The Coordination Action AALIANCE - funded by the European Commission, DG Information Society and Media, within the 7th Framework Programme - focuses on Ambient Assisted Living (AAL) solutions based on advanced ICT technologies for the areas of AAL4Persons, which includes at home and on the move, AAL@community and AAL@work. AALIANCE provides a framework for stakeholders, led by industry, to define research and development priorities, timeframes and action plans on strategically important issues in the field of Ambient Assisted Living. Furthermore it plays a key role in ensuring an adequate focus of research funding for AAL, in fostering effective public-private partnerships and in developing a European research policy, in particular in focusing on FP7 and on activities launched by EU member states (AAL Joint Programme).

El Centro de Convenciones Internacional de Barcelona (CCIB) abrirá sus puertas del 15 al 18 de marzo para acoger el encuentro europeo con mayor presencia de grupos de interés del sector de la asistencia sanitaria.

La prestigiosa Conferencia de Alto Nivel sobre eHealth —un acto que organiza la Presidencia española de la UE, la Comisión Europea, el gobierno de la Generalitat de Cataluña y la Fundación TicSalut— es una conferencia ministerial que celebra su octava edición, todo un hito en el proceso que están llevando a cabo conjuntamente los Estados Miembros de la UE para la búsqueda de aplicaciones eHealth efectivas y su mayor despliegue.

Siguiendo a la Conferencia de Alto Nivel sobre eHealth, tendrá lugar la cuarta edición de la Conferencia y Exposición del Mundo de la TI Sanitarias (WoHIT), del 16 al 18 de marzo de 2010 en Barcelona, cuyo interesante programa y exposición permitirán ver cómo se está transformando la atención sanitaria a través de eHealth.

Health 2.0 is fundamentally about creating appropriate consumer and professional content using search, communities and tools, and using those tools to enhance the patient-physician relationship. The phenomenon has exploded in importance in the USA in the last three years, and we’ve had many requests to discuss and demonstrate Health 2.0 in Europe. The time is right! So we’re coming to Paris, April 6 & 7, 2010.

eHealth, Telemedicine and Health ICT are a tool at the service of medical and nurse practitioners, patients, citizens, healthcare institutions and governments. It involves many different stakeholders who need to be brought face-to-face to share aspirations, learn from research and experiences, show the possibilities, understand the market, discover new applications. Med-e-Tel is the meeting place with a proven potential for Education, Networking and Business among a global audience with diverse professional backgrounds