Immersive Technologies in Healthcare

Immersive Technologies in Healthcare

Bridging Neuroscience, Clinical Research, and Health-related disciplines

By Exeter Research Networks

Date and time

Mon, 10 Jun 2024 09:00 - 17:00 GMT+1

Location

Streatham Court

Streatham Court Exeter EX4 4PU United Kingdom

Agenda

9:00 AM - 9:30 AM

Welcome refreshments


Available in the Study Space, Xfi Building.

9:30 AM - 9:45 AM

Welcome


Professor Krasimira Tsaneva-Atanasova, Vice-President Research, University of Exeter

9:45 AM - 10:30 AM

Keynote 1: VR for medical communication training

Professor Sylvia Pan (Goldsmiths University of London)

10:30 AM - 11:30 AM

Short Talk Session 1 - VR and pain


Sonia Medina Hernandez - Virtually painless? Steps towards mechanism-driven use of immersive virtual reality for chronic pain Joao Minerio - Turn the Dial - Developing an immersive VR methodology...

11:30 AM - 12:00 PM

Break

12:00 PM - 12:30 PM

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Nicolas Peres (Torbay and South Devon NHS Foundation Trust)

12:30 PM - 1:15 PM

Keynote 2 – VR and exergaming in MC


Dr Alexandra Voinescu, University of Bath

1:15 PM - 2:00 PM

Lunch


Available in the Study Space, Xfi Building.

2:00 PM - 2:45 PM

Short talk session 2: VR in rehabilitation


Mohammed Alrashidi - 'iVR Circle Drawing Task: An Assessment Tool for Upper Limb Impairments in Children with Cerebral Palsy' Ronan Timircan - The Use of a Virtual-Reality Approach To Improve Limb...

2:45 PM - 3:30 PM

Keynote 3: Recovering reality - how XR can accelerate recovery


Dr Will Bolton, University of Leeds

3:30 PM - 4:15 PM

Short Talk Session 3 - VR in Medical Education


Anna Gomez - Exploring the value and potential of virtual reality (VR) training within nurse education to enhance the learning and teaching of clinical skills Tom Arthur - Improving Service Acces...

4:15 PM - 4:30 PM

Final comments

About this event

Date: Monday 10 June 2024

Time: 09:00-16:30

Location: Streatham Court Lecture Theatre A, Streatham Campus, University of Exeter,


Overview

The Exeter Immersive Research Network is pleased to announce our second annual conference entitled ‘Immersive Technologies: Bridging Neuroscience, Clinical Research, and Healthcare’. This day-long event will showcase how immersive technologies are becoming a core part of the modern scientific and healthcare ecosystem. The conference will host external keynote speakers who will showcase the healthcare and scientific uses of immersive technologies, as well as flash talks from early-career researchers who are working within basic and applied topic related to human health.


Refreshments and lunch will be available throughout the event.


Speakers include:

Professor Sylvia Pan (Professor of Virtual Reality, Goldsmiths University of London)

Dr Will Bolton (Clinical Research Fellow, University of Leeds)

Registration

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