Platform Cross‐border Healthy Ageing Initiatives

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− Cross‐border Healthy Ageing projects (INTERREG VA)

− Collect and share information (SMEs, Health‐ and  

Knowledgeinstitutions)

− Knowledge exchange platform

− Platform for current and new Healthy Ageing project ideas

− Linking pin for stakeholders

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Who wants to become 100 years old?

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25% of the girls born in 2010 will get 100 years or older

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Getting older, staying healthy

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Connected 

− ScanBalt Network

− eHealth.Niedersachsen

− EIT Health

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Involved

− European Medical School

− EurSafety Health‐Net

− Food Future

− Healthy Ageing Campus

− Megatronica

− Telemedicin&Personalized Care

− MIND

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Prepared

− Anniek Visser: DAME

− Jan Degenhart: Health Hub

− Julia Biedendieck: KEGL 

Healthy Ageing/ Gesundheitswirtschaft

Bekend misverstand

Common Misperception…

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Platform:People in bigger organisations responsible for the NL/DE

cooperation with a Healthy Ageing network/ Gesundheitswirtschaft Netzwerk:

• Frank Menninga, Provincie Groningen• Nikolaus Jansen, Amt für regionale Landesentwicklung Weser-

Ems• Samira Sassi, Carl von Ossietzky Universität Oldenburg• Katrin Dinkelborg & Julia Biedendieck, Hochschule Osnabrück

Campus Lingen• Jan Degenhart, Springboard• Sabine Röseler & Robin Battenberg, Gesundheitswirtschaft

NordWest• Sander Holterman, ZorgInnovatie Forum• Johannes Technau, GeWiNet• Theresa Scheeben, Healthy Ageing Network Northern

Netherlands• Josine van 't Klooster, Universitair Medisch Centrum Groningen

& Healthy Ageing Campus Netherlands

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Many ideas for the future…

EIT Health: InnoLife

•The Northern Netherlands is one of the partners in the InnoLife consortium. A consortium of more than 50 core partners (and in addition 90 associate organisations) of leading businesses, research centres and universities from 9 EU countries, has been selected by the European Institute of Innovation and Technology (EIT) as the Knowledge and Innovation Community (KIC) for EIT Health.

•With a total volume of EUR 2,100 million it is one of the largest public funded initiatives for health worldwide. InnoLife’s mission is to promote entrepreneurship and develop innovations in healthy living and active ageing, providing Europe with new opportunities and resources.

•InnoLife will enable citizens to lead healthier and more productive lives by delivering products, services and concepts that will improve quality of life and contribute to the sustainability of healthcare across Europe

ScanBalt

•HANNN is part of the ScanBalt Network, connecting Lifescience and health clusters within the Baltic States, Scandinavia, Germany, and Poland. Our director, Daan Bultje, is vice-chair and we are actively participating in several European proposals.

•The ScanBalt regions do possess about high-level expertise in fields such as biotechnology, medicine, and clinical research. By cooperating, the members can benefit from each other’s best practices, focus on scaling-up strategies and facilitate the implementation of innovation in order to tackle nowadays societal challenges