2021 Conference Programme

11.00 am – 12.00 pm CET

Toolbox session

Key principles in building an entrepreneurial project in the silver economy

This session provides practical guidelines for entrepreneurs on how to identify the right market and how to ensure they are addressing unmet needs. What are the levers, opportunities, and barriers, to entry to the longevity market? What are the financial and investment sources to turn to? How to anticipate the future needs that come with the changing senior population? What about internationalisation?

Moderator: Sergio Ferreira, Senior Innovation Advisor, Norway Health Tech

• • Jelle van der Weijde, Business Partner Health, ROM Utrecht Region
  • Vicky Van der Auwera, Operations Manager LiCalab, Thomas More
  • Emanuele Lettieri, Exploitation Manager, NESTORE Project
  • George MacGinnis, Challenge Director, Healthy Ageing, UK Research and Innovation

11.00 am – 12.00 pm CET

Case studies

Connected solutions to social isolation and loneliness 

Tackling social isolation and loneliness is a key dimension of ageing well. The case studies will review existing solutions offered by ICT. How do they work, on which principles do they rely on? How have they proven to make a difference in the COVID-19 health crisis? What are the limits of such solutions and how to overcome user acceptance barriers?

Moderator: Sofía Moreno-Pérez, Innovation & business development, Active and Healthy Aging, VALDE Consulting

• • Jasmin Berghammer, Head of Business Development, Caritas Vienna
    
  • Stephen Johnston, Co-Founder, Aging 2.0
    
  • Cristiano Paggetti, Managing Director, Medea
    
  • Mette Atipei Craggs, Specialist Consultant, Centre for Telepsychiatry, Development and Implementation, South Denmark Region

11.00 am – 12.00 pm CET

Panel discussion

What’s new in digital for chronic disease management?

How exactly can digital health contribute to a sustainable transformation in chronic disease management? What are the latest digital solutions and what can we foresee? Is self-management working and how to educate patient, actively involving them in their own care? To what extent has COVID-19 accelerated the development and adoption of digital tools to provide routine chronic disease management care and to identify at-risk patients?

Moderator: Stefan Kroll, Head of Business Development & International Affairs, terzStiftung

• • Marco Di Girolamo, Head of Collaborative Projects, Hewlett Packard Enterprise
    
  • Pooja Jain, Co-Founder, CogniHealth
  • Kristine Sorensen, Founder, Global Health Literacy Academy 
  • Irina Kalderon Libal, Policy Officer, Health Innovation and Ageing, European Commission

2.00 pm – 3.00 pm CET

Case studies

What are the game-changing innovations when it comes to delivering personalised nutrition for older adults?

What are the latest breakthroughs in the field of personalised nutrition and to what extent can they be adapted to healthy ageing?  To what extent can we personalise nutrition for older adults? What are the delivery systems already in place at home and in institutions? These case studies will explore the advances in personalised nutrition targeting older adults, the main logistic barriers, and the working delivery models.

Moderator: Mariette Abrahams, CEO & Founder, Qina Consulting

• • Tarryn Gorre, CEO, Kafoodle Limited
    
  • Maddalena Illario, Department of Public Health, R&D Unit Coordinator, Federico II University & Hospital
  • Audrey Boulier, Scientific and Innovation Manager, Bioactives and Nutrition, Ingredia
  • Catherine Hughes, Lecturer in Public Health Nutrition, Ulster University

2.00 pm – 3.00 pm CET Panel discussion

Preventing older adults’ malnutrition: What is the role for innovative products in texturing and flavours?

Ageing is often accompanied by eating and swallowing problems, dry mouth, taste loss contributing to older adults’ malnutrition. What are the factors that affect food perception?  What are the most recent approaches in the design of innovative foods to prevent malnutrition and to support healthy diet? How are manufacturers adapting to cater for the specific needs of older adults?

Moderator: Nuria Lorite-Ayan, Health and Wellness Consultant. Individuals, Organizations, Institutions, Biloba NLA

• • Bernard Corfe, Senior Lecturer in Oncology, University of Sheffield
    
  • Sara De Pelsmaeker, Global Business Development Manager, Rousselot Health & Nutrition
    
  • Neil Foster, Head of Strategic Partnerships, Nuritas
    
  • Edwig Goossens, Coordinator, Center for Gastrology
  • Annelien Desplenter, Nutrition researcher, PROMISS project

TRACK 4: INNOVATION IN RESIDENTIAL CARE SETTINGS

3.00 pm – 4.00 pm CET

Panel discussion

Creating home inside the institution: Reflections on the design of care homes

To what extent is it possible to design buildings in such a way that they are perceived as less institutional and more homelike? How can living environments be built so that they are felt far more as a place to live in than as a place in which to receive care? How to get feedback on the design of the people who live and work there? Following COVID-19 crisis impacts European care systems, how are care institutions rethinking their use of buildings to protect residents? What has already been done and what is planned?

Moderator: Jackie Marshall-Cyrus, Director, Jackie Marshall-Cyrus & Associates Ltd

• • Evangelia Chrysikou, Lecturer, The Bartlett Real Estate Institute UCL
    
  • Ed Russell, Chief Executive, WCS Care
  • Vincent Galibert, Director, Village Landais Alzheimer

3.00 pm – 4.00 pm CET

Panel discussion

Can data collection and personalised monitoring enhance person-centred care among residents?

Making sure that people are involved in and central to their care is critical to the development of quality care. How can we adapt to each resident so that they can exercise choice and control over the services and care they access? How can personalised monitoring help achieve this? What are the tools used to do so and what are their limits?

Moderator: Tina Woods, Founder and CEO, Collider Health

• Mathijs de Bruin, Managing Director, CLB
• Sami Nur, Director of Strategic Development and Partnership, Feebris 
• Elena Weber, Board Member, European Ageing Network, Secretary of the Executive Committee, AGE Platform Europe  
• Asma Gasmi, R&D Engineer, Ateliers des Haut Forez (AHF), Ph.D. Student, Mines School of Saint Etienne

TRACK 5: INNOVATION FOR AGEING WELL AT HOME

3.00 pm – 4.00 pm CET

Case studies

Innovative organisational models for home-based care and services developed in Europe: How scalable and sustainable are these initiatives?

This session intends to provide an overview of the home-based care models in Europe and the best practices that could be scaled up.

Moderator: Diane Whitehouse, Principal eHealth Policy Consultant, EHTEL

• • Fredrik Gulowsen, Founder & CEO, Nyby
  • Henry Quinn, Head of Strategic Intelligence, NHS Dementia Village
  • Astrid van der Velde, Manager Cardiology Practice, Isala

3.00 pm – 4.00 pm CET

Panel discussion

How to control the data collected within smart homes and how to use it to benefit older adults’ well-being?

How is the data produced by smart homes collected? How to securely manage that type of data and what innovative platforms could enable their use to help people be safe? To what extent can the data collected be used for prevention and detection of diseases or potential accidents in the home?

Moderator: Eric Kihlstrom, Head of Industry Collaboration, Longevity International UK

• • Gilad Hadas, Head of Data and Research, JDC Eshel
  • Massimo Caprino, Chief Innovation Officer, Casa di Cura privata del Policlinico
  • Vincent Augusto, Director of the Engineering and Health Center, École des Mines de Saint-Etienne