The Healthcare in Shape symposium welcomes all healthcare professionals, researchers, designers, policy makers and students with an interest or expertise in rethinking, designing, implementing and evaluating novel solutions and policies for a healthcare system in shape.
Designers and healthcare providers share a common goal: to keep individuals, communities and societies in shape, addressing health issues along a continuum from wellness to serious illness. How to design an evidence-based, future-proof, high quality, sustainable and inclusive health system? Join the discussions and interactions and gain new insights and connections.
Highlights from Healthcare In Shape Symposium 2023
The day began with NWO president Marcel Levi reminding us that our healthcare systems have never been more advanced. At the same time, the pressures on healthcare are forcing us to radically rethink the way we deliver care and deal with workforce shortages. Alec Momont from Apple argued for a designer’s oath, like the doctor’s oath. A designer’s oath to design where form follows emotion, to be inclusive, to be curious by asking the question behind the question, and to dare to ask. Yoko Sen, artist and founder of Sen Sound, took us through her personal story of what it means to be a designer for health. How a personal experience compelled her to take action and transform health systems in a profound way. We concluded with a moving interview with Roland van Esch, country manager at Zimmer Biomet, about what it means to be both a health manager and a healthcare user at the same time.
Symposium Photo Gallery
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Organizing committee

Elif Özcan Vieira
Symposium Chair
Associate Professor at TU Delft
& Care Technology Lead, Erasmus MC
The Netherlands

Richard Goossens
Design & Health Scientific Director
Program Director Convergence Health and Technology at Delft University, Erasmus Medical Center, Erasmus University

Judith Rietjens
Symposium Co-Chair
Professor Design for Public Health at TU Delft, The Netherlands

Valentijn Visch
Symposium Co-Chair
Associate Professor Design for Health Motivation at TU Delft, The Netherlands

Jeroen Raijmakers
Design Exhibition curator
Sr Director Design Innovation at Philips and visiting professor at IDE TU Delft

Hilbrand Bodewes
Event & Program Design
Head of Delft Design Innovation & Impact, Coordinator Health at TU Delft, Netherlands Faculty of Industrial Design Engineering

Matthijs Netten
Event & Program Design
Project Manager
TU Delft, The Netherlands

Mariska Nederpel -
van der Ham
Symposium Operations
Delft Innovation & Impact Team
TU Delft, The Netherlands

Valentina Guadagno
Communication and
Graphic Design
MsC student Design for Interaction
TU Delft, The Netherlands

Leon van Klaveren
Event & Program Design
Project Manager at Delft Design Innovation & Impact Team
TU Delft, The Netherlands
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