AIR Institute to participate in the International Innovation and Technology Fair FITECU

By The AIR Institute

AIR Institute will participate in FITECU, the International Fair of Innovation and Technology for Care organized by SIVI. The event, which seeks to give visibility to social innovation, will be attended by Juan Manuel Corchado, president of the technology center attached to this cluster.  Drawing on the design, development and application of innovative technological solutions, experts from all over the world will present their advances at this meeting, thanks to their knowledge they add something essential to social progress: care.

What is FITECU?

United in the Innovative Solutions for Independent Living Cluster (SIVI), tech companies, research groups, technology centers and representatives of the third sector are firmly committed to social innovation as a key to progress for a sector of the population that, rightly so, has felt excluded. People who have not been provided with the means that the historical context demands.

FITECU is part of the Push HUB SIVI Program supported by the Ministry of Family and Equality of the Junta de Castilla y León and the Cluster of Innovative Solutions for Independent Living.

FITECU's mission is to address the latest trends in social innovation and cutting-edge technology applied to the care sector.

What will you find at FITECU?

The Fair will be held from February 23 to 25, and will take place in Villardeciervos, a unique location in the Sierra de la Culebra, Zamora, a reference in gastronomy, culture, tourism, nature and rural sports. The event will address the following themes:

FITECU THEMES

  • Social innovation as a means of developing the territorial ecosystem.
  • Support technologies to facilitate the evolution and the competitive enhancement of the sector.
  • New models of long-term care
  • Tackling unwanted loneliness
  • Care in the community as the person's natural context
  • Sustainability and demographic challenges

Why should you attend?

  • To open your mind and heart to new working methodologies, evolution and disruption in the care sector, enabling us to adapt to current and future demographic challenges.
  • To explore, share and reflect together, from a multi-agent and multidisciplinary perspective.
  • Learn and be inspired by professionals with practical experience at national and international level.
  • Immersion in the new model of care to support independent lifelong care in Castilla y León as a European benchmark.

To register click on the following link https://fitecu.es/

If you would like to learn more about the program, click here.