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A one day event open to all
showcasing digital health
PRINTWORKS, DUBLIN CASTLE
INNOVATION
SHOWCASE
The Printworks, Dublin Castle
23rd October, 2017
The 2017 Innovation Showcase aimed to demonstrate to
the public the progress in the creation of a digital fabric
that is transforming the Irish healthcare system. Featuring
over 30 exhibitors, 20 presentations & panel discussions,
and much more, this free event intended to reveal
highlights of eHealth projects in Ireland and showcase the
leading digital and connected technologies, which will
revolutionise Irish healthcare by 2030.
This year’s showcase included a huge selection of
exhibitors, with small start-ups, large technology
companies, Irish & International organisations, companies
from Canada, the UK, Finland, Denmark and the
Netherlands.
Each of these companies were there to
showcase their ideas and their products and
the hope was to allow patients, healthcare
professionals and the general public to touch,
see & experience healthcare innovations that
exist right now, platforms that are going to be
the systems of the future. This also enabled the
companies to engage with the potential users
of their technology.
Futuristic innovations on display for attendees
to see and interact with included exciting
Samsung Virtual Reality technologies, the
robotic surgeon, The Da Vinci Robot; flying
around the human body with a swipe of your
finger with Pocket Anatomy, and so much more.
From Ireland & beyond clinicians, health tech
experts, patients and others shared their
knowledge, experience, ideas with over 20
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Image captured by Laurence
Snashall at the Innovation
Showcase 2017
sessions throughout the course
of the day. A brief overview of the
presentations & discussions can be
seen in the following pages.
It was a day full of energy, of
connections, of new ideas,