Personalised health: the integration of innovative sensing — textiles, information & communication technologies

Belfast, Northern Ireland, 13–15 December 2004

Organised with the collaboration of the European Commission-IST programme, this prestigious event will address key themes in Personalised Healthcare. Many of the world's leading academics, industrialists, clinicians and administrators in this field will be taking part.

The event is timed to coincide with the 4th call for proposals by the IST programme in the 6th Framework Programme of the European Commission, and it will be used to facilitate consortium and proposal building between academic partners and industry, with the assistance of the key personnel from the European Commission. The Workshop will focus on topics identified by the Commission as important to the future of Personal Health Management Systems, such as the synergies between advanced textiles, sensors, nanotechnology & computing.

I look forward to welcoming you and your colleagues to Belfast.

Eric McAdams
Workshop Chairman

Key workshop topics include:

• advanced textiles;
• smart materials;
• body worn & implantable sensor & actuator systems;
• sensor miniaturisation, micro and nanotechnologies;
• biosensors to DNA sensors;
• point of care monitoring;
• embedded systems: signal processing, personalisation of decision support;
• ubiquitous and pervasive computing;
• ambient intelligence and smart living environments;
• user perspectives (doctor, patient, citizen); and
• business aspects eg intellectual property, commercialising.

Research

The programme also includes a number of social networking opportunities and a chance to sample good Irish hospitality.

Location

The International Workshop on Personalised Health will take place at W5 in the centre of Belfast and the University of Ulster at Jordanstown, 8 miles from Belfast on the edge of Belfast Lough.