COMFORTage: Secondary use of real-world data towards the research and development of scientific breakthroughs in the field of dementia

COMFORTage is a joint effort of medical experts, social scientists and humanists, technical experts, Digital Innovation Hubs (DIHs) and Living Labs (LLs) to establish a pan European framework for Community-based, Integrated and People-Centric prevention, monitoring and progression managing solutions for dementia and frailty. This session will attempt to highlight the main innovations of the COMFORTage project, thus providing a look into the future of dementia and frailty care. Concepts such as citizen science, Living Labs, Digital Innovation Hubs, digital and health literacy, holistic health records, digital twins and AI will be presented. A panel discussion will follow to explore the opportunities and challenges for building an “Ageing-EHDS”, thus incorporating EHDS in dementia and frailty research.

 

Moderator: Panagiotis Bamidis, AUTH

 

Key Address: Stelios Kympouropoulos, Psychiatrist, Former MEP

 

Speakers:

• Nikolaos Scarmeas, NTUA

• George Manias, UNIPI 

• Athos Antoniades, Stremble Ventures

• Antonis Billis, AUTH 

• Despoina Mantziari, AUTH

• Pavlos Kranas, Leanxcale SL

• Stelios Kokkas, CERTH 

 

Panel Discussion

Athos Antoniades (Stremble Ventures), Panagiotis Bamidis (AUTH), Maria Karagianni (AUTH), Paris Laras (Maggioli R&D Hub, Greece), Konstantinos Votis (CERTH), Stelios Kokkas (CERTH)

 

Organised by the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki & the University of Piraeus