Presented by Sander van Berlo, Director at Onmi B.V., the Netherlands. Sander has extensive experience in the field of smart assistive technology. A short biography of Sander can be found below. In 2007 I started my bachelors degree at the Industrial design faculty at Eindhoven University of Technology. It took me 4 years to complete this degree. The curriculum at ID in Eindhoven is multidisciplinary and competency focussed. Assessment is done through project feedback and personal reflections presented in an online showcase. A lot of emphasis is placed on the development of your personal vision on design, and identity as designer. During my bachelors I did projects focussed on a range of topics: augmented reality, supporting caretakers, improving the learning process of young tennis players and improving tooth brushing behaviour and more. I also did two internships, one as research assistant in UNIST university in South Korea and on at Philips in Eindhoven. After graduating I took a year off in Australia where I tutored Visual Representation at the University of Canberra for a semester. I then went back to Eindhoven in 2012 to start my Masters degree. During these two years I became more self aware: I was able to define my vision on design and became comfortable with my identity as designer. My favourite projects from these two years focussed on health care topics: rehabilitation for stroke patients, and cardiovascular disease management. The result of my graduation project is a e-health ecosystem that combines behavioural measurement with behavioural change methods to support the adaptation of healthy lifestyles for cardiovascular patients, specifically reducing the sodium intake. Based on the outcome I have now started a design studio called Onmi which is developing this concept further in a consortium of 11 European and Taiwanese companies. The project is funded by the European Commission and will take 3 years.

Where: Webinar
Start: 11:15am 02/10/2015
End: 12:00pm 02/10/2015

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