{"id":126444,"date":"2022-12-15T08:43:57","date_gmt":"2022-12-15T06:43:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.tehnopol.ee\/?p=126444"},"modified":"2022-12-15T08:49:49","modified_gmt":"2022-12-15T06:49:49","slug":"photos-international-conference-focused-on-how-to-accelerate-innovation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tehnopol.ee\/en\/photos-international-conference-focused-on-how-to-accelerate-innovation\/","title":{"rendered":"Photos: International conference focused on how to accelerate innovation"},"content":{"rendered":"
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After two years of hard work and collaboration by the IN-4-AHA project consortium partners,\u00a0Cluster Sa\u00fade de Galicia,<\/a>\u00a0Civitta<\/a>,\u00a0Praxis<\/a>,\u00a0EIT Health Scandinavia<\/a>,\u00a0Proud Engineers,\u00a0<\/a>XAMK<\/a>,\u00a0University of Porto Competence Center for Healthy and Active Ageing<\/a>\u00a0Porto4Ageing<\/a>,\u00a0SIH EEIG \u2013 Slovenian Innovation Hub<\/a>, and\u00a0EUREGHA<\/a>, under the guiding leadership of\u00a0Tehnopol<\/a>, our project comes to an end. We celebrated our achievements during the\u00a0final conference on 7 December. <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The event took place at the Arvo P\u00e4rt Centre in idyllic Laulasmaa, Estonia, and was streamed online so people from all over Europe could join. The conference was moderated by\u00a0Tja\u0161a Zajc<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The day started with welcoming words from European Commission Vice-President for Democracy and Demography,\u00a0Dubravka Suica<\/strong>. Next,\u00a0Piret Hirv<\/strong>, IN-4-AHA project leader at Tehnopol\/Estonian Connected Health Cluster introduced the IN-4-AHA project, the challenges to be tackled and how the consortium chose to approach these. Emphasizing the co-creational character of IN-4-AHA, she explained:\u00a0\u201cFrom the beginning, we designed the project around the core concepts of person-centeredness and end-user involvement\u201d.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Nele Labi<\/strong>, Undersecretary General for Innovation at the Estonian Ministry of Social Affairs, further set the mood with her keynote speech on how to bring innovation to service provision in health and care, sharing valuable insights into the Estonian case.\u00a0\u201cInnovation is not just about ideas, but about execution\u201d,<\/em>\u00a0she said, adding that\u00a0\u201cto create more room for innovation we need to start sharing our data\u201d<\/em>. In line with this statement, the potential of data and data sharing proved to be a recurring topic throughout the day for speakers as well as members of the audience.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Below you will find a brief summary of the main take-aways from each panel. The full recording is also included and will remain available for you at any time, should you wish to recap part or all of the IN-4-AHA final conference. At the end of this article, you can find the full recording of the conference and other interesting project resources to browse through.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The European investment landscape in the field of AHA<\/strong><\/u>
<\/u>Andreas Palm<\/strong>, Senior Consultant, CIVITTA, IN-4-AHA WP6
Piret Hirv<\/strong>, Project leader IN-4-AHA, Tehnopol\/Estonian Connected Health Cluster
Annika Szabo Portela<\/strong>, Managing Director, EIT Health Scandinavia<\/p>\n\n\n\n