Date: February 24
Time: 16:00-17:00 hrs (login 15:55)
Location: Online
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Imagine that elderly people received tailor-made care and nutritional advice with the help of innovative technology?
Behavior scientists and data scientists from OnePlanet Research Center, nutritionists and SMEs are working together in the “INtoEAT” project to achieve just that! This integrated approach makes it possible to solve complex issues with a real eye for the needs of the end-users. Because the application is not just successful if the tech works.
Can it actually be used for the targeted audience? Is the advice understandable? Do people trust it? The applications must be user-friendly and it is important that healthcare providers can view relevant data for patients, taking into account the privacy and wishes of the user. What if we integrate technology and nutrition coaching into every-day products in elderly care facilities?
Together with Sander Hermsen (behavioral Scientist), Femke de Gooijer (project INtoEAT and smart tray) and Edgar Schwandt (INtoEAT: lifestyle app), we zoom further into the topics of eating, technology and behavior.
Sander explains some of the issues regarding the adaptation of technology and lifestyle changes. Femke introduces the INtoEAT smart tray! Edgar Schwandt gives us some more insights into how a targeted lifestyle app can help elderly in their preventive health issues and simultaneously shares his insights into how the collaboration is helping Salut to include tech solutions in their lifestyle supporting apps.
OnePlanet Research Center is a multidisciplinary collaboration between Wageningen University & Research (WUR), Radboud University, Radboudumc and nano-technology world-player imec.Three years into the collaboration, Director of Health, nutrition and behavior Thea van Kemenade, visits SMB to update us on their progress in the development of innovative tech for preventive health and their collaborations with SMEs in the region.
Program
16:00 Short introduction by SMB
Thea van Kemenade (OnePlanet) on progress in the development of innovative tech for preventive health and their collaborations with
SMEs in the region
Sander Hermsen (OnePlanet) on motivational feedback for behavioral change
Femke de Gooijer (WUR) on INtoEAT: Smart tray
Edgar Schwandt (Salut) on INtoEAT: Salut Senior
17:00 Wrapping up
For those interested, we will conclude the event with the opportunity for online networking where you will be placed randomly in a Zoom room.
Online event
This event will be streamed online. A login link will be provided by email a few days before the event. The sender will be smb@radboudumc.nl, you might have to check your spam.
Good to know
Presentations are in English & the entrance is free (registration upfront is needed though). We welcome new guests, so please feel free to pass on this invitation to relevant people in your network!
We look forward to e-meet you!
The monthly meetings Science Meets Business aim to connect people and exchange knowledge in the world of science and business.
Auteur archieven: Marieke Snieder
Werksessie Smart Together
Digitalisering speelt een grote rol voor ondernemingen in het klaarstomen voor de toekomst. Een efficiëntere organisatie resulteert in een verhoging van de arbeidsproductiviteit en de omzet. In dit programma werken MKB ondernemingen in de regio Arnhem Nijmegen samen aan het toekomstbestendig maken van hun bedrijven door de inzet van digitalisering. Uitwisseling van ervaringen met andere MKB-ers in uiteenlopende sectoren en inspiratie van experts zorgen voor inzicht in je eigen organisatie. Samen werken we gericht aan jouw onderneming.
Voor wie?
Dit programma is gericht op MKB ondernemingen in de regio Arnhem Nijmegen met 10 tot 100 medewerkers in dienst. Ben je bereid in een vaste groep van 6 tot 10 MKB bedrijven openhartig te zijn over wat er goed gaat in jouw bedrijf, en wat beter kan? Wil je als ondernemer jouw netwerk vergroten ook buiten je eigen sector? Ben je gemotiveerd om 5 middagen te besteden aan het verzamelen van ideeën die in jouw onderneming toepasbaar zijn? Dan ben jij geschikt!
De grote mate van kennisuitwisseling, aandacht voor jouw specifieke probleem en goede begeleiding van experts zorgt er voor dat jouw onderneming straks klaar is voor de toekomst!
Wanneer en waar?
De eerste werksessie organiseren we in Arnhem op Industriepark Kleefse Waard zowel fysiek te bezoeken als online te volgen. Deze werksessie is op 24 maart 2022, van 15:30 tot 18:00, daarna is er iedere 2 maanden weer een mogelijkheid om in te stromen, check de kalender voor alle data.
Governments, education and entrepreneurs join forces in the Arnhem Nijmegen region
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De 18 gemeenten van de Groene Metropoolregio Arnhem-Nijmegen, provincie Gelderland en The Economic Board willen de kracht van de regio beter benutten. De partijen hebben een Bestuursakkoord en een Investeringsagenda opgesteld, waarmee zij zich langdurig inzetten om de regio te versterken. De komende tien jaar moet deze regio doorgroeien tot een internationale topregio in Health, Hightech en Energy, in balans met de groene kwaliteiten.
Gedeputeerde Peter Kerris: ‘De regio Arnhem Nijmegen is het groene hart van de Gelderse economie. Met het bestuursakkoord slaan overheden, onderwijs en ondernemers de handen ineen om de kracht van de regio nog beter te benutten’.
Europese Topregio
De regio wil doorgroeien tot een topregio die economisch tot de best presterende regio’s van Nederland hoort en internationaal bekend staat als dé circulaire regio van Nederland en Europa.
Ahmed Marcouch, voorzitter The Economic Board: ‘We ontwikkelen in onze regio baanbrekende toepassingen op gebied van schone energie, betere zorg, duurzaamheid en sociale Artificial Intelligence. Daarmee kunnen we bijdragen aan de grote maatschappelijke opgaven en tegelijkertijd aan de productiviteit en werkgelegenheid waardoor onze regio een nog aantrekkelijkere plek wordt om te werken en wonen.’
Concreet activiteitenplan
De afspraken om de regio te versterken zijn vastgelegd in het Bestuursakkoord
en de Investeringsagenda Regio Arnhem-Nijmegen 2022. Het is de basis voor langdurig commitment (tien jaar) aan de gezamenlijke ambities. Dit bestuursakkoord vervangt het akkoord dat de gemeente Arnhem, de gemeente Nijmegen en de provincie Gelderland in 2017 hebben ondertekend.
Hubert Bruls, voorzitter van de Groene Metropoolregio Arnhem-Nijmegen: ‘We verheugen ons op de vernieuwde samenwerking. Ik hoop en verwacht dat ook het nieuwe kabinet inzet op onze regio, zodat wij dit allemaal voor elkaar kunnen krijgen. We hebben een visie en een concreet activiteitenplan, maar we hebben het Rijk daar wel bij nodig. Dan kunnen we verder innoveren, gekwalificeerd personeel opleiden, omscholen en aantrekken en de komende jaren 60.000 woningen bouwen met behoud van onze groene omgeving.’
Investeringsagenda
In de investeringsagenda maken de Groene Metropoolregio, de provincie en The Economic Board afspraken over hoe zij, zowel financieel als niet-financieel, bijdragen aan de gezamenlijke ambitie voor de regio. Naast financiering voor concrete projecten zetten de deelnemende gemeenten 4 miljoen euro in voor de uitvoering van initiatieven en programma’s. Provincie Gelderland heeft de intentie om deze financiële bijdrage van de gemeenten te verdubbelen. De provincie weegt per initiatief af hoe het project bijdraagt aan de provinciale doelen en bepaalt haar bijdrage aan de hand daarvan. Naast geld zetten de partijen ook tijd en capaciteit in. Met de financiële bijdrage die is opgenomen in de investeringsagenda hoopt men andere partijen te verleiden om ook in deze regio te investeren.
Ondertekening
Het Bestuursakkoord is 3 februari ondertekend bij Connectr in Arnhem door Peter Kerris (Provincie Gelderland), Ahmed Marcouch (The Economic Board) en Hubert Bruls (Groene Metropoolregio).
Look back at the SMB meeting: the role of keeping our healthcare system healthy
This SMB meeting was about the role of keeping our healthcare system healthy, in all aspects.
Remco Hoogendijk of the Sint Maartenskliniek started the first presentation and talked about their MaaS project and the online environment that has been created for patients to follow and plan their own care and treatments. Remco expects that care will become increasingly virtual, including appointments.
Angelique Moonen of VIGO Group focused on the ‘Wicked problems in healthcare’; Long waiting lists, long waits for surgery and the shortage of professionals. At the same time, patients only expect more from professionals. In order to actually implement digital innovations, things need to change! Vigo Group is happy to start a change and has created a new Platform Ecosystem, where people work on their mental health and mental resilience themselves and can get a better match with the professionals.
E-Health specialist Ruben de Neef from Luscii talked about unlocking the power of patients. With Florence Nightingale as an inspiration to approach the condition of a patient from a different point of view. Luscii can be a virtual member in your care team, an extra team member. Luscii notices things in the home of the patient and sees different things than the doctor in the hospital sees. There is already a large library in this tool with 40 pathways to follow, developed by doctors and nurses for the patient. And the possibilities are endless for further digital development in the future.
Gert-Jan de Brok, co-founder of InMotion VR is very fond of games and technology. So their motto is: Let’s play to heal. They use Corpus VR for the rehabilitation of a patient. As many people already use wearables with sensors, they can reach a large audience and it’s very cost & time efficient. Gamification is fun, which is why it works better than traditional methods of physiotherapy.
Finally, we were updated on the Digital Health Hub by Tom van de Belt and Floor van de Watering. Tom started the presentation with a digital health ecosystem analysis of our region. Floor van de Watering adds: Healthcare professionals encounter problems that they do not communicate efficiently to innovative organisations. And on the other hand companies develop innovations that the healthcare sector does not need or see as a problem. And for some problems the solution might already be available in a completely different market (e.g. planning tools for distribution).
The digital health Hub will fill this gap and bring the right parties together, so that relevant innovations can be made and the pressure on healthcare can be relieved with the help of digital innovations. It will be a great, but rewarding challenge for the future to work on this together!
We thank all the speakers for their interesting contributions to this SMB meeting about digital health!
The role of digital health in keeping our health system financially, socially, and environmentally sustainable (online)
Date: January 27th
Login: 15:45
Time: 16:00-17:00 hrs (+ online networking)
Location: Online
Without interventions 1 in 4 people will work in healthcare in 2040 (compared to 1 in 7 now). And even these days it is already hardly sustainable in terms of people and costs. The inevitable conclusion is that we need to improve productivity not by working harder but by working smarter. This is possible with the help of Digital Health innovations.
During the covid pandemic, digital health innovations have been increasingly used for virtual care and self-management. There was a clear shift from digital health innovations as ‘a potential opportunity’ to ‘an immediate necessity’. Since digital health innovations hold the potential to further improve the efficiency, accessibility and quality of care such as by reducing workload and fewer travel movements, the question is how we can accelerate implementation. Not only during this pandemic, but also when the pandemic comes under control.
How can the healthcare ecosystem retain added value from digital health innovations? How can the ecosystem start new collaborations that result in better digital health innovations?
So how do we improve productivity overall whilst increasing quality? In the SMB meeting on January 27 two care organisations and two health companies will explain how they deal with digital health innovation. Moreover, Tom van de Belt (Digital Health Ambassador Nijmegen & Radboudumc) and Floor van de Watering (OostNL) will present their plans for the digital health hub, an initiative with the aim to improve healthcare through cooperation between health organizations and health companies.
Program
Welcome by Martijn Kriens from Briskr
Maartenskliniek (Remco Hoogendijk)
Vigo groep (Angelique Moonen)
InMotionVR (Gert-Jan Brok)
Luscii (Ronald Scheffer)
Digital Health Hub (Tom van de Belt, Radboudumc & Floor van de Watering, Oost NL)
Questions & wrap up
For those interested, we will conclude the event with the opportunity for online networking where you will be placed randomly in a Zoom room.
Online event
This event will be streamed online. A login link will be provided by email a few days before the event.
Good to know
Presentations are in English & the entrance is free (registration upfront is needed though). We welcome new guests, so please feel free to pass on this invitation to relevant people in your network!
We look forward to e-meet you!
Click here to register
The monthly meetings Science Meets Business aim to connect people and exchange knowledge in the world of science and business.
Digital Health companies in the Nijmegen region
Health Valley has published a Digital Health Guide together with the Radboudumc, the Novio Tech Campus, the Municipality of Nijmegen and Briskr. The aim: to connect Digital Health players in the Nijmegen region and beyond! This will benefit the development and scaling up of Digital Health innovations and economic growth in the Nijmegen region.
Focus region Nijmegen
Digital Health is an important focus for the Nijmegen region, given its large healthcare sector. Over a quarter of the inhabitants have a job in healthcare. In addition, the region is home to many knowledge partners, healthcare organisations and innovative entrepreneurs who are working every day to improve healthcare with digital solutions. Digital Health ambassador for the Nijmegen region Tom van de Belt is therefore pleased with the guide’s arrival.
“The challenges facing healthcare are considerable and innovations can help us keep healthcare affordable and of good quality, now and in the future. Looking at the guide, it strikes me how much we as a region already have to offer in the area of digital health. The innovative power stands out, not only in companies but also in healthcare institutions and knowledge institutes.”
Global problem, local approach
Although the players in the field of digital health often operate internationally, there is also a need for local and regional cooperation. Van de Belt: “Developments in the field of Digital Health are rapid and you need to follow developments on a global scale, but certainly also locally. I see this guide as a calling card for the region, so that parties from here and abroad can see at a glance what we have to offer”.
Players know how to find each other
If you want to make an impact in the field of Digital Health, you need the right partners. Chris Doomernik, director of Health Valley states: “You can map out your problem and wish list for healthcare as well as you can validate your innovation, if you want to scale up you simply cannot do it alone. It is therefore important that partners from the triple helix find each other more easily. That will benefit the development and scaling up of digital health innovations and economic growth.
Recording and slides Healthy brains for healthy work
Connecting science and business is an important aspect of the SMB meetings. And yesterday’s event was a true example! Lucy Overbeek from Healthy Brain Study informed us on the why and moreover the how of the study that started in 2017 to unrafel the brain of people in their 30’s from the Nijmegen region to understand human behavior in daily life. This unique source of data (90 Terabyte!) is used by a.o. Erik Bijleveld and his colleagues to study the impact of work on the mind, body, and brain. Erik singled out two themes for this event; Mental fatigue and Sitting behavior (‘Sitting is the new smoking’). Finally Doeska Anschutz (Founder of The Lab of Life) explained how the data from the HBS and the scientific evidence from Erik’s team has been used to develop a behaviour change training for youth and adults to increase wellbeing.
SMB-meeting Healthy brains for healthy work (online)
Date: December 2nd, 2021
Time: 16:00-18:00 hrs
Location: Online
Healthy Brain links science, business and public partners in the field of brain, cognition, behavior, health and disease. It covers topics like neurotechnology, artificial intelligence, behavioural change and food & cognition.
The Healthy Brain Study was set up to create a resource enabling new collaborations between scientists and private and public partners in the field of Healthy Brain. It enables insight into social, biological and environmental factors that influence for example stress resilience and decision making. With these insights successful tools or interventions can be developed.
In this SMB meeting we will discuss how the Healthy Brain Study resource helps scientists and companies to achieve healthy work. How do people change unhealthy work behavior? How do they adapt sitting patterns and mental work load?
You will also learn how scientists and companies in the field of healthy work can access and exploit the Healthy Brain Study resource. And who you should contact if you wish to get access to this unique resource yourself.
Program
Lucy Overbeek, project manager of the Healthy Brain Study will explain the study resource, it’s potential and availability for science and business.
Erik Bijleveld from the Behavioural Science Insitute of Radboud University will talk about how he uses the Healthy Brain Study resource to study the human mind at work.
Doeschka Anschutz from The Lab of Life will talk about their behaviour change training based on scientific evidence from the Behavioural Science Institute.
Online event
Due to the recent corona outbreak we have converted this meeting to an online webinar.
Good to know
Presentations are in English & the entrance is free (registration upfront is needed though). We welcome new guests, so please feel free to pass on this invitation to relevant people in your network!
We look forward to meeting you!
Registration is closed, click here to join the webinar:
Passcode: 02122021 (=event date)
The monthly meetings Science Meets Business aim to connect people and exchange knowledge in the world of science and business.
Nederland moet Valorisatie-hotspot van Europa worden
Kennisinstellingen komen met nieuw plan om impact te vergroten
Nederland moet de Valorisatie-hotspot van Europa worden. Deze ambitie hebben de Nederlandse universiteiten, universitair medisch centra en TNO. Samen lanceren de kennisinstellingen op 1 november een plan om het nationaal valorisatie-ecosysteem te versterken. Het doel: in 2030 een valorisatiesysteem dat tot de absolute wereldtop behoort. VSNU-voorzitter Pieter Duisenberg: “De samenleving, het bedrijfsleven, studenten en wetenschappers willen steeds vaker wetenschappelijke kennis in de praktijk brengen. Het huidige ecosysteem voor deze valorisatie is te klein om die vraag aan te kunnen. Daarom zetten we samen de volgende stap zodat investeringen in kennis en innovatie nog meer opleveren voor Nederland.”
Kennis en innovatie als antwoord op de maatschappelijke uitdagingen
De maatschappelijke uitdagingen waar Nederland, Europa en de wereld voor staan kunnen niet opgelost worden zonder wetenschappelijke kennis en innovatie. Een sterk nationaal valorisatie-ecosysteem versnelt het in de praktijk brengen van de oplossingen die de wetenschap biedt. Iedere euro die de overheid investeert in kennis en innovatie levert vier euro op. Dat gaat niet vanzelf. Een sterk valorisatie-ecosysteem waarin kennisinstellingen en het bedrijfsleven intensief samenwerken, zorgt dat wetenschappelijke kennis daadwerkelijk en snel gebruikt kan worden voor onze toekomst.
Naar een valorisatie-ecosysteem met een stevig fundament
Met de juiste keuzes kan Nederland in de tweede helft van het decennium niet alleen tot de Europese top behoren, maar zelfs dé valorisatie-hotspot van Europa worden. Margriet Schneider, voorzitter NFU: “In 2030 moet Nederland een nationaal valorisatie-ecosysteem hebben dat zich kan meten met de wereldtop. Doordat Nederland een relatief klein land is met een centrale ligging, wetenschap van wereldklasse en een uitstekende infrastructuur, hebben wij een enorme potentie. Die potentie willen we verzilveren.” De Nederlandse kennisinstellingen stellen de volgende drie doelen voor om in 2030 de valorisatie-hotspot van Europa te worden:
1. Een landelijk Knowledge Transfer (KT) systeem van wereldklasse. De Knowledge Transfer Offices (KTO’s), die wetenschappers ondersteunen bij valorisatie gaan internationale best practices in kaart brengen en in Nederland invoeren. In het landelijke KT-systeem werken kennisinstellingen samen aan expertise, opleiding en training en maken zij een heldere taakverdeling om maatschappelijk uitdagingen rond bijvoorbeeld veiligheid, zorg en duurzaamheid effectief aan te pakken.
2. Samenwerking binnen het ecosysteem versterken. Intensievere samenwerking tussen kennisinstellingen, investeerders en bedrijven om startups te ondersteunen, met uniforme richtlijnen over intellectueel eigendom.
3. Samen gericht uitbreiden van de KTO-capaciteit. Versterken van de ondernemende cultuur binnen de wetenschap en, met alle kennisinstellingen gezamenlijk, het screenen, scouten en ondersteunen van spin-outs op basis van valoriseerbare kennis.
Uiteindelijk zorgen deze acties niet alleen voor een beter valorisatie-ecosysteem. Het verbetert het vestigingsklimaat van Nederland, maakt ons land aantrekkelijker voor ondernemend en onderzoekend talent én bestaande investeringen zoals het Nationaal Groeifonds krijgen een grotere impact.
Hoe nu verder
In het vandaag gepresenteerde plan stellen VSNU, NFU en TO2 een 7-jarige regeling voor. In deze periode kan de bestaande basis verder worden uitgebouwd. Allereerst zal worden nagegaan welke concrete versterkingen, kwaliteitsimpulsen en interventies nodig zijn. Tegelijkertijd worden kennisinstellingen, regio’s en partners gevraagd hun valorisatieambities concreet te maken. De komende jaren zullen de VSNU, NFU en TO2 volgens het plan jaarlijks de activiteiten en resultaten van het valorisatie-ecosysteem monitoren en daarover rapporteren. Maandag 1 november wordt het plan aangeboden aan Focco Vijselaar, directeur-generaal Bedrijfsleven en Innovatie van het ministerie van Economische Zaken en Klimaat.
Research Integrity Round: The challenges of collaboration with profit and non-profit organisations
Working in a commercial context as an academically trained scientist offers many interesting opportunities, but it also has important challenges. How is it like to work at a pharmaceutical company as a (bio)medical scientist? A trustworthy reputation is key for commercial companies working in the domain of healthcare. How do such companies safeguard the quality and integrity of their research?
Many scientists working at university collaborate with commercial partners, for example by having their research project or clinical trial co-financed by companies. Or, they work in a project on behalf of a non-profit organisation like the government. On the one hand, such collaboration enables research and research implementation that wouldn’t be possible at all otherwise. On the other hand, the scientists’ hallmark of being independent and impartial may be thwarted in case of conflicts of interest.
Some researchers combine two roles, they are both academic scientist and entrepreneur. Being a researcher with a double hat may be inspiring and motivating but perhaps also tricky?
During the second Radboudumc Research Integrity Round (RIR#2) of this academic year, we explore the challenges of working in a commercial context, and collaboration with profit and non-profit partners. We have three guests that will introduce us into their world and working fields. Questions like the ones above will be discussed and you will have the opportunity to fire your questions at them about the challenges of collaboration with profit and non-profit organisations as well.
Guests
Our first guest is Tanya Sluyter, Head of Ethics, Risk & Compliance for Novartis Pharma B.V. in the Netherlands. Tanya has a MA in Biomedical Science and can tell us everything about how a large international pharmaceutical company aims to combine the ambitions of doing business successfully and safeguarding the quality and integrity of its research and business practices.
Our second guest is prof. dr. Carel Hoyng. He is professor of Ophthalmology at Radboudumc and a passionate researcher who often collaborates with profit organisations like Novartis. At the same time he is also entrepreneur. In his view, the scientist and entrepreneur share the passion for enterprising and the two may be mutually strengthening. How does he combine his two roles? How does he balance between the positive outcomes of such collaborations and entrepreneurship and the possible risks of conflicts of interests?
Our last guest is prof. dr. Lex Bouter, former rector of the VU University of Amsterdam and currently professor of Methodology and Integrity. Trained originally as medical biologist, and having been professor in Epidemiology, he specialised in research and teaching about research integrity. He was one of the co-writers of the Dutch code of research integrity and is currently chair of the World Conferences on Research Integrity Foundation. What are his views on the challenges of collaboration with profit and non-profit organisations?
Time and location
Wednesday 1 December 2021 16:00 – 17:30 hrs
The meeting will be a webinar. The webinar link will be sent to you after registration.
Registration
Registration is required. Please register via www.radboudumc.nl/researchintegrityrounds.
Target group
We invite all master students, junior and senior researchers and other staff members to attend this event and join the discussion.
Please note that PhD candidates can add the Research Integrity Rounds to their Training and Supervision Plan.