22nd January 2020
Carrickdale Hotel, Dundalk, Ireland
CROSS BORDER COLLABORATION – Pitching Panel 08:45 – 09:25
Pitching Panel – Advice from North / South perspectives
This pitching opportunity enables businesses from across the island to share their ideas and innovations to a panel of experienced stakeholders. Advice can be given on specific aspects of products, services, ideas and business models.
- Michael Redmond, Assistant National Director, Chief Operating Officer, eHealth Ireland and Office of the Chief Information Officer, Ireland
- Dan West, Chief Digital Information Officer, Department of Health, NI
- Gary Comiskey, Director, Government & Health, EY
- Ryan Williams, Director, Connected Health
- Brian O’Connor, Chair, European Connected Health Alliance
| 08:45 | Liam McQuillan, Chief Executive Officer, Liopa https://liopa.ai/ |  |
| 08:50 | Katrina Delargy, Director, TIGYA Health https://www.tiygahealth.eu/ |  |
| 08:55 | Sonia Neary, Chief Executive Officer, Wellola https://www.wellola.com/ |  |
| 09:00 | Rachael Darkin, Director of Growth, Jinga Life https://www.jinga.life/ |  |
| 09:05 | Lucie Cunningham, Founder, THE HomeShare https://thehomeshare.ie/ |  |
| 09:10 | Dr Roger Wallace, Head of Data Optimisation, Aneako https://anaeko.com/ |  |
| 09:15 | Keith Lyne, Co-Founder, MyClinic365 www.myclinic365.com |  |
| 09:20 | Richard Cooke, Chief Executive Officer, La Casa richard@digitaladvantage.eu |
Agenda: ‘Highlighting Cross Border Collaborations in Digital Health’
| 08:45 | Early Bird Pitching Panel / Coffee / Networking / Popup Exhibitions / Registration |
| 09:30 | Welcome – Brian O’Connor, Chair, European Connected Health Alliance – PRESENTATION – Aidan Gough, Designated Officer and Director of Strategy and Policy, InterTradeIreland – PRESENTATION |
| 09:45 | Health Care Strategy Developments across Ireland – Michael Redmond, Assistant National Director, Chief Operating Officer, eHealth Ireland and Office of the Chief Information Officer, Ireland – PRESENTATION – Dan West, Chief Digital Information Officer, Department of Health, Northern Ireland – PRESENTATION |
| 10:05 | North/South Trade – Support, help and advice for businesses in Ireland – Alison Currie, Operations Manager, Trade, InterTradeIreland – PRESENTATION – Alan Hobbs, Manager High Potential Start-Ups (Lifesciences), Enterprise Ireland – PRESENTATION – Grainne McVeigh, Director, Health and Life Sciences, Invest Northern Ireland – PRESENTATION Is a mega suite enough to really transform care? A maturing approach already delivering better care across Europe – Anže Droljc, Business Development Director, Better – PRESENTATION |
| 10:30 | Funding Panel – Future Opportunities, Advice and Support – Grainne Lennon, International Funding & Collaboration Broker, InterTradeIreland – Kay Duggan-Walls, Horizon 2020 Ireland Contact Point (Health) – Patricia McCrory, Horizon 2020 Northern Ireland Contact Point for Health |
| 10:50 | Scottish – Irish Connections in Digital Healthcare – Muiris O’Connor, Assistant Secretary, R&D and Health Analytics Division, Department of Health, Ireland – PRESENTATION – Alan Connor, Programme Manager, mPower Project, National Services Scotland – PRESENTATION |
| 11:10 | Understanding the Patient Perspective – Joan Jordan, EUPATI Graduate and IPPOSI Member – PRESENTATION – Joan McParland, Founder and Co-ordinator, Hope 4 M.E. & Fibro Northern Ireland – PRESENTATION |
| 11:25 | Deployed innovations across Ireland – Jennifer Neff, Co-Founder, Elemental – PRESENTATION |
| 11:30 | Networking Coffee / Pop-up exhibition area |
| 12:00 | Taking a community approach to primary care – Craig Donnachie, Communications Manager, Multi-Disciplinary Team Project, Department of Health, Northern Ireland – PRESENTATION |
| 12:10 | ‘Encompass’ and opportunities for clinicians and patients North and South of the border – Gary Loughran, Director of Encompass, Business Services Organisation – PRESENTATION |
| 12:25 | From Research to Reality – Progress and Impact – Dr Fergal McCaffrey, Director, DkIT Regulated Software Research Centre – PRESENTATION |
| 12:35 | Delivering future opportunities through Innovation Hubs – Dr Colman Casey, Director, Health Innovation Hub, Ireland – PRESENTATION – Dr Rob Grundy, Interim Chief Executive, Health and Research Institute Northern Ireland – PRESENTATION |
| 12:50 | The Digital Academy enabling Digital Transformation – Martin Curley, Director, Digital Transformation, Health Service Executive, Ireland – PRESENTATION |
| 13:00 | Crossing Borders on Smart Age Friendly Environments: the EU_SHAFE experience – Damon Berry, Lecturer, Technological University Dublin – PRESENTATION – John McGrory, Lecturer, Technological University Dublin – PRESENTATION |
| 13:15 | Showcasing Industry Digital Health Innovations – Ryan Williams, Director, Connected Health – PRESENTATION – George Kowalski, Business Development Director, ORCHA – PRESENTATION |
| 13:30 | ECHAlliance International Ecosystem Network – Areas for cooperation / Round up – Andy Bleaden, Director Ecosystems & Membership, ECHAlliance – PRESENTATION |
| 13:40 | Networking Lunch / Pop-up exhibition area |
| 14:30 | Interactive Workshop |
CROSS BORDER COLLABORATION & OPPORTUNITIES – Interactive Workshop 14:30 – 15:15
Flying Flipchart Topics
| Empowering People | Informing people through the provision of appropriate information can play a key role in empowering people to make positive choices. |
| Mental Health & Wellbeing | What potential is there to develop and deploy cross border digital health solutions in mental health and wellbeing including associated triggers e.g. isolation? |
| Innovation & Workforce Skills | How can we develop and deploy cross border solutions to improve innovative workforce skills? |
| Active Ageing and the role of technology | How can we develop and deploy cross border solutions to improve digital inclusion in active ageing? |
| Inter- Island Learning Expedition | How do we increase cross border collaboration in order to improve our level of competitiveness in Europe and beyond? Possible European learning expedition |
