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Upcoming Events
Date to be advised | "Your say: AAG conference 2012"Second conference planning event
Details available soon Contact: Andrea Petriwskyj (07) 3377 3305 or a.petriwskyj@uq.edu.au |
Past Events
"Your say: AAG conference 2012"
Combination end of year and conference planning event
Date: 22 November 2011
Time: 6.00pm - 8.30pm
Venue: Ann St Room, Freestyle Tout, 50/1000 Ann St (Emporium), Fortitude Valley
Contact: Andrea Petriwskyj (07) 3377 3305 or a.petriwskyj@uq.edu.au
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"Issues in evidence-based practice"
Speakers: Professor Iris Chi (2011 AAG Gary Andrews Visiting Fellow) and Professor Debbie Tolson
Date: 17 October 2011
Time: 4.00pm - 6.00pm
Venue: Training Rooms 1 & 2, Blue Care Central Support, 56 Sylvan Rd, Toowong
Contact: Andrea Petriwskyj (07) 3377 3305 or a.petriwskyj@uq.edu.au
Click here to dowload the event flyer
Click here to download Professor Chi's presentation
Click here to download Professor Tolson's presentation
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"Cutting edge research in ageing: Annual student and early career showcase"
Speakers: Stephanie Fu, Lisa Hee, Kate Bolam, Siobhan O'Dwyer, Robert Hill and Paul Gardiner
Date: 31 August 2011
Time: 6.00pm - 8.00pm
Venue: Upstairs Function Centre, Ship Inn, Southbank (Cnr Stanley & Sidon Streets)
Contact: Evonne Miller (07) 3138 9011 or email
For date claimer, click here
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"Promoting independence with assistive technologies:
Research, practice and policy"
Speakers: James Barrientos, Prof Jeffrey Soar & Prof Bergmann, followed by panel discussion.
Date: Wednesday, 23 March, 2011
Time: 5pm to 7pm - includes light supper at 6.15pm (Subway & drinks)
Venue: LifeTech, Newmarket - cnr Newmarket & Enoggera Rds.
Room: Level 1, Newmarket Reading Centre (free parking in shopping centre)
Cost: Free for AAG members; Gold coin non-members
SPEAKER PROFILES
"New trends in assitive technology services"
James Barrientos is the Chief Executive Officer of LifeTec, a leading statewide provider of specialist advice and education on assistive technology to over 24,00 Queenslanders every year. His background includes senior health management positions and health professional roles - James has tertiary qualifications in Medical Prosthetics and Orthotics, as well as post graduate qualifications in Management. His presentation will provide LifeTec’s perspective on emerging client groups and their demands on assistive technology (AT) solutions. The presentation will feature a new delivery model that aims to respond to these changing client demands, and improve their independence and functionality by incorporating AT into peoples’ living environments. This ambient assisted living model has resulted in the development of a life size replica Demonstrator, which incorporates fully functional and integrated AT into a 60 m2 living environment.
"Building the research evidence for better supporting home telecare & telehealth"Professor Jeffrey Soar is Joint Chair in Intelligent Domestic Healthcare Infrastructure, a joint initiative of University of Queensland and the University of Southern Queensland. He is a researcher in Informatics for ageing and independent living with a particular interest in barriers to adoption, policy, business models and organisational change. This presentation will discuss the benefits and challenges of home telecare and telehealthto support care in home and community settings.
"PCEHR - an enabler for assitive technologies"
Professor Neil Bergmann is the Professor of Embedded Computing Systems in the School of Information Technology and Electrical Engineering at the University of Queensland. His research interests are in computer engineering, and include information communication technology (ICT) based assistive technologies. The Australian Government's recent announcement of a Personally Controlled Electronic Health Record provides a significant benefit to the provision of telecare, and this talk looks at the benefits that a PCEHR might provide and the associated challenges if maximum advantage is to be gained from the introduction of the PCEHR.
