Research Network and Speakers

Establishing an International Network

One major purpose of the Interdisciplinary Summer School is to create an international network of researchers that pushes the boundaries in cross-discipline research on inclusive innovation in health care. To date, the following institutions take part in or support this event:

International Institutions

• Imperial College Business School London, UK, Deputy Dean of Faculty and Research, Prof. Dr. Gerry George
• University of Twente, Netherlands, Chair of Telematic Services, Prof. Dr. Bart Nieuwenhuis
• University Erlangen-Nuremberg, Germany, Chair of Medical Informatics, Dr. Martin Sedlmayr
• University of Texas at San Antonio, USA, Department of Management at the College of Business, Prof. Pepe Lee Chang
• INCAE Business School, Costa Rica, Management and Sustainable Development Dr. Andrea Prado
• More speakers under request

International Practitioners

• Forus Health, Dr. Shyam Vasudev, president and CTO (Forus Health in the New York Times)
• AIT Austrian Institute of Technology, DI Dr. Günter Schreier, senior scientist and thematic coordinator “Predictive Health Information Systems”

Hosts from Technische Universität Dresden, Germany

• School of Humanities and Social Sciences
  • Faculty of Business and Economics, Dr. Sebastian Gurtner, Research Group InnoTech4Health
  • Faculty of Business and Economics, Chair for Information Systems, esp. Systems Engineering, Prof. Dr. Werner Esswein
  • Faculty of Education, Institute of Social Education, Social Work and Community Welfare, Prof. Dr. Andreas Hanses
  • Faculty of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences, Institute of Philosophy, Chair of Technical Philosophy, Prof. Dr. Bernhard Irrgang
• Faculty of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Insitute of Biomedical Technology, Prof. Dr. Hagen Malberg