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This event will focus on challenges within the ICT domain that relate to the segment of consumer electronics. The aim is to stimulate discussions on the issues of energy labeling, e-waste, the potential of telework and the diffusion of broadband which all comprise contradictory aspects relevant for policy-making. The event aims to foster networking and knowledge exchange between policy-makers and experienced researchers in the field.

This event will focus on some of the most relevant topics to boost international collaboration. What is the future of Internet and its many applications? How to combine the interests of platform developers, application and service providers and future customers? Which applications will generate new business opportunities? How can Internet be used to tackle challenges such as environmental change, healthcare & ageing and transport?

Security and Defence Agenda dinner, Brussels, 30 January 2012

This newsletter informs about ongoing and future activities in the field of Future and Emerging Technologies and presents some key results and achievements of ongoing projects and initiatives. This months issue focuses on these topics: Perspectives of FET under Horizon 2020, the new EU Framework Programme for Research and Innovation; Results from the FET-Open commissioned study to boost exploratory power of open research; The FET-Flagship Pilots Midterm Conference held in Warsaw in November 2011; Findings from FET-Proactive consultation meetings feeding Work Programme 2013.

This white paper was prepared to assess the opportunities and obstacles that confront us as Europe plans to make full use of the integration of genome-based data resources with resources detailing disease-based and other human phenotypes. The report represents the consensus outcome of Think Tank discussions among 17 invited experts in Brussels on October 2011. The report addresses prospects for the development and application of genotype-phenotype resources, considering them to be very promising. Establishing clear relationships (correlations) between increasing amounts of genotypic information available from clinical studies (e.g. as provided by genome wide association studies (GWAS)), and similarly of phenotype information at the population level, is still largely impossible today. This approach advocated also assists in “stratification” – instead of rejecting so many drugs during clinical trials, it could be that many deemed to be failures today will work well for sets of patients on genotypic/ phenotypic grounds.

2012 is the European Year for Active Aging. With an ever older population, Europe is looking for ways to improve the quality of living of their elderly people, a generation far more active and technologically trained than previous ones. This Futuris will take a look at how ICT devices can help patients with three different diseases to increase their quality of living -while staying at their homes. In Cadiz, Spain, we´ll be visiting an elderly house and a home where patients of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) are currently testing a brand new device that will help them to know if an unexpected respiratory crisis is about to happen. This will help them call for aid in a faster way, or better prepare their transportation to nearby hospitals. We´ll be meeting COPD patients, personal caretakers, doctos and the computer scientists that have developed the prototype.

This white paper was prepared in order to assess the opportunities and obstacles that confront us in facilitating a translational role for bioinformatics and systems biology in drug discovery and clinical medicine. The report represents the consensus outcome of Think Tank discussions among 23 invited world-leading experts in Barcelona, Spain, on October 2011. There is potential in sub-cellular (or molecular) systems biology approaches to biomedicine, as compared to conventional methods of drug design. Despite the early stage of these approaches, and lots still to be done, they may be able to assist in more personalised approaches to drug treatment. For translational systems biology to make a major impact, the whole system of data access needs to be transformed into one based on more openness and sharing of information between hospitals, academia and industry. Various societal structures currently impede this development. Regulatory and funding agencies must be involved to overcome these obstacles.

The project aims to develop and test sensory modalities in clothing to assess the quality of body movements in stroke subjects during daily life in order to assist their continued rehabilitation. Currently, the period after a stroke patient returns home from the rehabilitation hospital is a black-box to the physician, having no feedback from the patient. This results in unnecessary high levels of disability and complications. In future, when using the INTERACTION system, physician will be able to continuously evaluate the patient’s performance in handling objects in the environment and to control body balance during daily-life. The European Commission has granted 2.6 million euros over the next three years to the INTERACTION consortium, consisting of 6 partners to work on this challenge.

Special attention will be given to the 'Digital Patient' as well as 'health forecasts'. VPH2012 aims at reaching outside of the VPH community to other equally important communities: systems biology and genomics. In this respect, our vision is to have a conference that truly encompasses all possible scales to model physio/pathology with a clear ICT focus.

Imagine an automated smart system that lowers your stress level, changes the program the second you change your behaviour, sends you reminders on your mobile phone, etc. All this technology made simple to allow you to manage and treat your stress-related disorders! This is the vision of the INTERSTRESS EU funded project.

Pour une création d’entreprises innovantes issues de l’AP-HP : signature d’une convention triennale de coopération.

85% of net new jobs in the EU between 2002 and 2010 were created by small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs). This figure is considerably higher than the 67%-share of SMEs in total employment. During this period, net employment in the EU's business economy rose substantially, by an average of 1.1 million new jobs each year. These are the main results of a study on the essential contribution of SMEs on job creation presented by the European Commission today. With 1% annually, the employment growth for SMEs was higher than for large enterprises with 0.5%. A clear exception is the trade sector, in which employment in SMEs increased by 0.7% annually, compared to 2.2% in large enterprises.

Check out the latest newsletter and learn what's new for 2012: mHealth Symposium, SME Village, eHealth SME Competition, Dedicated CIO Track, WoHIT 2012 Education and Professional Development, EU-US workshop on eHealth and much more.

Note sur la situation des logiciels médicaux en France ainsi que la législation française et européenne en la matière.

In the frame of the Competitiveness & Innovation Programme ICT Policy Support Programme (CIP ICT PSP) and as a follow-up to the CIP Info Day (3 February 2012), the European Commission is organising a one-day information and networking workshop dedicated to Theme 3 of the CIP ICT PSP (ICT for Health, Ageing Well and Inclusion). The workshop provides an opportunity for prospective programme applicants to put their questions directly to the European Commission, present their ideas to stakeholders, meet potential partners and learn more about the state of the art and the broader policy context. The workshop has been designed to optimise the opportunities for participants by incorporating information sessions, parallel showcasing sessions, networking opportunities and one-to-one meetings. Early registration is recommended.

Several new initiative will take place during the eHealth Week 2012 on the Continuum of Care - From the Home to the Hospital; mHealth Symposium; SME Village and the eHealth SME Competition; Dedicated CIO Track; WoHIT 2012 Education and Professional Development; EU-US workshop on eHealth; etc. Read the latest newsletter and Register!

SemanticHealthNet EU funded 'Network of Excellence' will develop a scalable and sustainable pan-European organisational and governance process for the semantic interoperability of clinical and biomedical knowledge, to help ensure that EHR systems are optimised for patient care, public health and clinical research across healthcare systems and institutions. The kick off meeting gathered, in Bonn early January, all consortium members which comprises more than 40 internationally recognised experts, including from USA and Canada, ensuring a global impact. Through a clinically-driven work plan, exemplified in cardiovascular medicine, SemanticHealthNet will capture the needs for evidence-based, patient-centred integrated care and for public health, encapsulating existing European consensus in the management of chronic heart failure and cardiovascular prevention. Experts in EHR architectures, clinical data structures, terminologies and ontology will combine, tailor and pilot their best-of-breed resources in response to the needs articulated by clinicians and public health physicians. SemanticHealthNet will also refer to the SemanticHEALTH and CALLIOPE roadmaps and will link with epSOS II and the eHealth Governance Initiative. The majority of the deliverables will be made public to ensure a wide dissemination of the project's results.

This symposium aims to provide an intercultural and multidisciplinary framework in order to promote a policy dialogue on how eHealth can address health issues and challenges in developing countries. It will do so by bringing together care providers, government representatives, funding agencies, industry leaders from the North and the South in an open and collaborative spirit.

l’Agence nationale Luxembourgeoise des informations partagées dans le domaine de la santé recherche un Directeur Général afin de développer, organiser et rendre opérationnelle cette nouvelle structure. Sa mission est de créer des services innovants fondés sur les technologies de l’information pour l’échange et le partage des informations de santé, ceci, dans le respect de strictes exigences en matière de protection de données. Le détail de l'offre est sur le site du recruteur, la date limite pour soumettre votre candidature est le 27 janvier 2012.