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When a traffic accident has happened, how should you act to best handle the situation for everyone involved, so that lives are saved and injuries are minimal? Prehospital ICT Arena is now, together with SAFER, engaging in post-crash as a new focus area.

Sabine Reinfeldt has been awarded the newly established prize in medical technology, in the spirit of Henry Wallman, for her research on bone conduction, and for her ability to build bridges between disciplines. Sabine, Associate Professor and leader of the research group Biomedical Signals and Systems at Chalmers University of Technology, received the prize at a ceremony arranged by MedTech West on 19 September.

The PreSISe project, being run by Prehospital ICT Arena at Lindholmen Science Park, is one of seven projects that has been granted funding in Vinnova’s “Artificial Intelligence for Better Health” call for proposals. Vinnova has awarded the project SEK 3.7 million in funding.

There was a great deal of involvement at PICTA’s first — and fully-booked — workshop in the Clinical Decision-Making Support focus group. Over 30 participants discussed both future applications of AI in medical care and the challenges of making useful applications, regulatory issues and access to sufficient amounts of usable data.

After 13 exciting years at Lindholmen Science Park, it is now time for Niklas Wahlberg to leave his post as CEO and take on new challenges in the Volvo Group. “What I’ve been part of for all these years has been fantastic,” Niklas says.

We know that there is a great urge and lust to debate and discuss among you! In the spirit of open innovation, we offer the opportunity to collaborate, share knowledge among peers and sign up as speaker for Open Space at Lindholmen Software Development Day on May 29th.