Tech Talks Central
351 episodes - English - Latest episode: over 6 years ago - ★★★ - 2 ratingsThe Tech Talks Central web radio covers all the hot topics and trends in the connected world and features interactive interviews with thought leaders, as well as movers and shakers of the tech industry.
It’s a joint venture between entrepreneurs working in the mobile and technology field and people who love the radio waves!
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TTC #9. Innoetics: A text to speech technology
June 04, 2014 09:06 - 10 minutes - 13.4 MBAimilios Chalamandaris from Innoetics explains how their text to speech technology is used for accessibility enhancement tools, education, GPS, mobile and much more. Whether emotion & expression can be included in artificial speech and how users can interact with their mobile phones in a more human way. Interviewed by Yannis Rizopoulos for Tech Talks Central.
TTC #33. Is an Android phone, a calculated Microsoft strategy?
June 04, 2014 09:06 - 14 minutes - 14.8 MBAndreas Constantinou, Director & Founder of VisionMobile, gives an in depth analysis of some of the key trends in the connected industries and the announcements of the Mobile World Congress 2014: Big data, APIs, IoT/the connected everything, the Nokia Android (X) phone and why a Microsoft company would be moving in this direction. Is an Android phone, a calculated Microsoft strategy? Interviewed by George Voulgaris for Tech Talks Central.
TTC #10. Tackling socent’s need for microfunding: Contests4Causes
June 04, 2014 09:06 - 5 minutes - 8.43 MBThe two co-founders of Contests4Causes, Nick Tsoniotis and Alexandros Binopoulos talk about their presence at Mobile World Congress 2014 and how they plan to get their application known to the world. They explain that Contest4Causes is a platform combining people who like participating in contests and those who want to help good causes; a twist to the Κickstarter model in microfinancing for a social need. Interviewed by Yannis Rizopoulos for TechTalksCentral.
TTC #31. Handy Games & the consumer game experience no matter screen
June 04, 2014 09:06 - 10 minutes - 12.8 MBHandy Games is going beyond mobile, getting their games on other devices, bigger screens, to users in their living room. Chris Kassulke talks about Nokia, Tizen, mobile trends and whether he believes second screen experience will catch up. Of course, as a renowned game developer we couldn’t miss asking him about Flappy Bird. Interviewed by George Voulgaris for Tech Talks Central.
TTC #11. Cytech explains why SMS is still a key technology player
June 04, 2014 09:06 - 8 minutes - 9.59 MBGeorge Saslis, Solution Designer of Cytech, the b2b software solutions company for the mobile sector, explains why SMS is not dead but on the contrary is the one communication medium that connects everyone. He goes on to identify other enterprise solutions that are showcased at MWC14 and predicts the future for NFC, iBeacons, mobile app development and more. Interviewed by Yannis Rizopoulos for Tech Talks Central.
TTC #30. Firefox and the value of the next 2 billion smartphone users
June 04, 2014 09:05 - 14 minutes - 17.9 MBJonathan Nightingale, VP of Firefox, talks about its new Firefox OS phones and why they’re focusing on emerging markets and the next 2 billion smartphone users/clients of low end devices; the deal with Spreadtrum and how he sees Nokia and the rest of the competition, the price pressure downwards, the platform wars and who will win, finally. Interviewed by George Voulgaris for Tech Talks Central.
TTC #13. Noveltech creating a Mobile City Guide
June 04, 2014 09:05 - 6 minutes - 9.11 MBNoveltech has created a useful tool targeted to tourists and locals that allows someone to identify personal needs and interests; getting them around the city/town efficiently. Manolis Marazakis talks about how their app brands an area, creating awareness by sharing smart and useful information for visitors, curated by local municipalities and businesses. Interviewed by Yannis Rizopoulos for Tech Talks Central.
TTC #15. Jupitee: Creating a mobile application with no coding
June 04, 2014 09:05 - 8 minutes - 8.84 MBMathew Valvis, Marketing communication rep for Jupitee gives us a brief description of how their platform allows you to build a native mobile application in a few minutes. Quite intuitive and straight forward it allows you to set it up in less than 2 hours. Interviewed by Yannis Rizopoulos for Tech Talks Central.
TTC #16. Systems integrator Hotech talks NFC
June 04, 2014 09:05 - 6 minutes - 9.8 MBNikos Avaritsiotis, responsible for new business development at Hotech, talks on the potentials of NFC whether it be ticketing, loyalty schemes, event management, identity, control, data collection and more. They’ve already expanded in the Middle East and were eager to find more partners through MWC14. Interviewed by Yannis Rizopoulos for Tech Talks Central.
TTC #12. M-STAT creates your own SMS store with a 1-stop solution
June 04, 2014 09:05 - 10 minutes - 13.7 MBNikolas Kokkotas talks about M-STAT, the bulk sms provider and mobile app development company. They target medium & larger companies that are in the need of reselling sms services without further technical knowledge. Interviewed by Yannis Rizopoulos for Tech Talks Central.
TTC #17. Viva Payments, making online payments easy and credible
June 04, 2014 09:05 - 10 minutes - 13.6 MBPanos Tsakos, Marketing Director presents their large variety of online payment services included on Viva Wallet, a product of their initial platform of Viva Payments; the first licenced mobile payments solution from the European Central Bank, already expanding to many countries. Interviewed by Yannis Rizopoulos for Tech Talks Central.
TTC #37. Ubuntu, leveraging the linux legacy
June 04, 2014 09:04 - 10 minutes - 13.3 MBRick Spencer, VP of Ubuntu at Canonical Ltd. talks about their announcements concerning Ubuntu Touch on Meizu and BQ smartphones and what the linux dominance on cloud, servers, devices etc. will mean for the company and their mobile community. Interviewed by George Voulgaris for Tech Talks Central.
TTC #18. Social Sensor a tool for journalists to tap into public sentiment
June 04, 2014 09:04 - 7 minutes - 8.47 MBVivi Ntrigkogia, Marketing Director & Research Associate of CERTH, the state funded Center for Research in Thessaloniki, Greece, talks about Social Sensor, an EU funded project, that collects, processes and aggregates big streams of data. The platform leverages intelligent techniques to deliver personalised content to its users, while responding to the need for real-time social intelligence and responsiveness. Interviewed by Yannis Rizopoulos for Tech Talks Central.
TTC #64. Going-to-market for eHealth research institutions: challenges and considerations
May 26, 2014 07:21 - 15 minutes - 36.6 MBAngelina Kouroubali talks about FORTH’s Computer Science and Health research centre outcomes, ‘From Research to Αffective Ιmpact on Ηealth’ sharing 30 years of experience on eHealth, big data and creating actual products for the Greek market. Professor Karantanas takes us on a quick journey over their advanced medical imaging research and the possible opportunities in the market. He continues, deepening on the causes of public health care dysfunctionality, analyzing the disconnection between ...
TTC #63. Revolutionizing eHealth with remote patient monitoring
May 26, 2014 07:15 - 14 minutes - 26.6 MBProfessor Nora Kearney dives into a 10 year journey into the eSmart project mostly designed for cancer patient monitoring and relief. She analyzes the technical side; the risk algorithms and the triggers that alert health professionals, real time. A purely patient driven project, that doesn’t neglect clinical finds, it focuses on patient perspective developing prototypes for long term conditions and multiple chronic disease manifestations. Interviewed by TTC’s George Voulgaris.
TTC #62. eHealth Forum 2014
May 26, 2014 07:10 - 1 minute - 3.57 MBWe had the pleasure and honor to talk with Neelie Kroes, Vice President of the European Commission and leader for the Digital Agenda. Unfortunately - due to a last-minute rescheduling issue the Vice President only had time for two brief comments on the eHealth share within the 2020 Horizon framework and EU’s position in the prospect of a growing Sharing Economy. Interviewed by TTC’s Yannis Rizopoulos & George Voulgaris.
TTC #60. Integrated Care: moving from pilots to large scale deployments
May 25, 2014 08:10 - 10 minutes - 23.8 MBLeo Lewis, Senior Fellow at the International Foundation for Integrated Care, gives an overview of Integrated Care and the collective of services and organizations it comprises. Leo then gives some insights in the benefits and the implementation aspects of Integrated Care. We also talk about Change Management, one of the key challenges in executing large scale deployments of Integrated Care services. Interviewed by TTC’s George Voulgaris.
TTC #61. Integrated Care: technology, benefits and applications
May 25, 2014 08:07 - 10 minutes - 14.9 MBPantelis Aggelidis, founder & CEO of Vidavo, dives into some of the practical issues of realizing large scale Integrated Care services. Pantelis talks about the central role of eHealth in any Integrated Care implementation, the impact of Integrated Care on Health Care processes and actions such as the integrated prescriptions and treatments, as well as the social and cost benefits. We then talk about IC impact on different patient groups and some ongoing implementations in Europe. Interviewed...
TTC #59. Improving eHealth in resource-limited environments
May 25, 2014 07:48 - 12 minutes - 23.3 MBDr. Leo Anthony Celi, clinical research director for the Laboratory of Computational Physiology at MIT, gives an overview of the challenges faced and insights gained through the eHealth for resource-limited settings project. Dr. Celi then explains how the shortage of health data prevents the improvement of care in developing countries with limited resources. Our talk then moves into how technology is been leveraged in a research project led by Dr. Celo at the MIT in order to collect health d...
TTC #65. Cooperation, the best medicine for Healthcare
May 24, 2014 22:11 - 10 minutes - 18.8 MBSwedish ICT strategist, Helene Richardsson, talks about the benefits and improvements ICT brings to the healthcare sector and the cooperation needed from all involved parties, as we are faced not only with an ageing society but also with limited resources due to the economic crisis. Interviewed by TTC’s Yannis Rizopoulos.
TTC #66. A fiery blogger advocating patient’s participation
May 24, 2014 22:08 - 15 minutes - 28.6 MBAn aspect we usually ignore, when talking about healthcare for the most serious and sometimes terminal illnesses, is that of the patient. Kathi Apostolidis, a fiery blogger on healthcare and president of ECPC, talks about the ethical and practical issues arising, as well as the measures to be taken in national and international level. Interviewed by TTC’s Yannis Rizopoulos.
TTC #68. Passionate about innovation in Healthcare
May 24, 2014 22:05 - 15 minutes - 35.1 MBYannis Rizopoulos talks with the co-founder of Micrel Medical Devices, Alexander Tsoukalis, about medical pumps, the story and the efforts behind it, about innovation and prospects for the future. He talks about his vision vs. reality and offers some advice for start-upers.
TTC #67. A Telco slash Telemedicine success story
May 24, 2014 22:01 - 10 minutes - 24.5 MBNafsika Zevgoli, head of Corporate Responsibility at Vodafone Greece, explains the reasons that the company’s Telemedicine Program has been an overwhelming success story during the last nine years, covering with basic medical examinations more than 500.000 people living in remote mountainous areas or islands in Greece. Interviewed by TTC’s Yannis Rizopoulos.
TTC #69. A strong evangelist for interoperability
May 24, 2014 21:50 - 11 minutes - 21 MBMichael Strubin from Continua, a well known Health Alliance umbrella with more than 200 member companies, talks about the urgent need for interoperability, regarding the numerous devices used today in Healthcare, and he ensures us that more and more people want to be involved in their own wellness. Interviewed by TTC’s Yannis Rizopoulos.
TTC #70. Shaping a strategy for eHealth
May 24, 2014 21:43 - 13 minutes - 19 MBAn experienced Strategic Technology Manager in eHealth issues, Bridget Moorman, talks about protocols and standards; safety in home health monitoring; privacy and security; interface problems and the many challenges we face today or will soon face in these fields in our everyday lives. Interviewed by TTC’s Yannis Rizopoulos.
TTC #71. The value of the Trillium Bridge
May 24, 2014 21:41 - 10 minutes - 15 MBThe general secretary of HL7 Foundation, Catherine Chronaki, explains what is the Trillium Bridge Project and why it is so important for travellers and especially mobile workers. She confirms that the dialog between EU and US on interoperability of patient summaries is gaining momentum, but says that we’ll need more of it. Interviewed by TTC’s Yannis Rizopoulos.
TTC #75. The anatomy of a success story
May 24, 2014 21:37 - 11 minutes - 27.1 MBThe Greek three-year-old project on e-prescription has been characterized as a best practice on a European level, as it combines innovation with results. Professor George Pagkalos, president of IDIKA (e-Government Centre for Social Security), the main implementer of the project, explains the problems they faced, the solutions they found and the steps still needed to reach their next targets. Interviewed by TTC’s Yannis Rizopoulos.
TTC #74. “Smart” respect for the elders
May 24, 2014 21:35 - 14 minutes - 25.8 MBUSEFIL, an EU ICT FP7 project with significant stakeholders from different EU countries, proposes solutions for elder people in the context of a “smart home”; where various high-tech gadgets and applications help them lead a much easier and respectable life. Homer Papadopoulos from Demokritos NCSR and Detlef Ruschin from Fraunhofer give us the inside story. Interviewed by TTC’s Yannis Rizopoulos.
TTC #73. Exporting Healthcare know-how from Greece
May 24, 2014 21:34 - 10 minutes - 13.9 MBWe talk with Health Team leader for the Greek ICT company Singular Logic, Petros Papachristou, about the three big contemporary issues (digital – filmless – cloud) in the Health sector and the export of Greek know-how in neighbouring countries. We also take a look on the “burning” issue of what’s next for patients’ records. Interviewed by TTC’s Yannis Rizopoulos.
TTC #72. Taking health information to a broader audience
May 24, 2014 21:34 - 11 minutes - 15.9 MBComing from Aveiro, Portugal, Isabel Alexandra Cruz – CEO of iUZ, a company that specializes on eHealth issues- talks about their innovative solutions regarding Electronic Data Capture and eHealth interoperability, as well as the overall lifecycle of information systems delivery. Listen in to her novel proposal she makes on dental care... Interviewed by TTC’s Yannis Rizopoulos.
TTC #58. Business opportunities in the underserved market sector of 60+
May 24, 2014 21:18 - 11 minutes - 15.7 MBWe talked with Karina Marcus, Director at Ambient Assisted Living (AAL) Joint Programme, about the ageing population of continents with developed economies like US & Europe and the market gap for services and products for the 60+ age group. We then discussed about AAL, an EC co-funded programme which is aiming to fill this gap by supporting solutions tailored for the elderly, both by improving the quality of their life and by providing ways to be more productive. Interviewed by TTC’s George V...
TTC #57. Bionian: The First Health Sciences Cluster in SEE
May 24, 2014 21:17 - 10 minutes - 15.1 MBYiannis Soldatos, Advisor in Business Development of the BIONIAN cluster and professor at Athens Information Technology, and Alexandros Antoniadis, Head of Marketing at BIONIAN cluster, gave us an overview of the purpose, activities and vision of the new Health Sciences Cluster. Beyond the all-round support to businesses, universities, hospitals, research institutes and the academia, we talk about the cluster's innovation activities which are focusing on Clinical Investigation (CI), a high-gr...
TTC #56. The business perspective of eHealth: Personal Health Record, business models
May 24, 2014 21:15 - 16 minutes - 22.8 MBBleddyn Rees, Non-Executive Director of the European Connected Health Alliance, and a Commercial lawyer with huge experience, talks about the practical aspects and benefits of the Digital Personal Health Record (PHR) along with some of the key bottlenecks in the quest to achieve wide adoption in healthcare. Our conversation then moves beyond PHR and into the technology and business model disruptions currently happening in healthcare. At the last part of the discussion, we talk about Social Im...
TTC #54. Interoperability in eHealth is critical but hard. Here is why
May 24, 2014 21:13 - 19 minutes - 35.9 MBCharles Parisot is in charge of standardization and IT architecture coordinating overall GE Healthcare products. In this interview Charles talks about interoperability in eHealth. Charles gives some insights on why system interoperability, both at commercial and country level, actual does matter for the average person/patient/tax-payer. He then expands on the current EC-backed efforts driving interoperability across Europe and beyond, and on using the "hackathon" model to boost participation ...
TTC #55. What is the Digital Personal Health Record?
May 24, 2014 21:10 - 12 minutes - 17.9 MBDr Robert A. Stegwee, a Principal Consultant for IT in Healthcare with Capgemini Consulting, explains what we mean by digital Personal Health Record (PHR) and how it extends far beyond hospitals and traditional healthcare services. We also talk about the current status of PHR implementations, adoption, and use cases such as telemedicine; highlighting the central and critical role of PHR in the evolution and realization of eHealth in general. Interviewed by TTC’s George Voulgaris
TTC #49. Cross-border Healthcare
May 24, 2014 09:58 - 8 minutes - 15.1 MBTina Miteko interviews Fredrik Linden, project coordinator of epSOS on the details behind this important European eHealth project and its attempt to offer cross-border care for European citizens. Fredrik talks about the infrastructure that enables secure access to patient summaries and health records from different European systems and shares his personal experience testing the effectiveness of the ePrescription process while traveling from one European country to another.
TTC #52. Telematics in Healthcare
May 24, 2014 09:56 - 16 minutes - 22.9 MBTina Miteko interviews Marc Lange, Secretary General of the European Health Telematics Association (EHTEL) about the purpose that EHTEL serves; key activities and European projects that the association is supporting such as United4Health; and his thoughts on how to make the healthcare system more sustainable.
TTC #51. Using Telemedicine to Provide Quality Care
May 24, 2014 09:55 - 13 minutes - 24.1 MBPanos Stafylas, MD, Medical Coordinator of European Projects on combining his cardiology background with technology to drive change both in Greece and across Europe. He shares some of the results of a project in Municipality of Trikala in Greece which helped reduce hospitalization rates by 30% in patients with heart failure, and also talks about large-scale European pilot projects which are aiming to create cost efficiency, improve quality care for patients with diabetes, COPD, and cardiovasc...
TTC #50. Next Generation Healthcare
May 24, 2014 09:54 - 12 minutes - 22.5 MBTina Miteko talks with Matic Meglic, Head of Healthcare Informatics Center at the National Institute of Public Health in Slovenia about his experience in eHealth and public health; policy actions that impact digital health; his involvement on European initiatives such as epSOS and PARENT; and the role that gamification and social media play in managing chronic care and promoting wellness.
TTC #53. Patient Summaries Beyond Borders
May 24, 2014 09:46 - 7 minutes - 13.3 MBMarcello Melgara, responsible for the epSOS project in Lombardy region in Italy talks about the challenges in healthcare, the objectives and initial results of epSOS. He shares his insights on other European projects such as the Trillium Bridge project, which is aiming to create an exchange of clinical data and patient summaries between the European Union and the United States to benefit the citizens of both regions. Interviewed by TTC’s Tina Miteko.
TTC #48. eHealth Services for European Citizens
May 24, 2014 09:32 - 9 minutes - 13.6 MBTina Miteko chats with George Dafoulas, eHealth Services Coordinator for Municipality of Trikala, proclaimed as the “First Digital City in Greece”, about e-Trikala S.A., a company which is focused on developing innovative technology solutions to improve citizens’ life; the growing need for telehealth services for European citizens; and the company’s participation on European projects such as SmartCare and United4Health.
TTC #46. Europe’s eHealth Action Plan
May 22, 2014 17:14 - 10 minutes - 18.7 MBTina Miteko discusses with Benoit Abeloos, Research Program Officer, eHealth for the European Commission about the progress in eHealth that has been made so far in Europe; the obstacles that need to be surpassed; EU data protection policies; and initiatives which foster entrepreneurship and job growth.
TTC #47. Big Data, Big Impact on Healthcare
May 22, 2014 17:12 - 11 minutes - 27.1 MBTina Miteko interviews John Quinn, HL7 CTO and a Managing Director at Accenture about the problems that digital technology can help solve within healthcare; the impact of big data and what needs to be done for the industry to capture its value.
TTC #45. Is Population Ageing a Problem or an Opportunity?
May 22, 2014 17:09 - 12 minutes - 17 MBTina Miteko and Liz Mestheneos, past president of AGE Platform Europe talk about the problems and the opportunities that come with population ageing; the role that the 50+ Hellas organization plays; what AGE Platform Europe is; and current projects that are focusing on leveraging feedback from older persons and policymakers in order to provide accessible technologies.
TTC #42. Moving Toward Smarter Healthcare
May 22, 2014 16:51 - 14 minutes - 20.2 MBTina Miteko talks with John Crawford, IBM’s Healthcare Industry Leader Europe, about major problems and inefficiencies within healthcare, the types of problems big data can help solve, IBM’s Watson technology and its impact on healthcare.
TTC #44. Uniting the Fragmented Healthcare Ecosystem
May 22, 2014 16:50 - 12 minutes - 16.7 MBTina Miteko chats with John Hoyt, Executive Vice President, HiMSS Analytics about health IT and its role in improving patient care; interoperability initiatives which are aimed to address the fragmented healthcare market; and ways to measure adoption and successful implementation of health IT.
TTC #40. Healthcare Standards & Interoperability Beyond Borders
May 22, 2014 16:43 - 14 minutes - 32.3 MBTina Miteko chats with Alexander Berler, Chair of HL7 Hellas and Director at Gnomon Informatics about the interoperability challenges that exist today in healthcare; innovative initiatives such as the Greek ePrescription system; and how European-wide pilot projects such as epSOS are helping to reach cross-border interoperability between health record systems in Europe.
TTC #39. EU Policy on eHealth & mHealth
May 22, 2014 16:25 - 16 minutes - 30.6 MBTina Miteko interviews Paul Timmers, Director of of the Sustainable and Secure Society Directorate in DG Connect, European Commission conversing about the role that the European Commission plays to facilitate information exchange among European countries; the European priorities in eHealth; policy issues on mHealth; steps that are being taken to ensure data security and privacy; the transatlantic collaboration and MoU between EU and US; and his take on how the healthcare industry is going to ...
TTC #41. Can Connected Health Reform Healthcare?
May 22, 2014 16:16 - 14 minutes - 19.6 MBIn this insightful interview Brian O’Connor, Chairman of the European Connected Health Alliance (ECHAlliance) about the role of digital health as a contributor to reforming healthcare; examples of innovative healthcare solutions; and what the future of digital health holds. Interviewed by TTC’s Tina Miteko.
TTC #43. Bridging the Data and Care Gaps in Healthcare
May 17, 2014 18:54 - 11 minutes - 26.8 MBTina Miteko chats with Helen Figge, VP of Clinical Integration for Alere ACS about the role that health IT plays in improving patient care and efficiency; data security and privacy; and how big data can impact the healthcare sector.