A week dedicated to health research and innovation at ESTIA

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Recherche | Vie du campus

From 2 to 6 November, ESTIA hosted young researchers from the EU4Dual European Alliance for a week of conferences and discussions on health and innovation, organised as part of the Healthy Living Grand Challenge.

A total of five participants, including four from abroad, took part in the week’s programme. They represented several of the Alliance’s partner institutions: Mondragon Unibertsitatea, John von Neumann University, Baden-Württemberg Cooperative State University (DHBW) and Savonia University of Applied Sciences.

The programme focused on exploring the contributions of engineering to healthcare.
Several topics were addressed during the lectures:

  • Participatory research and citizen engagement in health issues;
  • Artificial intelligence and emotional recognition;
  • Robotics and exoskeletons;
  • Mapping territories and identifying health zones and centres;
  • Connected devices to support the elderly.

Group workshops also enabled participants to make progress on their research projects and benefit from expert advice, particularly on thesis writing and ethical issues in the field of health.

This week provided an opportunity to foster exchanges between early-career researchers, share complementary scientific approaches and highlight the research being carried out at ESTIA and across the Basque Country. Experts and researchers from the Basque Country, as well as from the universities of Savonia, Valladolid and Cantabria, made significant contributions to the discussions.
Participants also had the chance to explore the region through a guided tour of Bayonne and its heritage.

A successful inaugural event for ESTIA, characterised by knowledge-sharing, European cooperation and innovation in the service of health!