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Assunta Krehl

Health care cash crunch looms - The Kingston Whig Standard - 0 views

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health care events business of aging

shared by Assunta Krehl on 04 Dec 09 - Cached
  • Assunta Krehl on 04 Dec 09
     
    Seniors are staying healthier and living longer. Dr. Jane Barratt, secretary general of the International Federation on Aging, believes only one in seven seniors needs to live in a long-term care facility. Even some quite frail elderly people can and should remain independent in their homes. A conference Tuesday and Wednesday at the MaRS Centre in Toronto explored the business of aging and looked at public policy solutions to issues such as brain health, health care and pensions. Dec 4, 2009
Assunta Krehl

Health care cash crunch - Toronto Sun - 0 views

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Aging health care events Business of Aging

shared by Assunta Krehl on 30 Nov 09 - No Cached
  • Assunta Krehl on 30 Nov 09
     
    Canada's aging population is about to drive medical costs sky high. The The Business of Aging event happening at the MaRS Centre on Dec 1 & 2, 2009. This event will explore the business of aging and look at public policy solutions to issues such as brain health, health care and pensions. Nov 29, 2009
Assunta Krehl

Showcase Exhibition Area to Feature Leading Companies at Ontario Innovation Summit: The... - 0 views

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The Ontario Innovation Summit: The Business of Aging Board Member Ilse Treurnicht ICT Healtcare

shared by Assunta Krehl on 12 Nov 09 - Cached
  • Assunta Krehl on 12 Nov 09
     
    The Ontario Innovation Summit: The Business of Aging - Dec. 1-2, 2009 - will feature some of the world's top experts on the many issues that the aging of the global population poses for communities, governments, academic and health-care institutions, and businesses. The Summit's audience of technology, health care and business leaders will explore the profound public policy challenges as well as the growing opportunities associated with the aging demographic phenomenon. The Summit's Science & Technology Showcase will give organizations a unique opportunity for exposure to this influential audience. Nov 10, 2009
Cathy Bogaart

Philips Livable Cities - because cities can be better - 0 views

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  • Cathy Bogaart on 10 Aug 10
     
    Have you got a simple idea that could improve the health and well-being of people living in cities? Enter this Philips initiative and you could receive one of three Award grants totalling €125,000 to help translate your idea into reality.
Assunta Krehl

Federal Commission's support for pay-as-you-drive to renew aging infrastructure poses..... - 0 views

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Skymeter ICT wireless communications

shared by Assunta Krehl on 14 Aug 09 - Cached
  • U.S. commission report released today underscores the need for a nationwide pay-as-you-drive system - a system akin to one refined and tested worldwide by upstart tech firm Skymeter Corp.
  • Skymeter as its technical solution partner of choice for 'Smart Transportation Pricing' technology in the city of Seoul under the Connected Urban Development program.
  • "The Commission has hit the bull's eye with its recommendations", says Skymeter CEO Kamal Hassan. "Recognizing and recommending sensible policy using reliable and cost-effective technology addresses the three evils plaguing surface transportation: under-funding, CO(2) emissions, and traffic jams." Hassan says that by opting for a sensibly-designed GPS-driven user fee system America's total CO(2) emissions will be reduced by 5% or 350 million metric tonnes, the same reduction as if one out of every four cars on the road were replaced by electric cars. It will also make the average commute around 10% faster. "Those are pretty good side effects for a system that returns the nation's road financing system to health" says Hassan.
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  • Skymeter solution solves severe GPS signal problems among numerous intersecting and parallel side-roads and offers a high degree of billing accuracy, critical to system acceptance. Skymeter is currently being tested in San Francisco against what are considered to be the best GPS receivers in North America. The results of these tests to date mirror successful European and Asian trials of Skymeter's system.
  • Skymeter Corporation is a Toronto, Canada-based data services operator that enables location-based payments using financial-grade GPS telematics. Its billing-delivery services include Vehicle Miles Traveled (VMT) metering for road use, parking and PAYD insurance. These services incorporate methodologies for both privacy and anonymity to ensure motorists enjoy complete privacy while traveling and absolute confidentiality of their trips. Skymeter is equivalent to an anonymous, in-car cell-phone that automatically pays for all transport services based on actual usage. Skymeter enables every form of road-use charging from small city areas such as London and Stockholm's cordon charges up to metering every vehicle in a state, province or country in order to replace fuel taxes.
  • Assunta Krehl on 14 Aug 09
     
    U.S. commission report released states that there is a need\nfor a nationwide pay-as-you-drive system - a system that is similar to Skymeter Corp which is an upstart tech firm and a MaRS Tenant. Skymeter technicial solution solves the severe GPS signal problems as is currently being tested in North America. Feb 26, 2009
  • Assunta Krehl on 14 Aug 09
     
    U.S. commission report released states that there is a need for a nationwide pay-as-you-drive system - a system that is similar to Skymeter Corp which is an upstart tech firm and a MaRS Tenant. Skymeter technicial solution solves the severe GPS signal problems as is currently being tested in North America.
Sarah Hickman

The New Atlantis - A Journal of Technology & Society - 0 views

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biotechnology health*care*&*life*sciences policy ethics

shared by Sarah Hickman on 14 Aug 09 - Cached
  • Sarah Hickman on 14 Aug 09
     
    The New Atlantis attempts to clarify the nation's moral and political understanding of all areas of technology-from stem cells to hydrogen cells to weapons of mass destruction. They hope to make sense of the larger questions surrounding technology and human nature, and the practical questions of governing and regulating science. Challenging policymakers who know too little about science, and pushing scientists who often fail to think seriously or deeply about the ethical and social implications of their work.
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