My PHD Blog (Entries tagged as conference)

MALCOLM

nospam@example.com (Mark) — Tue, 16 Sep 2014 02:55:00 +0000

OK, you are probably wondering why this is called MALCOLM and, no, I am not yelling the name out for some perverse reason. MALCOLM stands for:
Mapping Assisted Living Capability Over La Manche which I am sure you know that La Manche is the name the French give to what we in the UK call The English Channel.

So, what is it all about then and why am I writing about it? Well, the important bit is the "assisted living" bit. I am going to an event in October that is talking about a project, called MALCOLM that, and I quote from the website, "will map the assisted living capabilities* in the coastal regions either side of the Channel. The mapping will be conducted using a standardised methodology so that direct comparisons can be made between the regions.

*For the purpose of this project, we define Assisted Living as the development and use of sensor and information and communication technologies (ICT) to facilitate the remote delivery of care and support to people to improve their quality of life and allow them to live as independently as possible in the lowest intensity care setting, consistent with their needs and wishes."

As the project is looking at assisted living systems I think that I can make some very useful connections, hence the travel along the south coast of England to Maidstone in Kent to attend. The website for information is to be found here

The event is taking place on the 16th October, I will put some more info up here as I find it and will, hopefully, remember to write up the day once I have been.

SIHI 2014

nospam@example.com (Mark) — Fri, 12 Sep 2014 11:06:45 +0000

I attended the SIHI conference on Wednesday, fantastic speakers and fascinating topics. Well worth going to if you are in this field.
One thing that I find very worrying is the lack of joined up thinking in the NHS. This was highlighted time and again throughout the day and it is amazing that we have got this far without all the bits of the NHS able to talk to the others easily. I know it is a huge organisation but still, it seems to me to be a disgrace.

Spoke to Professor Jeremy Wyatt about the topic of my PhD and he tells me that not enough quality research has been done in the field. Now there is a real challenge for me I think. Next year I will hopefully have a poster at the conference as I should be a year into the doctorate and should be starting to get papers published. How scary is that?

Conference

nospam@example.com (Mark) — Tue, 02 Sep 2014 07:00:00 +0000

I am attending / helping setup a conference at Portsmouth University on the 10th of September entitled "Informatics to deliver integrated care", (sounds a bit dry, but then I suspect that all of the conferences I will have papers at will be similar), run by SIHI. SIHI stands for Southern Institute for Health Informatics. Is that pronounced Sy Hy? maybe See Hee? No idea, I will find out on the tenth I suppose.