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At the 32nd IEEE CBMS International Symposium on Computer-Based Medical Systems, four EU eHealth projects will host a special track on technological and data-driven innovations in cancer care. A call for papers is open until 14 January 2019.

Research efforts in Ambient and Assisted Living (AAL) have increased rapidly to support independent living. The TechAAL 2019 conference will serve as an important channel to present the latest advances in this area.

In 2019 the conference of the International Society for Telemedicine & eHealth (ISfTeH) will be held in conjunction with the Portugal eHealth Summit. It is an opportunity for telemedicine and eHealth stakeholders to interact with each other, and to hear from and present to a national/regional audience. You are invited to submit your presentation proposals.

This conference is about integrating genomics into personalised healthcare: a science-for-policy perspective. What are the opportunities of genomics in prevention, diagnostics, and therapy? What is needed to implement genomics-based screening and diagnosis in health systems?

A considerable budget is allocated in 2019 for photonics projects. The infoday is intended to provide prospective proposers with essential information.

A match-making brokerage day for the robotics community takes place on 18 December 2018 in Brussels. Representatives from the European Commission and euRobotics will also provide you with all the information needed to participate in the calls for proposals.

During this training course, mentors and trainers will help participants to look at their project from a business perspective, assessing its strengths and weaknesses on the route to commercialisation.

On 12 December the European Commission and partners of the AI4EU project signed a new grant agreement, paving the way for an AI-on-demand platform for Europe. AI4EU will mobilise the whole European AI ecosystem and already unites 79 partners in 21 countries in a network across Europe and will provide access to relevant AI resources in the EU for all users.

The European Commission has established a contribution of 16 million euros for Digital Innovation Hubs for robotics. Healthcare is one of the four application areas. The Biorobotics Institute at the Sant Anna University in Pisa coordinates one of the Hubs for a sustainable ecosystem in healthcare robotics across Europe.

By Francesca Rossi, Member of the High-Level Expert Group on Artificial Intelligence

AI designers and developers hold a vast share of the collective influence of AI. They create systems that will impact millions of people. Ethics must be embedded into the design and development process from the very beginning of AI creation and those ethics must be aligned with the values and ethical principles of a society or the community it affects.

For some time now, IBM’s design team and I have been discussing how to help designers put AI ethics into practice. Last month