On 20 October, the European Commission announced a public stakeholder consultation which will feed into the interim evaluation of Horizon 2020, the EU research and innovation funding scheme for 2014-2020. […]
AAL Smart Ageing Prize: the very first edition won by Belgian brothers
Jan and Roel Smolders are brothers: Jan runs a nursing home in Belgium, Roel is a health technology expert. Together, they created the Active84Health Explorer, a smart system allowing users […]
Hearing: Towards an mHealth Framework for Europe
On 13 October, two committees of the European Parliament (ITRE and ENVI) organised a hearing to look at the development of mobile Health in Europe and its potential for ensuring better […]
First report of High Level Expert Group on the European Open Science Cloud
The High Level Expert Group on the European Open Science Cloud (EOSC) has published its first report including a set of recommendations for further reflection and engagement of scientific user […]
Public consultation: have your say on Health Technology Assessment!
On the occasion of the Forum “European cooperation on HTA: what’s next?”, the Commission launched a public consultation for strengthening EU cooperation on health technology assessment. Mr. Vytenis Andriukaitis, Commissioner for […]
World of Health IT (21-22 Nov 2016)
The new HIMSS Europe World of Health IT (WoHIT) Conference & Exhibition will be taking place on 21–22 November 2016 in Barcelona, Spain. The event will gather top European healthcare […]
Towards Early Detection of Age-Related Health Risks workshop
i-PROGNOSIS participated in the Towards Early Detection of Age-Related Health Risks: Understanding users’ needs, unobtrusive sensing and data analysis workshop organised by European Commission on October 4, 2016 in Brussels. […]
Blueprint: How innovation enabled by a Digital Single Market can transform Europe’s ageing society in the 21st century
In December 2015 at the 4th Conference of Partners of the European Innovation Partnership on Active and Healthy Ageing, European Commissioner Günther Oettinger outlined how digital innovation, enabled by a […]
1 October 2016 – International Day of Older Persons
The 2016 United Nations International Day of Older Persons (UNIDOP) will take a stand against ageism by drawing attention to and challenging negative stereotypes and misconceptions about older persons and […]
Interview: Leontios Hadjileontiadis, Coordinator of i-PROGNOSIS
Prof. Leontios Hadjileontiadis works as a full professor at the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Dept. of Electrical and Computer Engineering. He is the coordinator of i-PROGNOSIS. How has the whole idea […]