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CUHTec Preventative Technology Fair:
Making Telecare and Electronic Assistive Technology Work
(This title refers to the recent Government "Prevenatitive Technology  
Grant")
(In Association with Tunstall)
The Huntingdon Room, Kings Manor, York, Thursday 20 July, 2006

The Centre for Usable Home Technology (CUHTec) at the University of  
York offer this Preventative Technology Fair as a meeting place for:  
telecare service providers and commissioners; equipment suppliers;  
researchers, and the voluntary sector.

FINAL PROGRAMME
10.00 Coffee and registration
10.30            Welcome, Andrew Monk and Steve Sadler
10.35             "What I am most proud of", panel discussion
Innovative telecare service providers tell of their triumphs (and  
occasional despair), and a chance for the audience to do likewise.  
Panellists include:
                         David Ward, Hanover England
                         Charles Lowe, London Borough of Newham
11.30             "Unmet needs", panel discussion
Speakers from health, adult services and the voluntary sector will  
talk about the unmet needs of older people. The audience can add  
theirs. Panellists include:
                         David Sinclair, Help the Aged
                         Barbara Dunk, South London and Maudsley NHS  
Trust
                         Carole Bayliss, Knowsley PCT
12.30             Lunch and networking opportunity
1.30             "Equipment hotline", panel discussion
Manufacturers and suppliers will talk about what they do, what is  
coming next and what they want from their users. An opportunity to  
tell them how it should be.  Panellists include:
                         Steve Sadler, Tunstall Group
                         David Foster, Initial Attendo
                         John Wotton, Chiltern Invadex
2.15             "What the future holds", panel discussion
Some influential researchers tell what they see as the priorities for  
research, your chance to tell them yours. Panellists include:
                         Roger Orpwood, Bath Institute for Medical  
Engineering
                         Christine Victor, University of Reading
                         Helen Petrie, University of York
                         Alan Newell, University of Dundee
3.00             Tea
3.30            Interactive Forum Theatre, "Hullo Gran!"
Maggie Morgan, Leverhulme Artist-in-Residence in Dundee University's  
School of Computing, along with two professional actors, will  
demonstrate the use of interactive forum theatre to articulate the  
voice of older people with vital involvement from the audience.  
Maggie's work is part of an on-going research program developing ways  
of designing technology to support older people.
4.30             The fair closes
The following organisations will be displaying posters: Invicta  
Telecare; Pennaf Housing Group; Help the Aged; Initial Attendo;  
Phillips; Chiltern Invadex. There will an exhibition of Tunstall  
equipment

KINGS MANOR
The meeting will be held in King's Manor, one of historic York's most  
attractive and unusual sites in the centre of York and within walking  
distance of the railway station. York is less than 2 hours from  
London King's Cross and 2.5 hours from Edinburgh.  Further details  
about how to get to King’s Manor can be found at: http:// 
www.york.ac.uk/np/maps/kmdirect.htm

BOOK NOW
Please download and compete further details and a registration form  
from www.cuhtec.org.uk/events.html. The fee is £65.00 per person for  
CUHTec members associate members and university researchers  
(associate membership is for charitable organisations and is free of  
charge) and £120.00 per person for non-members. This includes lunch,  
refreshments, notes and the forum theatre performance. For further  
information about becoming a CUHTec member or associate member please  
contact Rachel Dare, CUHTec Administrator, [log in to unmask]  
Registration forms must be received by July 14.


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