Programme

This section has now been moved to the 2013 Conference Archive in the Conferences section. Design4Health2013 was a CPD certified event (Continuing Professional Development) and certificates of attendance are available for delegates.

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Programme Summary

Monday 1st and Tuesday 2nd July

24 Hour Design Challenge takes place.

Drinks reception 6pm, Cantor Building.

Wednesday 3rd July – Design4Health2013 begins

Arrival and Registration 08.30 – 10.00 at Cantor Building, 153 Arundel Street, Sheffield S1 2NU

Welcome and Keynote presentations:

Sonja Bäumel: Hidden Connections

Prof Alastair Macdonald, The Glasgow School of Art: Design – a disruptive, illuminating and generative force for change? case studies from healthcare

Prof Paul Chamberlain – Lab4Living, Sheffield Hallam University

Wednesday afternoon

Breakout sessions:  Patient Experience; Self-management; Service Design, Co-design and participatory design; Games Design; Designing with and for older adults; Healthcare environments: Designing with communities & the patient experience; Tactile & multi-sensory design

Wednesday Evening

6pm Private View and drinks receptionDesign4Health exhibition, Sheffield Institute of Arts Gallery. Open to the public 4th – 19th July.

Thursday: Industry Day

Thursday morning

TutorialCo-production of assisted living technologies and services. Please email k.a.christer@shu.ac.uk to sign up for this.

Presentation: Andrew Riley, An introduction to UK Academic Health Science Networks.

Breakout sessions: Design and empowerment; Hospital environments

Keynotes:

Neil Ebenezer – UK Medicines and Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency (MHRA): The Regulation of Medical Devices in the UK

Prof Marie O’Mahoney  – OCAD University, Toronto / University of the Arts, London: Advanced Textiles for Health and Wellbeing

Thursday Afternoon

D4H Connects: Business consultancy 1:1s 

Breakout sessions:

Visual interventions; Safety, procedures and equipment; Design of hospital environments; Service design; Co-design & participatory design; Design methods: motion capture & range of motion; User centred design; Caring for dementia patients and older adults

Thursday evening

5pm Drinks reception and Prize giving for Best exhibit

Conference networking dinner at MAGNA Science & Adventure Centre

Friday morning

Breakout sessions:  Artefacts: product design for healthcare; Design of community care environments; Self-care & self management

Keynote:

Dr Karel van der Waarde – Medical packaging for Older People. Download Karel’s presentation here

Friday afternoon

Workshop – Inclusive Hacking  Led by Julia Cassim and Lab4Living

This workshop is for all delegates. You are invited to bring along to the workshop products that you loathe – not merely dislike – but hate with a passion. More details here.

Prize giving for Best Paper Presentation; and plenary discussion

16.30 Conference close.

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