Dates for your diary - Digital Health & Care Fest 2021
This year's Digital Health & Care Fest will begin with four half-day (one per week), virtual sessions, during November before concluding with the main two-day, virtual conference, taking place on 01-02 December 2021.
The programme for the events in November and December will showcase digitally enabled solutions in the context of, citizens, services, home, and environment.
The half-day sessions are being developed collaboratively and coordinated by DigiFest Steering Group members, including:
- The ALLIANCE
- The Digital Health and Care Innovation Centre
- BCS Health and Care Scotland
- The Coalition of Care and Support Providers in Scotland
- The Digital Office for Scottish Local Government
They will take place on:
- Monday 1 November 2021
- Tuesday 9 November 2021
- Wednesday 17 November 2021
- Thursday 25 November 2021
The December conference will take place virtually on 01-02 December 2021.
A range of UK and international speakers will feature alongside plenary and workshop sessions. The topics covered will include:
- Scotland’s digital ambitions for renewing health and social care
- Hybrid solutions: in-person and digitally-enabled pathways
- Digitally supported citizens
- Digital leadership
- The role of Public Health – building trusted services based on data and equity
- Impacting sustainability for services and citizens
- Methodologies for developing digital solutions
- Sharing international good practice
ePosters
Abstracts that represent digitally-enabled examples from service design, implementation or research projects will be invited to submit in the coming weeks to be reviewed by a panel for inclusion in the virtual poster exhibition. The winning abstract will receive a prize provided by BCS Health and Care.
Further details about the programme and registration will be provided in the coming weeks.
For more information follow: @TECScotland on Twitter.