UCL/Rosetrees Interdisciplinary Symposium 22nd October 2015

Theme: Smart Technologies for Health

These talks illustrate how smart technologies will change the ways that we investigate, diagnose, treat and monitor disease at an individual and population level.

PROGRAMME:

14.00 Opening -

14.05 Rosetrees Chairman – Richard Ross

14.10 Professor Rachel McKendry: "Going Viral - The Digital Future of Health

14.25 Professor Mark Lythgoe: "The limits of perception: Latest advances in biomedical Imaging"

14.40 Dr. Steve Hilton: "En route to the future: the integration of 3d printing with established scientific platforms"

14.55 Professor Susan Michie: "Promises and pitfalls of using smartphone apps to change behaviour"

15.10 Dr. Valentin Goverdovsky: "Hearables: continuously monitoring the state of body and mind"

15.25 Dr. Rui Loureiro: “Robots: rehabilitation technologies beyond the hospital or clinic”

15.40 Panel Discussion

16.10 Award of Rosetrees PhD Prize 2015 - Dr. Anna Rose

16.15 Launch of the "Royal Society Rosalind Franklin App Competition"

16.20 Reception