Event Time: 09:00 -
Event Location: OHSU's Mac Hall Marquam Room
Agenda
8:45 – 9:15 Meet and greet with coffee and pastries
9:15 – 10:00 Welcome and Roundtable Updates
10:00 – 10:15 Break
10:15 – 11:00 Carlos Crespo, PhD, Professor and Director, Portland State University School of Community Health
Measurement of Physical Activity in Older Adults: Comparison of Heart Rate and Accelerometry
Carlos will discuss his ORCATECH pilot project that aims to examine and compare methods for the assessment of physical activity intensity in older adults. Specifically, recent advances in accelerometer technology allow the simultaneous measurement of heart rate and accelerometer output, which may provide more precise measurements of daily physical activity over either method alone.
11:00 – 11:45 Muki Hansteen-Izora, Senior Design Researcher and Strategist with Intel’s Digital Health Group
The TRIL Centre and an Intel Update
The TRIL Centre is a coordinated collection of research projects addressing the physical, cognitive and social consequences of ageing, all informed by ethnographic research and supported by a shared pool of knowledge and engineering resources. TRIL’s mission is to discover and deliver technology solutions which support independent ageing, ideally in a home environment. The Project is a collaborative effort combining Intel personnel and researchers from Irish universities and hospitals in multi-disciplinary teams. TRIL obviously has much in common with ORCATECH! Muki will discuss TRIL’s research efforts, as well as provide an update about the efforts of Intel’s Digital Health Group in aging services and disease management.
11:45 – 12:00 Wrap-up and discussion
12:00 –1:00 pm Networking lunch, provided
SAVE THE DATES! Future ORCATECH Council meetings (same times, same place): November 13, 2009, February 12, 2010.