhibitions & demonstrations.
Large numbers of pilots and demonstrators have taken place.
But what must we do to stop this pilot roundabout and get into the mainstream?
- How do we really make changes for disabled and older people?
- How do we educate the people who need support?
- How do we educate those who should provide services for them?
- How do we pay for what’s needed?
- Is it value for money anyway?
- What can technology do for: Mental Health, Hearing and Sight Deficits, Mobility, Diabetes, Heart Disease?
- How can we exploit technology from field to field?
The major conference sessions were:
- Setting the Scene
- Costings and Proactice
- Systems, Robotics, Sensors and Users
- Regulation, Standards, Ethics - Making Policies Work in Practice
- The Market in times of stringency?
- Financing the Market, Turning opportuntiy into Practice
- Costs and Care in the Community
- Community Care and User Needs
- Transfer of High Tech to Daily Living
- Masterclass summary - What did you get out of it?
All the details and presentations are in the Document Library.
General Documents for the event were:
Masterclass Programme
Day 1 - Monday 8th April
12:00 Registration
13:30 Welcome and Aims - Setting the Scene
Chairman: Nigel Rix, ESPKTN and EKTG
Speakers: Peter Wintlev-Jensen, Mike Biddle, Peter Walters, Sofia Moreno Perero
14:30 Parallel Sessions: 1- 2
Session 1: Costings and Practice
Chairman: Mike Biddle, AAL/TSB
Speakers: Adelina Comas-Herrera, Markus Bolton, Carlos Garcia-Gordillo, Mike Clark, Stephen Hope
Reporter: Gill Whitney, University of Westminster
Session 2: Systems, Robotics, Sensors, and Users
Chairman: Richard Foggie, ESPKTN/EKTG
Speakers: Ian Glasscock, Rich Walker, Henk Herman Nap, Angelo Rossi Mori, Rory Wilding
Reporter: Justin Halls, Brunel University
16.00 Tea/coffee networking
16.30 Feedback from Parallel Sessions
Chairman: Andy Stuart, CareWhere
Reporters: Gill Whitney, Justin Halls
17.30 Regulation, Standards, Ethics and Making Policies Work in Practice
Chairman: Peter Saraga, AAL
Speakers: Andrea Sutcliffe, Jack Stilgoe, Neil Ebenezer, Chris Wright, Heinz Wolff, Clive Noak, Geoff White
20:00 Drinks Reception/Networking
Day 2 - Tuesday 9th April
08:00 Registration
09:00 The Market in times of stringency?
Chairman: Markus Bolton, Shearwater Healthcare
Maria Kanellopoulou, Naoki Ito, Dave McDaid, Paul Hitchcock, Roderick Udo
10.40 Tea/Coffee
11.00 Financing the Market, Turning Opportunity into Practice
Chairman: Maggie Ellis, LSE/EKTG
Speakers: Brian Capon, Andy Stuart, Paul Lukowicz, Patrick Roe
12.30 Lunch/networking
13.15 Parallel Sessions 3-4
Session 3 Costs and Care in the Community
Chairman: Steve Smithson, LSE/EKTG
Speakers: Lord Addington, Cate Henderson, Raphael Wittenberg, Mike Jackson
Reporter: Mike Clark, Independent Consultant
Session 4 Community Care and User Needs
Chairman: Steve Welch, ESPKTN
Speakers: Annette Bauer, Verina Waights, Clare Walton, Steve Hope, Justin Halls
Reporter: Patrick Roe, LEMA-EPFL, Switzerland
15.15 Feedback from Breakouts
Reporters: Mike Clarke, Patrick Roe
15:45 Transfer of High Tech to Daily Living
Chairman: Clive Noak, TSA
Speakers: Paul Lukowicz, Heinz Wolff, Peter Saraga
16.45 What did you get out of this, What did you contribute to this?
Chairman: Peter Walters, FP7
17:30 Networking and End of Conference