T4I2017 Call Deadline Extended to 23/06/17

The call for short communications to the 2017 T4I Conference to be held in Sheffield in September has been extended to Friday 23rd June 2017.

This extension is due to the addition of the Contributions on Prosthetics. 

T4I2017: Registration is now open

The Technology for Independence Conference 2017 will be hosted on Friday 15^th September 2017 in Sheffield as part of the AAATE2017 Congress

T4I2017: CALL for Short Communications Now Open (Deadline: 26.05.2017)

We invite those working to use or innovate Assistive Technology and associated services to submit short communications for presentation or as posters for Technology for Independence (T4I 2017).

This year the conference will happen on Friday 15th September as part of the AAATE2017 Congress (11th to 15th Sept. 2017). Visit the website.

Become an Approved Partner for AAATE2017

The AAATE is inviting approved and interested parties to promote our 2017 Congress in return for discounted registration at the same rate as members of the AAATE.

If members of your organisation are interested in attending the AAATE2017 Congress, this is a great way to obtain a discount.

In order to qualify for this special arrangement for your members you will need to:

• Confirm formally the arrangements for the agreement by signing a Memorandum of Understanding.
• Promote the Congress to yours members/employees and share evidence of this with the AAATE.

We will liaise with your organisation’s key contact over matters regarding the agreement and confirm any claimants of the Approved Partner discount.

In order to take advantage of this offer or if you would like more details, please email AAATE2017@sheffield.ac.uk

In return for this promotion, we will acknowledge your support of our Congress through placing your organisation’s logo with a hyperlink to your website on our Congress website.

We are delighted to announce our first three Approved Partners:

in conjunction with

To find out more about AAATE2017, please visit the website or email aaate2017@sheffield.ac.uk

AAATE2017 Satellite Events - call now OPEN!

The call for short communication contributions to Satellite Events for the AAATE2017 Congress to be held in Sheffield in September 2017 is now open.

Deadline: Friday 31st March 2017 17.00 CET.

The AAATE2017 Congress now invites you to submit a short communication (approximately 900 words) to the Congress Satellite Events from AT related/allied areas such as:

• Therapy;

• Rehabilitation;

• User engagement;

• Audit, service development, novel product, technology or service innovation.

For more information on the AAATE2017 Congress and the 5-day event overview please visit the website. And note that, T4I2017 on 15th September will have a separate schedule shortly to be announced. Fees will also be confirmed in March 2017.

Satellite Events are additions to the core AAATE2017 Conference. The Satellite sessions are workshop or lecture style. Content need not be as academic or at all. 

The Satellite sessions will be held at St Mary’s Conference Centre, Sheffield, located approximately a 20 minute walk from the Conference venue of The Diamond.

Draft short communication guidance, for presentations and posters, along with the form to be used for submission can be downloaded here.

The final deadline for all the above submissions is 31.03.2017 17.00 CET.

Timescales

The call for short communications for AAATE2017 Satellite Events is now open. The deadline is 31.03.2017 17.00 CET. Following this you will receive feedback and will be required to submit your final, updated short communication no later than 15.05.2017 17.00 CET.

For more information about Satellite Events or the AAATE2017 Congress, please visit the website or contact aaate2017@sheffield.ac.uk.

T4I2016 programme now available!

The Technology for Independence (T4I) conference will take place on Monday 28th November 2016 from 08.30 to 17.30 at St. Mary’s Church & Conference Centre, Sheffield.

The programme for the conference is now available here.

The day starts at 8.30 with a packed programme including 22 talks in a variety of areas. We are delighted to have Prof Luc de Witte as a plenary speaker talking about "How to close the gap between what is technically possible and practically available?”. We will also be joined by Stephen Purdham from 3rings who will deliver a session on the Internet of Things.

This year, we will also host a free social event on Sunday 27th November from 7pm, the evening before the conference to give you a great opportunity for additional networking. The pre-event dinner will be hosted at Kelham Island Brewery (23 Alma St, Sheffield, S3 8SA) with steak & ale pie, peas and local beer. Those who have expressed their intent to be a delegate can apply to join this free social event*. Please email us to at t4i@sheffield.ac.uk.

(*Only 20 tickets available. Enquiries will be collected until 02/11/2016, allocated on a first come first served basis. Tickets will be sent out on 07/11/2016.)

Registration for the conference is open, please book your places here.

EXHIBITOR INFORMATION

We also offer exhibition space at the conference venue which is an ideal opportunity to demonstrate Assistive Technology.

We provide wifi, power and a table in a floor area of about 6m2 for £260 (plus VAT). Additional requirements can be accommodated, please get in touch and we will be able to provide you with pricing options.

This year we are also offering a light option for exhibiting. If you only bring a single banner, you can exhibit with the delegate fee of £160.

If you need more information or have specific requirements, please let us know.

We look forward to seeing you in November. If you would like further information about the conference please get in touch with Richard Simmonds.

#T4I2016 exhibition info available and abstract submission open until 5.9.2016

Join plenary speaker Prof Luc de Witte at the Technology for Independence Conference in Sheffield as a delegate or exhibitor.

On 28th November 2016 the University of Sheffield will host the national Assistive Technology (AT) conference in Sheffield to showcase AT related research and service innovation across health, education, employment and daily living. It will take place at St. Mary’s Church and Conference Centre, Sheffield. Previously known as the Recent Advances in Assistive Technology and Engineering Conference” RaATE has run successfully for over 10 years and this year we are relaunching under the banner of “T4I” (Technology for Independence).

We are delighted to welcome our plenary speaker from the Netherlands: Luc de Witte, a leading researcher in the field of assistive technologies, is Professor of Technology in Care at both Zuyd University of Applied Science and Maastricht University,  He is also Director of the Centre of Expertise on Innovative Care and Technology (EIZT), a regional innovation network with around 40 partners (health care organisations, 3 universities, SME’s, local and regional governments).

Health and social practitioners from the UK will be networking at this event to find out more about new AT products, some of which will be available for demonstration. Contributions from the educational domain are also very welcome to highlight synergies. This engaging conference aims to have a good balance between practitioners and academics engaged and interested in innovations aiming at improving technology and services.
If you are interested in presenting your work at this event, please submit your abstract by 5th September 2016.
Please note, that submitted abstracts will be reviewed in the following week, and registration will open from October. Delegate fees will be £160.

Exhibitor Information:

As usual, we also offer exhibition space at the conference venue which is an ideal opportunity to demonstrate Assistive Technology. We provide WiFi, power, a table in a floor area of about 6m2 for £260. Additional requirements can be accommodated, please send us your requirements and we can inform you about extra costs.  

This year we are also offering a light option for exhibiting. If you only bring a single banner, you can exhibit with the delegate fee of £160.

If you need more information please contact us t4i@sheffield.ac.uk or visit the conference website: www.t4i2016.org.uk.