Technology for Health Summit 2017 - Panel I: Introducing the technological revolution in health and wellbeing

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This panel discusses the opportunities created by advances in healthcare stemming from connected technologies such as bio-sensors, smart wearables and implantables. It highlights these technologies’ transformative nature, and focuses on how they can be fully leveraged, while also taking into account the ethical concerns raised by these advances.

Speakers:

  • Nicole Denjoy – Secretary General, COCIR
  • Michel Goldman – Founder and co-director of the Institute for Interdisciplinary Innovation in healthcare Institute (i3h), Université Libre de Bruxelles
  • Christian Hofmann – Group Manager Medical Sensor System, Fraunhofer institute for Integrated Circuit
  • Andreas Lymberis  Head of Sector, Wearables and Bioelectronics, DG CNECT, European Commission
  • Chris Van Hoof – Director, Wearable Health Solutions, IMEC

This panel discusses the opportunities created by advances in healthcare stemming from connected technologies such as bio-sensors, smart wearables and implantables. It highlights these technologies’ transformative nature, and focuses on how they can be fully leveraged, while also taking into account the ethical concerns raised by these advances.