ICE-T Meet the Buyers 2010

8.30am – 5.00pm Tuesday 6th July 2010

Hilton Brighton Metropole, Kings Road, Brighton, East Sussex, BN1 2FU, UK

Welcome to the inaugural ICE-T International Meet the Buyers

for the Telecare/Telehealth Industry:

Including the launch of two new SBRI funding calls in Healthcare worth £1.3 Million

This event brings together not only the biggest telecare and telehealth procurers and the very best service and technology providers for partnering, networking and deal-making, but also gives you access to experts from across Europe who will give an overview of the current market needs and opportunities in telecare.

Plus you will find out how to access £1.3 Million at the launch of two Healthcare SBRIs:

The Small Business Research Initiative (SBRI) awards fully-funded development contracts which are open to all companies registered and operating within the European Union. We will be launching two new SBRIs:

  1. NHS South East Coast, the strategic health authority for Kent, Surrey and Sussex and the Technology Strategy Board (TSB) will launch their £500,000 new call for proposalsfor technology-based projects supporting those suffering from dementia and their carers.
  1. NHS South Central will launch their £800,000 SBRI calling for technology-based projects which will reduce hospital admissions.

Partnering - take the hard work out of finding business leads in the Telecare/Telehealth industry

Save yourself time and effort by registering in advance on our partnering website to preview details of participating buyers or suppliers, make contact before the event and pre-book up to twelve 30 minute one-to-one meetings. You will receive a password giving you access to the partnering site once you have registered for the event.

Meeting schedule:

Time / Potential number of
meetings booked
09.00 - 10.30 / 3
11.00 – 12.30 / 3
13.30 – 15.00 / 3
15.30 – 17.00 / 3
Total: / 12

You will have the opportunity to pre-book one-to-one meetings with our registered Buyers, or with any other delegate. All one-to one meetings booked with our Buyers will take place in the Buyers Partnering Room. All pre-booked meetings with other delegates will take place in the Networking area. Once a meeting is agreed on the online partnering site you will be allocated a meeting point and this will appear on your individual schedule, which you will be able to print out.

Networking and Exhibition

During the coffee and lunch breaks and between booked meetings there will be ample opportunity for informal networking with telecare professionals from the UK and overseas and for visiting the exhibition area to find out what the UK’s professional bodies are doing to support innovative telecare businesses. Exhibitors include: South East Health Technologies Alliance, International Centre of Excellence in Telecare (ICE-T) and its three Showcase Sites, UKTI, Foundation for Assistive Technologies (FAST) and Technology Strategy Board with Health Tech and Medicines KTN.

Exclusive Buyers’ Dinner

Buyers will also have the opportunity to network with each other, and with the ICE-T Advisory Board, at the exclusive Buyers’ dinner on 5th July, with our Guest of Honour and after-dinner speaker Peter Saraga CBE, Chair of the Ambient Assisted Living Advisory Board.

Monday 5thJuly 2010
17.00 / ICE-T Advisory Group Meeting / Advisory Group and Guests ONLY
18.30 / Drinks / Networking / Buyers, Advisory Group and Guests ONLY
19.30 – 22.00 / Exclusive Buyers’ Dinner / Guest of Honour and after-dinner speaker - Peter Saraga CBE, Chair of the Ambient Assisted Living Advisory Board.
Buyers, Advisory Group and Guests ONLY

Global Telecare Market Seminars

In the seminars you will hear how to access the two SBRI funding calls, plus international experts will guide you through the emerging field of telecare, explaining the market needs and opportunities. You will gain valuable insights into the varying levels of market maturity across Europe, and an appreciation of the business opportunities created by the potential widespread adoption of telecare and telehealth technologies.

The seminar programme, including the SBRI launch information, will be run once in the morning and will be repeated in the afternoon, so that all delegates have the opportunity to attend the talks in between one-to-one meetings. Pre-registration to attend the seminars is not required, but places are limited and are on a ‘first come, first served’ basis.

Please see below for full seminar schedule.

For further information about the event, please contact: Claire Ansett at

Tuesday 6th July 2010
08.30 / Registration / Exhibition opens
09.00 / Partnering meetings begin
09.15 – 09.30 / Welcome / Introduction / David Parry, CEO, SEHTA
09.30 – 09.50 / SBRI Funding Explained / Stephen Browning, SBRI, Account Manager, Technology Strategy Board
09.50 – 10.00 / Launch of NHS South East Coast / TSB SBRI for Dementia / Rob Berry, Head of Innovation & Research, NHS South East Coast
10.00 – 10.10 / Launch of NHS South Central SBRI for Reducing Hospital Admissions / NHS South Central – Speaker TBC
10.10 – 10.30 / Questions to the panel re both SBRIs / Stephen Browning, Rob Berry and a representative of NHS South Central
10.30 – 11.00 / Coffee/Networking
11.00 – 11.30 / The UK perspective on current and future market needs in Telecare – Title TBC / Professor James Barlow, Chair in Technology and Innovation Management at ImperialCollegeBusinessSchool and Co-director of the Health and Care Infrastructure Research and Innovation Centre
11.30 – 12.00 / The Spanish viewpoint – Title TBC / Jose Vargas, Regional Manager, Fundación Andaluza de Servicios Sociales (FASS), Spain
12.00 – 12.30 / The present and future market needs in Telecare in The Netherlands from a user’s perspective / Eric Schlangen, HabiPro, The Netherlands
12.30 – 13.30 / Lunch/Networking
13.30 – 13.50 / SBRI Funding Explained / Stephen Browning, SBRI, Account Manager, Technology Strategy Board
13.50 – 14.00 / Launch of NHS South East Coast / TSB SBRI for Dementia / Rob Berry, Head of Innovation & Research, NHS South East Coast
14.00 – 14.10 / Launch of NHS South Central SBRI for Reducing Hospital Admissions / NHS South Central – Speaker TBC
14.10 – 14.30 / Questions to the panel re both SBRIs / Stephen Browning, Rob Berry and a representative of NHS South Central
14.30 – 15.00 / The UK perspective on current and future market needs in Telecare – Title TBC / Professor James Barlow, Chair in Technology and Innovation Management at ImperialCollegeBusinessSchool and Co-director of the Health and Care Infrastructure Research and Innovation Centre
15.00 – 15.30 / Coffee/Networking
15.30 – 16.00 / The Spanish viewpoint – Title TBC / Jose Vargas, Regional Manager, Fundación Andaluza de Servicios Sociales (FASS), Spain
16.00 – 16.30 / The present and future market needs in Telecare in The Netherlands from a user’s perspective / Eric Schlangen, HabiPro, The Netherlands
16.30 – 17.00 / Partnering meetings continue
17.00 / Close