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Innovation, know how and technolgy in wound care
2014 EDUCATION ACTIVITIES
Taking the users on board
Workshop, EWMA 2014 conference, Madrid
Join the workshop on user driven innovation at the
EWMA conference in Madrid to get an introduction
to the topic of user driven innovation in product development
and get a flavour of what the 2 day course in
Copenhagen has to offer.
Title: Innovation for user value creation – Trends in collaboration,
empowerment and technological development.
Workshop objective: Join this workshop to learn more
about how different types of innovation within the healthcare
sector can answer future development challenges.
Whether this means user involvement or implementation
of new technologies and approaches to service delivery
such as assistive living technologies or eHealth, collaboration
and value creation is the key for success. The workshop
will answer questions as to why, when and how user
driven design can add value to innovation processes and
introduce different innovation models. Also the workshop
will focus on how new partnerships can create new solutions
to everyday challenges. The workshop will in addi-
Stay informed by visiting the conference website,
www.ewma2014.org, to see registration opportunities
or obtain further information about the programme.
You can also get your updates on EWMA’s
social media platforms:
tion to theoretical presentations also include case example
presented by invited experts. The workshop will also give
a short introduction to the two-day course on the same
topic offered by EWMA and the Danish Technological Institute,
September 2014. The course offers more in-depth
knowledge about the topics presented at the workshop and
will in addition to theoretical presentations also include
case examples and hands-on exercises.
The session includes contributions from Peter Vowden,
Clinical Director, NIHR Bradford Wound Prevention and
Treatment Health Care co-operative and Rod Hulme Customer
Insights Specialist, Advanced Wound Management
Smith&Nephew.
Duration: 1½ H
Date: Thursday 15 May, 08:00-09:30
Place: At the EWMA-GNEAUPP 2014 Conference in Madrid
Hosted by: Danish Technological Institute
and invited wound innovation experts
For detailed update on the workshop program
please visit www.ewma2014.org
www.facebook.com/EWMA.Wound
www.linkedin.com/company/
european-wound-management-association
The Danish Technological Institute has over 100 employees
working with healthcare innovation in various areas, such as
technology development, organisational development, user
training in new technologies, user studies, idea generation with
users (both patients and healthcare professionals), technology
foresights, and product development. These training activities
are led by the Business and Society Division, which works specifically
with user-driven innovation projects. The team of design
engineers, anthropologists, and project managers is highly experienced
in technology management, occupational health, social
science, design engineering, safety, and risk management in
emerging health technologies.
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EWMA Journal 2014 vol 14 no 1