Workshops at the annual conference provide a valuable opportunity for those facing common challenges in different regions to share their experience, learning and examples of best practice.

There are four 90-minute workshop sessions during the conference, each offering a choice of 6 workshops on different themes. All workshops are offered in English as well as a combination of other languages.

Once the workshop timetable is complete, registered delegates will be able to access online workshop booking to pre-book places at the 4 workshops of their choice.
Access to workshop booking will be granted to a registered delegate as soon as their registration has been authenticated either by credit card payment or by the issue of an invoice for their delegate fee.

Places in some workshops are limited and are allocated on a first-come, first-served basis.

Here are some of the 24 workshops that will be held in Barcelona (list to be completed shortly):

USING I.T. FOR QUALITY AND EFFICIENCY IN ELDERLY CARE SERVICES - WITH LOWER COSTS  
Tieto Corporation and the City of Stockholm, Sweden

In the present economic climate how can we reduce costs whilst increasing quality and efficiency in social services? This workshop describes how the city of Stockholm has successfully addressed these ostensibly conflicting priorities by implementing a mobile solution in the elderly care sector to provide more targeted and visible services for both provider and user.
 

MEASURES TO SUPPORT INFORMAL CARERS IN COMPANIES AND COMMUNITY SERVICES
European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions(Eurofound);  Work Research Centre, Dublin, Ireland: the Institute for Gerentology, Dortmund, Germany

This workshop examines examples of good practice to support working carers, considering both local initiatives in companies/workplaces as well as the contribution of community services. It is based upon research in a Europe-wide perspective but concentrating on developments in Germany, the UK, the Netherlands and Ireland.

LIVING WELL WITH DEMENTIA
East Midlands National Health Service, United Kingdom (England) and the Department of Health, United Kingdom

East Midlands discuss their regional vision for ‘Living Well with Dementia’ and their innovative techniques for involving people with dementia and their carers in the planning and commissioning of the services they wish to use - a collaborative approach that ensures local services are based on what service users value most.