An immersive event to challenge the 'old' and inspire new innovations for Dementia

• Are you designing products and services for people living with Dementia?
• Are you designing products and services for those caring for people living with Dementia?
• Are you designing new systems to support organisations to deliver better services for the Dementia community?

This event will give you a deeper understanding of the dementia landscape, how people living with dementia feel/react to situations, as well as hearing from and speaking with thought leaders.

As part of this event, you are invited to take a simulated walk in the footsteps of a person living with dementia and experience their everyday challenges and frustrations. There will be a Mobile Virtual Dementia Bus - an immersive activity that allows people to experience first-hand the isolation and fear that people with dementia often encounter.

Goggles replicate impaired vision, gloves restrict movement and shoe inserts create peripheral neuropathy through the interactive simulated activities on the bus.

This thought-provoking session aims to inspire innovation by challenging the status quo and stimulating new thinking about products and services needed to support those living with and those caring for people living with dementia.

Learn from our expert speakers and hear about new opportunities for joint research and innovation grants to inspire innovation in this field with an invite to hear from world leading dementia expert Professor Dame Louise Robinson (Regius Professsor of Ageing) with contributions from Dr Alison Killen (Research Associate - Newcastle Biomedical Research Centre) and an Admiral Nurse (a specialist providing life-changing care for families affected by all forms of dementia).

This event will be of interest to anyone working in the dementia space, companies developing solutions for dementia and anyone involved in caring for people living with dementia.

Agenda

09.15-09.45 Registration

09.45-09.55 Introduction from the NICA/IOCT team

10.00-13.30 Interactive dementia bus tour

13.30-14.00 Lunch

14.00-14.15 Recovery & Reflections

14.15 - 15.15 In conversation with Professor Dame Louise Robinson with contributions from Dr Alison Killen and an Admiral Nurse

15.15 - 16.15 Re-thinking and re-positioning Dementia Care technology

16.15 - 16:30 Opportunities & next steps

Criteria

• This event is being delivered by the Internet of Caring Things® (IoCT™) programme, which is funded by the North East Combined Authority. Attending businesses MUST be based either in County Durham, Gateshead, Newcastle, Northumberland, North Tyneside, South Tyneside or Sunderland.
• Priority places will go to companies that have not received funding from the Internet of Caring Things Programme. A waitlist will be in operation for companies that have received IoCT™ Support already and will be filled, depending on availability, on a first come first served basis.
• Those participating in the Dementia Bus Tour will be required to sign a medical disclaimer.

NOTE: Workshops are kept small to encourage insightful conversations in an environment where everyone can be heard and supported. To this end, there are a maximum of 16 places with a wait list in operation