Qualcomm Life to be seen at Mobile World Congress

At the ECHAlliance (European Connected Health Alliance) mobile health technologies including wearables, vital sign sensors and applications will be showcased. These technologies have the potential to improve care models significantly. The ECHAlliance announced that on March 3 – 4 2nd Health and Wellness @ Mobile World Congress will be held in Barcelona. The event will see speakers from Jawbone, Orange, Telefonica, Qualcomm Life and Huawei along with other speakers discussing the innovation in the field of mobile health solutions. The event is aimed at bringing out solutions for transforming the face of healthcare. The major issues to be discussed include mHealth regulations, its impact on our health and behaviour, diagnosis of diseases, data privacy and healthy living. To top it all the congress will showcase latest mobile health technologies.

ECHAlliance chairman – Brian O’ Connor said that this agenda aims at giving an insight into various new mobile health technologies and would provide as a great opportunity to gain knowledge from leaders of the healthcare industry from Europe, South America, China and USA and experience latest innovations. The Mobile Health programme at MWC will once be hosted by ECHAlliance at Fira Gran hall. Around 85000 people are expected to attend the event. The wearables and the Internet of Things are the most promising technologies in healthcare field. Leaders who will be presenting this programme include Business Development Director, Adidas – Eric White, Head of international Partner, Jawbone – Jorgen Nording, Senior Vice president – rick Valencia.

Apart from all the innovative solutions, the problems and challenges faced by healthcare throughout the world  with respect to employment, innovation and economic conditions. A session will be conducted especially for discussing about market in Europe, USA, South America and China. This round up involving 4 major markets – “Connected Health around the World in 60 mins” will focus on opportunities in healthcare markets.

High profile speakers from various government departments, Health and social care service providers, media, telecommunication industries, app developers and device manufacturers will be present at the event. Some of the key speakers are:

> Yan Jie Gao (Deputy Director, ministry of health informatics, China)
> Christoph westerTeicher (Business Director, Philips Medical Systems, Germany)
> César Rodríguez Domínguez (Global eHealth Director, Telefonica Digital, Spain)
> James R. Mault (Chief Medical Officer and VP,  Qualcomm Life, USA)
> Boi Ruiz (Minister of Health, Government of Catalonia, Spain)
> Giuseppe Busia (General Secretary, Italian Data Protection Authority, Italy)
> Patrice Cristofini (Executive VP, Vertical Healthcare Western Europe HUAWEI, France)
> Patrice Slupowski (Vice President Digital Innovation, Orange, France)
> Peter CHAU (CEO, China Connected Health Alliance, China)
> Yuri Quintana (Director, Global Health Informatics Division of Clinical Informatics, USA)
> Joe Killen (International Business Development Director, TUNSTALL Group, Spain)
> Oliver Harrison (Senior Vice-President, Healthways International, UK)
> Benjamin Sarda (Director of Product Marketing, Orange Healthcare, France)

Around 24 SMEs will be hosted at the event. Among the devices there are smart devices for measuring respiration rate, screening cardiovascular activities and body temperature.

Date and location:
Tuesday 3 March 2015: Mobile World Centre.
Wednesday 4 March 2015: Fira Gran Via, Hall 8.0 Theatre District.