JOANNEUM RESEARCH, headquartered in Graz, is a successful national and internationally active research institution owned by the Austrian federal states of Styria, Carinthia and Burgenland. Ideally embedded in the national and international innovation network, our researchers innovate in three high-level fields of expertise: “Information and Production Technologies”, “Human Technologies and Medicine”, and “Society and Sustainability”. We use our ideas, innovative power and considerable research experience to support companies both private and public not only with the development of technology, methods and products, but also with societal topics.

The impact of demographic change rises the awareness of society for the opportunities in digital health and care. This is also reflected by the European strategy for the transformation of healthcare in the Digital Single Market. Active and Assisted Living (AAL) and digital care are of great importance for DIGITAL, which is shown by numerous research projects with renowned partners in health and care. The institute DIGITAL is since many years a leading ICT innovation partner for digital health and care applications, focusing on Active and Assisted Living, e.g. AAL test regions, IoT, social robotics, virtual reality and neurodegenerative diseases and mental health, e.g. serious games for persons with dementia, human factors lab, affective computing and with sound methodological competences in artificial intelligence, machine learning, medical imaging, and decision support.

Reason for participating:

• New contacts in the field of research in healthcare
• New contacts to care organizations
• Insights in the process of healthcare and digital solutions in Norway
• Strengthen the network between Styrian and Norwegian institutions working in ICT and healthcare

Looking for contacts within:

• Research organisation in the field of ICT and healthcare
• Care organisations highly interested in using digital solutions