Important announcement
Somen Banerjee and members of the EKTG Main Board are pleased that, following considerable pressure from our readers, the EKTG website is now once again called EKTG.net
In our last notice we told you we are currently planning our Spring Newsletter and we would welcome your contribution to this newsletter. You may want to tell everybody about some service or development in your service or your organisation.
You may want to inform readers about some new equipment. What ever your interest or views, we want to hear about them.
Please send your contributions by March 20th, 2025 to: ektgwebmaster@gmail.com
There has been considerable activity internationally about technology. Sadly little of this is based on that excellent work done in Estonia every day, as was referred to in the EKTG December Newsletter by "Raguraman PADMANABHAN, (EAST LONDON NHS FOUNDATION TRUST)" <raguraman.padmanabhan@nhs.net>
We are asking a couple of our experts from Estonia to contribute other short papers based on their experience.
The EKTG Main Board Members have been considering the many tasks they are responsible for during the year.
We will have an item about the tasks list in the EKTG Spring Newsletter.
What will you contribute to the Spring Newsletter?
Chinese New Year
Now we have an important time for many people in the world - the Chinese New Year.
Because of time difference around the world the actual date slightly varies, see a note below.
The legend goes that the Jade Emperor challenged a group animals to cross a river, with the order they arrived at the opposite bank determining their place in the astrological calendar.
The Snake – which came sixth, after hitching a ride on the horse’s hoof – became known for its wisdom, charm and intuition.
And for 2025, the sign is paired with the element of Wood, adding dimensions of growth, flexibility and creativity.
So you may celebrate Year of the Snake and that famous Dragon Dance with many other people:
- Chinese Lunar New Year in London 2025 Chinatown and Trafalgar Square From 01 February 2025 to 02 February 2025
- In New York Manhattan’s Lunar New Year parade will run through Chinatown starting on Mott Street at Hester and then east
on East Broadway and up Forsyth to Grand Street
- At New York Chinese Cultural Center on Feb. 8 at 3 p.m. will host a free Lunar New Year celebration including a performance.
About EKTG
The first meeting of European Knowledge Tree Group (EKTG) took place in Denmark in September 2010, followed up by a Symposium at the London School of Economics (LSE) later that year.
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The European Knowledge Tree Group mission is for the advancement of health and saving of lives through the advancement of the use of eTechnology worldwide. EKTG does this by making educational and training opportunities available for the development of individual capabilities, competences, skills and understanding of the use of information technology in the field of eTechnology.
These opportunities will be made available to professional practitioners in health, social care and wider sectors. EKTG defines eTechnology literacy as “the ability to seek, find, understand and appraise from digital sources and apply the knowledge gained’.
The EKTG also seeks to cooperate with like-minded organisations in order to source funding to achieve its aims. ​​​​
The EKTG and its International Ambassadors work towards the better use of technology.
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Download a copy of our History
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On 19 February 2020 we became registered as a Charity, number 1188061.
If you would like to participate in the EKTG’s activities, you can become a supporter and/or a contributor by:
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supporting the collection of data and information on eTechnology and eHealth pilot projects
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contributing to submissions related to eTechnology and eHealth on national and European level
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promoting innovation and practical solutions in eTechnology and eHealth
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helping to interlink universities, research institutes, companies, patient and senior citizen organisations to discuss and test eTechnology and eHealth solutions
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attending EKTG events
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sponsoring/raising funds for enable EKTG activities