Press Release
Health Tech Event, 2nd edition, 28 January 2014
High Tech Campus Eindhoven, The Netherlands
Technology rapidly emerging in healthcare
Innovation, inspiration and creation in the operating room
Eindhoven, January 14 - Google Glass in the operating room, robotic telemedicine, nanotube sensors; the health care industry is rising in a high-speed tempo. How can technology benefit healthcare? What is the current status? And what developments can we expect in the near future? Health Tech Event 2014 is set-up around these questions. It offers an open atmosphere for both health and tech professionals to meet, learn and explore the crossroads of Science, Technology & Business in Med-Tech and Sensors.
The program includes keynotes of among others Lucien Engelen (on the first experiences at Radboud University with Google Glass) and Richard Kemkers (on the innovation opportunities Philips Research identifies in future patient care). Next to keynotes and a range of breakout presentations, Health Tech Event 2014 features an exhibition area and Start-up Plaza. Among the exhibitors are the Centre of Translational Molecular Medicine (CTMM) and Proxible (aiming to transfer hospitals into smart environments).
Anyone curious in where technology will take us in healthcare and wants to increase its network in this field, is invited to join the cutting edge program. The 2nd edition of the Health Tech Event will take place on January 28 at the High Tech Campus in Eindhoven.
Confirmed speakers and present companies are: Radboud University Medical Center, UMC Utrecht, Philips Research, GEA Group, IJsfontein, Inmote R&D, Fraunhofer Institute for Production, Holst Centre/IMEC, Proxible, TNO Innovation, BioRICS NV, SlimmerLeven 2020.
For further information about Health Tech Event 2014, visit www.healthtechevent.com.
Stay up-to-date with our latest health technology news via @healthtechtalk on twitter and: www.healthtechevent.com/blog
About Jakajima
Jakajima is the matchmaker for innovators in the high tech industry, ranging from 3D printing to Internet of Things, from Drones to Health Tech. We organize those activities that bring innovators from different value chains and different professions together, in order to endeavour innovations and to create new partnerships, products and/or services. www.jakajima.eu
About High Tech Campus Eindhoven
High Tech Campus Eindhoven is an open innovation R&D hotspot, which connects perfectly to the core values of the Health Tech Event. It is the smartest km² in The Netherlands with more than 125 companies and institutes, and some 10,000 researchers, developers and entrepreneurs working on developing future technologies and products. The Campus helps people to accelerate their innovation by offering easy access to high tech facilities and international networks. www.hightechcampus.com
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For further information, please contact:
Jakajima
Pieter Hermans
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