Abstract:
For more than 15 years, Intel has been conducting cutting edge R&D around the world to address global transformations in health and aging. Intel Fellow Eric Dishman will describe Intel’s journey, his own journey as a “patient entrepreneur,” and how Intel works with organizations like Imperial College and the
Crick Institute to enable a “personal health” model of care for the 21st century.
Bio:
Dishman founded Intel’s first Health Research & Innovation Lab in 1999 and in 2005 was a founding member of Intel’s Digital Health Group, which recently formed a joint venture called “Care Innovations—An Intel GE Company” (www.careinnovations.com). He is widely recognized as a global leader in healthcare innovation with specific expertise in home and community-based technologies and services for chronic disease management and independent living. He is also known for pioneering innovation techniques that incorporate anthropology, ethnography, and other social science methods into the design and development of new technologies. He and his team’s work have been featured in publications including the New York Times, Washington Post, Business Week, and USA Today. The Wall Street Journal named him one of “12 People Who Are Changing Your Retirement.”
He also co-founded some of the world’s largest research and policy organizations devoted to advancing the cause of independent living, including the Technology Research for Independent Living (TRIL)
Centre, the Center for Aging Services Technologies (CAST), the Everyday Technologies for Alzheimer’s Care (ETAC) program, and the Oregon Center for Aging & Technology (ORCATECH). Dishman has received numerous awards for his work in helping to shape the future of health care.
An internationally renowned speaker, Dishman has delivered hundreds of prominent keynotes on healthcare reform and innovation around the globe, from the Consumer Electronics Show to TED to the White House
Conference on Aging to the World Health Organization.