Welcome to the Healthy Ageing Showcase!

Join us on Wednesday, 2nd October 2024, at Heriot-Watt University for an afternoon dedicated to research that promotes health and wellbeing as we age.

The Healthy Ageing Showcase offers an opportunity to hear from the people leading and participating in a range of research projects. These include developing and trialling new and innovative technologies that support and enhance healthy lifestyles, to the ways our homes and urban environments can be designed to encourage opportunities for healthy ageing, to robotic and assistive devices enabling people with different needs to live independently for longer.

The event will be opened by Professor Linda Bauld (Chief Social Policy Advisor to the Scottish Government), followed by researchers representing the breadth and depth of activities in healthy ageing at Heriot-Watt. The event will also include a special session led by Katherine Crawford (Chief Executive Officer of Age Scotland) celebrating the involvement of people in shaping research.

Event Schedule:

Guest Arrival: From 13:30

Main Programme Commences: 14:00 in the James Watt Auditorium

During the event, there will be an extended break to allow participants to engage with interactive demonstrations and stands. These will cover research from Heriot-Watt as well as opportunities to meet with our community and charity partners. Refreshments will be provided during the break.

The event is being hosted by Heriot-Watt's Health and Care Technologies Global Research Institute. The institute’s goal is to deliver innovative, sustainable, and user-inspired solutions through a co-creative approach. To learn more about Health and Care Technologies at Heriot-Watt, visit https://www.hw.ac.uk/uk/research/health-and-care-technology.htm.

Assistance:

Heriot-Watt staff will be available throughout the event to assist you during your visit. If you require any specific assistance (for example, wheelchair access, induction loop), you will have the opportunity to request this in the registration form. The event will include BSL interpretation.

Directions:

The event is being held at Heriot-Watt's Edinburgh Campus (EH14 4AS), in the James Watt Centre. Full directions will be provided before the event. We encourage the use of public transport where possible. Accessible and general parking will be available.

We look forward to welcoming you!

Heriot-Watt's Healthy Ageing Showcase