Handicap International and Mobilab are looking for a CPO with expertise in CAD for a project in Togo, Niger and Mali. More details view document below:

...and we won't just let that pass by. On Friday, February 17, we organize a symposium in which we will look back upon 10 years of research, look forward to the future and finalize 2 of our recent projects, Motex and Efforth with workshops and lectures. Of course, there will be several opportunities to network. We hope to see you then! Please register via the online form before February 13.

The programme:

09:30    Welcome with coffee
10:00    Introduction
10:10    Motex project highlights (Bert Bonroy)
10:25    Efforth project highlights (Veerle Creylman)
10:50    Parallel session 1:

• Efforth:

1. Utilising user feedback to drive design of affordable, reliable & desirable prosthetic products & services. (Alan Hutchison, Prosfit) (30')
2. How Additive Manufacturing (Re)Individualises Orthopaedic Care (Manuel Opitz, Mecuris) (30')
3. Starting with empathy (Naveed Parvez, Andiamo) (30')

• Motex

1. Technologie in de klinische praktijk (dr. Steven Claes, AZH) (30')
2. Technologie in de gezondheidszorg (Frank Ponsaert, kabinet De Block) (30')
   
3. Digital Transformation in Healthcare (Frederik Horemans, MIC) (30')

12:20     Lunch, poster fair and company introduction fair
13:35     Parallel session 2:

• Hands on demo: scan to print
• Motex project results and demo

15:15     From Mobilab to ... (Louis Peeraer / Marc Mertens / Lieven de Maesschalck)
15:45     Guided tour and networking reception
17:30     End of the symposium

Do not hesitate to contact us via mobilab@thomasmore.be if you have any questions.

This is the programme for the eMen Conference on February 6, 2017:

09:30-09:45 Welcome
09:45-10:00 Opening
10:00-10:40 eMental Health: State of the Art
10:40-11:00 eMen: Unlocking the power of technology to improve Europe's mental health
11:00-11:20 eGGZ policy in the Netherlands
11:20-11:50 Networking break
11:50-12:30 Showcase of available technologies
12:30-13:50 Networking lunch
13:50-14:30 Best practices
14:30-15:10 Privacy and ethical questions
15:10-15:50 Networking break
15:50-16:30 Best practices
16:30-17:00 Policy and closing
16:40-17:30 Drinks & Networking

You can still preregister via the online form.

More information on the conference

eMEN: unlocking the power of technology to improve Europe's mental health.

The eMEN project, made possible by Inttereg NWE, is working to unlock the power of technology to improve Europe's mental health. Our launch conference will look at how we can increase the uptake of e-mental health and reduce the levels of unmet needs within mental healthcare.

The event takes place from 10 am till 5 pm and will feature some interesting keynote speakers who will demonstrate several useful case studies. The following topics will be dealt with (amongst others):

• Why eMEN? There is an increase in mental health needs in Europe; a solution for this might be found in e-mental healthcare. What are the challenges in putting e-mental health technology into practice? eMEN aims to provide an answer to these questions.
  
• What are we going to do to deal with these challenges? I.a. establish a collaborative platform for deployment, use pilots to show how to successfully develop, etc.
  
• Introduction into e-mental health: what it is, what it looks like, for whom, advantages, etc. ...
  
• Towards integrated care: linking wearables with e-mental health
• Privacy and ethical questions (automation, artificial intelligence, etc. ...)
• Policy: how governments can facilitate the development of e-mental health in a proper and safe manner

Date:             Monday February 6, 2017
For whom:   This conference is meant for mental health professionals, mental health institutions,
                      scientists, researchers, policymakers, end users and developers
Venue:         Thomas More, Zandpoortvest 60, 2800 Mechelen, Belgium
Fee:              free (financed via Interreg)

Confirmed keynote speakers are i.a.: e-mental health Professor dr. Heleen Riper and Flemish Minister of welfare, Public Health and Family, Jo Vandeurzen.

The full programme will be available soon. Follow us on Twitter @emen_eu for updates.

Preregister for the conference via the button below:

Mobilab received the Health & Care Award (category innovation) for project Motex and the public and expert jury award in the category Concept for their To Walk Again Post Revalidation Center in Herentals at the Health & Care Congress in Ghent. The Health & Care exhibition is the biggest exhibition for professionals in healthcare in Belgium and was organised this year in Ghent from September 28 to 30.  Jo Vandeurzen, Flemish minister of wellbeing, health and family, handed out awards in 5 categories: Health & Care, Concept, Hospitality, Innovation and Tools.

Together with the award, Mobilab received a voucher for airtime on Kanaal Z (Belgian business TV-channel) with a value of €4200 and a voucher for a reception for 10 people, sponsored by Solucious.

Yesterday, at the ISPO 2015 congress in Lyon, our colleagues Veerle Creylman, Luiza Muraru, Helga Vertommen and Louis Peeraer received the Forchheimer Prize for their paper "Gait Assessment during the initial fitting of customized selective laser sintering ankle foot orthoses in subjects with drop foot".

The Forchheimer Prize was established by the Forchheimer family to honour the memory of Sylvia and Alfred Forchheimer and recognizes the most outstanding paper on objective clinical assessment, clinical evaluation or clinical measurement published in Prosthetics and Orthotics International.

Well done, colleagues!