On 18 April 2024, the European Digital Innovation Hub (EDIH) Crowd in Motion hosted an insightful webinar titled “Trend Brief: Future Trends on AI to support Health and Well-being”. Recent advancements in artificial intelligence (AI) have ushered in a transformative era across industries – and the field of health and well-being technologies is no exception. The webinar explored the dynamic interplay of recent trends in this area and offered insights into the potential disruptions and opportunities facing small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in the sector.
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Event highlights:
Welcome and objectives:
Eva Hollauf (Salzburg Research / EDIH Crowd in Motion) opened the session and introduced the aims of the webinar.
AI’s advancement to promote health and well-being:
Michael Thelen (Salzburg Research / EDIH Crowd in Motion) gave an overview of current AI developments in health and prevention.
Use cases and project insights in AI for health and prevention:
Saskia Kaltenbrunner (University of Vienna) presented concrete use cases and project experiences.
Swedish experiences in promoting AI in health and prevention: Health Data Sweden and Sports Technology:
Sebastiaan Meijer & Jonas Willen (KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Center for Sports Engineering / EDIH Health Data Sweden) shared how AI is being applied to health and prevention in Sweden, offering a valuable international comparison.
“Relax”: a learning agent for individualised stress management:
Oliver Jung (Salzburg Research / EDIH Crowd in Motion) presented an AI-based approach to personalised stress management.
The webinar closed with an interactive Q&A session, giving participants the chance to engage with the speakers and explore the topics in greater depth.
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