Join us at the first ever School of Convergence Science Town Hall hosted by our Health and Technology (H&T) theme.
As part of the Science for Humanity Strategy – the H&T theme is working to create a fairer, more resilient future for everyone and is focusing on three key problems:
• Health inequity, driven by social, economic, and environmental factors
• Spiralling global health costs
• Sudden shocks, such as pandemics, conflict and climate disasters, and health system resilience.
Hear from 51³Ô¹ÏÍø’s world-leading interdisciplinary Co-Directors (, , and ) as they present the missions and activities to date and seek involvement from 51³Ô¹ÏÍø’s academic community. Their visionÌý of sensing, empowering and shaping health aims to achieve healthcare that is continuously sensed, continuously adaptive and radically personalised by 2050.
Programme
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| 13:00 | Registration and Refreshments |
| 13:30 | Introduction to School of Convergence Science – Health and Technology (Professor Anthony Bull) |
| 13:45 | Launch of Missions (Professor Marisa Miraldo and Professor Faith Osier) |
| 14:00 | Q&A With Co-Directors (Chair: Professor Iain McNeish) |
| 14:45 | Networking |
| 15:00 | Event Ends |
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