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Avante, activities programme
Publication date: 27th May, 2010
Wednesday, 2nd June 2010
2nd Forum on Health, Technology and Quality of Life
9.00 am to 7.00 pm | Room 4.1 - Pavilion 1
The advantages of using ICT in order to improve safety, quality and sustainability in healthcare and to reduce costs will be discussed, as well as new business opportunities for companies in the sector that have to attend to the growing demand for services. Today, 419 Catalan health centres share data on 17 million digital medical histories and the electronic prescription system is implemented in primary care with over 32 million electronic prescriptions issued.
The programme of keynote addresses can be downloaded from www.salonavante.com
Organised by the TicSalut Foundation and the Asociación de Empresas de Electrónica, Tecnologías de la Información y Telecomunicaciones de España (AETIC).
General Assembly of the AALAssociation
Restricted access | Pavilion 1
Meeting of representatives of the AAL (ambient Assisted Living) Association’s 23 member countries, in which the topics of the 2011 European programme will be established.
Organised by the AAL Association with the support of the Carlos III Institute of the Ministry of Science and Innovation and the D.G. for the Development of Society and Information of the Ministry of Industry, Tourism and Commerce, and the Health Department of the Catalan Generalitat.
Presentation of technological projects
10.00 am to 6.30 pm | Knowledge Agora - Pavilion 1
Companies, technological centres, administrations and organisations will present technologically innovative projects at the service of the dependent and disabled. Successful experiences will also be analysed.
The programme can be seen at www.salonavante.com
Participants: Aplicaciones de Informática Avanzada (AIA), Vodafone Foundation, Col•legi Oficial d’Infermeria de Barcelona (COIB), Keepu Media, Parc de Salut Mar, Diputació de Barcelona, Benestic, Serenocare, Fundosa Technosite, Hospital Comarcal Antoni Abat Foundation, Unit4, Other Side Mirror and Flowlab.
Organised by Fira de Barcelona and the TicSalut Foundation
“Innovation in management and welfare resources in attending to dependency”
10.00 am to 12.30 pm| Room 4.2 - Pavilion 1
The creation of new services to attend to the elderly or the disabled generates other formulas to manage existing resources. By means of successful experiences, the personalised and more effective care model to improve quality of life will be analysed.
Organised by the Unió Catalana d’Hospitals
Thursday, 3rd June 2010
“The dependency sector in the light of the crisis”
10.30 am to 2.00 pm | Room 4.1 - Pavilion 1
The application of the Dependency Law will be analysed and participants will also debate the concession of 14,000 new places in residences, the situation of day centres and of homecare services and the status of negotiations with the administrations.
Organised by the Associació Catalana de Recursos Assistencials (ACRA)
Workshop “Taking innovation to the real needs of services for the elderly”
10.00 am to 5.15 pm | Knowledge Agora - Pavilion 1
European programmes that promote research and development of new technological solutions to improve the quality of life of the elderly will be presented. Participants will discuss the strategy of EU countries of facing the challenges of population ageing.
The programme can be downloaded from www.salonavante.com
Organised by Fira de Barcelona and the TicSalut Foundation
Elderly housing reform programme
11.00 am (restricted access)| Pavilion 1
Montserrat Ballarín, delegate president of the Social Welfare Area of the Diputació de Barcelona and Xavier García-Milá, architect at Arquitectura i Accessibilitat de Barcelona will explain the project to reform housing for the elderly in order to improve their autonomy at home.
Organised by the Diputació de Barcelona
Workshop: driving adapted cars
10.30 am to 7.00 pm | Pavilion 1
Theory and practical class on driving vehicles adapted for the disabled. Manoeuvres and tricks to improve technique will be taught.
Organised by Im-Guidosimplex
Friday, 4th June 2010
Meetings with French ICT companies
9.00 am to 6.00 pm | Room 4.2 - Pavilion 1
Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) applied to healthcare is an emerging sector with great growth expectations thanks to the increase in demand for e-health, telemedicine and teleassistance services. For this reason meetings have been organised between French and Spain technological companies in order to promote trade agreements and collaboration projects to develop new services. They will also share successful experiences in joint French-Spanish projects, such as the case of the border hospital in Puigcerdà.
Organised by the French Chamber of commerce in Barcelona and UBIFRANCE commercial services, of the French Embassy in Spain
Every day, from 2nd to 4th June 2010
Avante Home
10.00 am to 7.00 pm | Pavilion 1
An exhibition that recreates a 128-m2 apartment adapted for the needs of mobility, health, leisure and well-being of children and adults with physical, sensorial and cognitive disability. It is equipped with products and technologies that improve the autonomy, self-esteem and life quality of these persons and also favours their social and work integration.
More information at www.salonavante.com
Organised by Fira de Barcelona and coordinated by BJ Adaptaciones, with the collaboration of GAES, RehaGirona, Toshiba, the Vodafone and ONCE Foundations and Diputació de Barcelona.
R&D&I Area
10.00 am to 7.00 pm | Pavilion 1
European and national prototypes and projects that research and develop new technological solutions to improve autonomy and quality of life of the elderly.
All exhibited projects can be found at www.salonavante.com
Organised by Fira de Barcelona with the collaboration of Ecomit Consulting and the TicSalut Foundation
Workshop: “Promotion of Personal Autonomy for Intellectually Disabled Adults”
11.00 am to 6.30 pm | Finestrelles Stand. Pavilion 1
Different conferences to debate the progressive ageing of the intellectually disabled population and its consequences, the importance of nutrition in these patients and the good results obtained from dog-assisted therapy.
Organised by Finestrelles, Fundació Privada Pro Disminuïts Psíquics in collaboration with Nestlé España
Braille Workshops
10.00 am to 7.00 pm | Associació Discapacitat Visual Catalunya Stand - Pavilion 1
Visitors will be taught to use Braille, the tactile reading and writing method for the visually impaired.
Organised by Associació Discapacitat Visual Catalunya
Walking Stick Workshop
11.00 am to 2.00 pm and 4.00 pm to 6.00 pm | Associació Discapacitat Visual Catalunya Stand - Pavilion 1
Blind persons will teach techniques for using a walking stick, as used by the visually impaired.
Organised by Associació Discapacitat Visual Catalunya
Barcelona, 27th May 2010
Possible changes can be found at www.salonavante.com
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Montse García Duque
93 233 35 46
mgarciad@firabcn.es