Digital phenotyping, the measurement of human behavioral phenotypes using personal devices, is rapidly gaining popularity. Novel initiatives, ranging from software prototypes to user-ready research platforms, are innovating the field of biomedical research and health care apps. One example is the Behapp project (www.behapp.com), which offers a fully managed digital phenotyping platform as a service. The innovative potential of digital phenotyping strategies resides among others in their capacity to objectively capture measurable and quantitative components of human behavior, such as diurnal rhythm, movement patterns, and communication, in a real-world setting. (Jagesar et al., 2021)

In this workshop, we will first present to you how we use both active assessed questionnaires and passive digital phenotyping to study social functioning in mental health, and look ahead to the possibilities of using digital monitoring for the early detection of disease, the prediction of relapse and personalized medicine. We will use the second half of the session to think together about the potential (future) applications of digital phenotyping in your own field of research or clinical practice.

This workshop will be hosted by Renate Kat and Anna Langener (Groningen Institute for Evolutionary Life Sciences, University of Groningen)

Every year, more than 1 million people in Europe die of cancer. Ursula von der Leyen – president of the EC – “the fight of those battling cancer is our fight as well”. The EC its ‘Beating Cancer Plan’ focuses on the prevention, treatment and care of cancer. It includes all phases of cancer-development, from prevention to the quality of life of cancer patients and people who have survived cancer.

The Northern Netherlands can and wants to share an essential contribution to the battle against cancer, and in doing so, becoming a recognizable part of the Europe Beating Cancer Plan. The collaboration with the University of Groningen, the Universities of Applied Sciences, the University Medical Centre Groningen en SHINE Veendam dreams about becoming a European-acknowledged center of knowledge, innovation and production for nuclear medicine – for all Europeans and far beyond.

In this innovation Booster we invite you to discuss the future of medical isotopes and nuclear medicine in general in the North, both from fabrication and application perspective. What do you think is needed? What would you like to contribute? Let’s think big and put some common goals!

Dr. Sytze Brandenburg – Nuclear medicine and the use of medical isotopes

Research of Prof. Brandenburg: https://www.rug.nl/staff/s.brandenburg/research

Wim Boeckx/Robin Schellevis – Building a factory for medical isotopes in Veendam

https://www.shinefusion.com/europe/

Dr. Walter Noordzij – Applications of modern medical isotopes

Research of Dr. Noordzij: https://www.rug.nl/staff/w.noordzij/research

Limb amputation has large impact on the patients’ participation and quality of life. In this innovation booster workshop on Artificial Limbs, we want to discuss the surgical procedures, the engineering and clinical methodologies towards rehabilitation, and the outlook to the future.

Organised by Prof. Dr. Raffaella Carloni and Prof. Dr. Han Houdijk

Programma:

• Opening session by chair Schelto Kruijff (surgical oncologist) and Femke van der Zant (medical student)
• Annemarie Leliveld (urologist UMCG): Wanted! Solution for the pollution.
• Daniek Hakkers (medical student): How to reduce waste in a large academic hospital; the UMCG project
• Edita Jurak (biochemical engineer): First aid microbes – utilizing natural machinery to convert operating room plastic waste
  Summary: While there is still a long way from being able to remove non-biodegradable plastic materials from hospital operating rooms due to strict hygiene requirements, d eveloping efficient, green conversion options by using microbes is a promising source of new technologies that can provide results within a short research timescale.
• Jon Salt (consultant biobased and circular economy) & Wybren Kalsbeek (specialist Circular &biobased polymers) on Sustainable Plastics: on the way to green healthcare
  Summary: Take a dive into a variety of projects focussed on using biobased and recycled plastics to improve the sustainability of healthcare in the North of the Netherlands. From injection moudling and 3D printing with recycled hospital packaging waste, to alternative plastics as replacements for current materials, the possibilities are endless.

Nanomedicine is de toepassing van nanotechnologie om innovatie in de zorg te realiseren. Het faciliteert gepersonaliseerde, gerichte en regeneratieve geneeskunde door het leveren van het volgende niveau van nieuwe medicijnen, behandelingen en implanteerbare apparaten aan clinici en patiënten voor echte doorbraken in de gezondheidszorg.

Nanomedicine maakt ook vroege detectie en preventie mogelijk en verbetert de diagnose, behandeling en follow-up van veel ziekten drastisch. 

Tegenwoordig heeft nanogeneeskunde honderden producten onder klinische proeven, die alle belangrijke ziekten omvatten, waaronder kanker, cardiovasculaire, virale infecties, neurodegeneratieve, musculoskeletale en inflammatoire ziekten. Nanogeneeskunde is al goed voor ongeveer 80 op de markt gebrachte producten, variërend van nano-levering en farmaceutica tot medische beeldvorming, diagnostiek en biomaterialen. Het meest recente en bekende geval is de ontwikkeling en klinische toepassing van de COVID-19-nanovaccins die een ongekende revolutie teweeg hebben gebracht in zowel de gezondheidszorg als de farmaceutische en nanogeneeskunde.

In deze workshop zullen uitgenodigde sprekers de huidige status van de nanomedicijnen presenteren en bespreken, de voordelen (en uitdagingen) bij het vertalen ervan naar de kliniek, hoe je van bench naar succesvolle farmaceutische bedrijven kunt gaan, specifieke succesvolle casusverhalen en provocerende vragen om betrokken te raken. met het publiek.

Eindelijk bent u ervan overtuigd dat uw innovatieve product klaar is. Na maanden van testen, aanpassen en feedback vragen, staat u op het punt uw product voor de eerste keer bij mensen te proberen of, nadat u met succes menselijke proeven heeft uitgevoerd, uw product op de markt brengt. Dan sta je voor de drempel van het passeren van de METC of wetgevende instanties en moet je gegevens aanleveren waar je zelf nooit aan had gedacht. Bovendien merk je voor het eerst de volledige impact van een vage term uit het verleden: MDR!

It sets you back months and, considering all unexpected costs mounting at your expense, it puts the whole launch at a business risk. If you recognize or fear such a situation, this booster is definitely for you! On 17 June, experts in the field of Medical Device Regulation or the Medical Ethical Review Committee and business people who experienced what MDR can do to your business share their experiences and recommendations. 

Deze HTRIC MDR Booster is bedoeld om u bewust te maken van de MDR-regelgevingskwesties en hoe u dit kunt omzetten in een concurrentievoordeel voor uw bedrijf. 

ZiuZ is a leading innovator in AI and computer vision for Health Care and Forensic applications. Their solutions ensure that patients receive the correct medications, support efficient and safe diagnosis of medical conditions and prevent the spread of child abuse online. ZiuZ’s customers are located in over 50 countries around the world and they work closely with universities and research institutes to develop novel technologies that solve socially relevant challenges.  

During this workshop, ZiuZ will reflect on the technical and entrepreneurial challenges the company faced over the past twenty years in growing ZiuZ from a startup to a market leader in computer vision for healthcare applications. ZiuZ’s founder, Gerrit Baarda, will share insights into how the company develops and launches novel products comprising a combination of algorithms, software and hardware – often successfully, but certainly not without failures along the way. Research Engineer Joost Calon will delve into the technology behind ZiuZ’s recent innovations and cut through some of the hype surrounding AI for healthcare to explore what we can and can’t expect from algorithms in the healthcare and medical imaging space. This informal workshop will take the form of a ‘fireside chat’ and leave plenty of room for questions from and knowledge sharing with participants.

Games hebben bewezen aantrekkelijke toepassingen te bieden in veel zorggebieden. Voorbeelden zijn te vinden b.v. bij trainingsspellen, diagnosehulpmiddelen en gedragsveranderingen. Om een succesvolle game in de zorgomgeving te lanceren, moeten echter veel uitdagingen worden overwonnen: vanaf het begin van de game-ontwikkeling is een serieuze aanpak vereist!

Op 17 juni organiseert NHL Stenden hogeschool een Innovation Booster Workshop om inzicht te geven in het complexe ontwikkelproces van Games for Health. Aan de hand van een praktijkcasus illustreren we de stappen die we nemen vanaf de verkenning van het vraagstuk tot het ontwerp en de evaluatie van de implementatie. Door deel te nemen aan deze workshop ervaar je zelf hoe het game design proces is veranderd door co-creatie met het betrokken publiek.

Als je er ooit aan hebt gedacht om games voor zorgtoepassingen te ontwikkelen, of als zorgprofessional hebt gewerkt en je zoekt hoe een serious game je dagelijkse professionele werk een boost kan geven, dan is deze Innovation Booster Workshop iets voor jou. Mis het niet!

Programma:

Innovation on the area of health technology, including the development of Artificial Intelligence (AI), moves quickly and with high expectations. It offers opportunities to contribute to a high quality and affordable health care, but it also raises a lot of questions. A question such as which ideas and expectations people have of AI. Are these expectations too optimistic or too pessimistic?

How do our social and political values influence these expectations? And what does this mean for the development and implementation of AI and what can art mean in this?

To promote the development and implementation of trustworthy and human-focused AI, several ELSA (Ethical, Legal, and Societal Aspects) labs are set up in the Netherlands, in which researchers, societal partners, companies, citizens and patients work together.

In this Innovation Booster we will explain how the ELSA lab Northern Netherlands wants to contribute to the responsible development and implementation of AI in health care.

During the ELSA lab Innovation Booster, Dr. Mirjam Plantinga and Dr. Ritumbra Manuvrie will take you into the research that ELSA Lab Northern Netherlands is planning to do, to get more insight into these questions. Moreover, Dr. Judith van Elst will focus on the meaning of art in this process.

Finally, we will play a serious game in which the possibilities of the contribution of AI in health care will be explored in a playful way, and we will discuss the challenges of responsible development and implementation of AI in health care.