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Programme - Day 2
Friday 9th July 2010

Session 1
Morning Session


09:00 Registration, refreshments and exhibition
   
10:00 Welcome to conference by session chair
  Baroness Jill Pitkeathley of Caversham OBE,
Labour Peer, UK
   
10:05 Welcome to Leeds
  Tom Riordan
  Chief Executive, Yorkshire Forward, UK
   
10:10 Keynote address:
  Rt Hon Andrew Lansley MP
  Secretary of State for Health
   
10:25 Opening address:
Recognising and supporting carers
  HRH The Princess Royal
  President of The Princess Royal Trust for Carers
   
10.40 Keynote address: Embracing technologies and supporting families and carers: the next wave of integrated health and care solutions
  Eric Dishman
  Intel Fellow and Director of Health Innovation and Policy, Intel's Digital Health Group, USA
  Simon Roberts
  Co-Principal Investigator (Intel), Ethnography, Intel's Digital Health Group
  Questions and discussion
   
11:15 Refreshment break, networking and exhibition
   

 

Session 2
Themed Workshops (11:45 – 13:15)

We have received abstract submissions from all those concerned with the design and delivery of services for carers from government, charity and academic programmes, third sector providers and advocacy groups, private companies and educational institutions from the both the UK and internationally.

More information will follow shortly

Workshops will be organised into the following themes:

  1. Design, Technology and the Built Environment
  2. Caring and Employment Issues
  3. Funding, Financial and Legal Support
  4. Health, Social Care and Well-being

 

CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD THE WORKSHOPS AGENDA FOR THIS SESSION

   
13.15 Packed lunch, networking and exhibtion
   

Session 3
Themed Workshops (14:15 – 15:45)

We have received abstract submissions from all those concerned with the design and delivery of services for carers from government, charity and academic programmes, third sector providers and advocacy groups, private companies and educational institutions from the both the UK and internationally.

More information will follow shortly

Workshops will be organised into the following themes:

  1. Design, Technology and the Built Environment
  2. Caring and Employment Issues
  3. Funding, Financial and Legal Support
  4. Health, Social Care and Well-being

 

CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD THE WORKSHOPS AGENDA FOR THIS SESSION

   
15.45  Refreshments, networking and exhibtion


Session 4
Themed Workshops (16:15 -17:45)

   
1
Design, Technology and the Built Environment
  Chaired by:
  Jackie Marshall-Cyrus
  Lead Specialist in Assisted Living, Technology Strategy Board, UK
   
  Supporting care and caring in settlements and cities
  Jean Bakole
  Director, Liaison Office to the European Union and Belgium, UN Habitat
 
Design Technology and Quality of Life
  Jeremy Myerson
  Director, Helen Hamlyn Design Centre,UK
   
  Smart homes for the future: iHomeLab
  Prof. Alexander Klapproth
  Head of iHomeLab, Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and Arts, Switzerland
   
2
Caring and Employment Issues
  Caroline Waters OBE
  Director of People and Policy, BT, UK
   
  Supporting carers in employment
  Charlotte Sweeney
  Executive Director, Diversity and Inclusion, Nomura International
   
  Fit for work
  Dame Carol Black DBE
  National Director for Health and Work,UK
   
  Services to families : reconciling work and family life
  Natale Forlani
  President and CEO, Italy Lavoro Spa
   
3
Funding, financial & legal support
  Chaired by:
  Chris Horlick
  Managing Director of Care, Partnership Assurance, UK
   
  Funding care in Japan
  Speaker to be announced
   
  Comparing options for long-term care funding reform
  James Lloyd
  Senior Research Fellow, Social Market Foundation, UK
   
  Mechanisms for funding family supporting services
  Bruno Arbouet
  Director General, ANSP, France
   
4
Health, Social Care and Well-being
  Chaired by:
  Jan Moss
  Chair, Carers New Zealand
   
  US Healthcare reform and its impact on families
  Gail Hunt
  President and CEO of the National Alliance for Caregiving, USA
   
  A whole systems approach to health and wellbeing
  David Behan CBE
  Director General of Social Care, Local Government and Care Partnerships, Department of Health, UK
   
  Challenges for Europe: sustainable care services and social protection
  Beatrice Gomet
  Project Manager, Pour la Solidarite, Belgium
17.45 Day 1 close


Evening Programme

18:00 - 19:30 Conference Reception, Leeds Royal Armouries (included in the registration fee)

 

Hosted by

Carers UKLeed University

Co-sponsored by:

Intel

Technology Stream Sponsor

Technology Strategy Board

Health, Social Care and Well-Being Services Sponsor

Carers Direct

Supported by

Yorkshire Forward