ANIMUS attended the Science and Innovation Festival in Larissa that was held on 11-13 of October 2018. The event was hosted by the University of Thessaly on the occasion of the completion of its 30 years of operation. The Thessaly Science Festival brought to the public the unbreakable connection of science and technology to everyday life. The main objectives of the Festival were to inform the public on the high quality scientific research done in Greece, to provide answers to complex scientific issues, to inspire and create new standards in the field of science and, of course, to encourage young people to think about a career close to science.

During the interactive exhibition, the ANIMUS Recovery & Rehabilitation Centre in cooperation with the National Center for Research and Technology (CERTH) and the Department of Physical Education and Sports Science of University of Thessaly presented a system consisting of a 40cm x 60cm X 15cm force platform and a synchronized camera showing the human image and the ground response force, inviting individuals to participate in the tests that help the users learn how to place their body and knees to minimize unnecessary burden.

LEITAT will attend the 4th Annual European Microbiome Congress, taking place in London 13-15 November, 2018. LEITAT will present results of the OActive project focusing on the biomarkers field. The European Microbiome Congresss has become a trusted learning and networking platform for leading academics, practicing clinicians, pharmaceutical and nutrition companies, biotech entrepreneurs and investors, government and regulatory bodies and industry leaders who require insight into the latest microbiome research, clinical trials and multi-disciplinary collaborations. For more information visit link

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Healthio is the healthcare conference, held in Barcelona from 16 to 18 October, 2018. The focus of the event is to bring together patients, professionals and companies in the health sector. LEITAT participated in Healthio conference presenting OActive project.

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UNIC will attend the Reseacher’s Night taking place in Limassol, Cyprus on 28 September 2018. Researcher’s Night is celebrated in more than 300 European cities with a great involvement of the research / academic community. Through a variety of scientific actions, experiments and events, research welcomes both academia as well as the wider public.

ANIMUS will participate in National Congress of Hellenic PRM Society on 23-25 November 2018 in Athens, Greece. The conference will be attended by specialized scientists who will share their experience from everyday practice. At the same time, they will demonstrate that their specialization provides rehabilitation to patients with pathological, neurological and orthopedic conditions and disorders, from childhood to old age and from prevention to full rehabilitation.

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University of Patras participated in the Virtual Physiological Human conference, taking place in Zaragoza, Spain during 5-7 September 2018. With the work entitled “The Effect of Kinematic and Dynamic Redundancy on the Assessment of Joint Reaction Loads” they have presented OActive results related to the estimation of the bounds of the joint reaction loads for a gait movement.

In Patras InnoVation Quest Expo 80 exhibitors presented their excellent work, the results of the research done at Academic Institutions, Research Institutes and Innovative Enterprises, The attendance of visitors exceeding 5,500 showed that society and businesses have embraced this effort while at the same time distinguished scientists, contributors to innovative entrepreneurship and the political world also attended the event.

OActive project will be presented at the 56th Congress of the Spanish Society of Rehabilitation and Physical Medicine (Sociedad Española de Rehabilitación y Medicina Física- SERMEF) by the OActive Partners HULAFE on 16-19 May 2018.

After the success of the previous annual meeting in Pamplona, in Cádiz and in Málaga in 2018 the congress will be held in Gijón, Asturia. The Congress covert the scientific fields of neurorehabilitation, skeletal muscle pathology, pain, the relationship with patient associations, management, innovation among others and related to the technical program it will focus on continuous training in intervention, ultrasounds and biomechanics.

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