Program
Tuesday 24th March: New Sensor Technology |
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| 08:30 am | Registration and coffee |
| 09:00 am | Introduction Keynote address: Connected, continuous & co-ordinated: how mHealth improves standards of care and outcomes Thomas Olesen, Qualcomm Life |
| Digital Health | |
| 09:45 am | Common Sense: Which markets will sensors support in the new mobile health ecosystem? Dr. Mike Short CBE, Telefonica |
| 10:25 am | Wearable technologies for remote diagnosis of respiratory conditions Dr. Esther Rodriguez-Villegas, Imperial College |
| 11:00 am | Coffee break |
| 11:30 am | Wearable sensors for disease-specific data collection in clinical trials - a pharma approach Dr. Luis Garcia-Gancedo, GSK |
| 11:55 am | Pervasive actigraphy and EEG monitoring for multiple sclerosis Prof. Yi-ke Guo, Imperial College |
| 12:20 pm | How to identify clinically valuable sensor and data monitoring companies Dr. Saif Abed, Abed Graham Healthcare |
| 12:45 pm | Elevator Pitches: Scienion; Hamamatsu Photonics; KTN |
| 01:00 pm | Lunch |
| Advanced Sensor Technology | |
| 02:00 pm | Lab on a chip in medicine Prof. Wouter Olthius, University of Twente |
| 02:35 pm | Sensors for monitoring kidney and liver function Prof. Ciara O'Sullivan, Universitat Rovira i Virgili |
| 03:10 pm | Planar integrated waveguide based mid-infrared sensing for medical applications Prof. Steve Madden, Australian National University |
| 03:45 pm | Tea break |
| 04:15pm | CHEMFETS in medicine: why didn't they make it -yet? Prof. Jiri Janata, Georgia Institute of Technology |
| 05:00 pm | Panel discussion: Technology Push vs Clinical Pull |
| 06:00 pm | Reception |
| 08:00 pm | Reception ends |
Wednesday 25th March: Clinical Applications |
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| 08:30 am | Registration and coffee |
| 09:00 am | Introduction Keynote address: Sensing for in-vitro diagnostics - quo vadis? Dr. Oliver Hayden, Siemens AG Corporate Technology |
| Sensors for Cancer | |
| 09:45 am | Early diagnosis; our greatest opportunity Dr. David Jenkinson, Cancer Research Technology |
| 10:10 am | Diagnosing cancer by volatiles in breath and urine Billy Boyle, Owlstone |
| 10:35 am | 2D SERS substrates for ultrasensitive detection of multiple genetic leukemia biomarkers Silvia Picciolini, Fondazione Don Carlo Gnocchi ONLUS |
| 10:55 am | Detection of breast cancer 1 (BRCA1) gene using an electrochemical DNA biosensor based on immobilised ZnO nanaowires Zainiharyati Mohd Zain, UiTM Shah Alam |
| 11:15 am | Coffee break |
| Wearable Sensors | |
| 11: 30 am | Smart non-wovens and textiles for pH monitoring on skin and wounds Dr. Gerhard Mohr, Joanneum |
| 11:50 am | Smart bandage for remote monitoring of temperature and the moisture content of wounds Pasindu Lugoda, Nottingham Trent University |
| 12:10 pm | Evaluation of use of wearable sensor garment in home screening for sleep apnea events Dr. Aymen Ben Azouz, Dublin City University |
| 12:30 pm | Fall-Safe Assist - New sensor technology for detecting falls - infallibly The Hon. William Beckett, Hip Impact Protection |
| 12:45 pm | Elevator Pitches: Biodot; NIHR; Mewburn Ellis; COMSOL |
| 01:00 pm | Lunch |
| Sensors for Infectious Diseases | |
| 02:00 pm | The Longitude Prize Joshua Ryan-Saha, NESTA |
| 02:20 pm | TB or not TB? QuantuMDx has the answer. The future in Point of care diagnostics Dr. Chris Adams, QuantuMDx |
| 02:40 pm | A truly hand held, rapid, quantitative Point of Care system for infectious disease diagnosis in resource limited settings Timothy Dwyer, AgPlus Diagnostics |
| 03:00 pm | Sound Diagnostics - Multiplexed Testing for Infectious Diseases Prof. Jon Cooper, University of Glasgow |
| 03:40 pm | Tea break |
| Clinical Applications | |
| 04:00 pm | Point of care breath test for diagnosing and managing complications in diabetes integrated for mHealth applications Dr. Victor Higgs, Applied Nanodetectors |
| 04:25 pm | Fast and easy methods for real-time piezoelectric biosensor Dr. Nicoletta Giamblanco, University of Catania |
| 04:50 pm | Poster Awards |
| 05:00 pm | Conference closes |
Unavoidable changes in program may be made without prior announcement
Thursday 26th March: Workshop
Workshop: Medical Device Clinical Trials