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The Programme

08.30 - 09.10
  Registration & Exhibition
09.10 - 09.30
Opening remarks: Technology solutions in homecare
  • Dr Jane Townson OBE, Homecare Association
09.30 - 09.50
Speaker:
How can technology solutions help move care closer to home?
As digital technologies have developed, there has been a slow but significant shift in people using digital tools to access health and care services – and in health and care services using digital tools to deliver services. What is the reality of, and potential for, digitally enabled care in the community?
  • Chair: Dr Jane Townson OBE, Homecare Association
  • Pritesh Mistry, The King's Fund
10.00 - 10.45
Panel 1:
Tech solutions for improving homecare operations
A surprising amount of homecare providers have also become tech entrepreneurs because they saw a problem that needed solving. The goal of this panel is to showcase practical solutions for common homecare challenges; such as staff recruitment, schedule management, and client acquisition.
  • Chair: Camille Leavold, Abbots Care
  • Carly Rochester, ME Passport
  • Rachael Crook, Lifted Care
  • Roger McDermott, Health Innovation Network SW
  • Mark Russell-Smith, Procomp Solutions
  • Will Flint, Pairly
10.45 - 11.15
  Refreshments & Exhibition
11.15 - 12.00
Panel 2:
Tech solutions for improving outcomes
Members of this panel will show how they have used tech to improve care quality, the experience for their workforce, and the quality of life for those receiving care at home. From using AI and predictive analytics to monitor health and wellbeing at home, to the use of Alexa to improve physical health and wellbeing of older people.
  • Chair: Caroline Southgate, Doris Jones
  • Trudie Fell, Bellevie
  • Samuel Kivikari, Gillie.AI
  • Arend Roos, Digi Rehab
12.00 - 12.45
Panel 3:
What can we learn from the data in digital systems?
Our expert panel showcase how we can use the huge amount of data that 70% of care providers are now collecting through their digital systems. This could be a better understanding of supply and demand; the value of connecting to health data such as GP records; measuring and improving outcomes; tracking relationships between invoiced fee rates, staff retention, care quality and client retention; or predictive analysis using AI tools.
  • Chair: Lee Gilbert, Nourish
  • Nuno Almeida, Nourish
  • Steve Sawyer, The Access Group
  • Robin Batchelor, everyLife Technologies
  • Matt Bond, Borderless
12.45 - 13.45
  Lunch & Exhibition
13.45 - 14.15
Speaker:
How robots will help us in homecare in the future
Are robots the future for homecare? Are they practical? Are they safe? What are the robots already available or in development, such as social robots and next generation AI robots, that might be part of homecare provision? We examine the potential benefits and the risks of this technology.
  • Chair: Lucy Campbell, Right at Home
  • Laetitia Tanqueray, Lund University
14.15 - 14.45
Panel 4:
Responsible use of AI in homecare
How can developers of AI work with providers, care workers and other parties to explore the responsible use of this, increasingly common, technology? How can AI be used by care workers? How can it be used responsibly in recruitment?
  • Chair: Muhammad Damji, Caring Crew
  • Dr Caroline Emmer De Albuquerque Green, Institute of Ethics in AI, University of Oxford
  • Keith Rosser, Reed Screening
  • Alex Joseph, TLC Care
14.45 - 15.15
Speakers:
Cyber security and data protection
Experts from Digital Care Hub take us through important new cybersecurity standards, and how we can plan for the future.
  • Chair: John Rennison, 1st Homecare
  • Michelle Corrigan, Digital Care Hub
  • Katie Thorn, Digital Care Hub
15.15 - 15.45
  Refreshments & Exhibition
15.45 - 16.30
Panel 5:
How can councils support innovation in homecare?
Curious about the work in progress within councils in supporting innovation in our sector? What are the barriers to adoption? How can council commissioning practices change to incentivise providers to combine in-person care with technology solutions?
  • Chair: Alyson Scurfield, TEC Services Association
  • Stephen Peddie, Local Government Association
  • Steve Taylor, PA Consulting
16.30 - 17.00
Closing remarks:
  • Martin Jones MBE, Home Instead UK & Chair of Homecare Association

The Venue

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One Birdcage Walk
Westminster, London, SW1H 9JJ

One Birdcage Walk is regarded as one of the finest examples of traditional architecture in Westminster. The building was officially opened in May 1899 to be the headquarters of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers.

Overlooking St James's Park, One Birdcage Walk is located just minutes from the Houses of Parliament and Horse Guards Parade, and conveniently situated between Westminster and St James's Park tube stations and a short walk from Victoria, Charing Cross and Waterloo mainline stations.

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