With more than €50million of EU funding and
£10million of UK funding available for firms researching
Assisted Living technology, two workshops from life science
specialists MedilinkWM are planned for 17 June 2010, offering the
inside track on how to secure the cash.
Run by Alvolution, a division of MedilinkWM dedicated to the
assisted living segment of the UK healthcare market, the
indispensable workshops will be held at Jury's Inn Hotel,
Birmingham. In the morning workshop, Mike Biddle, the Technology
Strategy Board (TSB) team leader for the Assisted Living Innovation
Platform, will explain how firms can improve their chances to
access the £10 million funding to be invested by the
Technology Strategy Board, the Economic and Social Research Council
and the Department of Health's National Institute for Health
Research.
The funding is available for research projects looking into the
Economic and Business Models and Social and Behavioural challenges
facing the Assisted Living sector. It aims to bring together a
consortia of academics, industry, policy makers, health and social
care professionals, third sector and service-users to carry out
research with a high potential for impact in the areas of economic
and business models, and social and behavioural studies of emerging
assisted living technologies and services.
In the afternoon, Mike will focus on the call from Ambient
Assisted Living (AAL) for ICT-based Solutions for Advancement
of Older Persons' Independence and Participation in the "Self-Serve
Society". This European competition for funding of more than
€50million, seeks proposals from firms developing innovative
Assisted Living technology.
Alvolution manager Rob Chesters said: "This is an amazing
opportunity for companies to receive free funding for their
research and development. Raising awareness and encouraging
adoption is still a challenge and Alvolution is recognised as the
foremost demonstrator of technology for the assisted living sector,
committed to stimulating the next stage in the evolution of
technological advances for home-based intelligent healthcare.
"We secured funding from the Assisted Living Innovation Platform
for a West Midlands consortium to complete technology-focused
research and development last year, so we're hoping innovators,
academics and companies will come forward and enjoy similar success
this time."
Aimed at industry with an interest in collaboration, or the
research and development of mobile health applications, as well as
academics, PCT's and local authority representatives with an
interest in telecare, telehealth and assisted living, the workshops
are free to attend, but pre-registration is essential at www.alvolution.co.uk