STEAMlab Urban Hack: The Future of Retirement Care

WHAT IS A STEAMLAB?A STEAMlab is a hack-style event in which we bring together regional SMEs and creatives to work together, collaborating to build  solutions to real problems. Specific problems faced by ExtraCare Retirement Villages will be our focus in this STEAMlab. You have the opportunity of working with peers from different industries, with different skillsets, and together we will be able to combine our collective knowledge and expertise to develop a solution to the problem – or as the old saying goes “two heads are better than one.” STEAMlab is a high-energy, creative and collaborative event, with the opportunity for you to create new solutions to be fast-tracked and/or get funded for the next stage of development!  THE CHALLENGE SET TO INNOVATORS: The next challenge area to be tackled by STEAMlab is around the ExtraCare village and facilities. We have identified two specific challenge areas that are clearly experienced by residents but have little existing innovation happening to help solve them. They are: _Mobility_ - There are general challenges relating to how people move in and out of and around extra care facilities and management of the equipment supporting that. _Social Connections_ - There are various analogue methods in place for advertising social events, but minimal structures for connecting people within the village around common interests or needs. We propose that there are broadly two avenues to be explored in looking for solutions: * Incremental solutions – build on the current situations to help them to work better (new tech, new processes, minor behavoural changes) * Disruptive solutions - create a whole new way of approaching mobility (new business models, mobility as a service, fundamental behaviour shift) WHY ATTEND OUR STEAMLAB? * Selected teams can gain access to support and funding to turn your ideas into solutions * Discover new ways of thinking which can be applied to your business * Make new connections with a variety of local professionals, creatives, SMEs and more * Be inspired to innovate and take your business to the next level If this sounds like your cup of tea, or you’d like more info then register for your free ticket and we'll see you there! Get ready to innovate! (Oh, and please bring your laptop along with you.) Our last STEAMlab was sold out so book early to avoid disappontment. We look forward to seeing you there, book your place now! EVENT AGENDA: DAY 1 ACTIVITY – LAUNCH EVENT 16:00 Registration and coffee, networking, stands/exhibits 16:30 Welcome to STEAMlabs Urban Hack! Keynote talks; Introduction to the challenge themes _17:30 __Food, networking, questions, building links_ 18:00 Team formation, problem definition and initial ideas _19:30 __Wrapping up for the evening – close 20:00_ DAY 2 ACTIVITY – HACK DAY 09:30 Registration and coffee; Teams reconnect 10:00 Ideas exploration and development _13:00 __Lunch_ 13:45 Prototyping and project planning 16:00 Pitches & questions 17:30 Winners/prizes/feedback _18:00 __Main event closes (networking continues to 19:00)_ _Timings are subject to change_ __ _ _ _ _