The human body has evolved to become the best possible sensor. The potential to harness the ‘human as a sensor’ is limitless. Our highly sensitive and adaptive sensing ability could warn us against the next pandemic, predict and manage our health, and increase our safety and productivity in the workplace. It is no wonder that one of the fastest-growing areas of innovation is the use of wearable technology to make sense of the information we measure from our bodies and use them to make decisions. However, if we continue to generate extensive data about ourselves that is not validated, we risk making decisions that can do more harm than good. In this webinar, we have assembled an esteemed panel of speakers to discuss the future of wearable sensors and their interpretation for improving physical health.
This panel is proudly presented by the MedTech platform, Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology.
Meet our panelists:
Professor Graham Kerr, School of Exercise and Nutrition Science, Queensland University of Technology
Graham Kerr is a Professor in the School of Exercise and Nutrition Science at the Queensland University of Technology. Prof Kerr currently leads the Movement Neuroscience Research Program at QUT. He is a program leader and Executive Management Committee member for the ARC-ITTC in Joint Biomechanics as well as co-leader for the DSTG Wearable Predictive Diagnostics and HISS extension programs. His research experience has ranged from fitness assessment and team selection of Olympic athletes to leading edge brain stimulation techniques for treatment of neurodegenerative disease. It has included research on improving posture, older people at risk of falling, people with tremor, people with Parkinson’s disease and older people at risk of dementia.
Bill Dimopoulos, CEO, Vlepis Solution
Bill is currently the CEO & Co-Founder of Vlepis Solutions. Vlepis is focused on delivering innovative digital care technologies best suited for Care in Home situations for a range of end user segments ranging from Aged Care in Home situations, elderly and vulnerable use case requirements globally. Based on cutting edge collaboration with Australian leading research institutions, Vlepis is engaging emerging interest from adjacent sectors for these remote digital sensing capabilities that can be leveraged in parallel to solve additional challenges in these contiguous markets.
Galen Gan, Infrastructure Coordinator, Seventh-day Adventist Church (Victorian Conference)
Purchasing his first shares at 16 (in his school uniform) and buying his first house at 18, Galen has been an investor for most of his life. Working professionally in Australia, United Kingdom and Singapore, ‘retiring’ at 36, he currently leads his family office which focuses on property development, angel investment and property consulting. Seniors Living is an industry close to his heart, serving as project lead for Pavilions Blackburn Lake Retirement Village - the flagship seniors living project for the Seventh-day Adventist Church (Victoria, Australia).
Professor Peter Lee, Deputy Head (Research), Department of Biomedical Engineering, The University of Melbourne (Chair)
Professor Peter Lee is the Director of the Australian Research Council (ARC) Training Centre for Medical Implant Technologies and Chair of the Technical Advisory Committee of the Centre for Advanced Defence Research and Enterprise (CADRE-OCE). He is also the Director of the Joint Research Training Centre for Medical Implant Technology, a partnership between the University of Melbourne and 3DMediTech. Additionally, he serves as the Chief Investigator in the ARC Training Centre for Personalised Therapeutic Technologies.
