This document outlines an upcoming learning journey to San Francisco and Silicon Valley from March 18-25, 2017 focused on healthy and independent living. The journey will include visits to academic institutions, hospitals, medical groups, and companies working on emerging technologies like wearables, virtual reality, diagnostics, and self-care tools. Participants will learn about new models for healthcare delivery and how technology can empower people to better manage their own health. The itinerary includes sessions at CITRIS, Gladstone Institute, Belcham Bay Area, J&J Innovation Center, as well as meetings with startups working on areas like DNA sequencing, electrocardiograms, health data analytics, and electronic health records. The goal is to explore how technology

1. Healthy & independent
living
Learning Journey to San Francisco & Silicon Valley
18-25th March 2017
Curated by Peter Willems, MD Cubigo NV

2. Partners

3. Lead Argonaut
Peter Willems, Dr. Med.
Co-founder of Cubigo
Ambassador for maximum
inclusion of dependent people
in our society.

5. Healthy & independent living
How to live longer, healthy & independently
How to transform our healthcare from an offer-driven
into a demand-driven system ?
How to make people actively managing their own health
and organising their own care needs ?

6. Topics
Technology: wearables, diagnostics, self-care, VR, …
Healthcare: hospitals, physicians, therapists,...
Research institutes
Universities

7. OU
J NEY

8. Timing
Introductory session for participants:
February / March 2017
Final program
Briefing learning assignment
Learning Journey
Sat.18th March till Sat. 25th March
4 nights in San Francisco
3 nights in Silicon Valley (Sunnyvale)
“After” session
May /June 2017
Wrap-up learning assignment

9. Monday 18th
Tuesday 19th
SAN FRANCISCO

10. Lodging San Francisco

11. Classic…

12. …or cool?

13. Academic introduction
CITRIS health care program
Gladstone Institute of Virology and Immunology

14. Health insurance
Hospitals
Medical groups

15. Next-generation medical practice
“We started with a small solo medical practice, practicing medicine like my
grandfather and great-grandfather did, focusing on the patient and applying great
attention to detail. As we grow, we are maintaining this commitment to quality,
ethics and the doctor-patient relationship while using the best tools and technology
from every discipline to achieve optimal results.”

16. Belcham Bay Area
Belgian incubator in SF
Roundtable / hackaton with Belgian
startups in healthcare, e.g.

17. Wednesday 20th
Thursday 21st
Friday 22nd
SILICON VALLEY

18. The Domain Hotel, Sunnyvale

20. Innovation center & labs
Visit to J&J innovation
center in Menlo park
Pitches & group
discussion @ J&J Labs

21. Company wishlist wearables & connected health
Scanadu Scout: array of electrical and biochemical sensors with intelligent
algorithms to support data collection that will enable personalized
medicine.
Fitbit: health trackers
Lively: seniors alert watch
Echo’Labs: tracking and analysis of biomarkers of chronically ill patients
Dacadoo: Healthscore

22. Company wishlist Diagnostics / Self care
23and me: DNA sequence service
Alivecor: electro cardio diagram
Ginger.io: Big Data / self care tools
Practice Fusion: cloud-based electronic health record platform
for doctors and patients

23. Virtual Reality
VIRTUAL REALITY FOR HEALTHCARE
Industry leader in Virtual Reality for healthcare. As
pioneers in VR healthcare for over 20 years, using VR’s
high bandwidth channel to the brain and senses to boost
your physical and mental health & relief pain
One Caring Team provides Proactive Health
through personalized conversations and
authentic human connections. We are
dedicated to deliver compassion, ...

24. Investment
• 5.250€ excl. flights
• 500€ early bird discount (book before 30/11/2016)
• 250€ discount for members of Flanders Bio, VOKA Health or DSP
valley
• Advance payment of 500€
• KMO portefeuille: audit 8 Dec
• Registrations open http://www.theargonauts.be/healthy-
independent-living

25. Flights: example
Vlucht 1: zaterdag 18 mrt. 2017 (14u duurtijd)
09u45 Brussel 15u45 San Francisco
Vlucht 2: zaterdag 25 mrt. 2017 (13u duurtijd)
15u10 San Francisco 13u10 (26/03) Brussel
€679,-