NIHR Innovation Observatory:	Hacking Child Tech Event

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An event to share, discuss, and drive innovation in child health and tech, with experts from around the world!

The Catalyst

What is the Hacking Child Tech event?Hacking Child Tech seeks to stimulate horizon scanning and advance innovation related to devices, diagnostics, and digital technologies for children. Children represent an underserved population for innovation, and our pre-event seeks to stimulate ideas, creativity and collaboration in this space.Early-life curative and preventative interventions represent an unrivalled opportunity to maximise life-course health and wellbeing, both for the individuals and the society. Yet, innovation and research for children’s health and wellbeing is substantially behind that for adults and ageing.Event Speakers:Professor Mike Lewis - Director of the Invention for Innovation (i4i) Programme and Small Business Research Initiative SBRIDr Mike McKean - Vice President for Policy, Royal College of Paediatrics and Child HealthProfessor Helen Minnis - Professor of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, University of Glasgow, and Fellow of the Academy of Medical SciencesProfessor Paul Dimitri - Vice President for Science and Research, RCPCH &amp; NIHR CYP MedTech Co-operativeProfessor Kia Nazarpour - Professor and Chair of Digital Health, University of EdinburghMs Emily Wheeler - Director of Research Partnerships, MQ Mental Health ResearchDr Alastair van Heerden - Director of the Community Based Centre for Research at Human Sciences Research Council (HSRC), South AfricaWho is the event for?Those interested in the future of children's health, and innovation. This includes (but not limited to) innovation funders and entrepreneurs, developers and designers of health technology across academia, industry and business, as well as health and care professionals, researchers, decision-makers, and families.Where is the event?The event will take place in The Catalyst and Frederick Douglass buildings in the city centre of Newcastle upon Tyne (Newcastle Helix, Newcastle upon Tyne, England, NE4 5TG). Both buildings are located next to one another and are around a 10 minute walk from Newcastle Central train station, and a short walk from local metro and bus stations.What will Hacking Child Tech cover?Hacking Child Tech will focus on three different areas across two days: paediatric neurological trauma; child mental health; and everyday health behaviours for children.DAY 1, The Catalyst: We will showcase latest innovations across the three event themes, focusing on sharing intelligence about the innovation landscape alongside interactive elements to generate discussion. Day 1 will be open to everyone. There will be networking, including stalls and posters.DAY 2, Venue: Sent via email: We will host (optional) three parallel, highly interactive workshops surrounding the themes of the Hacking Child Health Event. If you would like to join either the paediatric neurological trauma or mental health workshops, please let us know when registering for the event – places will be limited so we cannot guarantee spaces.

Day 1 Agenda

Arrival, Networking & Refreshments

A welcome from Professor Mike Lewis - Director of the Invention for Innovation (i4i) Programme and the Small Business Research Initiative

Welcome: Invention, Innovation & Industry

 Children’s health in the UK is deteriorating at an appalling rate. Dr Mike McKean - Vice-President for Policy, Royal College of Paediatrics & Child Health (RCPCH), and Professor Helen Minnis - Professor of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, University of Glasgow, and Fellow of the Academy of Medical Sciences, will provide a plenary to explore the key opportunities for increasing child and life-course health through research and innovation. 

Childhood: An Opportunity to Promote Health, Wellbeing and Prosperity

NIHR Innovation Observatory present findings from their 'Imagine Series' horizon scan and evidence gap map.

Emerging Technologies in Mental Health & Wellbeing for Children & Young People

Networking and Lunch Break

Early identification of poor mental health and timely support, improves life-course health. This session will have a talk from Emily Wheeler, Director of Research Partnerships & Development at MQ Mental Health Research, including sharing her lived experience and the potential for harnessing digital for improving mental health.

Innovation in Children's Mental Health

Childhood daily activities and routines set fundamental patterns for life-course health.  Speakers Professor Kianoush Nazarpour - Professor of Digital Health at University of Edinburgh, and Dr Alastair van Heerden - Director of the Community Based Centre for Research at Human Sciences Research Council (HSRC), South Africa will be discussing emerging technologies with the potential to promote healthy behaviours within daily life, including perspectives from engineering and global health. 

Everyday Health Behaviours 

Refreshments and Networking Break 

Neurological trauma is one of the most common causes of death and disability for children and young people in the UK. This session explores emerging technologies to improve outcomes for children and young people with suspected or actual neurological trauma.

Neurological Trauma

Health technology innovations for children and young people lag those for adults. This session will be presented by Professor Paul Dimitri (Vice President for Science & Research, The Royal College of Paediatrics & Child Health; and Clinical Director, NIHR Children & Young People MedTech Co-operative) summarises the key cross-cutting themes from the day, with reflection on current activity and investment in the UK health tech innovation space.

Plenary: Opportunities for future health technology innovation

Professor Dawn Craig, Director of the NIHR Innovation Observatory & Dr Niina Kolehmainen, Lead for Children’s Health and Wellbeing, NIHR Innovation Observatory

Summary and Close

Day 2 Agenda

We will examine a horizon scanning project driven by children and young people to identify existing digital innovations to promoting positive mental health and wellbeing in children and adolescents with a neurodevelopmental disorder.
Through discussion, we will identify the awkward places during digital innovation, development and implementation that need to be overcome to ensure children and young people get appropriate, timely, safe mental health support that they can access in a range of ways. This session also includes lunch and refreshments breaks.


Workshop 1: Early Mental Health Prevention

This workshop explores the future potential of wearable sensors and other devices to better understand those aspects of children everyday behaviours and physiology of children, in the context of improving life-course health. This session also includes lunch and refreshments breaks.

Workshop 2: Everyday Health Behaviours

We will build on the results from the recent Paediatric Neurological Trauma horizon scan and the Major Trauma James Lind Alliance Priority Setting Partnership, alongside the participants’ experience and expertise, to explore the current landscape for paediatric neurological trauma innovation. 

 

By the end of the day, we aim to arrive to a draft summary statement on paediatric neurological trauma health technology innovation, alongside a plan for next steps. This session also includes lunch and refreshments breaks.

Workshop 3: Paediatric Neurological Trauma

Reflection and Closing Talks

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