DECC 2025 Workshop
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Digital Ecosystems for Community Care
Multilogic Consulting and Computing Ltd. (ML), the Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Informatics of the Budapest University of Technology and Economics (BME VIK), and the Municipality of Újbuda, 11th District of Budapest, cordially invite you to the international hybrid workshop titled “Digital Ecosystems in Community Care”, to be held on Monday, 8 December 2025, from 10:00 am to 3:30 pm, in the Assembly Hall of the Újbuda Municipality.
Venue
Municipality of Újbuda, council meeting room,
1113 Budapest, Zsombolyai utca 5.
Participation is free of charge, but due to the limited capacity of the venue, prior registration is required.
The workshop can be attended both in person and online. Online participants will receive the access link via e-mail prior to the event.
The languages of the event are Hungarian and English, with simultaneous interpretation provided.
Register at the following link: https://forms.office.com/e/xANZLsjrBD, or by scanning the QR code.
Please note that photos and screenshots may be taken during the workshop for documentation purposes of the supporting projects.
By participating in the event – either in person or online – participants give their consent to the recording and use of such images.
Goal of the event
The aim of the workshop is to provide a comprehensive overview of existing digital ecosystems that support community care, and to present ongoing digitalisation processes, developments, and needs in the fields of elderly care, healthcare, and the social sector.
The programme also offers an opportunity for sharing professional experiences and networking.
Target groups
Professionals working in elderly care, psychologists, psychiatrists, general practitioners, municipal elderly care coordinators, staff members of social institutions, as well as developers and researchers of digital solutions.
Expected number of participants: approximately 60 in person and 20–40 online.
Programme
09:30-10:00 Registration & Coffee, refreshment
- 10:00-10:10 Welcome and opening
Attila Erhardt vice mayor and Sándor Imre dean
10:10-11:10 Block I: Municipality & digitalization: status, plans, needs
Chairperson: György Strausz
- 10:10-10:30 Future for little ones, mission for grown-ups – Pearl Smart Kindergarten
Nóra Erdélyi, bp13 United Kindergarten - 10:30-10:50 Digitalization in social care in Europe, Romania and Brasov County
Alina Maria Ivan, Brasov County Council - 10:50-11:10 Smart solutions supporting older people in Újbuda
Katalin Mátics, USZOSZ
11:10-12:10 Block II: Caring communities
Chairperson: Péter Hanák
- 11:10-11:30 The Caring Communities project
Ferenc Gyergyák, TÖOSZ - 11:30-11:50 A place where years matter
Magdolna Karácsonyi, Municipality of District XIII of Budapest - 11:50-12:10 Alsómocsolád, the Age-Friendly Smart Village – Experiences and Plans
Gabriella Zagyva, Municipality of Alsómocsolád
12:10-12:50 Buffet lunch & Networking
12:50-14:10 Block III: Mental fitness in old age and cognitive screening
Chairperson: Ákos Szőke
- 12:50-13:10 Importance of cognitive screening in prevention and early detection
Vanda Koszovácz, Gábor Csukly, Semmelweis University - 13:10-13:30 Sarcopenia assessment at USZOSZ
Virág Szalai, Semmelweis University - 13:30-13:50 Cognitive screening with the MentalFitness app
Benedek Holló-Szabó, Multilogic Ltd. - 13:50-14:10 Smart solutions for early detection and diagnosis of dementia
Józsefné Cserbán, Modus Foundation
14:10-15:10 Block IV: Home care: methods & best practices
Chairperson: Erika Steiner
- 14:10-14:30 Home care methodologies and good practices from Bulgaria
Martin J. Ivanov, Inst. of Philosophy and Sociology, Bulgaria - 14:30-14:50 Supporting home care with digital tools
Gábor Kőrösi, Multilogic Ltd. - 14:50-15:10 Support for family caregivers
Judit Kocsis, Semmelweis University Doctoral College
15:10-15:30 Closing and networking
Organizers
- Multilogic Consulting and Computing Ltd. (multilogic.hu)
- Budapest University of Technology and Economics, Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Informatics
(BME VIK, vik.bme.hu) - Municipality of Újbuda, 11th District of Budapest (ujbuda.hu)
Contact
- Katalin Mátics (Újbudai Szociális Szolgálat – USZOSZ, matics.katalin@ujbudauszosz.hu)
- Péter Hanák (BME VIK, phanak@edu.bme.hu)
- Ákos Szőke (Multilogic – ML, szokea@multilogic.hu)
Supporter
- National Association of Local Authorities (TÖOSZ, töosz.hu)
