Consortium
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Centre for Research and Technology Hellas (CERTH) http://www.hit.certh.gr
Greece
The Centre for Research and Technology Hellas (CE.R.T.H.), the largest research centre in Northern Greece, was founded in March 2000. CERTH is a non-profit organization that functions under the supervision of the General Secretariat for Research and Technology of the Hellenic Ministry of Development and consists of four (4) institutes with well - organized facilities and highly qualified personnel. The Centre will participate in the REMOTE Project, through:
- the Institute of Applied Biosciences (IEB),
- the Hellenic Institute of Transport (HIT), and
- the Information Technologies Institute (ITI).
IEB was established in 2007 aiming at the support and development of biomedical research based on a multidisciplinary approach and synergy amongst the various scientific endeavours and thematic areas of biomedical informatics, biomedical engineering, molecular medicine and pharmacogenetics. The development, assessment and standardization of innovative research and educational products, systems and services as well as spin-off companies for the support and uptake of innovative applications and products in the medical practice for the qualitative, safe and continuous provision of health services to the citizen emphasizing prevention and the quality based treatment of diseases is the primary goal of this group.
HIT is the Greek National Institute established in 2000 for the promotion of Transport Research and Policy support. It focuses on applied research in all fields and modes of Transport, with the aim to provide inputs for policy formulation, documentation of major trends and impacts, formulation of operational rules and procedures, improvement of the operation and transport management.
ITI was founded in 1998 as a non-profit organisation under the auspices of the General Secretariat for Research and Technology (GSRT) of Greece. Since 2000 it is a founding member of CERTH also supervised by the GSRT. ITI exhibits substantial research activity, both basic and industry-oriented, as well as technology transfer actions, in the area of multimodal interfaces, virtual, augmented and mixed realities where included modelling and simulation of complex virtual environments, haptic force feedback applied research, 3D modelling and compression, computer graphics, 3D semantics, deformable objects and cloth modelling, collaborative virtual environments, new sensor development for head/hands/body tracking, multimedia analysis/synthesis, gesture recognition, head motion modelling and tracking, advanced applications of virtual/augmented/mixed reality in education and training, e-health, assistive technologies, culture, industry and e-business, cloud and high performance computing.
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TSB Soluciones S.A. TSB http://www.tsbtecnologias.es/inicio/index.php
Spain
TSB Tecnologías para la Salud y el Bienestar establishes and develops new technologies for personalised healthcare and well-being, improving people’s quality of life and using its technological and research abilities to create new business opportunities. In particular TSB develops products and services in areas that range from systems for home hospitalisation and managing chronic illness, to services and systems for sport, free time activities or ambient intelligence
TSB was founded in February 2008 as a spin-off of the ITACA Institute of the Polytechnic University in Valencia. With over ten years of research experience for the healthcare sector and thanks to the its structure and alliances, TSB is able to evaluate effectively and take advantage of the business potential which arises from the most relevant R&D
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Universidad Politecnica de Madrid UPM http://www.lst.tfo.upm.es
Spain
Universidad Politécnica de Madrid (UPM) is the oldest and largest of the Spanish Technical universities with more 38000 undergraduate students and around 6000 postgraduate students. UPM has a strong commitment to R&D and Innovation as shown by their more than 200 Research Units and Several Research Institutes and Technological Centres that have participated in around 200 European R&D projects over the past four years, including 19 Networks of Excellence, and is member of 10 European Technology Platforms.
Life Supporting Technologies (LST) is part of the UPM. LST is a multidisciplinary group of people leaders in education, research and technological development focused on the application of leading the edge information and communication technologies to produce new ideas, methods and technological solutions in the areas of e-Health, e-Inclusion and e-Learning.
The group maintains partnerships with public and private sectors in its research and technological development areas. Both past and current R&D projects funded by several national and European private and public research programs endorses LST experience, and a significant number of articles and papers that contribute to the dissemination of the results obtained in the different research areas. The LST knowledge in the field of Telecommunications, e-Health and e-Inclusion has experienced a significant growth, enabling the group to offer a portfolio of specialized services in this area, supported by a highly qualified and skilled staff.
The centre is specialized in the design, development and evaluation of services that are closely related with the scope of the REMOTE project, like the EU funded projects ISLANDS (QoL), PERSONA (6FP AAL), PERFORM (7PM eHealth) and OASIS (7PM eInclusion) among others.
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Fundación para la Investigación Médica Aplicada FIMA http://www.cima.es
Spain
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Saliwell Ltd. SALIWELL http://www.saliwell.com
Israel
Founded in 2003, a spin off of Assuta Medical Centers Ltd. €6 million investment by the founders and the European Union (under the prestigious FP5 & FP6) Company focus: Intra-oral intelligent medical devices ISO 13485:2003 certified by TÜV of Germany Office in Saarbrücken, Germany Initial marketing in Europe of dry mouth treatment. -
Foundation for Research and Technology - Hellas FORTH http://www.ics.forth.gr
Greece
The Foundation for Research and Technology – Hellas (FORTH) is one of the largest research centers of Greece with well organized facilities and highly qualified staff. It functions under the supervision of the General Secretariat for Research and Technology of the Hellenic Ministry of Development. The Foundation, with its high quality research results as well as its valuable socioeconomic contribution, makes it one of the top research centers internationally.
The Institute of Computer Science (FORTH-ICS), one of the seven institutes of FORTH, has a relatively long history and recognized tradition, since its establishment in 1983, in conducting basic and applied research, developing applications and products, providing services, and playing a leading role in Greece and internationally, in the fields of Information and Communication Technologies. Activities of ICS cover important research and development areas, taking into consideration new perspectives, emerging fields of research and technological challenges worldwide. Continuing its efforts towards the exploitation of its research activities and results, the Institute contributes significantly to the diffusion of modern Information and Communications Technologies in the public and private sectors. Thus, ICS acts as a catalyst for the development of the Information and Communication Technologies sector in Greece and the formation of favorable conditions for the emergence of an Information Society acceptable by all citizens.
FORTH-ICS has recently introduced it’s Ambient Intelligence (AmI) Programme which aims at improving the quality of life of all citizens of the emerging Information Society and promoting the vision of independent living through the creation and provision of safe, efficient and user-friendly AMI technologies, which support and cater to the needs of each and every individual user in a seamless, unobtrusive and invisible way.
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Netscouts gemeinnützige GmbH Netscouts http://www.netscouts-ggmbh.de
Germany
Netscouts gemeinnützige GmbH was founded in 2000 and is one of the wholly owned subsidiaries of the „Association for people with disabilities in Nuremberg” (Verein für Menschen mit Körperbehinderung Nürnberg e.V.) (www.behinderte-nuernberg.de).
Netscouts is an IT-service provider which, as an integration company for the physically disabled, employs people with disabilities. We have 14 employees (at least 50 % of workforce must be disabled but not less than 4 handicapped people that a company gets acknowledged by the authorities as an „Integration Company” (Integrationsfirma).
Our core expertise lies in the development and maintenance of accessible internet access and websites as well as the relaunch of internet websites (which have been re-structured to be accessible. Our main purpose is to create software development jobs for people with disabilities.
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ALTANA Technologies S.L. ALTANA http://www.altana.es
Spain
ALTANA is an Information Technologies SME with the aim to help the customers cover their needs in all areas of its information systems, whether development, systems, networks, testing, support, maintenance, helpdesk, etc., through the expertise. In fact this SME has an extensive experience as a consulting in different information technologies fields, detecting needs, planning, developing solutions and following up the results.
Currently, ALTANA is focused on the consolidation of R&D department within the company improving, in this way, the capacity of the company to participate in future national and international programs to support research and technological innovation.
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University Hospital of North-Norway (UNN) - Norwegian Centre for Telemedicine NST http://telemed.no
Norway
The Norwegian Centre for Integrated Care and Telemedicine (NST) is a centre of research and expertise that gathers, produces and disseminates knowledge about telemedicine services, both in Norway and internationally. The goal is to ensure the integration of telemedicine services. NST is an internationally known organization and was chosen as a World Health Organization Collaborating Centre for Telemedicine in 2002. The NST is together with several partners building a scientific environment within telemedicine and eHealth. Tromsø Telemedicine Laboratory (TTL) was established in 2006 as a Centre for Research-Based Innovation and are combining human caring with new technologies, in order to provide better health care and reduce the growing burden on the health care system.. -
The European Older People´s Platform AGE http://www.age-platform.org/
Belgium
AGE is a European network of more than 150 organizations of people aged 50+ from around the EU-25. AGE aims to voice and promote the interests of senior citizens -150 million inhabitants aged 50+ in the European Union- and to raise awareness of the issues that concern them most . AGE's main objective is to serve as a bridge between our member organizations and the EU Institutions to ensure that older people's issues are on the EU agenda. AGE regular activities involve the dissemination of relevant information to our network, the retrieval of feedback from our network and drafting of common positions, regular contacts with EU institutions to voice the concerns of its members, monitoring of EU policy development, drafting position papers in response to key documents and providing support to its members to help them in their lobby activities at national level, helping them coordinate their actions at national level with other NGOs pursuing similar aims. AGE main channel for information dissemination are: AGE monthly Bulletin, newsflashes, AGE website, brochures, the participation in national seminars on EU issues, running working groups on EU developments in the field of health, information and communication technologies, social protection, employment and age discrimination. The promotion of independent living for the elderly is a key priority for AGE members.
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Bluepoint IT Solutions Bluepoint http://www.bluepoint-it.ro/
Romania
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Medea SRL MEDEA http://www.medeaproject.eu
Italy
MEDEA is a SME working in the innovation technology and health fields with specific expertise in Ambient Assisted Living and e-health services design and implementation, business model developing, education and training activities.
MEDEA works in partnership with international companies and public institutions to design innovative and interoperable, standard compliant, e-health services/systems architectures. Moreover, MEDEA is expert in integrated assessment of services and innovation impact, both in terms of technology reliability and clinical, socio-economical requirements.
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Fraunhofer-Institut für Biomedizinische Technik FhG/IBMT http://www.ibmt.fraunhofer.de/fhg/ibmt_en/biomedical_engineering/biomedical_microsystems/index.jsp
Germany
The Fraunhofer Institute for Biomedical Engineering (IBMT) is one of the 56 institutes of the Fraunhofer Society that supports applied research. IBMT was founded 1987 in St. Ingbert (Saarland State), Germany. IBMT is founding member of the Fraunhofer Life Sciences Alliance. Its R&D-areas include biomedical-/medical engineering, sensor- and measuring technologies, ultrasound technologies, health telematics, biotechnology and biohybrid technology, medical and pharmaceutical biotechnology, micro-systems technology, medical implant technology, and telemetry. The biotelemetry group as well as the microsensors & microfluidics group of the biomedical microsystems department are involved in the REMOTE project and will contribute to the development of intraoral microsensors.
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Ortholine Ltd. Ortholine http://www.ortholine.co.il
Israel
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AAL Joint Programme