Speakers and Panels for Wireless Health 2013

Blog post September 23, 2013

Wireless-Life Sciences Alliance

Wireless Health 2013

 

 

 

We are pleased to announce the following speakers and panels for the Wireless Health 2013 Conference:

 

Keynote: Deborah Estrin

Deborah Estrin is a Professor of Computer Science at the new Cornell Tech campus in New York City and a Professor of Public Health at Weill Cornell Medical College. She is co-founder of the non-profit startup, Open mHealth. She was previously on faculty at UCLA and Founding Director of the NSF Center for Embedded Networked Sensing (CENS). Estrin is a pioneer in networked sensing, which uses mobile and wireless systems to collect and analyze real time data about the physical world and the people who occupy it. Estrin’s current focus is on mobile health , leveraging the programmability, proximity, and pervasiveness of mobile devices and the cloud for health management. She is an elected member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and the National Academy of Engineering.

 

 

Panel Discussion: Human Computer Interaction

Led by moderator Ben Shneiderman (U. Maryland), panelists Helena Mentis (UBMC), Monifa Vaughn-Cooke (U. Maryland, College Park), and Lena Mamykina (Columbia) will discuss the design and evaluation of HCI in the healthcare arena. Topics will include issues in automated sensing of movement disorders, patient-centric design for self-management technologies, and the use of mobile technologies to enable healthier lives.

 

 

Technical Session: Tech for Less

This series of oral presentations will focus on the reduction in healthcare costs and increased accessibility that can be achieved through implementation of wireless health systems, though improvements in analytics as well as development of better, lower cost monitoring systems. Speakers in this session include Roozbeh Ghaffari (MC10) and Thys Cronje (GeoMed) as well as an interdisciplinary team from UCLA.
 
 

 

HOTEL ROOM DEADLINE: Don’t miss out on WALKING to Wireless Health 2013!

 

ROOM BLOCK EXPIRES: SEPTEMBER 30TH

Courtyard Baltimore Downtown/Inner Harbor
1000 Aliceanna Street,
Baltimore, MD 21202

Room Rate: $159 per night

To Make Reservations:
Call 888.236.2427 - Code: WLSA
Or Book Online:
Book One King Bed for $159 per night
Book Two Double Beds for $159 per night

NOTE: ONE BLOCK WALK TO CONFERENCE!

Check the Travel & Hotel page of the website for travel information and details on other available hotels in the area.
 
 

 

Wireless Health 2013

Wireless Health attracts more than 300 attendees from across the world, bringing together members of the medical and health research community, device manufacturers, clinical and health service providers, government leaders, and policy makers. Wireless Health 2013 will offer an outstanding set of peer‐reviewed papers and abstracts, interactive workshops, emerging application demonstrations, and world‐renowned invited speakers.

Visit the conference website (www.wirelesshealth2013.org) for full conference details.

Where:
Johns Hopkins University, Carey School of Business
East Harbor Location
100 International Drive
Baltimore, MD 21202

When:
Pre-Conference Workshops: November 1, 8:00am – 5:00pm
Conference Sessions: November 1, 5:30pm – November 3, 3:30pm

View the full agenda on the Wireless Health 2013 website

Cost:
$825 General Admission
$525 Academic/Government
$235 Full-time Student

Visit the website for details on conference and workshop fees.

Sponsorship Opportunities at Wireless Health 2013

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Hotel and Travel Deals for Wireless Health 2013

WLSA has secured room blocks at several hotels within walking distance of the Wireless Health 2013 conference location. Check the Travel & Hotel page of the website for information on these hotels and other important travel information.

Register Now
 
 

 

 
 

Event Host

 

Event Sponsors

IMEC

John Hopkins University

  

Supporting Organizations

ACM

EMB

NSF

  
 

 

 
 

Wireless Health 2013 is Produced with the Support of the WLSA Members:

  
 
 

AT&T

AirStrip Technologies

AliveCor

Ascension Health

Aventyn

Avery Dennison

Body Media

Brightstar

Calgary Scientific

California HealthCare Foundation

Cambridge Temperature Concepts

Cardiocom

Care Fusion

Case Western Reserve University

CellTrak

China Mobile

  

Comunicano

Convergent Medical

Cooley LLP

DDSTUDIO

Deloitte

DexCom

Eli Lilly & Co

EMSC

Epstein Becker

Ernst & Young

Fitlinxx

Great Call

Happtique

ImageWare Systems

imec

Independa

InterDigital

InTouch Health

  

Johnson & Johnson

MC10

mHealthWRx

MicroSemi

Midmark

Myca

OJ BIO

Partners Healthcare

PatientSafe Solutions

PepsiCo

Persistent Systems

Pill Jogger

Qualcomm Life

Quintiles

Resmed

Roche

Sanofi

Santech

  

Scanadu

Service Wing Healthcare

Sharecare

Sierra Wireless

Sotera Wireless

Telbios

TelCare

The California Endowment

Tictrac

Triangle E

Triple Tree LLC

Walgreens

Wellaho

WellAware Systems

YoFiMeter

Zephyr Technologies

  
 
                 

 

 
 

Wireless-Life Sciences Alliance

Headquartered in San Diego, California, the WLSA is the only non-profit trade organization dedicated to fostering relationships, cross-industry education, and the creation of products, services, and business opportunities in wireless health. The WLSA is creating a global community of organizations that are shaping this emerging space.

For more information on WLSA or its programs, please contact us at (858) 227.9409 or visit www.wirelesslifesciences.org

Wireless-Life Sciences Alliance: P.O. Box 910543, San Diego, CA, 92191-0543, 858.227.9409

  
 

 

 

For more information and to register: http://wirelesslifesciences.org/get-involved/attend-event/

 

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