Submit your proposal for one of the 150 stands available to showcase the latest findings in advanced research, technologies, new systems, innovation in services & business and ICT products just coming to market. Deadline: 7 June 2013 - 16.00.

European Commission Vice-President Neelie Kroes has awarded prizes to eHealth SMEs from Finland, Germany, Italy, Netherlands, Switzerland and United Kingdom as part of eHealth Week 2013 in Dublin, Ireland.

A declaration by the Irish Presidency of the Council of the EU committing Member States to developing eHealth ecosystems that could contribute to the reform of health systems has been welcomed by European Commission Vice-President for the Digital Agenda Neelie Kroes and Health Commissioner Tonio Borg. The Irish Presidency presented the Declaration at the Ministerial eHealth High Level Conference in Dublin on May 13th. eHealth ecosystems pool the resources of health and social care providers, industry, research institutions, authorities and end users throughout Europe to accelerate the development and adoption of innovative solutions such as eHealth to specific problems in health and social care.

The EU SME eHealth Competition rewards the best eHealth solution of 2013 produced by a European Small and Medium Enterprise. Meet the finalists.

Please find below an invitation for the press for eHealth Week 2013 in Dublin.

Do you have a specific topic to propose for discussion? Bid for a dedicated networking slot at the event! Propose a topic for a Horizon 2020-related networking session. Deadline: 10 May

Investing €5.5 billion in 16 hospitals of the future, Denmark can boast that it ‘Leads the Way in Digital Care’. This prosperous region will be fully represented at eHealth Week 2013 with a national pavilion and large country delegation.

During eHealth Week 2013 in Dublin (13-15/5) the European Commission is organizing a workshop on legal issues surrounding cross-border eHealth deployment.

The ICT2013 event is a unique opportunity for networking. You have a specific topic to propose and discuss? Bid for a dedicated networking slot at the ICT2013 event - you will be visible before, at and after the event!

The European Commission's Directorate General for Communications Networks, Content and Technology (DG CONNECT) and the United States Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) have agreed on a roadmap to strengthen transatlantic cooperation in eHealth and Health information technologies (IT).

In Slovenia a major cross-border experimenting effort has been launched concerning ICT-based healthcare and related disciplines in the Danube eRegion.

Cross-border Digital Public Services: what's in it for citizens? For Industry? For Member States? Articles, interviews, video and info graphics to learn more about our Large Scale Pilot Projects: e-CODEX, SPOCS, STORK 2.0, epSOS, PEPPOL, the forthcoming eSENS, and the Connecting Europe Facility initiative...

epSOS project coordinator Fredrik Lindén received the 2013 HealthTech Innovation Award for pioneering the adoption of auto ID technologies in the world of healthcare.

A video produced by the Barcelona Supercomputing Center (BSC) has won the video category of the 10th annual international science and technology visualization challenge, organised by Science Magazine and the National Science Foundation (NSF). The video ‘Alya Red: a computational heart’ describes their project to simulate the human heart. It show scientific visualizations of simulations using the computational electromechanical model applied to a rabbit heart. The short film was made by BSC’s multi-disciplinary visualization team which makes videos on one hand to help researchers get another angle on their data and on the other to help the general public to understand the significance of our work. BSC is a partner of the "Human Brain Project" that has been selected by the European Commission as one of the two FET Flagship projects set to receive one billion euros to deliver 10 years of world-beating science at the crossroads of science and technology.
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iMarine (www.i-marine.eu) is a pioneering initiative that fosters an ecosystem approach to fisheries management and conservation of living marine resources. It achieves this objective by driving a Community of Practice which brings together practitioners and policy makers. “A single community that shares data and knowledge within iMarine and develops tools and information can collectively advance the adoption of an ecosystem approach based on transparent and well-informed decision-making for the conservation of sustainable use of marine resources”, explains Patricio Bernal, coordinator of the IUCN High Seas Initiative and iMarine Advisory Council Member. To increase awareness of these urgent issues, iMarine has come up with a novel new mobile app – AppliFish – opening up marine knowledge to anyone with a mobile device anytime, anywhere. AppliFish is available both for Android https://play.google.com/store/search?q=applifish and iOS https://itunes.apple.com/ca/app/applifish/id593857305?mt=8&ign-mpt=uo%3D2 Learn more about AppliFish from the iMarine press release: http://www.i-marine.eu/Content/Multimedia.aspx?id=5ffcfcdf-df2e-4960-b09e-810be78fe047

In Palma de Mallorca (Spain), the first simulated consultations were taking place on 20th November 2012. There were a total of 4 simulated patients, two patients from countries already operating: France, Italy and two from new epSOS countries: Swiss and Turkey.

The European Commission is opening the Invitation for Commitment to the Action Plans of the European Innovation Partnership on Active and Healthy Ageing. It is done in order to further strengthen and extend the critical mass working to transform the delivery of care to ageing citizens, building upon the initial progress and momentum generated by the Partnership. The deadline for submissions has been extended to 28 February 2013.

On 15 January 2013 the European Commission held an information day for Objectives 3.1 - 3.3, ICT for Health, Ageing Well and Inclusion, of Call 7 of the CIP ICT PSP. Information given on the day is posted on this page. Please note the clarification on intellectual property rights in the thematic network for the sustainability of EU wide info-structure and collaborative governance (objective 3.3.c).

What is eHealth? What are the benefits? How widely used is eHeath? What did the 2004-2012 eHealth action plan achieve? Why is it time for a new one?

The European Commission has unveiled an action plan to address barriers to the full use of digital solutions in Europe's healthcare systems.