Dr. Refael Barkan

Head of Research, Innovation and International Ventures Authority, HIT Holon Institute of Technology

Dr. Barkan is a Neurologist (M.D.) and a Brain Scientist (Ph.D.) and also holds a Master's degree (M.Sc.) in Computer Science. His current areas of interest are: ICT platforms for detection and intervention (neurocognitive training) in early stages of dementia, medical informatics, medical data mining and process mining, clinical decision support tools and telemedicine. He has been collaborating in various national and international R&D projects, EU grants and initiatives, especially those that focus on active and healthy living and technologies for the elderly.

Dr. Barkan will speak at the 2019 STEMM Conference in the Medicine Session.