PULSE Workshop @ iCOST conference

Next PULSE workshop will take place at the 16th International Conference on Smart homes, Assistive Technologies and Health Telematics (iCOST conference) hosted in Singapore, from 10th to 12th July 2018. This year the conference is colocated with the World Cities Summit.

The workshop will be held on the 10th July 2018 and will consist in a 3 hours session including a keynote from Mr Lee Chien Earn, Deputy Group CEO of SingHealth. CEO of Changi General Hospital. Singapore, followed by an Innovation Panel with policy-makers, industry, healthcare and research representatives.

The event will also count with the participation of 2 PULSE partners, José A. Pagán, Director of the Center for Health Innovation at The New York Academy of Medicine and Julien Venne, Director of strategy and innovation at ECHAlliance.

The iCOST conference offers a unique framework to present tha activities PULSE (PARTICIPATORY URBAN LIVING FOR SUSTAINABLE ENVIRONMENTS) is undertaking to o transform public health from a reactive to a predictive system focused on both risk and resilience.

About iCOST conference

This year they are organizing the 16th ICOST conference which succeeded in bringing together a community from different continents over more than a decade and half and raised the awareness of frail and dependant people’s quality of life in our societies. After fifteen very successful conferences held in France (2003), Singapore (2004), Canada (2005), Northern Ireland (2006), Japan (2007), USA (2008), France (2009), Korea (2010), Canada (2011), Italy (2012), Singapore (2013), USA (2014), Switzerland (2015), China (2016) and France (2017), the 16th International Conference on Smart homes, Assistive Technologies and Health Telematics will be hosted in Singapore, from 10th to 12th July 2018. This year the conference is colocated with the World Cities Summit event in Singapore and is considered as an official event of the France Singapore Year of Innovation. ICOST provides a premier venue for the presentation and discussion of research in the design, development, deployment and evaluation of Smart Urban Environments, Assistive Technologies, Chronic Disease Management, Coaching and Health Telematicssystems. ICOST brings together stakeholders from clinical, academic and industrial perspectives along with end users and family caregivers to explore how to utilize technologies to foster independent living and offer an enhanced quality of life. ICOST 2018 invites participants to present and discuss their experience in design, development, deployment and evaluation of assistive and telehealth systems, as well as ethical and policy issues. The conference features a dynamic program incorporating a range of technical, clinical and industrial related keynote speakers, oral and poster presentations along with demonstrations and technical exhibits.

More information about the event and registration here