The Healthcare track explores the intersection of immersive technologies and healthcare. Sessions cover guidelines for VR in healthcare, the impact of placebos in immersive tech, brain-computer interfaces, innovative XR applications in healthcare, using XR for post-war and post-disaster recovery, and ethical considerations in design. This track showcases how immersive technologies are revolutionising healthcare, enhancing therapy, and addressing critical healthcare challenges.
Tracks Healthcare Thursday, November 30th, 2023
Audience: Healthcare professionals, researchers, innovators, technologists, designers
Sessions
- The Role of Virtual Reality and the Metaverse for Addressing the Impact of Trauma, curated by Skip Rizzo – Director of Medical Virtual Reality, University of Southern California
- Building an Intelligent Metaverse_From Computer Science to Politics, curated by Mel Slater – Distinguished Investigator, University of Barcelona
- Guidelines for VR in Healthcare, curated by Michel van Genderen – Internist, Erasmus MC
- Best XR Innovations in Healthcare, curated by Robert Fine – Executive Director, IVRHA
- Digital United Training Concepts in Healthcare, curated by Jelle Boerstra – Strategic advisor | Programme Manager , Amsterdam UMC | DUTCH
- Activating a Greener Mindset through XR Experiences, curated by Joost Raessens – Full Professor and Chair of Media Theory, Utrecht University
- EuroXR Conference, organised by EuroXR Association
Roundtables
- Responsible XR: Design aligned with public values, curated by David Regeczi – Lead Consultant Digital Society, TNO | Isabel De Peuter-Rutten – President, Euromersive | Mariette van Huijstee – Coordinator, Rathenau Instituut | Sylvie Dijkstra – Lead Scientist, TNO
- Trick the mind! Placebos in Immersive Tech, curated by Monique van Dusseldorp, Senior Programme Adviser, ITW
Speakers
Michel van Genderen
Internist-Intensivist at Erasmus MC
Skip Rizzo
Director of Medical Virtual Reality and Research Professor at USC
Robert Fine
Executive Director at IVRHA (International Virtual Reality and Healthcare Association)
Mel Slater
Distinguished Investigator at the University of Barcelona
Sylvie Dijkstra
Senior Researcher at TNO
Prof. Doron Friedman
Professor at Reichman University
Matthias Quent
Professor of Sociology at University of Applied Sciences Magdeburg
Maria Murcia Lopez
UX Research Science Manager at Meta
Cezar Giosan
Associate Professor of Psychology at University of Bucharest
Olya Zaporozhets
Professor at Regent University
Track Partners
IVRHA
Rotterdam Square
Erasmus MC
ISVR
ICEX
VR4Rehab
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