About the cluster
A forum for welfare technology
Veltek is a forum for technology development in health and welfare in North Iceland.
Veltek’s members include 12 municipalities in North Iceland, innovative technology companies, educational institutions and leading healthcare organisations, who have decided to combine their strength to move forward, within the region and beyond.
Why North Iceland?
The median age in North Iceland is high, and the region’s age profile resembles the one projected for all of Iceland in 2040. The challenges the rest of the country will meet later are already here. Veltek researches, procures, tests and implements new solutions systematically, so that service users get innovative products for a better daily life.
Projects
Together with Hátindur 60+ in Fjallabyggð, Veltek takes part in the European project SelfCare, on people’s responsibility for their own health and welfare in rural areas, funded by the Interreg Northern Periphery and Arctic Programme (NPA). The cluster also holds regular presentations of welfare technology solutions, seminars and consultations on the future of health and welfare services.
Staff
Board
Veltek is led by experienced people from healthcare, the academic community and inter-municipal cooperation.
- Árni Kár TorfasonChair of the board. Head of IT, Health Care Institution of North Iceland
- Erla BjörnsdóttirDirector of Human Resources, Akureyri Hospital
- Elva GunnlaugsdóttirProject manager, Association of Municipalities in Northeast Iceland (SSNE)
- Þóra Sif SigurðardóttirDirector of Nursing, Heilsuvernd Care Homes
- Björg A. ÞórðardóttirVisiting lecturer, School of Health Sciences, University of Akureyri
- Guðný FriðriksdóttirAlternate board member. Director of Nursing, Health Care Institution of North Iceland
