The final project conference was held on the 3rd-4th of November in Oulu, Finland. Close to 90 people attended this event with participants from Finland, Scotland, Norway, Sweden and Denmark.
Keynote speaker prof. Richard Wootton
Read about the final seminar and an interview of professor Richard Wootton in Pohjanpiiri magazine (in Finnish), pages 11-15.
The programme included a health cluster event “Innovating rural health and social services in the Northern Periphery” for discussion of gaps leading to finalising terms of reference for a strategic health and rural services project applications.
Please see the Programme
Pekka Järviö, Ministerial Counsellor, Ministry of Employment and the Economy Finland: Finland's participation in Territorial Cooperation Programmes; 2007-2013 and Beyond
Christopher Parker, Programme Manager, Northern Periphery Programme Secretariat: Development of Terms of Reference for 7th call for strategic projects
Dr Jaakko Aarnio, European Comission Information Society & Media DG, ICT for Health Unit: eHealth - Services for the European People
Richard Wootton, Professor, Norwegian Centre for Integrated Care and Telemedicine: Adoption of telemedicine - from pilot stage to routine delivery
Hannu Leskinen, Director: Welcome to Northern Ostrobothnia Hospital District
Pasi Parkkila, Project Leader and Minna Mäkiniemi, Project coordinator:Introduction to Competitive Health Services
David Heaney, Centre for Rural Health; Bruce Honeyman, NHS Highland; Beatrice Wood, NHS Higland: Pilot services in Scotland
Dr Eva Lindh Waterworth, County Council of Västerbotten: EyeMo pilot in Sweden
Frank Larsen, Norwegian Centre for Integrated Care and Telemedicine:Pilot services in Norway
Dr Ilkka Winblad, FinnTelemedicum, University of Oulu: Pilot services in Finland
