Save the date for the most important rehabilitation and age-tech conference you'll attend all year

Date: May 6 & 7, 2024

Location: The historic Carlu in downtown Toronto

Details: More information to come.

Dear friends and colleagues,

On behalf of our organizing committee it is my great pleasure to invite you to attend the second annual International Conference on Aging, Innovation and Rehabilitation (ICAIR) on May 6 & 7, 2024 in the great city of Toronto, Canada.

ICAIR is a one-of-a-kind event that is designed to drive cross-collaboration across multiple disciplines by attracting the world's leading scientific, health-care, academic, engineering, technology and entrepreneurial experts.

Health-care providers worldwide face many new and unknown challenges as our aging populations create new demands for treatments, services and resources. Advances in rehabilitation technology have the potential to significantly improve the lives of those living with disease, disability, and the impacts of aging.

We invite you to join us in Toronto at the meeting point of care, research and education at ICAIR 2024. Your attendance will help to accelerate the development of new products, services, treatments and solutions designed to help those in our communities who are most in need now and for years to come.

Dr. Milos R. Popovic
Chair, ICAIR organizing committee

The International Conference on Aging, Innovation and Rehabilitation (ICAIR) is an important cross-disciplinary event that brings together the leading researchers, scientists and entrepreneurs currently working to improve the lives of people around the world who live each day with the impacts of illness, disability and aging.

Why Attend

ICAIR is a unique conference destination designed to help researchers, academics, students, entrepreneurs and other innovators share research and academic success stories, build and foster relationships across disciplines, and encourage cross-pollination of communication, research and ideas.

Your Host

ICAIR is being hosted jointly by The KITE Research Institute at the University Health Network (UHN) and the Rehabilitation Sciences Institute (RSI) at the University of Toronto and includes significant input and participation from other clinical, and research institutions and hospitals.

For Authors

The International Conference on Aging, Innovation and Rehabilitation (ICAIR) will showcase cutting edge research from Toronto and around the world.

Here's what to expect when you submit a poster for consideration:

• Every registrant will have the option of submitting a poster, which will be reviewed by the ICAIR scientific advisory committee. Only one, first authored poster can be submitted per person and each author is eligible to present. Selected posters will receive notification of acceptance.
• Trainees(student)/post-doctoral fellow registrant submitting a poster will also be asked to indicate if they would like to be considered for a three minute talk on the main stage. To qualify for a talk, you must submit an extended abstract along with your poster.
• Lastly, if you are a trainee(student)/post-doctoral fellow registrant, you will be asked to indicate if you would like your research to be considered for publication in a Special interdisciplinary Issue of the Journal of BioMedical Engineering Online. Your submission will require approval from your academic advisor and will be peer reviewed by the ICAIR scientific advisory committee. To qualify for a manuscript submission, you must also submit an extended abstract along with your poster.

We look forward to receiving your submissions. Please contact icair@kite-uhn.com if you have any further questions.

• Poster Template
• Abstract Template

Power Play

The healthcare industry has enormous potential to leverage innovative and disruptive technologies and strategies in order to deliver insightful, meaningful and affordable care.

The KITE Research Institute will host the Power Play Pitch Competition to help accelerate innovation and commercial success.

The research arm of the Toronto Rehabilitation Institute, KITE, is a world leader in complex rehabilitation science and is dedicated to improving the lives of people living with the effects of disability, illness and aging.

With $50,000 available in total prizes, the stakes are higher than ever. Don't miss your chance to build the future of healthcare!

We are looking for energetic, innovative and passionate healthcare innovators who can address an unmet need in the healthcare industry, through preventative healthcare solutions, treatment and management of disabling injuries and illnesses, restorative assistive devices to help restore function, diagnostic tools, digital health, and others.

We welcome innovators involved in all stages of product and technology development, from concepts and prototypes to finished products and services and start-up companies, and who need capital to help bring their innovations to the next stage.

For more information, please visit POWER PLAY page.

Aging

• Treatments for Pain and Physical Decline
• Promotion of Mobility
• Support of Independent Living
• Study of Disease Areas
• Investigation of Illness and Frailty
• Examination of Dementia and Memory
• Study of Neural and Physical Decline
• Falls and Injury Prevention

Innovation

• Identification of New Technologies
• Neuromodulation and Brain Tech (implants/interfaces)
• Innovative Designs and the Development of Wearable Technologies, Smart Textiles, Robotic Systems
• Robotics for Therapy, Social Interaction and Care
• Artificial Intelligence
• Disruptive Technologies and Business Models
• Fostering Invention
• Research Commercialization
• Drug Discovery for Neuro, Muscular and Bone Diseases

Rehabilitation

• Telerehabilitation
• Restoration of Function
• Prevention of Injury and Infection
• Deployment of New Treatments
• Promotion of Independence
• Advocacy of Reintegration and Active Living
• Improvements in Pediatric, Geriatric, Musculoskeletal and Cardiac Care
• Improved Participation
• Treatment of Age-Related Diseases (Neurodegeneration, Arthritis)

For Sponsors and Exhibitors

The International Conference on Aging, Innovation and Rehabilitation (ICAIR) is an important cross-disciplinary event that brings together the leading researchers, scientists and entrepreneurs currently working to improve the lives of people around the world who live with the impacts of illness, disability and aging.

• ICAIR will feature TED-style talks by renowned players in the rehab space
• ICAIR will feature educational keynote speeches by top rehabilitation engineers, scientists and clinicians
• ICAIR is the first research-based conference of its scale and style hosted by the Kite Research Institute at UHN
• ICAIR provides a platform for rehabilitation professionals to exchange their ideas, get inspired and form research partnerships
• At ICAIR, you will reach over 1000 of the world's leading minds in rehabilitation research and technology
• ICAIR will feature a pitch competition that will attract top entrepreneurs, innovators and start-ups with $50,000 in available prizes
• ICAIR offers competitive sponsorship packages for industry partners to become an integral part of the conference

Our sponsorship and exhibitor package is available for download below. To support ICAIR and for any further inquiries, please contact Sophia (Yue) Li or Anthony Palma.

2023 Sponsors and Exhibitors

Exhibitors

Academic Exhibitors

Power Play Exhibitors

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