Enabling early career researchers to deep dive into cyber-physical health and assistive robotics for people with lived experience of frailty

About this event 

Early career researchers, including PhD students, with an interest in cyber-physical health and assistive robotics are invited to join the EMERGENCE team for our first-ever residential summer school to be hosted at the University of Nottingham in September 2024. With a focus on the challenges associated with developing solutions that can be successfully deployed for use by older adults with lived experience of frailty, this is an exciting opportunity to collaborate with multidisciplinary experts, healthcare professionals and other stakeholders, including potential end-users from PPI groups.

The programme will incorporate a rich mixture of activities, including keynote presentations, EMERGENCE-focused talks, panel discussions, and workshops to complement the ultimate focus of the event - a design and development challenge where participants will be asked to co-design prototypes of solutions that address a key challenge faced by older adults living with frailty. 

The event is sponsored by NIHR Devices for Dignity (https://devicesfordignity.org.uk/) - specialists in developing technologies for people with long-term conditions. 

A limited number of funded and sponsored places will be available and more details on this and how to apply will be made available when applications open. In the meantime, if you would like to keep up to date on all developments relating to this event, please subscribe to our EMERGENCE Summer School mailing list here

Draft Programme