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EU Falls Festival 2015 Delegate List and Contact Emails
Title
First name
Last name
Job Title
Organisation
Specialiam
Email Address
Mr
Konstantin
Aal
Research Assistant
University Siegen
Informal learning. Fall prevention.
konstantin.aal@uni-siegen.de
Dr
Anna Cristina
Ãberg
Associate Professor
Uppsala University
Pt in Gerontologi and Geriatrics
anna.cristina.aberg@pubcare.uu.se
Dr
Fulvia
Adriano
Researcher
Santa Lucia
Foundation
Psychologist
f.adriano@hsantalucia.it
Android software development for
fall detection, activity monitoring
and fall risk assessment.
bruno.aguiar@fraunhofer.pt
Mr
Bruno
Aguiar
Scientist
Fraunhofer Portugal
AICOS
Dr
Armagan
Albayrak
Assistant Professor
Delft University of
Technology
Ms
Janna
Alberts
Research Student
TU Delft
Physical ergonomics in healthcare
Personal Informatics applied on fall
prevention to create awareness in
seniors
Ms
Laura
Albornos
Researcher
Institute of Health
Carlos III
Nursing and Healthcare Research
Unit
lalbornos@isciii.es
mario.amann@sicheresvorarlberg.at
a.albayrak@tudelft.nl
j.w.alberts-1@student.tudelft.nl
Mr
Mario
Amann
project conductor
Sicheres Vorarlberg
Accident prevention in home
leisure and sports
Prof
Kamiar
Aminian
Lab Director
EPFL
Movement Analysis and wearable
technology
kamiar.aminian@epfl.ch
Dr
Marco
Antomarini
Researcher
COOSS Marche
Social and Healthcare Services for
Ageing Population, ICT for Age
ricerca9@cooss.marche.it
Mr
Holger
Arndt
EU Falls Festival 2015 Delegate List and Contact Emails
Gait analysis algorithms, fall risk
spring techno GmbH index, pattern recognition, machine
Managing Director
& Co. KG
learning
Mr
Georg
Aumayr
Head of Research
and Innovation
Johanniter Austria
User Involvement, compliance,
service development
georg.aumayr@johanniter.at
Biomedical Signal Processing and
Human Activity Recognition
muhammad.awais2@unibo.it
Mr
Muhammad
Awais
PHD Student
University of Bologna
Mr
Bujar
Badalli
Marketing Manager
Dividat GmbH
Mrs
Greet
Baldewijns
PhD student
Dr
Heribert
Baldus
Dr
Mrs
Francesco
Carolin
h.arndt@springtechno.com
bujar@dividat.ch
KU Leuven
Falls Prevention Programs
Automatic Fall Risk estimation
using contactless sensors
Principle Scientist
Philips Research
Fall Detection and Prevention
heribert.baldus@philips.com
Barban
Researcher
Santa Lucia
Foundation
Neuropsychologist
f.barban@hsantalucia.it
Barz
Sport Scientist,
Gerontologist
Departement for
Sports and Physical
Activity
Physical activity promotion and
sports development
carolin.barz@stuttgart.de
Geriatric medicine
clemens.becker@rbk.de
Inventor/Entrepreneur
wb@hips-protect.com
Prof
Clemens
Becker
Head of Department
Robert-BoschKrankenhaus
Mr
William
Beckett
Director
Fall-Safe Assist
greet.baldewijns@kuleuven.be
EU Falls Festival 2015 Delegate List and Contact Emails
Dr
Francesco
Benvenuti
Director
AUSL11
Geriatric medicine
f.benvenuti@usl11.toscana.it
Mrs
Marlou
Bijlsma
Consultant health
care
NEN
eHealth
marlou.bijlsma@nen.nl
Student
Univerity of Applied
Science Trier
Germany
Health Economics
blaesiusd@gmx.de
Computer Science
alberto.borghese@unimi.it
Ms
Daniela
Blasius
Prof
Nunzio
Alberto
Borghese
University Professor
Unviersity of Milano Dept. Computer
Science
Dr
Lis
Boulton
Research Assistant
University of
Manchester
Falls prevention through promotion
of physical activity.
elisabeth.boulton@manchester.ac.uk
EPFL/NTNU
Fall detection algorithm
development
alan.bourke@epfl.ch
Mr
Alan
Bourke
Post-doctoral
Researcher
Mr
Tobias
Braun
Research Assistant,
Physical Therapist
Hochschule fur
Gesundheit
Mobility, frailty, fall risk
tobias.braun@hs-gesundheit.de
Mrs
Fanny
Breuil
WIISEL Coordinator
CETEMMSA
Smart Textiles, Smart Wearables,
Printed Electronics
fbreuil@cetemmsa.com
PhD Student
University Of Salford
Fall detection using body worn
sensors
r.broadley@edu.salford.ac.uk
Technical Director
Spring Techno GmbH
& Co. KG
Gait analysis algorithms, fall risk
index, pattern recognition, machine
learning, gait application design
s.burkard@springtechno.com
Mr
Mr
Robert
Stefan
Broadley
Burkard
EU Falls Festival 2015 Delegate List and Contact Emails
Mrs
Dr
Giorgia
Johannes
Busanna
Bussmann
Nurse
ASL 11 EMPOLI
Nursing
g.busanna@usl11.toscana.it
Associate Professor
Erasmus MC
University Medical
Center Rotterdam
Rehabilitation Medicine
j.b.j.bussmann@erasmusmc.nl
Improvements in health care
asa.bygdeson@regionvasterbotten.se
Electronics, Artificial Intelligence
joan.cabestany@upc.edu
Software platform for clinical
rehabilitation.
alinacalin@mirarehab.com
MIRA Rehab is a company with the
mission to motivate people to get
better in a faster, easy and fun way.
andreicantea@mirarehab.com
ICT Solutions Provider, Printed
Electronics
jordi.carrabina@uab.cat
Mrs
Ãsa
Bygdeson
Development Leader
Prof
Joan
Cabestany
Professor
R&D Welfare Region
Vasterbotten Sweden
UPC - Universitat
Politecnica de
Catalunya
Ms
Alina Delia
Calin
Chief Research
Officer
MIRA REHAB Limited
Mr
Andrei-Catalin
Cantea
Chief Product Officer MIRA Rehab Limited
Prof
Jordi
Carrabina
CEPHIS Director
Universitat
Autonoma de
Barcelona
Ms
Monica
Casey
Researcher
NUI Galway
Connected Health.
monica.casey@nuigalway.ie
Prof
Andreu
Catala
Professor
UPC
andreu.catala@upc.edu
Cesaroni
Project
Management
COOSS Marche
Assistive Technology
EU projects with expertise in User
needs analysis, pilots and trials
managements, usability
assessment.
Mrs
Francesca
ricerca2@cooss.marche.it
EU Falls Festival 2015 Delegate List and Contact Emails
Mr
Jordi
Chamague
Sans
Prof
Antonio
Cherubini
Director
IRCCS INRCA
Geriatrics
a.cherubini@inrca.it
Dr
Federico
Chesani
Researcher
University of Bologna
IT researcher. Current interest in
Fall Risk assessment.
federico.chesani@unibo.it
Chiari
Associate Professor
of Biomedical
Engineering
Alma Mater
Studiorum University of Bologna
Biomedical Engineering
lorenzo.chiari@unibo.it
FORTH- Institute of
Computer Science
Prof
Lorenzo
Project Manager
T.I.GEISA, S.L.
Textile Company
jordi@geisa.com
Mr
Franco
Chiarugi
Senior Technical
Staff
Dr
Amanda
Clifford
Lecturer
University of Limerick
eHealth/mHealth, Telemedicine,
Remote monitoring, Personal
health systems
Physiotherapy, Intervention design
and delivery, Falls prevention, Falls
risk screening
Movement analysis
Dr
Avraham
Cohen
Clinical Director
Meditouch
Rehabilitation
avraham@meditouch.co.il
Mrs
Atia
Cortas
Martinez
PhD student
Universitat
Politacnica de
Catalunya
Assistive Robotics
atia.cortes@upc.edu
Dr
Estelle
Courtial
Researcher
SingularLogic
Process control, fall prevention
ecourtial@ep.singularlogic.eu
chiarugi@ics.forth.gr
amanda.clifford@ul.ie
EU Falls Festival 2015 Delegate List and Contact Emails
Mr
Joop
Cuppen
Projectmanager
Seniornett Norway
User involvement
joop.cuppen@seniornett.no
Clinical Trials, Mobile
Accelerometry
martindaumer@gmail.com
Dr
Martin
Daumer
Director
SLCMSR e.V. - The
Human Motion
Institute
Prof
Eling D
de Bruin
Senior Researcher
ETH Zurich
Human Movement Sciences
eling.debruin@hest.ethz.ch
Assisted Living, Camerabased fall
detection
glen.debard@thomasmore.be
Flooring solutions for fall detection
and patient monitoring
pascal.dicroce@tarkett.com
Research Organization
m.dirosa@inrca.it
Biomechanics, Technical Aids.
juan.dura@ibv.upv.es
Mr
Glen
Debard
Researcher
Mobilab, Thomas
More
Dr
Pascal
Di Croce
Technical Manager
Tarkett GDL
Dr
Mirko
Di Rosa
PhD
Dr
Juan V.
Dura-Gil
Researcher
I.N.R.C.A.
Institute of
Biomechanics of
Valencia
Research Fellow
German Sport
University Cologne
Gerontology, Cognition, Falls,
eichberg@dshs-koeln.de
Researcher
AIT - Austrian
Institute of
Technology
Fall prevention, sensor-based fall
risk assessments
andreas.ejupi.fl@ait.ac.at
Four Computing Oy
Observe-Assess-Decide (OAD)
geriatric and fall risk assessment
framework.
pe@fourcomp.com
Dr
Mr
Dr
Sabine
Andreas
Patrik
Eichberg
Ejupi
Eklund
CEO
EU Falls Festival 2015 Delegate List and Contact Emails
Dr
Alberto
Ferrari
Research Fellow
University of Bologna
Gait Analysis, Motion Capture
alberto.ferrari@unibo.it
Ms
Susanne
Finnegan
Research Fellow
(Physiotherapist)
The University of
Warwick
Physiotherapy
s.k.finnegan@warwick.ac.uk
Ms
Lynn
Flannigan
National Deputy
Project Lead
NHS Scotland
Falls - Care Homes
lynn.flannigan@nhs.net
Fall Prevention, Assoc. Member of
PROFANE, Data collection in
FARESEEING
ellen.freiberger@fau.de
Dr
Ellen
Freiberger
Associate Professor
Institut for
Biomedicine of Aging
FAU
Mr
Joan
Garcia
Paredes
R&D Engineer and
Project Manager
UAB
Electronics Designs, Wireless Ultra
Low Power Systems
juan.garcia.paredes@uab.cat
agiakoum@iit.demokritos.gr
Dr
Aggeliki
Giakoumaki
Researcher
NCSR
e-health applications, AAL, security,
medical signal/image processing
Prof
George
Gioftsos
Teaching & research
TEI STEREAS ELLADAS
Physiotherapy, biomechanics
gioftsos@teilam.gr
Granat
Professor in Health
& Rehabilitation
Sciences
University of Salford
Measurement and quantification of
free-living Physical Behaviours
m.h.granat@salford.ac.uk
Physiotherapy, cognitive
impairment, falls
michaela.gross@rbk.de
Frailty, Heath Care Research, VR
christian.grueneberg@hs-gesundheit.de
Prof
Malcolm
Mrs
Michaela
Gross
Research Associate
Robert-BoschKrankenhaus
Prof
Christian
Grueneberg
Researcher, Physical
Therapist, Dean
Hochschule far
Gesundheit
EU Falls Festival 2015 Delegate List and Contact Emails
Mr
Martin
Grunder
Service and Support
Agent
Mr
Esteban
Guerrero
PhD Student
Umea University
Artificial intelligence in health care
esteban@cs.umu.se
Guldemond
Assoc.Prof.
Integrated Care &
Technology
University Medical
Centre Utrecht
Clinical research, rehabilitation,
orthopaedics
n.a.guldemond@umcutrecht.nl
Basel Mobility Centre
Functionality and mobility in older
adults, gait analysis, fall prevention
gudrun.haider@johanniter.at
Prof
Mrs
Nick
Irene
Haerdi
Sports Scientist
Relief-Technology
Solutions GmbH
AAL, geriatric support, tech-services m.gruender@inbed.de
Ms
Gudrun
Haider
Researcher
Johanniter Austria
Social science in the field of AAL
projects
Ms
Laura
Halcrow
Physiotherapist
NHS Ayrhsire & Arran
Intermediate care/falls
laura.halcrow@aapct.scot.nhs.uk
Implementation of monitoring
technologies in care homes
alex.hall@manchester.ac.uk
Mr
Alex
Hall
PhD Student
University of
Manchester
Mr
Richard
Harte
Researcher
NUI Galway
Connected Health and Usability
rich1874@gmail.com
Professor
Tel Aviv Sourasky
Medical Center
Body-fixed sensors, exergaming,
falls
jhausdor@tlvmc.gov.il
Ageing, falls, Technology, Exercise
adherence and pathways,
behaviour.
helen.hawley-hague@manchester.ac.uk
ICT, sensors, data quality,
communication
per.olof.hedekvist@sp.se
Prof
Jeff
Hausdorff
Dr
Helen
HawleyHague
ProFouND Scientific
Cor-ordinator
Dr
Per Olof
Hedekvist
Scientist.
University of
Manchester
SP Technical
Research Institute of
Sweden
Mr
Juhani
Heikkinen
EU Falls Festival 2015 Delegate List and Contact Emails
Kymenlaakso
University of Applied
Senior Lecturer
Sciences
ICT
Prof
Jorunn L.
Helbostad
Professor
NTNU
Falls in the elderly
jorunn.helbostad@ntnu.no
Dr
Espen
Ihlen
Post Doctor
NTNU
Gait analysis, Signal processing
espen.ihlen@ntnu.no
Digital Health
milla.immonen@vtt.fi
Welfare Technology
brija@holb.dk
n.jaehne-raden@inbed.de
Mrs
Milla
Immonen
Senior scientist
VTT Technical
Research Centre of
Finland Ltd
Mr
Brian
Jacobsen
Project Manager Welfare Technology
Holbaek Municipality
Mr
Nico
Jaehne-Raden
CEO
Relief-Technology
Solutions GmbH
Health Fitness &
Sport HFS
AAL, MMI, ehealth
Sport- & Movement Scientist,
exercise physiologist, Specialist for
Health & Training in elderly,
Prevention in Falling
Alkit
Communications
Development of Information
Systems, eHealth, Big Data
Alkit
Communications
Kymenlaakso
University of Applied
Sciences
Information systems construction,
eHealth, Big Data
E-health, rehabilition, mobile
health and prevention of fall
projects
Mr
Rolf
Jakob
MSc, Sport &
Movement Scientist
in Ageing
Mr
Jonas
Jalminger
Programmer
Systems Architect
Dr
Larsake
Johansson
CEO
Mr
Pekka
Kalenius
EU RDI Policy Officer
juhani.heikkinen@kyamk.fi
r.jakob@h-f-s.ch
jonas@alkit.se
johansson@alkit.se
pekka.kalenius@kyamk.fi
EU Falls Festival 2015 Delegate List and Contact Emails
Mrs
Karin
Kampe
Sports scientist /
Research assistant
RBMF / RBK
Fear of falling, evidence based
exercise to prevent falls.
karin.kampe@rbk.de
Prof
Ngaire
Kerse
Prof and Head of
School
University of Aucklnd
General PRactice
n.kerse@auckland.ac.nz
Dr
Jochen
Klenk
Senior Scientis
Robert-BoschKrankenhaus
Physical activity, falls, sensor
measurement
jochen.klenk@rbk.de
Prof
Dominique
KNITTEL
Professor
University of
Strasbourg
Mechatronics, signal processing
and control, algorithmics, sensors
knittel@unistra.fr
EU-policy; preparing an Interreg
Central Europe Project on fall
prevention
volker.koehn@sms.sachsen.de
Mr
Volker
Kohn
Desk officer
Saxon State Ministry
for Social Affairs and
C
Mr
Antonios
Korakis
R&D in Computer
Systems
NCSR Demokritos
R&D in Computer Systems
antoniskorakis@dat.demokritos.gr
Ms
Alexandra
Korall
PhD Candidate
Simon Fraser
University
Injury Prevention and Mobility
Laboratory
akorall@sfu.ca
Mr
Gregory
Koshmak
Phd
Malardalen
University
Prof
Elvira
Kuhn
Professor
University of Applied
Sciences
Remote Monitoring, Mobile-based
Fall Detection
Projectmanagement, IT system
architecture, Development,
requirement engineering,
Workflow management, Data Base
design
Prof
Feo
Kusmartsev
Head of Physical
Department
Loughborough
University
Bio-mechanics of Human motion
f.kusmartsev@lboro.ac.uk
Engineer
Bosch Healthcare
Solutions GmbH
Advanced Engineering
ulrich.ladstaetter@de.bosch.com
Dr
Ulrich
Ladstaetter
gregory.koshmak@mdh.se
elvykuhn@aol.com
Prof
Sarah
Lamb
EU Falls Festival 2015 Delegate List and Contact Emails
Gerontology, Orthopaedics,
musculo-skeletal & trauma.
Physical activity & exercise in
Co-Director Oxford
rehabilitation. Clin Trials
Clinical Trials
Research U
University of Oxford
Methodology & Stats
Dr
Markus
Lang
Vice President
Corporate Research,
Robert Bosch GmbH
Physiotherapist Bsc
Teacher MA
Association of
Hungarian
Physiotherapists
Ms
Meszaros
Laszlone
Prof
Helena
Lindgren
Associate Professor
Dept. Computing
Science, Umeå
University
Prof
Stephen
Lord
Senior Principal
Research Fellow
Neuroscience
Research Australia
Coordination Technology Sensors
Many years experience with
treatment of musculoskeletal
disorders. Exercise programs for
elderly people incl. prevention of
falls
Knowledge-based systems, enduser driven design, user-modelling,
knowledge engineering,
personalisation
markus.lang3@de.bosch.com
Falls Prevention
s.lord@neura.edu.au
Fall prevention, exercise, app
development
lillemor.lundin.olsson@umu.se
Mobile technology
monika.lydin@sp.se
Prof
Lillemor
Lundin Olsson
Professor
Ms
Monika
Lydin
Project Manager
Umea University
SP Technical research
institute of Sweden
Dr
Benoit
Mariani
CEO
Gait Up SA
Motion analysis and wearable
sensors
Habitual physical activity, diet,
vitamin D, falls prevention,
exergames
Sensors and data analysis
Dr
Alexandra
Mavroeidi
Lecturer
University of
Aberdeen
Mr
Douglas
Maxwell
CEO
PAL Technologies Ltd
sarah.lamb@ndorms.ox.ac.uk
meszaroslaszlone@t-online.hu
helena@cs.umu.se
benoit.mariani@gaitup.com
a.mavroeidi@abdn.ac.uk
douglas@paltechnologies.com
EU Falls Festival 2015 Delegate List and Contact Emails
Ms
Ms
Mr
Katie
Jane
Matteo
McCall
McDermott
Melideo
Communications &
Events Assistant
University of
Manchester
Connected Health
kathryn.mccall@manchester.ac.uk
Project Manager
University of
Manchester
Project Management and Event
Management
j.mcdermott@manchester.ac.uk
Project Manager
Engineering
Ingegneria
Informatica SpA
Electronic/Biomedical Engineer
sabato.mellone@unibo.it
matteo.melideo@eng.it
Dr
Sabato
Mellone
Postdoctoral Fellow
Alma Mater
Studiorum University of Bologna
Prof
Itshak
Melzer
Head of movement
analysis Lab
Ben Gurion
University
Balance control and falls
itzikm@bgu.ac.il
Mr
Volker
Mertens
Student
University of Applied
Sciences Trier
Business Information Systems
mertensv@fh-trier.de
Mrs
Corinne
Meurs
Vice President
McRoberts
Medical device measuring physical
activity
c.meurs@mcroberts.nl
Dr
Tobias
Morat
Research Associate
German Sport
University
Movement and Sport Gerontology
t.morat@dshs-koeln.de
MorenoCasbas
Director of the
Spanish Nursing and
Healthcar
Institute of Health
Carlos III
Nurse
mmoreno@isciii.es
Morgan
Professor of
Biomedical
Engineering
University of
Nottingham
Optical sensors
steve.morgan@nottingham.ac.uk
Dr
Prof
Teresa
Stephen
EU Falls Festival 2015 Delegate List and Contact Emails
Mr
Daniel
Morley
Project & Business
Development
Manager
Mr
Christopher
Moufawad el
Achkar
PhD Student
EPFL
Movement Analysis
christopher.moufawadelachkar@epfl.ch
Ms
Maryrose
Mulry
PhD Researcher
NUI Galway
Older adults and fall detection
Human-Computer Interaction,
Usability and User Experience (UX),
Health Informatics, Information
Systems
m.mulry1@nuigalway.ie
University of
Manchester
Connected Health
daniel.morley@manchester.ac.uk
Dr
Ather
Nawaz
Postdoc
Norwegian University
of Science and
Technology
Mr
Sergio
Neglia
eHealth Manager
Engineering I.I. S.p.A.
Pilots Coordinator
sergio.neglia@eng.it
Dr
Martijn
Niessen
COO
McRoberts
Ambulatory monitoring of physical
activity
m.niessen@mcroberts.nl
Mr
Jesper
Niljendahl
Health Consultant
Holbalk municipal
Master of Health education
jend@holb.dk
National Insitute for
Health and Welfare
Gerontology, Falls prevention,
Implementation
satu.pajala@thl.fi
ather.nawaz@ntnu.no
Dr
Satu
Pajala
Project
Manager/Senior
Researcher
Mr
Luca
Palmerini
Post-Doc Researcher
University of Bologna
Data mining in movement analysis
luca.palmerini@unibo.it
Mr
Pierpaolo
Palumbo
PhD candidate
University of Bologna
Bioengineering
pierpaolo.palumbo@unibo.it
EU Falls Festival 2015 Delegate List and Contact Emails
Dr
Homer
Papadopolous Researcher
NCSR Demokritos
Dr
Mirjam
Pijnappels
Associate Professor
VU University
Amsterdam
Mr
Rainer
Planinc
Research Assistant
Vienna University of
Technology
Computer Vision, Behavior
Modeling, Ambient Assisted Living
Dr
Valerie
Power
Postdoctoral
Researcher
University of Limerick
Fall risk assessment, fall prevention,
human movement.
valerie.power@ul.ie
Research Fellow
Charite Universitatsmedizin
Berlin
ehealth, Remote Patient
Management, Ambient Assisted
Living, Usability/ Feasibility
sandra.prescher@charite.de
Managing Director
Anton Tstenjak
Institute, Slovenia
working in the field of gerontology,
geriatrics, preventive medicine and
public health
ana.ramovs.iat@gmail.com
Rapp
Senior physician
Robert-BoschHospital
Geriatrician
kilian.rapp@rbk.de
University of New
South Wales
Biomedical engineering, electronic
engineering, signal processing.
s.redmond@unsw.edu.au
Ms
Ms
Dr
Sandra
Ana
Kilian
Prescher
Ramovs
ICT
homerpap@dat.demokritos.gr
m.pijnappels@vu.nl
rainer.planinc@tuwien.ac.at
Dr
Stephen
Redmond
Australian Research
Council Future
Fellow
Dr
Elisenda
Reixach
WIISEL Coordinator
Cetemmsa
Smart Textiles, Smart Wearables,
Printed Electronics
ereixach@cetemmsa.com
Mr
Thomas
Roelke
CEO
Roelke Pharma
GmbH
Management
roelke@roelkepharma.de
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Dr
Wim
Rogmans
General Secretary
EuroSafe
Social sciences
w.rogmans@eurosafe.eu.com
Dr
John
Rosevall
Senior Scientist
Acreo Swedish ICT
Wireless Communications
john.rosevall@acreo.se
Ms
Lorena
Rossi
Engeneer
I.N.R.C.A.
Research organization
l.rossi@inrca.it
Senior Expert
Acreo Swedish ICT AB
Micro Systems Technology, micro
sensors (physical, bio-chemical),
energy harvesting
cristina.rusu@acreo.se
Physiotherapist, Ergonomist,
Vestibular Rehabilitation
vsakellari@teilam.gr
Dr
Cristina
Rusu
Prof
Vasiliki
Sakellari
Prof. Physiotherapy
TEI of Sterea Ellada
Greece
Dr
Marlene
Sandlund
Researcher (PhD)
Umea University
Physiotherapy
marlene.sandlund@umu.se
Fall risk factors, fall prevention
interventions, cognition and falls,
gait and stepping
daniel.schoene@fau.de
Dr
Daniel
Schoene
PostDoc
Institute for
Biomedicine of Aging
Prof
Nadja
Schott
Professor for Human
Performance
University of
Stuttgart
motor and cognitive behavior
across the lifespan
nadja.schott@inspo.uni-stuttgart.de
Schwenk
Postdoctoral
Researcher
Robert Bosch
Hospital
Exercise Science
michael.schwenk@rbk.de
Dr
Michael
EU Falls Festival 2015 Delegate List and Contact Emails
Mr
Prof
Lars
Vicky
Schwickert
Research
Associate/PhD
Candidate
Robert-BoschHospital
Falls, Fall Detection, Sensor
Measurements, Virtual
Rehabilitation
lars.schwickert@rbk.de
Scott
Clinical Associate
Professor
University of British
Columbia
Seniors Fall and Injury Prevention
vjbs@shaw.ca
The University of
Manchester
Sensors, measurement,
instrumentation, Mobility & gait
analysis, Assisative technologies for
healthcare
patricia.scully@manchester.ac.uk
Dr
Patricia
Scully
Senior Lecturer in
Sensor
Instrumentation
Dr
Erfan
Shahabpoor
Research Associate
The University of
Sheffield
Human Biodynamics, Vibration
engineering
e.shahabpoor@sheffield.ac.uk
Digital Health
heidi.simila@vtt.fi
Mrs
Heidi
Simila
Research Scientist
VTT Technical
Research Centre of
Finland Ltd
Prof
Dawn
Skelton
Professor of Ageing
& Heatlh
Glasgow Caledonian
University
Exercise and falls prevention
dawn.skelton@gcu.ac.uk
Ms
Nina
Skjaret
Phd-student
NTNU
Clinical research, exergaming
nina.skjaret@ntnu.no
Skayne Association of
Local Authorities
Physiotherapist, working broadly
within elderly care and health care
as project and improvement
leader...
daniel.smedberg@kfsk.se
Fraunhofer Portugal AICOS
Biomedical Engineering.
Smartphone-based solutions for fall
detection and prevention, and
activity monitoring. Member of the
E-NO Falls Consortium.
ines.sousa@fraunhofer.pt
Mr
Dr
Daniel
Ines
Smedberg
Sousa
Improvement leader
Senior Scientist
EU Falls Festival 2015 Delegate List and Contact Emails
Prof
Luiza
Spiru
Professor of
Geriatrics and
GerontoPsychiatry
Ana Aslan
International
Foundation
Geriatrics, Gerontology, Old Age
Psychiatry
lsaslan@brainaging.ro
Dr
Karin
Srulijes
M.D.
Robert Bosch
Krankenhaus
Neurodegeneration
karin.srulijes@rbk.de
Dr
Emma
Stanmore
Lecturer In Nursing
University of
Manchester
Falls prevention, rehabilitation,
nurse education and exergaming
emma.stanmore@manchester.ac.uk
Ms
Barbara
Steiner
Director of Sector:
Elderly
Bruderhausdiakonie
AAL, new forms of living
barbara.steiner@bruderhausdiakonie.de
Gerontology/Geriatrics
margareta.eb.svensson@vgregion.se
Mrs
Margareta
Svensson
Physiotherapist
Malndals
sjukhus/Sahlgrenska
universitetssjuk
Dr
Kristin
Taraldsen
post doc
NTNU
Clinical Research
kristin.taraldsen@ntnu.no
Active and healthy ageing, Exercise
immunology
ateixeira@fcdef.uc.pt
Prof
Ana
Teixeira
Lecturer/researcher
Coimbra University,
Portugal
Dr
Warner
ten Kate
Principal Scientist
Philips Research
Signal Processing and Data
Analytics
warner.ten.kate@philips.com
Applied University of
Health Sciences
Energy expenditure, exercise
prescription
christian.thiel@hs-gesundheit.de
Prof
Christian
Thiel
Sports Scientist,
Prof. of
Physiotherapy
Prof
Karl-Goran
Thorngren
Professor
Department of
Orthopedics
Orthopaedics, EFORT
karl-goran.thorngren@efort.org
Todd
Professor of Primary
Care & Community
Health
University of
Manchester
Falls, health psychology,
epidemiology
chris.todd@manchester.ac.uk
Prof
Chris
EU Falls Festival 2015 Delegate List and Contact Emails
Mr
Enrico
Valtolina
Innovation Manager
bticino
Home automation
enrico.valtolina@bticino.it
Dr
Ad
van Berlo
Manager R&D
Smart Homes
Smart houses, smart living, falls
detection, falls prevention, e-health
a.vberlo@smart-homes.nl
Dr
Pepijn
Van de Ven
Senior Research
Fellow
University of Limerick
Mobile sensing
pepijn.vandeven@ul.ie
Director SPRINT
University of
Groningen
CEO Research Center SPRINT,
Project management
r.p.m.van.de.bilt@rug.nl
Applied Geriatric Ergonomics and
Design, Faculty of Industrial Design
Engineering
t.j.m.vandercammen@tudelft.nl
Mr
Ruud
van deBilt
Dr
Tischa
Van der
Cammen
Associate Professor
Delft University of
Technology
Prof
Jaap
van Dieen
Professor of
biomechanics
VU University
Amsterdam
Biomechanics, motor control
j.van.dieen@vu.nl
Mr
Joris
van het Reve
Partner
Dividat GmbH
Falls Prevention Programs
joris@dividat.ch
Mr
Rob
van Lummel
CEO and Founder
McRoberts
Activity monitoring
r.vanlummel@mcroberts.nl
VU University
Amsterdam
Assessment of quantity and quality
of daily-life gait and their predictive
ability for falls in older adults.
kim.van.schooten@vu.nl
KU Leuven
Home monitoring systems for older
persons
bart.vanrumste@kuleuven.be
Dr
Kim
van Schooten
Postdoctoral
researcher
Prof
Bart
Vanrumste
Researcher
EU Falls Festival 2015 Delegate List and Contact Emails
Mr
Prof
Daryoush
Frank
Vaziri
PhD Student /
research associate
Verbeek
Managing Director
University of Siegen
Falls in older adults, Falls in older
adults with dementia, Falls in older
adults with visual impairment
daryoush.vaziri@h-brs.de
Gociety.eu
Entrepreneur, smartphone
proposition with intelligent
algorithms for fall prevention & fall
detection
frank@gociety.eu
Human Movement Science
beatrix.vereijken@ntnu.no
Prof
Beatrix
Vereijken
Professor in
Norwegian University
medicine/movement of Science and
science
Technology
Mrs
Hanna
Vestenaa
Senior Health
Consultant
Public Health
Holbaek Munkcipality
Villa
Innovation &
partnership
developer
Bticino / Legrand
Innovation Departement
giulia.villa@legrand.com
Villa
Engineer student
University of
Bologna(DEI)
Electronic
sorrowofthemoon87@gmail.com
Nursing - Elderly care - Fall
prevention
ellen.vlaeyen@med.kuleuven.be
Public health expert
bozidar.voljc@gmail.com
igor.voljc@emonicum.si
alexander@paltechnologies.com
Ms
Mr
Giulia
Marco
Ms
Ellen
Vlaeyen
Research
coordinator and PhD
student
Dr
Bozidar
Volja
Scientific Councellor
Mr
Mr
Igor
Alexander
Expert centre Fall &
Fracture prevention BE
Emonicum Institute
of healthy and active
life
have@holb.dk
Voljc
Director
Emonicum Institute
Active and healthy ageing, falls
prevention
Walker
Business
Development
Executive
PAL Technologies Ltd
Sensors and data analysis
EU Falls Festival 2015 Delegate List and Contact Emails
Dr
Alan
Rainer
Waterman
Wieching
Project Coordinator
Meditouch
University Siegen
Exercise Physiologist
alan@meditouch.co.il
rainer.wieching@uni-siegen.de
joris@silverfit.nl
Mr
Joris
Wiersinga
CEO
SilverFit
Virtual rehabilitation; getting
innovations to market.
Ms
Olga
Witkowska
Junior specialist for
clinical trials
IFiPS
clinical trials
o.witkowska@csim.pl
President
Hungarian
Osteoporosi Patient
Association
Patient education, fall prevention
zalatnai.klara@upcmail.hu
Research Scientist
Philips Research
Europe
Sensor signal processing and
classification. Data analysis.
Medical devices
wei.zhang01@philips.com
Orthogeriatric rehabilitation, hip
fracture
lena.ziden@vgregion.se
Human movement science, ageing
zijlstra@dshs-koeln.de
Ms
Ms
Klara
Wei
Zalatnai
Zhang
Dr
Lena
Zidan
Reg Physiotherapist
Sahlgrenska
University
Hospital/Molndal
Prof
Wiebren
Zijlstra
Professor
German Sport
University Cologne