BioWednesday Cambridge: The gamification of medicine - new applications for virtual reality in healthcare

Increasingly Virtual Reality (VR) is being adopted into clinical settings.  Traditionally a technology associated with the entertainment industry, there is potential for VR tools in a wide variety of healthcare applications and impacting a wide variety of user groups, from a professional training aspect to therapy options at a patient level.  As we see wider adoption of the technology in a healthcare setting, we must think more about the regulatory and legal considerations to ensure that it is compliant.   

As well as exploring the concepts behind VR from a gaming perspective as a way of really understanding the concept of immersion, our BioWednesday will reflect on the impact of using it in healthcare, including some interesting examples to illustrate.  

Programme

17:15 Delegates registration over coffee and tea

17:45 Welcome from the hosts

Aline Charpentier, One Nucleus

17:50 VR applications in healthcare – IP, regulatory and legal challenges: Simon Portman, Marks & Clerk

18:10 Presentations from industry and academia

Speakers include:

• VR Gaming: A New Dimension of Interactive Entertainment - Kit Harrison, Frontier Developments
• Using Virtual Reality and Gaming for Fall Prevention in Seniors - David Fried, Evolv Rehabilitation Technologies
• Early Diagnosis of Alzhemier's Disease using Virtual Reality - Coco Newton, Dept of Clinical Neurosciences, University of Cambridge 

19:10 Closing remarks

19:15 Drinks reception

20:30 End

Prices
One Nucleus Members: Free
Non-Members: £50 +VAT
Academics: please contact Alicia