Members of the professional council
Internal members
- anders.j.w.andersen@uia.no
- Phone
- +47 37 23 37 23
- hans.k.lysgard@uia.no
- Phone
- +47 38 14 14 96
- elin.thygesen@uia.no
- Phone
- +47 38 14 18 52
- vikas.thakur@uia.no
- Phone
- +47 37 23 30 90
- ragni.m.leifson@uia.no
- Phone
- +47 37 23 30 78
- elisabeth.giil@uia.no
- Phone
- +47 37 23 31 89
External members
- Aase S. Hobbesland, Municipal manager, Grimstad Municipality
- Anders Emil Ånonsen, Representativ for user organization, FFO Aust-Agder
- Arild Kristensen, CEO, Norwegian Smart Care Cluster (NSCC)
- Jon Harald Kaspersen, Executive director Health and Society, NORCE
- Kathrine Melby Holmerud, Representative for Regional Coordination group Agder
- Jon-Torgeir Lunke, Senior advisor, The Norwegian Directorate of Health
- Steinar Omnes, Representative for Sørlandet Hospital Health Corporation
- Stein Olav Skrøvseth, Centre Director, Norwegian Centre for E-health Research
- Alia Zaka, Department manager, Development and Innovation at Sykehuspartner.no
Mandate
The professional council must:
- be an advisory body for the e-health initiative at UiA
- contribute with strategic input to ensure the quality and relevance of research and innovation in e-health in Agder
- make recommendations related to the development of e-health at UiA and the coordination between the Center for e-health and i4Helse.
- contribute to creating and strengthening collaboration between academia, the public sector, business and user organizations within e-health, and in this way facilitate value creation and business development.
- ensure a good flow of information between the various member organizations in the professional council.
- be updated on and provide input on current professional networks, projects in development, and partners.
Organisation
The council is chaired by the dean of the Faculty of Health and Sports Sciences. The head is obliged to keep the other faculties and the university management informed about input and advice that emerges in the council. The council meets 2-4 times a year at the University of Agder, and all members of the group can raise issues for discussion. However, the professional council has no formal, independent decision-making authority. Matters that require a formal anchoring will have to be promoted and dealt with within the university's existing decision-making bodies. The professional council shall be convened for meetings with reasonable notice, normally not less than 2 weeks. The university covers travel expenses but does not provide fees for participation.