Strategic Mission - 5th ACM International Conference on Digital Health | 5th ACM International Conference on Digital Health

Digital: the new frontier in healthcare

Everything is affected by the digital revolution. The opportunities for improving healthcare could be extraordinary. Interdisciplinary research is key to this. The UCL Festival for Digital Health will connect UCL’s world-class research in computer science, engineering, medicine and health service delivery. Together they can have a direct impact on the health and wellbeing of individuals, communities and populations. Collaborations across engineering and healthcare will make UCL a leading institution for Digital Health research. Join us to discover new technologies, Share achievements, Network with staff, industry and healthcare and Create new collaborations – a new momentum!

Strategic Mission

Festival Mission

The UCL Festival for Digital Health 2014 aims to:

DISCOVER: new innovations from domains of nanotechnology, EPRs, social media, mobile technology, games, self-tracking devices and apps revolutionizing delivery of healthcare
SHARE: research, clinical, business and policy achievements from UCL and UCLP
NETWORK: with staff and students across UCL, UCLP, industry, SMEs, policy makers and healthcare professionals
CREATE: new interdisciplinary collaborations across Faculties and disciplines and sectors

Organized by Dr Patty Kostkova (UCL Computer Science), the UCL Festival for Digital Health 2014 is hosted by the UCL Grand Challenge of Human Wellbeing and supported by the Faculty of Engineering and the Faculty of Population Health Sciences .

Digital Health

Digital health is defined as the use of information and communications technologies to improve human health and wellbeing for citizen, patients and populations.

The UCL Festival for Digital Health will aim to discuss the agenda for innovative technology-based clinical and public health interventions, engage individual citizens with the potential to transform healthcare over the next decade. In particular:

Mobile, gamification and apps: health education, personalized care, public engagement, digital interventions, global health
Tracking technology, sensor/nanotechnology: self-management for health, fitness and well-being, point-of-care diagnostics
User interfaces: novel medical devices, intelligent interfaces and safe interaction
Social media, data analytics, citizen-centred systems: early warning, surveillance, risk assessment, risk communication, participatory systems and public health interventions
Behaviour change and improvement of healthcare outcomes

FDH Format

The UCL Festival for Digital Health will comprise a wide spectrum of activities including presentations from UCL staff members, UCLP Trusts and Bc/MSc/PhD students, poster and demonstration sessions, industry Speed Dating and panel debates with high profile speakers from academia, industry and the healthcare sector. Dedicated events will be organized jointly with the key stakeholders in digital health domain: IBME, Centre for Behaviour Change and UCL Advances.