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In these unprecedented times, we are all rethinking how best to lead our organisations and teams in a volatile, uncertain, complex and ambiguous world. At innovAGEING, we remain committed to promoting innovation in our sector during the rapidly evolving COVID-19 situation.

To that end, if you are an age services innovator and/or are involved in digital transformation, these complimentary and relevant 40-minute webinars are for you.

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Workforce Matters: Improving Workforce Engagement and Utilisation
 Presented by Leigh Herbert, Business Solutions Director at Emprevo and Ailiene Faccin, Residential Manager at Blue Cross Ruckers Hill
2pm (AEST) 23 June 2020

In these unprecedented times, we are all rethinking how best to lead our organisations and teams in a volatile, uncertain, complex and ambiguous world. At innovAGEING, we remain committed to promoting innovation in our sector during the rapidly evolving COVID-19 situation.

To that end, if you are an age services innovator and/or are involved in digital transformation, these complimentary and relevant 40-minute webinars are for you.

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From Bushfires to Pandemic: Innovation Lessons From Looking After Our Residents and Staff
Presented by Amanda Kidd, Chief Operations Officer at LDK 
2pm (AEST) 18 June 2020

In these unprecedented times, we are all rethinking how best to lead our organisations and teams in a volatile, uncertain, complex and ambiguous world. At innovAGEING, we remain committed to promoting innovation in our sector during the rapidly evolving COVID-19 situation.

To that end, if you are an age services innovator and/or are involved in digital transformation, these complimentary and relevant 40-minute webinars are for you.

Webinar Topics and Dates:

Shutdowns, Lockdowns, and Social Distancing: Fostering Lively Communities With Digital Technology
Presented by Patrick Lucas, R&D and Innovation Specialist at IRT, Martin Smee, CEO at PlussCommunities and Vanessa Pennisi, General Manager for Customer Experience at PlussCommunities
2pm (AEST) 11 June 2020

In these unprecedented times, we are all rethinking how best to lead our organisations and teams in a volatile, uncertain, complex and ambiguous world. At innovAGEING, we remain committed to promoting innovation in our sector during the rapidly evolving COVID-19 situation.

To that end, if you are an age services innovator and/or are involved in digital transformation, these complimentary and relevant 40-minute webinars are for you.

Webinar Topics and Dates:

Modern Governance: Using Technology To Take Control of the Aged Care Quality Standards
Presented by Joseph McCarthy, CEO at NovaCare, and Vinnie D’Alessandro, Chief Product Officer at Umbrella Solutions
2pm (AEST) 3 June 2020

In these unprecedented times, we are all rethinking how best to lead our organisations and teams in a volatile, uncertain, complex and ambiguous world. At innovAGEING, we remain committed to promoting innovation in our sector during the rapidly evolving COVID-19 situation.

To that end, if you are an age services innovator and/or are involved in digital transformation, these complimentary and relevant 40-minute webinars are for you.

Webinar Topic and Date:

Robots Join Aussie Pandemic Response – How this Supports Aged Care Residents, Staff and Your Organisation
Presented by Leonie Mulheran, National Business Development Manager at Lamson, with Q&A panellists Lee Martin (Tanunda Lutheran Home), Olaf Zalmstra (Micare VIC/QLD), John Scurr (Ozcare QLD), and Sue Keay (Data61, CSIRO)
3pm (AEST) 28 May 2020

In these unprecedented times, we are all rethinking how best to lead our organisations and teams in a volatile, uncertain, complex and ambiguous world. At innovAGEING, we remain committed to promoting innovation in our sector during the rapidly evolving COVID-19 situation.

To that end, if you are an age services innovator and/or are involved in digital transformation, these complimentary and relevant 40-minute webinars are for you.

Webinar Topic and Date:

Strategy and Technology: Normalising Service Delivery During COVID-19
Presented by David Panter, CEO at ECH and Rob Deeming, CEO at Billy 
2pm (AEST) 21 May 2020

How and when is it all happening?

The first part of the innovAGEING Challenge is the curriculum component. This will consist of:

• A webinar on Thursday, 30 May 2019, and
• Ideation virtual workshop on Thursday, 6 June 2019.

Following the ideation virtual workshop, teams will submit their ideas, and the top 10 teams will be chosen to progress to the in-person ideation session on Thursday, 20 June 2019, and the innovAGEING Hackathon on Friday, 21 June 2019 hosted at KPMG’s Sydney office at Barangaroo.

The competition is open to teams of 3 to 4 people interested in making an impact in the age services industry and is comprised of three elements. The first is a curriculum component delivered online with KPMG starting on 30 May, and is open to 20 teams who will pitch their ideas to compete in the hackathon. From this, 10 teams will be selected for an ideation session and hackathon on 20-21 June. The first, second, and third place winners will receive a cash prize, and have access to the Commonwealth Bank’s mini-incubator program with the possibility of pitching to prospective investors.

Register here

How and when is it all happening?

The first part of the innovAGEING Challenge is the curriculum component. This will consist of:

• A webinar on Thursday, 30 May 2019, and
• Ideation virtual workshop on Thursday, 6 June 2019.

Following the ideation virtual workshop, teams will submit their ideas, and the top 10 teams will be chosen to progress to the in-person ideation session on Thursday, 20 June 2019, and the innovAGEING Hackathon on Friday, 21 June 2019 hosted at KPMG’s Sydney office at Barangaroo.

The competition is open to teams of 3 to 4 people interested in making an impact in the age services industry and is comprised of three elements. The first is a curriculum component delivered online with KPMG starting on 30 May, and is open to 20 teams who will pitch their ideas to compete in the hackathon. From this, 10 teams will be selected for an ideation session and hackathon on 20-21 June. The first, second, and third place winners will receive a cash prize, and have access to the Commonwealth Bank’s mini-incubator program with the possibility of pitching to prospective investors.

Register here

By 2053, one-quarter of Australia’s population will be aged 65 and over. Care needs are increasing as we live longer, along with rising health costs. Older people are experiencing loneliness and social isolation and in some cases, social injustice. Families can find meeting the needs of older family members difficult given competing priorities and a lack of knowledge and caring skills. Our homes and neighbourhoods are not conducive to ageing bodies and social needs and our care system is not keeping up with the increasing expectations of older people and their families. We need our model of care to be a model of a home.

A hackathon is a multi-day event where people come together and work intensively on ideas. Care Hack offers an opportunity for participants to come together to reimagine aged care and its current challenges to lead to an outcome that improves the life and care of older Australians.

Join us as we reimagine aged care!

We need your ideas, concepts and solutions to give older people the future they deserve.

Care Hack is growing the research agenda and tackling a real-world problem. Ageing and aged care will affect us all at some stage of our lives. Through this group think tank event, we believe we can make a difference.

1st prize $2,000
2nd prize $1,000
3rd prize $500

Gather a team together or join one on the day.

Saturday 16th February & Sunday 17th February 2019
8am – 4.30pm – both days
Location: Physical Science Room 0008, Anchor Court, Bedford Park Campus, Flinders University

The best car parking to attend the event is CP9. Please refer to the below map. https://www.flinders.edu.au/map

PROGRAM OVERVIEW

Saturday 16th February

• 8:00am Doors Open/Check-in
• 8:30am Breakfast
• 9:00am Introduction
• 9:30am Pitches & Team Information
• 10:00am Hacking Commences!
• 12:00pm Lunch
• 1:00pm Hacking Session
• 4:00pm Hacking Finish

Sunday 17th February

• 8:30am Breakfast
• 9:00am Hacking Session
• 12:00pm Lunch
• 1:00pm Hacking Session
• 3:00pm Session Finish/Project Demos
• 4:00pm Judges Decision
• 4.15pm Awards Presentation
• 4:30pm Care Hack Closed

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LASA’s upcoming National Congress this October will see the inclusion of an Innovation Hub. Sponsored by innovAGEING—Australia’s national aged care innovation network supported by the Commonwealth Government, Foundation Partners CommBank and KPMG, and Gold Partners ALIVE (part of the Mirus Group) and KontentLabs.

Building on Congress’ theme of Ageing Transformed… the Dawning of a New Era, the Innovation Hub will showcase the latest in innovation thinking and practice from organisations like Bolton Clarke, IRT, Eldercare, Dementia Australia, and the National Ageing Research Institute.

Panel topics covered at this year’s Hub include:

• Connecting the intersections between person-centered design, corporate strategy, and shared value.
• Identifying the role of startup ecosystems and open innovation in the aged care industry.
• Applying process improvement learnings from other industries.
• Designing for consumer-centricity, and its impacts on services and products.

innovAGEING and Gold Partners, KotentLabs have teamed up with Peak15 HealthTech and RMIT University to co-host a meetup in Melbourne. This event will bring together the aged care industry and the start-up community with the aim of having a hackathon later this year.

Presenters for the meetup include:

• Matiu Bush, Founder of One Good Street, Design Integration Lead at Bolton Clarke and Board Member Better Care Victoria.
• Cameron van den Dungen, on Biometrics, Technology, Care and closing the gap between Idea, Execution and Clinical Validation.

innovAGEING and our Gold Partner, Alive, have teamed up with UTS Innovation & Entrepreneurship Unit to run an innovation workshop at the UTS Hatchery, Ultimo campus.

Through a hands on approach, we’ll tackle an aged care industry specific challenge to enable you to walk away with solutions and skills to drive positive change within your organisation.

We can’t promise you a unicorn, but you’ll get practical tips on how to solve aged care problems using a human-centred approach, and create a system where insight can drive innovation.

Join Ellis Jones and innovAGEING for this interactive workshop exploring how design thinking methods and techniques can be applied in aged care to:

• Understand: pain points and unmet needs along the customer journey through care
• Design: assess and design solutions
• Test: feasibility, viability and desirability of solutions

This event is limited to 40 people so register now to secure your place. For more info, please visit: https://www.entertherealm.space/design-for-social-innovation

Building on the new Aged Care Diversity Framework, this forum aims to create tangible links between academic research, government policy, age-friendly communities practice, and aged care provider practices to stimulate ideas for creative and practical diversity-focused initiatives.

Co-hosted by innovAGEING, The University of Western Australia, the ARC Ageing and New Media Project, Fortis Partners in Culturally Appropriate Care WA, MYVISTA, and Local Government Professionals WA Age Friendly Communities Network, this forum will look at how we can foster diversity and innovation in aged care and age-friendly planning practices.

Speakers and collaborators include leading researchers, practitioners and policy makers from a range of Australian universities; aged care service providers; community associations; local government; the National Ageing Research Institute in Melbourne; The Federation of Ethnic Communities’ Councils of Australia, Canberra; the Office of Multicultural Interests, WA; the State Health Department; Befriend; and more.

Don’t miss this opportunity to be inspired and connected with those who see diversity as a creative opportunity and who strive for high-quality and culturally-appropriate aged care for all Australians.

A “unicorn” describes something so rare, its existence is virtually mythical!

Please join us for the ‘No unicorns allowed’ webinar, hosted by digital design and technology expert, Luke Harvey-Palmer. Learn what exactly is innovation, why do we need it and hear examples of how the industry is approaching innovation today.

We have been talking about the uber-like disruption of care, the trip advisor-like reviews available for potential customers and even robots providing care now and in the future. Did you know that innovation doesn’t always have to be this big and audacious? Innovation can be small and still have a big and positive impact on the lives of the people we care for. Innovation can change not only what we do, but how we do it.

For example, in the hotel industry, it has become increasingly important to record each customer’s personal preferences. What sports team they follow, what pillow they prefer and whether they prefer a cooked breakfast or a slice of toast only. Staff across the world can access this information readily to ensure they are providing a personal experience to each of their customers and cater to their every whim. This is innovation.

What will you learn in this webinar?

• What is innovation and how to not confuse it with an invention
• Most innovation happens in the ‘new’ and ‘better’ categories, but what do we mean by that and what is the third category?
• Why does technology alone not solve productivity and the evidence to support this?
• How do you engage your workforce in innovation and examples of re-skilling for new ways of working?
• Examples of innovation in the industry today

‘No unicorns allowed’, or in other words, this ‘no rare or mythical ideas’ webinar, will provide you with practical tips on how to think about, and do innovation in your organisation.

Please join us and our special guests for 30 minutes on Wednesday 28th March 2018 at 2 pm AEDT.

Thanks to Alive from the Mirus Group for hosting this educational webinar in partnership with innovAGEING.

It’s time to get the ball rolling at innovAGEING. Let’s kick things off at the network with a problem definition session. We’ll be working on identifying the top five issues/problems you’d like to see the network focus on for 2018?

To register, please email: merlink@lasa.asn.au