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CONTENT WELCOME BY Welcome by Lena Gustavsson, President 2-3 THE AALA PRESIDENT Welcome from Programme Chair 4 Dear Participants, phase of the AAL Joint Programme, maybe in the Welcome to the AAL Investment FORUM 2010 context of Framework Programme 8. This means we Welcome in Odense, Denmark. have to evolve and discuss several dimensions of AAL from Town and Region 5 at a time.
Programme 6-34 Europe is ageing – smart technology To use technology to solve some problems in the • Offical AAL Forum 2010 - Opening can be a key solution. context of ageing is not an exclusive dimension of • Official Opening of Expo, coping with ageing. In the long term vision, technol- Innovation World & AAL Project Village To cope with this the AAL Joint Programme intro- ogy and usability are complemented explicitly by a • Track A: Market, Economy, Innovation 9 duced two main new and important elements: the third dimension: the market entrance and investments • Track B:Changing the model of new European cooperation scheme of 23 states and in AAL, i.e. emphasizing the AAL innovation. Social innovation through user engagement 13 the still new but vibrant topic of Ambient Assisted innovation should also be consideredupon an invest- • Track C: AAL Joint Programme Topics Living, i.e. Information and Communication Tech- ment issue. and basics 17 nologies (ICT) utilised for an autonomous and better • Track D: AAL in National & life of elderly people. Both elements have strong Eu- To discuss this on as concrete abasis as possible, Regional politics 24 ropean facets. As a result, the European AAL Joint the first AAL Investment FORUM is preceding the • Track E: AAL – The Viking way 26 Programme is an adequate basis for a European AAL Forum. Included are closed private and public • Track F: Technology, Platforms event to expose actual aspects of this topic. matchmakings. In addition, a strong track on Market, Standards,Interoperability 29 Innovation, Economy the AAL Forum is completing • Track G: AAL in research 32 There is the basic strategy of a “triple win” for the these economic views. • Track R: Robotics enabled AAL Joint Programme: creating concrete ICT prod- Assistive Living 34 ucts and services to be used by elderly people for The Danish host has prepared a rich set of activities, a better life at home, in society and at work; taking including an exhibition, an AAL project village, an Speakers XX ageing not as a threat but as a huge opportunity Innovation World and the social eventss. Please use of economic values, creating a strong market; and these excellent opportunities to network with stake- Floorplan XX contributing to the big societal and economic chal- holders and colleagues! lenges of ageing in Europe – “Active Ageing: Smart cope with this framework there are some new ele- Exhibition XX Solutions, New Markets”. ments in the AAL Forum’s programme. I draw your attention to the Danish Welfare Tech Re- gion, an “AAL Valley” of Europe. The Region of South- Innovation World XX A cooperative programme such as the AAL Joint For the first time regional aspects are being developed ern Denmark has based their future growth strategy in Programme holds significant European political because many important AAL responsibilities are with the development and uptake of AAL Technology - or Project Village XX value by its own because of the inherent closeness regions, municipalities and not only on a national Welfare Technology as it is called herelocally known. Odense Exhibition XX of internal cooperation being necessary. As a result, level. Alongside this we also introducinge the new Furthermore, the Danish Ministry of Finance has sup- a yearly programme platform is of high relevance for regional Scandinavian Viking track, There is a Nnew ported the area with a funding programme for market Sponsors XX improving communication between the stakehold- focus on Robotics, ;aAchieving user acceptance and ready solutions, All in all, this is best practice for us all ers, members and their representatives and actors. AAL in Research, including the success of Vienna last of us in Europe. Practical information To this purpose the AAL Forum 2010 has launched year with the Young researchers workshop. Further- I welcome the entire group of distinguished guests a new powerful digital web 2.0 platform with the more, a whole track invites the presentation of new that we are pleased to host at this event, including aim of strengthening ideas and knowledge sharing ideas for relevant categories of AAL topics, which overmore than 200 brilliant speakers addressing the between stakeholders. I invite all to contribute and could be considered in the future for calls or other important topics contained in the programme of the share their ideas and results with this social media activities. Additionally, many typical AAL themes are AAL FORUMorum. We are delighted and thankful to 2.0 tool. presented and will be also discussed in the coming welcome sponsors & business and our supporting years. partners to our exhibition. Your support and collabo- Compared to the event in Vienna the AAL Forum ration helps us to create an even greater AAL Fo- has substantially grown and further developed. To In the long run we have to be prepared for a second rum. We are also grateful for the opportunity to work
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We seriously need to rethink how we can deliver ser- site that everybody can be part of so that we can share vices in new way, to prevent accidents or provide safety knowledge, contribute to, hold discussions, find project Chairman’s and security to an increasingly healthier and more partners and much more. It is already highly active. active older population. We need more than ever to If you’re reading this on real paper then it’s about combine sociology, science, innovation and technology time you created a profile, to meet your friends on the Welcome together in a new way, to develop new products and AAL Forum web site, then you can go on to find new systems which can ensure that we avoid the situation friends on the dance floor in the barns at the Mansion as previously described. We need to rethink how we of Bramstrup, supported by the massive, floor thump- together so closely and actively with the end users can effectively support the jobs and tasks of the people ing tunes pumped up by 69-year old celebrity DJ Ruth organisation Age Platform Europe. in the care sector of the future and reduce public Flowers. Yes, we are ahead of the game! spending. Consequently in doing this we create and I have to especially to give my warmest thanks and open up an ocean of possibilities for smart solutions to If you can’t find your friends at the Congress Centre, congratulations to all who have worked so hard to a new market – for active older persons. don’t worry. If you participate in the world’s largest prepare for this event, in particular the transnational experiment with ambient intelligence during the AAL active AAL Forum Committee, chaired by Claus F. It is my personal opinion that the visionary people that Forum at the premises of the living lab in Odense Con- Nielsen and and co chaired by Reinhard Goebl, and started and supported the Ambient Assisted Living gress Centre, we can track and monitor you and your the National Steering Committee in Denmark, chaired Joint programme, not only started something really friends in real time! You can always find them in the 3D by Henning Thorkild Seiding. important, but also focused on a topic that was com- world of the conference venue inside aalforum.eu or at pletely missing in the framework of innovation efforts in the friend finder service available at the Maersk-Mckin- I deeply appreciate the commitment by Nelly Kroes, Europe. ney Moeller Institute and DELTA team, who is behind Vice President and Commissioner of the European this exciting showcase of AAL in action. Thank you very Commission, for her personal presence and the sup- This is why I am deeply honoured to have had the much for providing us the AAL Forum Butler service. port towards the AAL Joint Programme. I am also very privilege to serve as Chairman of this year’s AAL Forum This was our second action. We expect of course en- honoured to see the commitment on the national level 2010 Programme Committee on behalf of the Ambient trepreneurs, researchers and others making future AAL in Denmark, as personalized by the participation of When you go through the experience of seeing a close Assisted Living Joint Programme, Danish Ministry of projects, that you beat us! - Because we want REAL Claus Hjort Frederiksen, Danish Minister of Finance. older relative suffering from Alzheimer’s fracture his Science, Technology and Innovation, PWT Foundation innovation in the AAL Joint Programme. This showsdemonstrates that powerful forces in the hip three times in one month, then you’d probably start and the Hosts from the City of Odense and Region of government of Denmark are now lined up to meet questioning if we could do things better. The answer is Southern Denmark. It has been both inspiring and fun Our Third action was to establish a World of Innovation the challenges of the demographic change infor our simple. Yes we can. In terms of technologies, some- to work together with the dedicated and hard working in the Expo AAL Project Village. It’s the place to experi- future society. thing as simple and cheap as sensors that could have Committee members from different member states ence and try out a wide range of different AAL tech- warned the staff in the hospital or at the nursing home supported by the host organisation. We present in total nologies in real life. Take a walk in a real size “smart” Last - but most important - I am deeply grateful for that the newly operated man/woman was on his way more than 200 speakers and Chairpersons, willing to apartment, consult your doctor from home via interac- the collaboration from Anker Boye, Mayor of the City to the toilet alone and unaided could in all likelihood give different views, ideas, considerations, technolo- tive audiovisual media, meet the robots and relax in of Odense and Carl Holst, Chairman of the Region have prevented his fall. What often follows is a life that gies or just smart solutions on how to avoid not only hip an intelligent bed together with the public, end users, of Southern Denmark. Not just to host us, but also is spent in pain and discomfort, at risk of complications fractures but a whole host of other incidents and condi- carers, students. to have your self and your staff to actively contribute that accompany being wheelchair bound, separation tions which can result in similar scenarios. with their resources to realize this second AAL Forum from one’s spouse and loved ones, and perhaps an You are the Fourth action. If you take active part either 2010. existence in an expensive Alzheimer facility with care I hereby express my deepest thanks to everybody in the sessions or in digital community, then you are services 24/7. in the teams. If you meet some of them out there in singularly contributing to making the AAL Forum 2010 Welcome to AAL Forum 2010, Forum, give them a clap on the shoulder. It is truly well the place where new ideas for smart solutions to the This sort of scenario incurs pain and cost in every deserved. ageing society are born and fostered. On behalf of the I invite you to actively participate in this attractive way and to everyone. To the individual, the family and National Steering Committee and the AAL Forum 2010 event. friends, the community and public services, as well The AAL Forum Committee takes innovation seriously. Committee I am proud to great you all… as to the society. Public spending for 2 quite prevent- We evaluated last year’s event and came up with a Prof. Lena Gustafsson able incidents and operations and the costs associated number of ideas, all with the aim and commitment to Welcome to AAL Forum 2010 President AAL Association with the care and maintenance of quality of life for the give all of you delegates a different, fun, exciting way person, for what in all probability might be many more of attending and experiencing an international confer- Claus F. Nielsen Rector of Umeå University years, in a time where there already exists a reducing ence. AAL Forum Programme Committee Chair workforce to care for our older citizens, and where eco- nomic resources becoming scarcer day by day, cannot The First action was to open the digital doors to the International Manager be sustained. AAL Forum web 2.0 community site. An interactive DELTA Business Development 6 AAL FORUM 2010 AAL FORUM 2010 7
AAL Forum 2010 – Welcome to Odense Welcome from the Dear guests and participants Minister for Science, of the AAL Forum 2010 Technology and Innovation It is with the greatest of pleasure that I, as Mayor of the city of Odense, welcome you to AAL Forum 2010 in Odense. We are greatly honoured to have been chosen to host this year’s conference. We consider Denmark, like so many other countries in the conference to be pivotal to the short and long term Europe, faces a demographic challenge. development of new business areas and new cross- sectoral cooperation to support public and private Simply put, in the coming decades fewer initiatives aimed at meeting the challenges facing the people will have to provide for, and take care care-sectors in the coming years. of, more people. The city council in Odense has allocated DKK 20 mill. to initial testing and implementation of welfare In meeting this challenge, the Danish government technologies. We have already initiated several pro- is promoting the development and use of ambient jects e.g. in the Department for Elderly and Disabled assistive technologies. Our funding initiatives span Citizens. The use of GPS in relation to citizens suffer- the entire innovation chain, from strategic research ing from dementia has already been implemented and and development to commercialisation and imple- tests with vacuuming robots have proven so success- mentation. Generally, we emphasise public-private the potential of new products and processes, rather ful that we are now in the process of implementing partnership and user-driven approaches. than complaining about the “burden” of an ageing these in our elder care sector population. . The Danish government is well aware that the age- While in Odense, I hope that you will take the oppor- been established there in his honour. Take a stroll ing society calls for effective and coherent policy In this spirit – which is no doubt shared by the AAL tunity to see more of our city. Odense is known as the through the charming centre of the city and enjoy the responses at both local, regional, national and Joint Programme, its 23 member countries and the city for cyclists with a total of 510 km of bicycle paths many parks and squares where you will find varied European levels. We therefore take great pleasure in European Commission – I am pleased to welcome and state-of-the-art facilities for cyclists. Our efforts in activities and also room for peaceful contemplation in welcoming the AAL FORUM to Denmark. the participants of the AAL FORUM 2010. I hope this field have won international acclaim and we are beautiful surroundings. you will have some useful, inspiring and enjoyable proud to have been chosen to present our results and The primary objective of AAL solutions is the well- days in Denmark! visions at the World Expo 2010 in Shanghai. The city of Odense and I extend a cordial welcome to being of the elderly or other people with disabilities. AAL Forum 2010. However, it is perfectly legitimate to consider the We are also the proud home town of Hans Christian opportunities for labour cost reduction and com- Charlotte Sahl-Madsen Andersen. Do not forget to visit his birthplace and the Anker Boye mercial exploitation as well. We have to focus on Minister for Science,Technology and Innovation adjacent museum and information centre that have Mayor of the City of Odense 8 AAL FORUM 2010 AAL FORUM 2010 9
Welcome to AAL Forum 2010 KEYNOTE SPEAKERS in the Region of Southern Denmark
Neelie Kroes Claus Hjort Frederiksen The coming decade will see the number of elderly collaboration with private enterprises and research Vice President of the European Danish Minister of Finance and citizens increase significantly while the number of institutions in the region on various projects. Within Commission and Commissioner formerly the Danish Minister of employees in elder care and in the health care sec- the public sector we strive to improve and rethink for the European Digital Agenda. Employment for 8 years. The tors will decrease equally significantly due to a dwin- the services that we offer our citizens. A partner- Ms Kroes was Born 1941 in Rotterdam, The Nether- Danish Ministry of Finance initiated and administers dling workforce. Europe already faces the challenges ship with a public body offers a clear commercial lands, where she also attended school and helped to the world’s largest national funding initiative: the PWT that this situation poses – and one of the measures potential for growth for private enterprises, especially build her family’s transport business. She studied eco- Foundation (Public Welfare Technology – in Dan- that can serve to counter the rapid changes that we in the development of solutions and products in the nomics at Erasmus University, before working there ish: ABT-fonden), a 400 million Euro programme see, is the development of new technologies that field of welfare technologies. for six years as an Assistant Professor. Her political ca- dedicated to developing and improving public sector can assist elderly in their daily lives. reer started on the Rotterdam Municipal Council, and services through the use of new technologies and One of the major challenges relating to welfare tech- in 1971 she was elected as a Member of the Dutch improved working procedures. Many of the projects In the Region of Southern Denmark we seek to nology is to ensure that the technological solutions Parliament for the liberal VVD party. From 1982-1989 that the foundation sponsors are aimed at improving foster commercial opportunities for companies with are designed so that it is the end-user and not the she served as Minister for Transport, Public Works the quality of life of the elderly through the use of new the capacity to supply these technologies in the technology itself that is in primary focus. This is the and Telecommunication in the Netherlands. After poli- technological solutions, while at same time ensuring a form of products and solutions to assist or automate point of departure for the Region’s focused involve- tics she was appointed President of Nyenrode Univer- more efficient public sector. The PWT Foundation will tasks in the health and welfare sector. The region is ment in welfare technology. sity from 1991-2000, and served on various company present some of the solutions it sponsors at the AAL especially known for its strong positions in the areas boards, including Lucent Technologies, Volvo, P&O Forum 2010 in Odense. Photography: Stig Stasig of robot technology, telemedicine and ICT. Welcome to AAL Forum 2010 Nedlloyd. Prior to serving as European Commissioner Carl Holst for Competition from 2004-2009, Ms Kroes charity Meglena Kuneva The implementation of ICT will continue to expand Chairman of the Region of Southern Denmark work included advising the Nelson Mandela Children’s Former Commissioner of Con- into new fields and this creates new demands on cit- Fund and World Cancer Research Fund, and she has sumer Protection at the European izens to commit to lifelong learning and continuous an ongoing interest in mental health issues. Commission. Before she has development of their skills – and the most dramatic worked as a journalist for the Law Programme of the development often occurs in areas that can be unfa- Ray Kurzweil Bulgarian National Radio while being an Assistant miliar to many elderly citizens. However, technology Inventor and futurist. He is in- Professor at Sofia University. In 1990 she took a job that is developed to address the specific needs of volved in fields as diverse as opti- as Senior Legal Advisor at the Council of Ministers the elderly citizens can assist them in access to free cal character recognition (OCR), and held it until 2001. In June 2001 she was elected communication and access to information – and text-to-speech synthesis, speech recognition technol- a Member of Bulgarian Parliament. In August 2001 thereby help to secure the social inclusion of all ogy, and electronic keyboard instruments. He is the Kuneva left her position in the Bulgarian parliament citizens in the modern society. author of several books on health, artificial intelligence because she was appointed Deputy Minister of For- (AI), transhumanism, the technological singular- eign Affairs and Chief Negotiator of the Republic of One of the projects we are currently involved in, ity, and futurism. Ray Kurzweil has been described Bulgaria with the European Union. She represented “UNIK”, is a national project with over 80 partici- as “the restless genius” by the Wall Street Journal, the Bulgarian Government in the Convention on the pants in a public-private partnership and a total and “the ultimate thinking machine” by Forbes.Inc. Future of Europe (the European Convention), which funding of 6 million Euros. The main objective of magazine ranked him #8 among entrepreneurs in designed the EU Constitutional Treaty (the European the UNIK-project is to enable elderly people and the United States, calling him the “rightful heir to Constitution). In May 2002 she was appointed Bulgar- patients with chronic diseases to live more indepen- Thomas Edison,” and PBS included Ray as one of 16 ia’s first Minister of European Affairs. She held that job dently with the aid of the right technology. “revolutionaries who made America,” along with other even after the 2005 parliamentary elections; On 26 inventors of the past two centuries. October 2006 Kuneva was nominated to be Bulgaria’s We think the future commercial potential in this For a full biography please go to Wikipedia or www. first member of the European Commission assigned field is very promising and we working in close kurzweilai.net the portfolio of Consumer Protection. She is chairing the Interim evaluation of the AAL Joint Programme for the European Commission. 10 AAL FORUM 2010 AAL FORUM 2010 11
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Jan Mühlfeit Social Platform. Ms Parent sits on various advisory in the use of digital media since the early nineties. Terrance (Terry) J. O’Shea believes that innovation is the life- committees set up by the European Commission (Sci- In March 2010 Henrik Føhns attended the executive is currently the principle engineer blood of the 21st century econ- ence in Society programme, e-Inclusion programme, program at the Singularity University in California, and lead technologist in Intel’s omy. As Chairman Europe, for European Year of Equal Opportunities for All, Jury of which was co-founded by Ray Kurzweil. Henrik will Digital Health Research and In- Microsoft Corporation since 2007, his aim is to ensure the European Antoi Discrimination Journalist Award, moderate the keynote session with Ray Kurzweil novation Group. His current duties at Intel Corporation the company contributes to enabling innovation in all European Health Policy Forum). She is also a mem- include projections of technology trends in ubiquitous sectors. Over the last two decades he has received ber of the Steering Committee of the Social Justice John Beard computing, research and development of sensors for numerous awards including the “Czech Brain Award” Programme of the King Baudouin Foundation and Director of the Department of healthcare applications, contextual awareness and de- and was named the Czech IT Personality of the Year chairs the francophone jury of their Intergenerational Ageing and Life Course at the sign of new radio technology for ubiquitous comput- three times. Solidarity Programme. World Health Organisation in ing. Terry has worked hard over the past year on the Geneva, John Beard, MBBS PhD, is responsible for team creating the Technology Research for Independ- Lars Kolind Rick Cnossen increasing international awareness of ageing as a driv- ent Living Centre in Ireland. TRIL is a joint Intel-Irish Designated Denmark’s “Man of President and Chair of the Board ing force in shaping 21st century public health, and Development Authority grant for 3 years focusing on the Year” in 1996, Lars Kolind is a of Directors, Continua Health for guiding the international community to meet the helping people live independently. TRIL is the largest knowledge worker, mathematician Alliance & Director of Personal challenges associated with rapidly ageing populations. research center in the world of its kind supporting and entrepreneur. He created “The Spaghetti Organi- Health Enabling, Intel Corporation Digital Health over 70 academic and industrial collaborative re- sation” - one of the most studied business innovations Group with a focus on medical device interoperability Patricia A Moore searchers. He has design, developed and prototyped in the 1990s. Kolind is chairman of several interna- standards. He is currently leading a large, interna- President MooreDesign Associ- various sensors and sensor network using, Z-wave, tional businesses and he is an adjunct professor of tional, cross-industry consortium, the Continua Health ates LLC. Moore is an internation- Zigbee, X10, mote based systems and Bluetooth tech- leadership and strategy at Aarhus University Business Alliance, focused on the establishment of an eco- ally renowned gerontologist and nology. Previously, he was a Staff Architect in System School. He has co-founded three initiatives to prepare system of interoperable, personal telehealth systems. designer, serving as a leading authority on consumer Manufacturing designing and developing the interface Denmark for the knowledge society and he the author Mr. Cnossen holds a MSCS degree from the University lifespan behaviours and requirements. For a period of between the processor and the chipset for the Pen- of best-selling book “The Second Cycle – Winning the of Southern California (USC). He worked at McDonnell three years (1979-1982), in an exceptional and daring tium™ III and 4 systems. His designs for packaging War against Bureaucracy”. Just recently he became Douglas (Boeing) for 15 years as a Software Engineer- experiment, Moore travelled throughout the United are in the Lakeport Chipset, the Pentium® III Proces- the chairman of the host region new AAL initiative: ing Manager and at Intel Corporation for 9 years as an States and Canada disguised as women more than sor (Copper-mine), and the Mobile Pentium® II. In Welfare Tech Region. Engineer Manager and Director. During this time, he eighty years of age. Her broad range of experience his ten years at Intel he has been awarded the Intel has been involved in many industry technology and includes Communication Design, Research, Product Achievement Award, two TMG Excellence award, six Lena Gustafsson standards development efforts. Development and Design, Environmental Design, Intel Corporation Divisional Recognition Awards, two Professor Lena Gustafsson is Package Design, Transportation Design, Market achievement awards, over 190 trade secrets, and filed since July 1st 2010 Rector of Morten Loekkegaard Analysis, and Product Positioning. Moore is a frequent over seventy patents during his tenure at Intel Corpo- Umeå University in Sweden and Former Danish TV news host, international lecturer, media guest, author of numer- ration. the former Deputy Director General of Vinnova – The Morten Loekkegaard, now a Mem- ous articles; the books DISGUISED: A True Story, Swedish Governmental Agency for Innovation Sys- ber of the European Parliament, is The Business of Aging [2010], and OUCH! Why Bad Kasper Hallenborg tems. She is since 1999 professor in Biotechnology currently Vice-President, EP Committee of Culture and Design Hurts [in works]. Associate professor at the Mae- at Chalmers University of Technology, where she also Education and a member of the Substitute Commit- rsk Mc-Kinney Moller Institute at was Vice Rector between 2003 and 2006 as well as tee on Internal Market & Consumer Protection. For 15 Jérôme Arnaud Unviversity of Southern Denmark. the Head of the Department of Molecular Biotech- years, he worked at Denmark’s national TV & Radio Jérôme Arnaud, Doro AB and He is coordinator of a large national Danish project, nology. She has been and is member of numerous where he hosted political and entertainment television Doro SAS (France) has been named IntelliCare. A project developing an integra- scientific national and international boards. She has programmes. He also works as an independent com- Doro’s CEO since October 2007 tion platform for ICT solutions of the ambient assisted been elected President of the AAL Association since munications advisor. and Doro SAS CEO since the year 2000. He spent living domain, based on new innovative software November 2009. the last 20 years in the sector of telecommunication technologies. He is also involved with the expertise of Henrik Føhns and information technologies. He joined the French software for cognition and intelligent systems in other Anne-Sophie Parent Journalist, Danish Broadcasting Lagardère group in 1989, worked for Matra Systèmes ambient assisted living projects, and has be evaluator Director of AGE – the European Corporation (DR), is host and edi- Information (MSI) (earth observation satellite sys- of all the three AAL calls. Kasper Hallenborg holds a Older People’s Platform since tor of the price winning radioshow tems), Matra Communication for professional commu- PhD in pervasive computing and with a long-standing September 2002. Prior to that Harddisken - the only radioshow on information tech- nication radio and for Matra Nortel Communications interest and research focus on location based systems she was Director of Autism-Europe for six years and nology and futurism in Denmark. He co-founded the where he headed residential telephones operations, to empower users with intelligent services, he took the contributed to the establishment of the European program in 1993 at the Danish Broadcast Corporation bought by Doro in 2000. He was then named Director challenge to be responsible for the social experiment Disability Forum. In March 2001, Ms Parent was P1. In 2009 he received an honorary price for his of their French subsidiary. of the AAL forum 2010 – the AAL butler. elected at the Management Committee of the Platform work on spreading the knowledge of new technology of European Social NGOs (Social Platform) and from during the past two decades. His work as a reporter, March 2003 to March 2007, she was President of the editor and entrepreneur has been groundbreaking 12 AAL FORUM 2010 AAL FORUM 2010 13
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Elizabeth Mestheneos cal level, as a Project manager running large national Dr. Elizabeth Mestheneos, Presi- ICT related projects in the public sector within elderly Supporting Partners in bringing Ray Kurzweil to Odense dent of AGE-Platform Europe, UK and health care. He has been Local Government trained sociologist,has primar- Denmark’s member of the steering committee of ily worked through the Sextant Research Group in MedCom, the National Health Portal, National IT- Athens, undertaking EU funded researchprojects and strategies for eHealth and the IT-strategy for the social publishing on a wide variety of areas including older Area. During his tenure at the National Public Project people, refugees, and the labour market.. She is a organization MedCom managing international AAL founder member of the Greek NGO for older people projects, he was the prime mover behind the launch “50+ Hellas” devoted to promoting the well being and of a national political discussion of Ambient Assisted social inclusion of all older people primarily through Living in Denmark. The term of Welfare technology information, advocacy and research. was used instead of AAL. The outcome of the national debate resulted in large funding (400 mill. euros) from ? DJ Ruth Flowers the Ministry of Finance. He is widely used throughout “Life is not over at 69!” Proclaims Denmark and internationally to give speeches in how the international sensation - DJ current and future technology will impact society, Ruth, also known as Mamy Rock. using most of all sense of humour, combined with the With her spiked up white hair deep insight in the actual challenges of the social & and bling outfits, Mamy Rock decided to become a health care sector. DJ when she heard the music played at her Grand- son’s birthday party. With the help of a young french Juan Carlos Castrosín Producer, Orel Simon, Ruth has since then become a Is a graduate with honours of celebrity DJ, and has now confirmed that she will be the Escuela Técnica Superior de Intel Healthcare Ad_Layout 1 01/09/2010 12:50 Page 1 attending the AAL Forum in Odense where she will Ingenieros de Telecomunicación, give a short keynote on Thursday evening, followed by University Politécnica of Madrid and IMD of Laus- a DJ performance at the free networking dinner & so- anne; entrepreneur and senior executive in medical cial event on Thursday evening the 16th of September technology, services and medical devices for some in the barns of the old mansion of Bramstrup. thirty years. Visit: www.mamyrock.com His expertise and operational experience include senior leadership positions with CPI Lilly, Medtronic, Thomas Børner Boston Scientific, Biosense, and several other star-up Thomas Børner has through his companies in the geographical market of USA, Europe career been working with welfare and Israel such as Cardionow, Cardiogenesis, Instent, challenges and problems at na- Cardiotronica and others. tional and international level. He has been Permanent He has been President of the Spanish Bioengineering Intel® in Secretary in the ministry of Social Affairs from 2004 to Commission of the COIT, Spain; VP and co-chairman 2008. Thomas Børner is chairman of the Danish PWT of PR&Medical Community Working Group of IAPM, foundation - Investments in Public Welfare Technol- Europe, and member of the IEEE, USA. healthcare ogy. The foundation administers 400 mio. Euros, Has founded several companies such as Ibertron- which are to be invested in projects that modernize ics Iberica, NextMedical, Unimed Technologies and Intel is working with both the IT industry and healthcare industry and develop the Danish public sector through the use Pi&Pi, Currently is in the board of some life science to deliver computing and communications solutions that connect of new labour saving technology. and consulting companies in US, Spain, Belgium and people and information in new and important ways. Israel. Is also member of the AAL Advisory Board. Claus F. Nielsen Chairman of the AAL Forum The mission is to connect patients, their families, and healthcare adoption of Electronic Medical Records, mobile point of care, clinical Programme Committee. He is also providers to the right information at the right times so they can information systems, management information systems, and International Manager in DELTA, make better informed decisions about their health. Intel has worked digitized imaging. Intel is committed to driving standards, with responsibility for Health & Welfare technologies in with public and private hospitals and hospital systems around the interoperability and EMR adoption to create Integrated Digital the Business Development department. DELTA is one world to understand their information technology needs and Hospitals. The goal is to enable seamless interaction and high quality of the 9 Danish Advanced Technology Service Insti- business objectives. Some key areas of focus include the information exchange throughout the complex healthcare system. tutes. He has a long track record since 1991 working for Local Government Denmark at the national politi- Copyright© 2010, Intel Corporation. All rights reserved. Intel, the Intel logo are trademarks of Intel Corporation in the U.S. and other countries. 14 AAL FORUM 2010 AAL FORUM 2010 15
Short Intro: Chair: AAL Forum Programme Chair: Claus F. Nielsen, DELTA FINAL PROGRAMME 2010 Moderator: Morten Løkkegaard, MEP ACTIVE AGEING: SMART SOLUTIONS, NEW MARKETS Panel: Anne Sophie Parent, Director, Age Platform Europe 15 - 17 th September, Odense, Denmark Juan Carlos Castrosin, Investor Lars Kolind, Chairman of Welfare Tech Region Thomas Børner, Chairman PWT-Foundation (ABT-Fonden), The Danish Ministry of Time Monday the 13th of September Finance General Assembly AAL Association European SME representative Rick Cnossen, Chairman of Continua Health Alliance, Intel Time Tuesday the 14th of September Jérôme Arnaud, CEO, Doro 10.00 Registration opens 15.30-16.15 PL2: Industrial view. Is AAL seen as a present or future market for global industry? Chair: Conference co-chair, Head of office: Thomas Alslev Christensen, Ministry of Side Events Science, Technology & Innovation AAL Association - NCP Meeting Lars Kolind, Chairman of Welfare Tech Region 08.00-18.00 DREAMING PSC Meeting Jan Mühlfeit, Chairman of Microsoft Europe Terry O’shea, Senior Principal Engineer and Lead Technologist, Intel 10.00-18.00 CareNet meeting 16.15-16.30 Coffee break 10.00-18.00 Regional Telemedicine Forum meeting 16.30-18.00 Parrallel Track-Sessions 13.00-18.00 AAL Investment Forum Time Thursday the 16th of September Time Wednesday the 15th of September 09.00-10.30 Parrallel Track-Sessions 08.00 Registration opens 10.30-11.00 Coffee Break in the exhibition hall and Innovation World Side Events 11.00-12.00 PL3: Societal challenges - It is not just about technology: Chair: Elizabeth Mestheneos, President, AGE Platform Europe 09.00-13.00 AAL Investment Forum John Beard, Director of the Department of Ageing and Life Course at the World 08.00-12.45 DREAMING Project Midterm Workshop Health Organisation 09.00-12.00 CareNet meeting Meglena Kuneva, Chair of the AAL Interim Evaluation, Former Commissioner of Consumer Protection 09.00-12.00 HomeSweetHome - Project Consortium Meeting 12.00-13.00 Lunch Break 09:00-13:00 YR-RISE: A Young Researchers’ and PhDs’ Workshop 13.00-14.30 Parrallel Track-Sessions 09.00-12.00 Public Welfare Foundation Meeting - Approval Committee meeting 14.30-15.00 Coffee Break 09.00-12.45 PERSONA Final Workshop 15.00-16.30 Parrallel Track-Sessions 13.00-13.45 Offical AAL Forum 2010 - Opening 16.30-17.00 Coffee Break Chair: Conference Chair: Lena Gustafsson, President of the AAL Association 17.00-18.00 PL4: Changing the image of ageing? 13.00-13.05 Lena Gustafsson, President of Ambient Assisted Living Association Chair: Chair: AAL Forum Programme Committee Chair: Claus F. Nielsen 13.05-13.10 Anker Boye, Mayor of the City of Odense Mr & Mrs Bartholomew Hubbleston, Chairman and co-chair of Ageing Well 13.10-13.15 Carl Holst, Chairman of Region of Southern Denmark Fellowship Society Patricia Moore, President MooreDesign Associates LLC. 13.40-13.45 Elizabeth Mestheneos, President, AGE Platform Europe DJ Ruth Flowers 13.15-13.25 Claus Hjort Frederiksen, Minister of Finance, Denmark 18.00 Bus transportation to hotels 13.25.13.40 Vice President of the European Commission Neelie Kroes, Commisioner for the 19.30 Bus transport from hotels and Main train station to Social event Digital Agenda 20.00 Social Event at Bramstrup Gods, Competitions, prizes, Local food, entertainment 13.45-14.15 Official Opening of Expo, Innovation World & AAL Project Village 14.15-15.15 PL1: High Level Roundtable: Theme: Economic Crisis – Demographic Challenge – Smart Solutions Chair: AAL Forum Programme Committee Chair: Claus F. Nielsen 16 AAL FORUM 2010 AAL FORUM 2010 17
Time Friday the 17th of September TRACK A 09.00-10.30 Parrallel Track-Sessions 10.30-10.45 Break Theme: Market, Economy, Innovation 10.45-12.30 PL5: Technology Empowers People with Disabilities: Today and Tomorrow Chair: AAL Forum Programme Committee Chair: Claus F. Nielsen Time Wednesday 15 September 10.45-12.30 Moderator: Radio host, Journalist Henrik Føhns, Danish Broadcasting Corporation Track Chairs: Urs Guggenbuehl, Dr. sc. nat., University of Applied Sciences Inventor & Futurist Ray Kurzweil St.Gallen/Sofia Moreno, Secretaría eVia. AETIC/Martin Jaekel, Dr., French National Only technology can provide the scale to overcome the challenges with which Research Agency human society has struggled for generations. Within a couple of decades non- Track rationale The population of the elderly is growing steadily in many developed countries and de- biological intelligence will match the range and subtlety of human intelligence and mographic change will thus affect their markets and economies. This change presents will necessarily soar past it because of the continuing acceleration of information- not only new challenges to society but also opens up new market opportunities. based technologies, as well as the ability of machines to instantly share their This track looks at the new markets developing around the elderly population as a target knowledge. Intelligent nanorobots will be deeply integrated in the environment, our group and discusses appropriate business models to meet the needs of the elderly. bodies and our brains, providing vastly extended longevity, full-immersion virtual It will also discuss the difficulties SMEs have in developing innovative products for reality incorporating all of the senses, experience ‘beaming’, and enhanced human the elderly and bringing these products to market. Subsequently, the session will also consider the economic challenges arising from the demographic change as well as the intelligence. These emerging technologies will be a great leveler in eliminating the standards and best practices needed to cope with this challenge. handicaps associated with sensory and physical disabilities. 16.30-18.00 A1: Silver Markets 12.45-13.15 AAL Forum 2010 - Official Closing session Session Rationale “Silver markets”, i.e. markets driven by elderly consumers, represent a significant 13.15 Chair: Rafael de Andrés-Medina, Treasurer, AAL Association and JP Executive Board economic potential today as well as in the mid- to long-term future. Despite this AAL Forum Butler Participants Monitorering statistics – Kasper Hallenborg, Maersk potential, ICT-based solutions for the elderly are often difficult to place on the Institute, University of Southern Denmark market and have difficulties to attain the anticipated market success. Consequently, Closing remarks from the AAL Programme Committee Chairs Claus F. Nielsen & it may also prove difficult to translate the ICT R&D projects funded by AAL into commercial success. Reinhard Goebl This session has the aim to formulate the problems hampering access to silver AAL Forum 2011 Announcement markets and address these problems using practical examples as well as theoretical considerations. The session will therefore give insights into how to access silver markets in operational terms and show some of the pitfalls to be avoided. In particular, the session: PARALLEL TRACKS • Seeks to define “silver markets” and their properties (within the limits of current experience) • Explores the true needs of the end users of such new products and technologies Track A Market, Economy, Innovation Page 9 (e.g. the elderly, health care personnel, insurance companies, etc.) • Puts the constraints that such end users experience in focus Track B Changing the model of innovation through user engagement Page 13 • Presents case-studies on marketing products to silver markets • Provides a showcase that allows you to experience yourself the needs of elderly consumers AAL Joint Programme Topics and basics Page 17 Track C Speakers Chair: Hubert Oesterle, Prof. Dr., Institute of Information Management, University of St.Gallen Track D AAL in National & Regional politics Page 24 Philipp Osl, University of St. Gallen, Competence Center Independent Living: Silver Markets - What are we talking about? Anne-Sophie Parent, AGE Platform Europe: Is the market ready to adapt to an age- Track E AAL – The Viking way Page 26 ing society? Leveraging innovation focusing on the needs of older people Ignacio del Arco Herrera, Dr., i2BC (Institute of Innovation for Human Wellbeing): Track F Technology, Platforms Standards,Interoperability Page 29 Ambient Assisted Living (AAL) as an emerging and tractor industry in Andalucía: A prospective impact study of the deployment of AAL based solutions in the regional industry and economic sectors Track G AAL in research Page 32 Lutz Kubitschke, empirica Gesellschaft für Kommunikations- und Technolo- gieforschung mbH: Evidence on current AAL Markets - Selected outcomes of the Track R Robotics enabled Assistive Living Page 34 ‘ICT & Ageing Study’ Florian Kicherer, Fraunhofer Institute for Industrial Engineering IAO: Use what you’ve got: integration of available technology into successful business models for healt 18 AAL FORUM 2010 AAL FORUM 2010 19
Time Thursday 16 September Speakers Chair: Urs Guggenbuehl, Dr. sc. nat., University of Applied Sciences St.Gallen 9.00-10.30 A2: Conceptual approaches Claus F. Nielsen, AAL Forum 2010 Programme Committe Chairman, International Session Rationale Current business models in AAL may be misleading. At first glance, if we take Manager, DELTA Business Development: User Assesment & ICF Marco d’Angelantonio, CEO, Health Information Management SA: The quest for an into account the forecasts regarding the ageing of population in Europe, we might affordable AAL solution: from concept to reality face very promising opportunities. It is a fact that ICTs have proved to be a great Petra Wilson, Dr., Cisco / Continua Health Alliance: TREAT - Telemedicine ressource for public administrations in the sustainability of the state of social Readiness Evaluation and Assessment Tool wellbeing, while improving the quality of life of the elderly population. But such an Peter Wintlev-Jensen, Head of Sector, European Commission: Assessing the impact attractive market is still somewhat unexplored … on quality of life and efficiency gains of care from ICT for Ageing Well solutions, We must tackle several barriers, such as the strong influence of a fragmented Perspectives from the EU public sector, the digital gap of actual potential users, the lack of standards. Hubert Oesterle, Prof. Dr., Institute of Information Management, University of Nevertheless, there are some constructive approaches to find a gap in the wall and St.Gallen: The Crux with the AAL Business Models some of them are going to be presented here. 15.30-17.00 A4: Innovation in Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (Objective: Sensitie all the Speakers Chair: Chris Flim, Drs., Flim P&C stakholders in AAL for innovation)) Session Rationale SMEs have a lot of characteristic difficulties ining when it comes to doing innova- Patrik Eklund, Prof., Umeå University: OBSERVE-ASSESS-DECIDE for information- tion. Typically they take up innovation due to a lack of human and financial resources. oriented elderly care They usually underestimate the time it takes to get an innovation on the market and Ad van Berlo, Smart Homes: A successful approach in supporting SME’s in are not willing to take the risk to continue. For SMEs the operational daily business is developing AAL products in the Netherlands the main concern, at the expense of the strategic planning which is necessary to get Antonio Kung, Trialog & Gunnar Fagerberg , Swedish Institute of Assistive the innovation on the market. The following session will look at the typical difficulties SMEs face and suggest enabling factors for performance in innovation. Technology: Business Models as Prerequisites to Standards Speakers Chair: Sofia Moreno, Secretaría eVia. AETIC &Urs Guggenbuehl, Dr. sc. nat., Uni- versity of Applied Sciences St.Gallen Round Table: Carmen Pastor, TECNALIA (Health & Quality of Life Unit): Analysing the Assistive Conceptual business models: the big picture and some pitfalls Technologies ICT Chris Flim, Drs., Flim P&C Christian Schoen, Dr, GTN: European support for European successful SMEs Kevin Johnson, Cisco Ander Altuna, Andago 13.30-15.00 A3: Quality aspects of AAL interventions Andri Färber, Curena AG • how to assess / measure impact of AAL solutions Michael Brandstötter, CogVis • indicators and quality standards Kurt Christensen, CEO, Medisat A/S • measuring market impact Antonio Remartinez, Dr., Ibernex Ingenieria S.L. • methodology of assessments • Ethical/legal Aspects Time Friday 17 September Session Rationale The AAL market needs yet to be established. A typical indicator of a mature market 09.00-10.30 A5: Meeting the challenge of demographic change - an economic perspective is its interoperability, which is based on established standards. In this session we Session Rationale The European population is growing older and older. Today the median age of the Eu- want to look at the activities to develop standards for the AAL market, especially for ropean population is 40 years and will increase to 47 years in 2050. Today the 20-to- the quality aspects of AAL interventions. There have been numerous experiments 64-years-old makes up around 64% of the whole population and the over-65 17%. In 2050 it is estimated that the 20-to-64-year-old will decrease to 55% of the population and smaller-scale pilot projects developing and testing Independent living, and the 65+ will increase to 28%. With this increase in numbers of the elderly popu- telecare and telehealth solutions. It remains a challenge, however, to strengthen lation in mind, it is important to look at the financial capability of this population. To- scientifically acceptable measurement of the anticipated improved quality of life days employees are normally pensioned off at 65. There are still 4 working employees for the users and socio-economic benefits for the care systems. Solid evidence on to one pensioner. This will change rapidly to a relationship of 2:1. common indicators and statistically significant impact measurement methodologies The presentations in this session will elaborate on a some pressing questions raised are essential to convince policy makers and industry to invest further in wide by the demographic challenge: Are pension funds fit for the future? Can the buy- ing power of the elderly be maintained in the future? What economic strategies are deployment and uptake of solutions. The session is a follow-up on the European required to meet this challenge? Do we need to keep elderly people longer at work? Commission’s initiative to bring together the approaches of individual projects and What implications does this have on the traditional employment policies? Does the to set up mechanisms for best practice exchange on indicators and methodologies inter-generational contract need to be newly negotiated? employed, in order to advance comprehensiveness and ensure comparability of Speakers Chair: Christian Wehrmann, VDI/VDE-IT evidence to be used for meaningful policy and investment decisions. Christian Wehrmann, VDI/VDE-IT: The Joint Progamming Initiative on Demographic Change in Europe Ignacio Perez, Value Creation: SENIORLAB. An Example Of Employment Innovation Mariano Navarro, TRAGSA Group Margaret Ellis, London School of Economics Rodd Bond, Director, Netwell Centre: Embedding AAL into the WHO’s Global Age- Friendly Cities Framework 20 AAL FORUM 2010 AAL FORUM 2010 21
TRACK B Time Thursday 16 September Theme: Changing the model of innovation through user engagement 9.00-10.30 B2: User centric models of innovation Session Rationale The rise in innovative use of ICT is transforming not only health and social care, but the overall quality of life and well being of older adults. It is not uncommon to regard innovation as a distinct event, yet it often is an ongoing and cumulative process of Time Wednesday 15 September activities. Track Chairs: Geja Langerveld, drs., ZonMw / Jackie Marshall-Cyrus, Technology User engagement within product and service innovation will often imply changes Strategy Board in the technological development process as well as in organizational, institutional, Track rationale In the Ambient Assisted Living JP the objective is to support the independence of research and development cultures and also in individual mindsets. Therefore older people with smart solutions. On the one hand, autonomy in different aspects we need to create a shift between AAL technology development and the of life will improve the quality of life for older people, on the other hand societies consumer/user. Such a shift will have implications for how consumers/users are need older people to stay independent and to take care of themselves and of each conceptualised, understood, engaged, valued and integrated into the innovation other. This is important in order to keep the health and social systems sustainable process. in the (near) future. This session aims to challenge traditional thinking and to explore new and To realise these objectives, it is important that products and services are desirable, innovative models of user engagement across the design, ambient assistive provide added value for older people, meet their needs and wishes and offer technology, social science and ICT sectors. meaningful contacts, relationships and activities. User engagement is crucial to be It will be supported by a parallel session ‘Examples of user centric models of successful in this area, as well as sensitivity to special ethical issues that will arise. innovation in R&D’ highlighting several projects’ experiences and learning. Speakers Chair: Mariano Navarro, TRAGSA Group This track will be dedicated to present and discuss the necessity of engaging Lisette van Gemert-Pijnen, Dr, University of Twente: Value-driven and Human-fo- end users – and other stakeholders – in developing AAL products & services, the cused eHealth a holistic approach for participatory development of eHealth problems and solutions in shaping this process and the ethical issues related to Ignacio del Arco Herrera, Dr., i2BC (Institute of Innovation for Human Wellbeing): AAL. People Led Innovation tools for AAL development and deployment: Social Spaces for 16.30-18.00 B1: Ethical dimensions in AAL Research and Innovation Session Rationale In AAL, innovative technologies combined with (new) services are introduced in Marianne Guldbrandsen, Dr., Design council: User-led innovation – a community the lives of older people, their families and their social/care networks. In this con- based perspective text, many questions present themselves concerning ethical and legal issues, for 13.30-15.00 B3: Methodologies approaches to mainstreaming AAL solutions instance privacy and data processing, responsibility and accountability, autonomy Session Rationale If smart AAL solutions want to conquer the world of seniors, they better be good! Es- and dignity of older people. Special attention is needed when people with cognitive sentially they must be appropriate, meaningful, worthwhile, desirable, user friendly, impairments are involved. meet real needs and wishes as well as provide efficient service support. Engage- Ethical questions can be structured along different levels and dimensions. Some ment of end users in the whole process is crucial. Not because it is ‘fashionable’ are referring to the end users, others to the product- and service providers or the but because it is necessary; necessary for people, necessary for business. society in general. You can distinguish between ethics related to the involvement In this session we will see and discuss how end user engagement adds value to the of older people in experiments, the impact of the smart technology solutions design of technologically enabling solutions. Good practices from healthcare, design themselves, and their (inter)national implementation and deployment. and industry will be highlighted. Different levels and dimensions require different questions, concepts, methods and The session will be followed by the session ‘Methodological perspectives in answers. Theoretical studies and practical experiences will shed more light on the engaging end users/stakeholders’ where projects will be showcasing their ethical issues in AAL. experiences and learning in this area. Speakers Chair: Jan Gerrit Schuurman, Prof., Inspire2Live Lutz Kubitschke, empirica Gesellschaft für Kommunikations- und Technologieforschung mbH: Ethics in the field of ICT for independent living and home care Emilio Mordini, Dr., Centre for Science, Society and Citizenship: Sixty is the new Forty: ethics, ageism, and the eternal youth Claire Huijnen, MSc, MTD, Smart Homes: Ethics related to aging in place with AAL; experiences and a model 22 AAL FORUM 2010 AAL FORUM 2010 23
Speakers Chair: Elizabeth Mestheneos, President, AGE Platform Europe Speakers Chair: Bruno Fragoso, UMIC, PT Mathias Knigge, grauwert – agency for demographical proven products and Fiorella Marcellini, Dr., INRCA: The path to the technology acceptance in the older services: Include Need and Desire – High Acceptance by User-Integration people Oeystein Johnsen, Chief Creative Officer, CCO, Abilia: User interaction in the Jochen Meyer, OFFIS Institute for Informatics: Exploring the model of innovation development process through user engagement Dafydd Pugh, Kent County Council Claudia Oppenauer-Meerskraut, Center for Usability Research and Engineering: 13.30-15.00 B6: Examples of user centric models. User involvement from the very beginning: Challenges and Benefits Session Rationale Following the session about user centric models of innovation, in this session Francisco Nunes & Paula Alexandra Silva, Senior Scientist, Fraunhofer Portugal: several experiences with user centric design will be shortly presented. Usability testing with older adults A carousel format will enable more in-depth discussions with the presenters of your Narciso González Vega, Dr, University of Jyväskylä, AGORA Center: Ethics in own choice. CONFIDENCE: Empowering the freedom of choice of participants Speakers Chair: Barbara van der Linden, ZonMw Trinidad Carrión, University of Málaga - Spain: Carers 2.0: Improving quality of live for family caregivers and older people through social technology Tarja Heinonen, Programme Manager & Hanna-Greta Puurtinen, Manager Sabine LeGrand, LivingLab Limousin: Safety and security / privacy of International Projects, Tampere University of Applied Sciences: End-user involvement in developing innovative, preventive senior services Javier Garcia Guzman, Dr., Carlos III University of Madrid: Social Spaces for Time Friday 17 September Research and Innovation as organizations for innovation based on user engagement 9.00-10.30 B4: Supporting and sustaining end user engagement Peter H.M.P. Roelofsma, Dr., Dept. of Social Gerontology & Center for Advanced Session Rationale Funders of AAL research and development are increasingly demanding to Media Research VU Amsterdam: User centred design of AAL systems for the Elderly: understand how end users benefit from the proposed solution. How are they How to optimize user involvement effectively involved in the development process? Brian Caulfield, Dr. &Flip van den Berg, TRIL Centre: Co-creating an Alertness How will the interaction between researchers and users be sustained during the Training Programme: The Power of Participatory Design project? What is the motivation for the end user to stay engaged? Fabio Pianesi, Dr., FBK-irst: Familiarity-based design in communities Projects are supposed to be equipped to undertake this task, but in reality it is not Enrique de Miguel Ilarri, CEO, 2Mares: RuraisLAB: a User Centred Research Space easy to translate this aspiration into practice. focused on rural Women enviroments This session aims to explore sustainable methods to support projects and end users 15.30-17.00 B5: Imagery, user views & desires in the research and development of AAL technologies Session Rationale “I am not an ‘older person’, I am only a person getting older”. Who do innovators have in mind, when challenged to design solutions for older Speakers Chair: Lucia Lukanova, PhDr., Accenture, Germany people? What are the views and desires of older people? And how to address these Elizabeth Mestheneos, President, AGE Platform Europe: Lessons for AAL research desires successfully? If people become less independent, on whom would they concerning user involvement prefer to rely on? What can we learn from the mainstream marketing/advertising Marjo Rauhala, Dr., Vienna University of Technology: Some experience-based industry to generate desirability of products and services? guidelines supporting the participation of end users in designing AAL solution In this session we will hear about the influence of experiencing ‘old age’ on design, Jose Vargas Casas, Fundacion Andaluza de Servicios Sociales: New Technologies autonomy and dependence on informal care and the senior market. within the Telecare service. A User involvement Approach Speakers Chair: Jackie Marshall-Cyrus, Technology Strategy Board Lilian Linders, Dr., Fontys University of Applied Sciences: What induces people to give informal care? Patricia Moore, President, MooreDesign Associates: AGEING BY DESIGN: Inclusive Solutions for the Life Span Cristelle Ghekiere, Seniosphere: From 55 to 105, a big carry-all bag: Analysis of the different senior markets 15.30-17.00 B7: Methodological perspectives in engaging end users/stakeholders Session Rationale Following the session about ‘methodological approaches to mainstreaming AAL solutions’, in this session different perspectives of engaging users/stakeholders will be presented.
A caroussel format will enable you to discuss your questions with the presenters of your own choice. 24 AAL FORUM 2010 AAL FORUM 2010 25
TRACK C Time Thursday 16 September 9.00-10.30 C2: How to improve AAL proposals: Business plans, end-user involvement and ethical Theme: AAL Joint Programme Topics and Basics issues Session Rationale Structure of the practical sessions: The session will start with an overview presen- tation on business plans, end-user involvement and ethical issues, as well as the re- Time Wednesday 15 September spective results of the evaluation process in calls 1 and 2. The outcomes of relevant Track Chairs: Gerda Geyer, Dr., FFG Österreichische sessions held at the 1st AAL Forum in Vienna will also be considered (20min). Forschungsförderungsgesellschaft/ Hartmut Strese, Dr., VDI/VDE Innovation + Finally, there will be a presentation of 2 good practice examples of funded projects Technik GmbH (10-15 min). The remaining time will be dedicated to discussion with the audience. Track rationale Sessions on potential future call topics Speakers Chair: Maja Arnestad, AAL NCP Norway, Research Council of Norway Pekka Kahri, Tekes - Finnish Funding Agency for Technology and Innovation: One objective of this track is to offer the AAL Community and various groups of Business models and end-user involvement in AAL Joint Programme stakeholders at the AAL Forum an opportunity to take part in the preparation of Flemming Bo Hegerstrøm, Hospital IT AS future call topics. The most important core elements of the AAL Joint Programme, Verena Moser-Siegmeth, Forschungsinstitut Rotes Kreuz: End-user involvement in starting from specific user needs, will be discussed. The results of the sessions in the HERA project track C will serve as input to the further development of the AAL Joint Programme. 13.30-15.00 C3: How to improve AAL proposals: SME participation in the AAL JP Session Rationale The session will start with an analysis of SME participation in the first two calls by Practical sessions the AAL Central Management Unit. Two sessions in track C will be dedicated to obtaining very practical information, The following discussion will address questions such as: with the aim of enhancing the quality of proposals in the future. Experience from • How to increase SME participation in the AAL JP? the first two calls shows that several aspects of proposals need to be improved, • Why should an SME act as a coordinator? in particular the presentation of a business plan, end-user involvement as well as • How can the SMEs’ contributions to a project be effectively evaluated? ethical issues. • How and why do SMEs join AAL projects? 16.30-18.00 C1 : Open session • How do SMEs innovate? Session Rationale The idea is to organise a kind of speed dating event. • What kinds of call topics are favourable to SMEs (broad vs. narrow)? 5 possible future call themes are “dated” by the participants. For each theme a Speakers Chair: Uli Waibel, Innovendo - Innovation meets market moderator and a notetaker are responsible. They shortly present the theme and Round Table subsequently the participants may ask questions as well as discuss the topic. After Silas Olsson, Acting Head of Unit, Ambient Assisted Living Association 15 minutes the participants will move to the next theme. Harald Korb, Prof., Vitaphone GmbH: Moderators are NCPs or selected persons out of the call for contributions for the Michael Brandstötter, CogVis corresponding thematic session. Mario Hernandez, PLANET MEDIA: Speakers Chair: Hartmut Strese, Dr., VDI/VDE Innovation + Technik GmbH Christian Schoen, Dr., GTN Robbert Smit, CEO, Presence displays bv • Theme 1 Information/Learning/User Interfaces (Moderator: Gerda Geyer, Dr., FFG Österreichische Forschungsförderungsgesellschaft, Notetaker: Maud Pasquier, 13.30-15.00 C6: Home Care (informal and professional care) Ambient Assisted Living Association) Session Rationale Today, family care is the predominant model of support for older people. However, • Theme 2 Supply with goods and chores - home centred every day services professional care services are in many cases indispensible. Demographic changes (Moderator: Pekka Kahri, Tekes - Finnish Funding Agency for Technology and individualized family structures will require new concepts of care. Thus demo- graphic change will provide opportunities for new technological solutions for: and Innovation, Notetaker: Pekka Kahri, Tekes - Finnish Funding Agency for Technology and Innovation) - Moving inside the apartment, especially getting up from the bed, or a chair, • Theme 3 Safety and security/privacy (Moderator: Péter Hanák, Dr., Budapest - Personal hygiene University of Technology and Economics) - Daily meals / sufficient nutrition • Theme 4 Home Care (informal and professional care) (Notetaker: Christian - Access to toilet / incontinence - Getting dressed, especially putting on socks and shoes Wehrmann, VDI/VDE-IT) • Theme 5 Mobility (moderator Axel Sigmund, VDI/VDE-IT) The session will start with 3 brief invited presentations (15 min each), covering expertise from end-users, business and research. Speakers are challenged to consider the issue from • end-users, • business and • technology/research perspectives. (Continued) 26 AAL FORUM 2010 AAL FORUM 2010 27
Session Rationale Note: Speakers must not present their work and their institutions, but give input Speakers Chair: Gerda Geyer, Dr., FFG Österreichische Forschungsförderungsgesellschaft to the session to facilitate the following discussion. A rapporteur summarises the Maud Pasquier, Ambient Assisted Living Association (Notetaker) outcomes of the open session regarding the topic to be discussed. Fabio Pianesi, Dr., FBK-irst: MOBITABLE: Design and evaluation of a familiar The remaining 30 minutes are reserved for discussion with audience and speakers. interface for e-inclusion For each session a notetaker will document the discussion as a basis for later Johan E. Bengtsson, Ehealth Innovation Centre at Luleå University of Technology: publication of the results. The results of the session are supposed to be an essential People with Dementia as Lead Users for Easy Interaction input for the development of the programme. Franz Stieger, simon listens non profit research organization: simon – natural The session will be supported with a voting system that allows for specific questions language interface between end-users IKT- use cases, assistant robots and control to the whole audience. A bulletin board placed outside the session room will allow 15.30-17.00 C7: Supply with goods and chores (home centered every day services) the audience to “post” their statements, hints and questions regarding a specific Session Rationale Instrumental Activities of Daily Living (IADL) are, for example, meal preparation, topic already before the session starts. Those inputs can be integrated in the dis- shopping, house cleaning, financial activities and medication. Over the last 100 cussion. years, technical aids for homework have seen significant progress: electrical Speakers Chair: devices like dish washers, washing machines, fridges, dryers, irons, etc. have Francois Pastol, ALYACOM: Smartphones benefits for psychics diseases become available. For other strenuous chores like window cleaning or hanging up Riitta Vesterinen, City of Helsinki, Kustaankartano centre for elderly: curtains there are so far no technological solutions on the market. It is important to Telerehabilitation for elderly clients discharged from a rehabilitation unit mention that impaired people have stronger needs for better household equipment. Manfred Wojciechowski, Dipl.-Inf., Fraunhofer Institute for Software and Systems They often need more devices, which are easier to handle, with good support and Engineering: AAL Support for Home Care Networks light. Problems include, for example, lifting and carrying loads (starting from 5 15.30-17.00 C4: Information, Learning, Interfaces kg). The daily supply with goods is also important for older people which can be a Session Rationale Life-long learning is a requirement in a rapidly changing environment, not only business opportunity for different service providers. to keep up with technological developments. Therefore, older adults should be supported in keeping up to date with developments in order to remain included in The session will start with 3 brief invited presentations (15min each), covering society. Interfaces play a major role in accessing new solutions. expertise from end-users, business and research. Important aspects are: Speakers are challenged to consider the issue from • Mobilizing, maintaining and sharing resources that older people master in terms • end-users, of competences, experiences and knowledge • business and • Contributions of older people to society – across generations as well as to their • technology/research perspectives. peers (teach, inform, help, support others). Note: Speakers must not present their work and their institutions, but give input • Enriching their own daily life. to the session to facilitate the following discussion. A rapporteur summarises the The session will start with 3 brief invited presentations (15 min each), covering outcomes of the open session regarding the topic to be discussed. expertise from end-users, businesses and research. The remaining 30 minutes are reserved for discussion with audience and speakers. Speakers are challenged to consider the issue from For each session a notetaker will document the discussion as a basis for later • an end-users, publication of the results. The results of the session are supposed to be an essential • business and input for the development of the programme. • technology/research perspectives. The session will be supported with a voting system that allows puttingfor specific Note: Speakers must not present their work and their institutions, but give input to questions to the whole audience. A bulletin board placed outside the session room the session to facilitate the ensuing discussion. will allow the audience to “post” their statements, hints and questions regarding a A rapporteur summarises the outcomes of the open session regarding the topic to specific topic already before the session starts. Those inputs can be integrated in be discussed. the discussion. The remaining 30 minutes are reserved for discussion with audience and speakers. Speakers Chair: Pekka Kahri, Tekes - Finnish Funding Agency for Technology and Innovation For each session a notetaker will document the discussion as a basis for the later publication of the results. The results of the session are supposed to be an essential Ingmar Goetzloff, BEKO Engineering & Informatik AG: Understanding elderly input for the further development of the Joint Programme. people’s expectations towards, motives for and barriers to usage of AAL-solutions Frank Wallhoff, Prof., Jade University: The Adaptive Ambient Living Assistant - The session will be supported by a voting system that allows for specific questions Bringing the end-users into the loop to the whole audience. A bulletin board placed outside the session room will allow Marleen van Leengoed, van Berlo Design Strategy the audience to “post” their statements, hints and questions regarding a specific topic already before the session starts. Those inputs can be integrated in the Notetakers: nominated persons from the national programmes discussion. 28 AAL FORUM 2010 AAL FORUM 2010 29
Time Friday 17 September 9.00-10.30 C5: Mobility Session Rationale To increase autonomy of older individuals, AAL solutions need to be reliable 09.00-10.30 C8: Safety and security / privacy (including technological and emotional aspects). Safety and security are therefore Session Rationale To increase autonomy of older individuals, AAL solutions need to be reliable important issues in all AAL applications. (including technological and emotional aspects). Safety and security are therefore important issues in all AAL applications. Studies showed that people are especially concerned about: Studies showed that people are especially concerned about: - Burglary - Burglary - Leaving the house at night - Leaving the house at night - Slipping in the bathroom - Slipping in the bathroom - Falling in the apartment - Falling in the apartment - Forgetting to lock up the door - Forgetting to lock up the door - Forgetting to switch off the cooker - Forgetting to switch off the cooker - Being alone at home - Being alone at home - Forgetting to close the windows - Forgetting to close the windows - Water leakage etc. - Water leakage etc. However, in the long run solutions will only be accepted if privacy issues are However, in the long run solutions will only be accepted if privacy issues are respected and end-users remain self-determining. respected and end-users remain self-determining.
The session will start with 3 brief invited presentations (15 min each), covering The session will start with 3 brief invited presentations (15 min each), covering expertise from end-users, business and research. expertise from end-users, business and research. Speakers are challenged to consider the issue from • end-users, Speakers are challenged to consider the issue from • business and • end-users, • technology/research perspectives. • business and • technology/research perspectives. Note: Speakers must not present their work and their institutions, but give input to the session to facilitate the ensuing discussion. A rapporteur summarises the Note: Speakers must not present their work and their institutions, but give input outcomes of the open session regarding the topic to be discussed. to the session to facilitate the following discussion. A rapporteur summarises the The remaining 30 minutes are reserved for discussion with audience and speakers. outcomes of the open session regarding the topic to be discussed. For each session a notetaker will document the discussion as a basis for the later publication of the results. The results of the session are supposed to be an essential The remaining 30 minutes are reserved for discussion with audience and speakers. input for the development of the programme. For each session a notetaker will document the discussion as a basis for later publication of the results. The results of the session are supposed to be an essential The session will be supported with a voting system that allows putting for specific input for the development of the programme. questions to the whole audience. A bulletin board placed outside the session room will allow the audience to “post” their statements, hints and questions regarding a The session will be supported with a voting system that allows for specific questions specific topic already before the session starts. Those inputs can be integrated in to the whole audience. A bulletin boardplaced outside the session room will allow the discussion. the audience to “post” their statements, hints and questions regarding a specific Speakers Chair: Péter Hanák, Dr., Budapest University of Technology and Economics topic already before the session starts. Those inputs can be integrated in the Ingmar Goetzloff, BEKO Engineering & Informatik AG: Insights from developing discussion. VitaSmart - a system for vital monitoring integrated with the HOMEBUTLER Speakers Chair: Hartmut Strese, Dr., VDI/VDE Innovation + Technik GmbH Jose Manrique López de la Fuente, Andago: Open Health Assistant: Services Paula Könninen, Costa del Sol Living Lab and Social Service for Research and Integration Framework for clinical practice and prevention Innovation Notetakers: nominated persons from the national programmes 30 AAL FORUM 2010 AAL FORUM 2010 31
TRACK D Speakers Jesus Maria Fernandez Diaz, Regional Deputy Minister of Health of the Basque Country: The Basque Country Multichannel Healthcare Center: Vision and Theme: AAL in National & Regional politics Implementation Strategies Anett Molnár, GMM EUROPE/Hungarian Mobility and Multimedia Cluster: Hungarian Initiatives Promoting AAL Innovation Time Wednesday 15 September Mariëlle Swinkels, Expert eHealth/ Expert Smart Care Project Provincie Noord- Track Chairs: Gerhard Finking, Dr., Regionaal e.V./ Reinhard Goebl, AAL Forum Brabant, ZorgtechnoService: Paradigm shift in Care 2010 Programme Committee Co-Chair, Ambient Assisted Living Association, Central Filipe Sousa & Dirk Elias, Fraunhofer Portugal AICOS: AAL4ALL Project Management Unit 13.30-15.00 D3: The AAL group of regions initiative Track rationale The complexity of challenges of demographic change ranging from public mobility Session Rationale The Community of Regions for Assisted Living is the result of several workshops and to new social services can only be addressed by respective comprehensive shall allow regional and local stakeholders to: policies on national and regional level. Before and especially since the start of the AAL Joint Programme more and more member states have developed or are • Exchange views, experiences and best practices on policy, service redesign, fi- developing national programmes. The session provides the possibility to exchange nance and market stimulation through a dedicated web platform and the conven- information about national AAL related programmes and discuss with the national ing of a series of topic-focussed virtual and face-to-face discussions and confer- representatives. ences Regions in Europe are even more directly than central governments affected • Refine concepts of end-user involvement in programme development to avoid by demographic change. Some regions with fast growing senior population technology push but instead use service and policy redesign to stimulate the and decreasing population in general have to develop new policy approaches market in the right way and intensify the deployment of AAL solutions. Exchange of information, a joint • Provide the AAL Joint Programme with a rich source of real-life case studies and assessment of solutionsand formulation of best practice approaches for AAL areas for pilot projects to enhance future call preparation and encourage the deployment are main topics for regions. A new initiative of regions develops a new emergence of new consortia basis for a closer cooperation. Members of the initiative group of regions will give short presentations about the ob- 16.30-18.00 D1: Comprehensive policies in AAL jectives, organisation, first activities and working groups. The initiative group invites Session Rationale Member states with some years of experience in AAL related programmes and all interested regions, cities and experts too join the network. Further information is member states with relatively new programmes meet in a round table discussion provided at the networks platform (regionaal-europa.eu) with an introductory presentation of each programme of around 5 minutes. The Speakers Peter Raeymaekers, Advisor Flanders’ Care, audience could and should be included into the discussion. Programmes and Edwin Mermans, Province Noord-Brabant, member states are United Kingdom, France, Netherlands, Germany, Austria, Dafydd Pugh, Kent County Council: Portugal.. The AAL group of regions initiative Speakers Nanna Skovgaard, Head of Division, The Danish Agency for Governmental Heiner Dippel, Hesse-North Retail and Trade Association: Management: Investments in Public Welfare Technology in Denmark in a National The online platform for the AAL Community of Regions Framework. Key Learnings and New Opportunities 15.30-17.00 D4: AAL for regions workshop Sigrid Dahlerup, Senior Adviser & Frederikke Saabye, Head of section, Danish En- Session Rationale The session addresses more specific problems, objectives and innovative terprise and Construction Authority, Danish Ministry of Economic and Business Af- solutions of regions. farirs: The Business Innovation Fund SENIORLAB-Project: Ageing Research and Development in Rural Areas Barbara Van der Linden, Dr., ZonMW: Cost-saving in the Netherlands: the KiKK Deployment of AAL solutions in rural regions initiative An integrative approach for ageing Alain Franco, Prof., CNR SDA: Complexity of challenges should lead to a new health Speakers Maria João Machado, CETIEX-Industrial Technological Center of Extremadura: paradigm SENIORLAB Project-Ageing Research and Development in Rural Areas Heiner Dippel, Hesse-North Retail and Trade Association: Deployment of AAL - Time Thursday 16 September Solutions in rural regions 9.00-10.30 D2: Regional AAL policies Paolo Ciampolini, Prof., Centro TAU - Università degli Studi di Parma: An Session Rationale The session comprise comprehensive policy approaches and also specific new and integrated approach for ageing at home: deploying AAL services in rural areas innovative policies especially on regional level. (1) Implementation of a Multichannel Service Centre in the Basque Country: Part of the Solution for Chronic Patients (2) Hungarian Initiatives Promoting AAL Innovation (3) Paradigm shift in care (4) AAL for all 32 AAL FORUM 2010 AAL FORUM 2010 33
TRACK E Time Thursday 16 September 9.00-10.30 E2: National Innovation Models & Clusters Theme: AAL – The Viking Way Session Rationale Among other initiatives in the field of AAL, the Danish government has invested around 6 million Euros in two major public-private partnerships focussing on promoting the independent living of elderly people and chronic patients (“LEV VEL” Time Wednesday 15 September and “UNIK”, respectively). At the same time, Southern Denmark has launched Track Chairs: Henning Seiding, CEO, Welfare Tech Region /Mikael G. Tind, Strategic itself as a Welfare Tech Region with a strong commitment to public-private Manager, Welfare Tech Region/ David Grønbæk, Head of Section, Danish Agency innovation and industrial development in the field of AAL. This session will present for Science, Technology and Innovation/Jeppe Kristensen, Regional Development, the Danish policy setting and two particular partnership-based cluster initiatives, Region of Southern Denmark as well as an important related Baltic initiative. It will discuss the merits of the underlying approaches to innovation, seen in a multi-level regional, national and Track rationale The aims of the sessions are to present and discuss: international context and from both public and commercial perspectives. - The special features of the Scandinavian welfare model, the role of the public Speakers Chair: Søren Jensen, Head of Secretariat, Danish Agency for Science, Technology sector in providing care services, the potential and barriers of public private co- and Innovation operation and innovation in the field of AAL. Morten Solgaard Thomsen, Senior Advisor, Danish Agency for Science, Technology - Relevant national, interregional and regional strategies and programmes for AAL in and Innovation (DASTI): The role of networks and partnerships in the Danish the Scandinavian and Northern European context. Innovation Policy - Projects, business cases, new methodologies and relevant areas of competence Dorthe Kjaer Pedersen, Project Manager, University of Southern Denmark, for strengthening the development and use of AAL technologies. RoboCluster and Dorthe Junge, Program manager, Vaeksthus Hovedstadsregionen: - Users and employees in AAL who will have the opportunity to express their needs National Innovation Partnerships and expectations. Leena Silvennoinen, Programme director, Health and wellbeing, Culminatum The session will contain traditional presentations combined with workshop Innovation: National and transnational innovation models and solutions for the ageing discussions and practical presentations and on location testing. Experiments should Peter Broendum Jensen, LINAK A/S: LINAK Case (Welfare Tech Region in practise) be considered concerning the form. Thomas Børner, Chairman, PWT foundation (ABT Fonden), The Danish Ministry of 16.30-18.00 E1: Scandinavian Design and product development & AAL Finance: Focused national investments as a driver for innovation in the field of AAL Session Rationale Scandinavian design is well known throughout the world. But how exactly are 13.30-15.00 E3: Scandianvian AAL projects and business cases Scandinavians working with regard to design processes, fast product development, Session Rationale The four Northern European AAL projects of this session have a special focus on involvement of end users and customers?. End users in Scandinavia have invested preventing social isolation as well as supporting elderly people in living in their own in design furniture - will they accept an ugly home monitoring device in their living homes for as long as possible. The projects are finding new ways towards holistic service concepts for better living environments, including social interaction. While room? Agile development and involving end users in design processes and product adopting different means for obtaining their aims – including the use of web-based testing - leading experts from the business and design worlds of Sweden and services, systematized social networks, technical aid systems, monitoring etc. – Denmark will present their methods, examples and demos. they share a dual potential for improving life quality and creating new markets. The Speakers Chair: Nicolai Mendgaard-Larsen, Welfare Innovation, Region of Southern Denmark experience and results of the four projects will be presented and discussed. Anna Romboli, Director of Communications & Madlene Lahtivuori, Speakers Chair: David Grønbæk, Head of Section, Danish Agency for Science, Technology and Innovation Interactiondesigner MA, Ergonomidesign: Innovation for People Nick Zacharov, DELTA SenseLab & Morten Wagner, DELTA idemoLAB: Electronic Thomas Hammer-Jakobsen, CEO and partner, Copenhagen Living lab: Sketching Andreas Schrader, Prof. Dr., Institute of Telematics at the University of Lübeck: Elsebeth Gerner Nielsen, Rector & Mette Strømgaard Dalby, Head of Development, SmartAssist - Smart Assistance with Ambient Computing Jari Närhi, Active Life Village Oy: Active Life Home Kolding School of Design: Design for the other 90% Mikael Soini, Dr., Wiktio ltd.: Safe and communal living environment 15.30-17.00 E4: Public Sector as an End User I: Session Rationale The demographic challenges faced by modern societies creates an urgent need for innovation in the field of AAL. This session presents different aspects of innovation, highlighting the importance of the public sector as an end user and the value of a user-driven approach. The role of public procurement in stimulating innovation is discussed both from academic and practical perspectives. One of the more recently developed methods is presented: that of pre-commercial procurement where the final product or service is delivered only after certain research and development activities have been carried out. Second, the role of user-driven innovation in the field of AAL is discussed, both from methodological and practical perspectives. Methods and cases from the area of elder care and health will be presented 34 AAL FORUM 2010 AAL FORUM 2010 35
Speakers Chair: Jeppe Kristensen, Regional Development, Region of Southern Denmark TRACK F Max Rolfstam, University of Southern Denmark: Innovation for aging: The role of Theme: Technology, Platform Standards, Interoperability pre-commercial procurement Soeren Jakobsen, CEO, Statens og Kommunernes Indkøbs Service A/S: Public procurement as user driven innovation Time Britt Östlund, Prof., Lund University: How to work with old people as lead users for Wednesday 15 September innovations Track Chairs: Saied Tazari, Fraunhofer IGD/Ad van Berlo, Smart Homes, The Jeppe Spure Nielsen, Research & Innovation specialist, Alexandra Institute Ltd: Netherlands/ Peter Wintlev-Jensen, Head of Sector, European Commission HandiVision: User innovation with disabled people Track rationale To investigate the role of standards and platforms in coping with the challenge of Uffe Thorup Thomsen, Innovation Manager, Invia - Wellfare Innovation, Region of interoperability in AAL as well as the obstacles to their wider adoption by technology Southern Denmark: Invia.nu - The Innovation Village providers 16.30-18.00 F1: Technical standards for AAL: Achivements and obstacles Time Friday the 17th of September Session Rationale In the spirit of the main question in Track F, the presentations in this session 09.00-10.30 E5: Public Sector as an End User II: introduce different standardization efforts related to AAL. They will provide an Session Rationale The second session on the topic of the public sector as an end user presents overview of the specific fields of activity and the important achievements to date concrete projects and technologies. First, the need for a new patient-centred while addressing any obstacles encountered on the way of wider adoption in RTD. and coordination-based healthcare model is discussed on the basis of the VVP Concluding discussions planned in Session F5. project. Second, different approaches towards home monitoring are presented and Speakers Chair: Michael Strübin, Continua Health Alliance compared, followed by a presentation of four business cases targetted at patients Wolfgang Gessner, AALIANCE, VDI/VDE-IT: The AAL Standardization Scene with chronic diseases. Thomas Norgall, Vice Fraunhofer AAL Alliance: Interoperabiltiy Standards for AAL Speakers Chair: Lars Hulbæk, Deputy Manager, MedCom and Personal Health Applications – the Role of CEN TC251 / WGIV Sune Andreasson, Vinnova: Innovations for sustainable health and social care - Rick Cnossen, President and Chairman of the Board of Directors, Continua Health value-creating health and Alliance Birthe Dinesen, Ass. Professor, PhD, Aalborg University and Casper Marcussen, Robert A. Stegwee, Prof.dr., HL7 International: Standards that make interoperability Consultant, MedCom: Two Approaches to Home Monitoring a reality in healthcare Claus Duedal Pedersen, Odense University Hospital / Jens Branebjerg, VP ePatch Stefan Ohlsson, IBM Nordic: Open Health Tools business, DELTA: From Patient to Citizen Peter B. Lau, Consultant Rambøll Management. Consulting: The businesscase for Time Thursday 16 September homemonitoring. 9.00-10.30 F2: Major AAL platform projects: achievements and obstacles Session Rationale The presentations deal with the question of how the AAL Joint Programme can use and transfer experience from the major FP platform projects. Hence, the presentations not only give an overview of the exploitable results from those projects but also discuss how the effective transfer of results could work and which barriers the projects see in this Each of the invited EU-IST-FP projects (HYDRA, I2Home, MPOWER, NetCarity, OASIS, PERSONA, SOPRANO) will have a presentation. Concluding discussion planned in session F5. Speakers Chair: Sergio Guillen, Dr., ITACA,@ Universidad Politécnica de Valencia Reiner Wichert, Dr. Ing., Fraunhofer AAL Alliance: Why has the AAL community not yet arrived to viable business models Atta Badii, Prof., University of Reading & Mario Hoffmann, Head of Department, Fraunhofer Institute (SIT, Munich & Darmstadt): Hydra Middleware Platform for Secure Semantic Interoperability of Sensor Networks to support AAL, Smart Energy, Security and Mobility Management Jan Alexandersson, DFKI GmbH: i2home Petr Kremen, Czech Technical University in Prague: NetCarity 36 AAL FORUM 2010 AAL FORUM 2010 37
13.30-15.00 F3: Major AAL platform projects: achievements and obstacles TRACK G Session Rationale Continuation of session F2 Speakers Chair: Sergio Guillen, Dr., ITACA,@ Universidad Politécnica de Valencia Theme: AAL in research Sten Hanke, AIT - Austrian Institute of Technology: MPOWER - challenges and op- portunities Time Wednesday 15 September Pilar Sala Soriano, ITACA: Open Architecture for Accessible Services Integration and Standardisation: The OASIS project approach Track Chair: Ilse Kryspin-Exner, Univ.Prof.Dr., Department of Clinical, Biological and Juan-Pablo Lazaro-Ramos, TSB: PERSONA: ambient intelligence distributed platform Differential Psychology, Faculty of Psychology, University of Vienna / Pietro Siciliano, for the delivery of AAL Services Dr., Institute for Microelectronics and Microsystems IMM-CNR / Mari Satur Torre, Elena Avatangelou, EXODUS S.A.: SOPRANO Innovation Manager, Fundación Vodafone Espanã 15.30-17.00 F4: UniversAAL – Consolidation, Open Source, & Community Building Track rationale Session Rationale As shown in the sessions F2 and F3, the production of software infrastructures 16.30-18.00 G1: Living labs, pilots and real scenarios supporting AAL has been the core topic of a number of EU projects. The legacy of Session Rationale People demand services rather than products or technology. Technology is not the these projects should not be allowed to die after the end of the projects; rather, their objective but just a tool to address people’s needs. Research must focus on service further maturation should be promoted and supported. With the goal to achieve delivery. What is the best approach to identify user needs, in particular those of this, universAAL, an FP7 project started in February 2010, is applying different pro- older people? Who should lead the innovation process and how can a successful cesses and tools: A consolidation process of existing architectural designs in order delivery be achieved? This session will present the lessons learnt from different to converge to a common reference architecture; an open source reference imple- approaches (living Lab, pilots and real scenarios) mentation of a consolidated platform based on such reference architecture; and a Speakers Chair: Mari Satur Torre, Innovation Manager, Fundación Vodafone España consensus building process to be carried forward by a large community composed of representatives of AAL stakeholders. In this session, these tools and processes Alexander Klapproth, Prof., iHomeLab - Lucerne University of Applied Sciences: will be introduced briefly. Concluding discussions planned in Session F5.. iHomeLab – Interdisciplinary applied research – Or how to get to successful AAL solutions that people accept Speakers Chair: Reiner Wichert, Dr. Ing., Fraunhofer AAL Alliance Jaromir Dolezal, Mr, Czech Technical University in Prague: Mobile Technologies as Joe Gorman, SINTEF ICT: universAAL – The project Integral Part of Decision Support System in Home Care Saied Tazari, Fraunhofer IGD: Consolidation: The technical approach in universAAL Tom Zentek, FZI Forschungszentrum Informatik: AAL Services for COPD patients Francesco Furfari, Dr., ISTI- CNR: The AAL Open Association María del Puerto Asensio, Fundación Vodafone España: PaSOS, Steps towards a Stefano Chessa Dr., ISTI-CNR: The EvAAL project - Evaluating AAL Systems Through Standard Protocol for Mobile Teleassistance Competitive Benchmarking Jaisiel Madrid Sanchez, Technosite: User-driven innovation for inclusive technology: Technosite’s experience Time Friday 17 September Time 09.00-10.30 F5: Concluding Discussions Thursday 16 September Session Rationale The idea is to use this session to further discuss the issues addressed in the 9.00-10.30 G2: Innovative Research I previous four sessions (the chairs of this session, as the moderators of the Session Rationale Session introduced by session chair (approx. 5 min.) discussions, are responsible to gather them all): Discuss to which extent the presentations (15 minutes) universAAL approach could be promising for coping with the challenges addressed discussions (5 minutes) in F1 to F3; which advices can be given to universAAL on its way towards its goals; Speakers Chair: Pietro Siciliano, Dr., Institute for Microelectronics and Microsystems IMM- which complementary arrangements could be added to the agenda of EU-IST-FP CNR and AAL-JP? Speakers Chairs: Ad van Berlo, Smart Homes, The Netherlands & Joe Gorman, SINTEF ICT Ann O’Hanlon & Brian O’Mullane, CASALA / Netwell: Older Adults Use and Attitude towards Technology Panelists Bernhard Woeckl, CURE - Center for Usability Research and Engineering: Beyond Niels Boye, AAL Joint Programme CMU Usability: User goals, values and experiences as driving forces of AAL innovation Sergio Guillen, Dr., ITACA,@ Universidad Politécnica de Valencia Thomas Lindh, Dr. and MSc Ibrahim Orhan (PhD student), School of Technology Gaby Lenhart, Senior Research Officer, ESTI and Health, KTH: Wireless sensor networks - a case study for ambient assisted Reiner Wichert, Dr. Ing., Fraunhofer AAL Alliance living Mario Romao, Continua Health Alliance Alessandro Leone, Dr., Institute for Microelectronics and Mycrosistems - Italian Peter Wintlev-Jensen, Head of Sector, European Commission National Research Council: A multi-sensor platform with data fusion capabilities for the detection of dangerous events of elder 38 AAL FORUM 2010 AAL FORUM 2010 39
13.30-15.00 G3: Innovative Research II TRACK R Session Rationale Session introduced by session chair (approx. 5 min.) presentations (15 minutes) Theme: Robotics Enabled Assistive Living discussions (5 minutes) Speakers Chair: Ilse Kryspin-Exner, Univ.Prof.Dr., Department of Clinical, Biological and Differential Psychology, Faculty of Psychology, University of Vienna Time Wednesday 15 September Birgit U. Stetina, Dr., Oswald D. Kothgassner & Ilse Kryspin-Exner, Faculty of Track Chair: Filippo Cavallo, Dr., Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna Psychology, University of Vienna: Vital vs. Virtual – VR and Real-Life Interaction. Track rationale The focus of the track is on robotics and assistant living from every perspective. The Exploring New Ways in Emotion Research and Clinical Intervention assistive technologies are part of active ageing and independent living; there is a Olga Stepankova: New concept of supporting elderly: entertainment and ambient need and demand for new, smart solutions. A. Navarro: Enhancing AmI flexibility in BrainAble In this track you will hear the expert speakers and have the possibility to join the 15.30-17.00 G4: YR-RISE Postersession discussions on AAL subjects and technologies. The speakers are carefully chosen Session Rationale Session introduced by session chair in order to introduce you to the possibilities and needs related to the change Guided Tour and discussion with the young researches and PhDs participating in society and the growing elderly population. Views on how to prioritize now Speakers Chair: Ilse Kryspin-Exner, Univ.Prof.Dr., Institut für Klinische, Biologische und and in the future will be presented, as well as views on subjects such as ethical Differentielle Psychologie, Fakultät für Psychologie der Universität Wien perspectives when caring for elderly with dementia or other special needs of care. Be introduced to assistive technologies and thoughts on training and rehabilitation, T.B.A. economy, investment, market and consumer needs. Submission Call Ended The elderly population is growing, thus new solutions and technologies are in high Participants confirmed soon demand. The key question often is; ‘What can we afford?’ but should it rather be; ‘Can we Time Friday 17 September afford not to?’… 09.00-10.30 G5 16.15-17.45 R1: World Map of Robotics Enabled (and Ambient) Assisted Living Session Rationale Presentation of the Three Winners of the YR-RISE Award Session Rationale With a focus on market analysis and investment in an Ambient Assisted Living Speakers Chair: Ilse Kryspin-Exner, Univ.Prof.Dr., Department of Clinical, Biological and perspective, this session will give a broad introduction to the topic by presenting Differential Psychology, Faculty of Psychology, University of Vienna a road map, the economic aspects, statistics and prognoses as well as consumer trends arising from the needs of an ageing population. Speakers Chair: Filippo Cavallo, Dr., Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna Henrik Christensen, Prof., Georgia Institute of Technology: A roadmap for robotics in the US Mariko Fujiwara, Research Director, Hakuhodo Institute of Life and Living, Hakuhodo Inc.: Robotics in daily living among the ageing population in Japan Martin Haegele, Fraunhofer IPA: A Short Overview Robotics Enabled and Ambient Assisted Living
Time Thursday 16 September 9.00-10.30 R2: Local Danish AAL players (guided bus tour) Session Rationale The conference room is a bus which will take you on a guided tour to the local Danish key players on Robotics, Health Care and Welfare in Southern Denmark, situated in the Research Park of Odense. You will see where the work is done, get a presentation of projects and have the opportunity to touch and try the technologies. On this tour you will meet University of Southern Denmark (research), Danish Technological Institute (innovation process) and Region of Southern Denmark (living lab, user engagement and test) 40 AAL FORUM 2010 AAL FORUM 2010 41
Speakers Chair: Claus Risager, Head of centre, Danish Technological Institute Speakers Chair: Peter Wintlev-Jensen, Head of Sector, European Commission Christian Klit Johansen, Project Manager & Jørgen Jakob Friis, Manager of Birgit Graf, Dr., Fraunhofer IPA: Applying Advanced Service Robots in Eldercare RoboDays, RoboCluster: Visit to RoboLab at the University of Southern Denmark Facilities: Requirements, Scenarios and Outcomes (research) Stephen Von Rump, Giraff Technologies AB: Beyond User Requirements: Claus Risager, Head of Center & Carina Lykke Johannessen, TCrosspoint Navigator Understanding the Care Organization Region Syddanmark: Guided bus tour to local key players Kasper Hallenborg, Maersk Institute, University of Southern Denmark: Challenges Ole Vestergaard Poulsen, Head of Center, Region Syddanmark: A User intergrated and experiences in developing a robotic solution to handle laundry in nursing homes innovation center for creating and renewing hospitals i Denmark Michael John & Joachim Senger, Fraunhofer Institute for Computer Architecture 13.30-15.00 R3: Social human-robot interaction and Ethics and Software technology (FIRST): Silvergame – A serious online gaming platform for Session Rationale Is an automatic bath cabin to be comparable to a carwash where the residents social inclusion of elderly people of, say, a nursing home, will get their daily bath in a mechanised manner without human contact and care? Or can a bath cabin be a dignified alternative to the Time Friday 17 September current solutions? Is the robotic seal Paro an affront to our care of people with dementia? Or is Paro an essential complement to the socio-educational and 09.00-10.30 R5: Assistive Technologies for Rehabilitation and Training therapeutic care for people with dementia? Session Rationale The use of assistive technologies for rehabilitation and training have over the past The ethical issues are important and several in relation to a wide range of welfare several years been one of major issues, especially in the elderly care sector. technologies that become increasingly widespread in the public welfare sector Many professionals in the elder care field have attempted to define the concept of in the coming years. Most recently, the Danish Council of Ethics published a rehabilitation and grappled with the challenge of formulating a practical strategy to report on social robots which concluded, among other things, that we should use the benefit of elderly people in the community. technologies in order to save human resources for services that require real human There are many ways to work with rehabilitation, which can be summarised as contact, namely caring through human company, conversation, tenderness and follows: you must again be the boss of your own life! You must train and rehearse to touching. But where will it all end? And how do we ensure that social robots are again be able to help yourself and live independently. used appropriately and not at the expense of human contact? The session will include some exciting presentations for discussion and inspiration. Speakers Chair: Joergen Loekkegaard, Project manager, Danish Technological Institute, Speakers Chair: Jerry Vinter, Project Manager HrD., Danish Technological Institut Center for Robot Technology Sergi Bermúdez i Badia, Dr., Universitat Pompeu Fabra: The Rehabilitation Gaming System: a Low Cost Solution for at Home Rehabilitation and Monitoring Takanori Shibata, Dr., AIST, Japan: Life Innovation with Thereutic Robot, Paro Franz Stieger, simon listens non profit research organization: simon - natural Lone Gaedt, Centre for Robot Technology: Stories about effect of Paro language interface between end-users and assistant robots Dick van der Pijl, MSc., Focal Meditech BV: Personal robotics for the handicapped - control just the same or radically different? Carmen Pastor, TECNALIA (Health & Quality of Life Unit): COMPANIONABLE – Dr. Joanna J. Bryson Integrated Cognitive Assistive & Domotic Companion Robotic Systems for Ability Tobias Bachhausen, Beziehungen pflegen UG (haftungsbeschränkt): From 0 to 9 - Lis Puggaard, Senior consultant, Ph.d., COWI: Aging, functional ability and physical Seal-Robot PARO in Germany activity Barbara Klein, Prof. Dr., University of Applied Sciences - Frankfurt: Emotional Robotics - Impact on Social Interaction in different application fields. First experiences of teaching research projects with Paro 15.30-17.00 R4: Tele-robotics, Logistic services, Social services Session Rationale The new technologies give people the possibility to extend the time they live in their own homes, due to a higher degree of autonomy. The assistive technologies give the end users an increased feeling of security and support the carers. This session gives a broad presentation of the newest technologies within the field of Ambient Assisted Living to be used in the health care system and in private homes. 42 AAL FORUM 2010 AAL FORUM 2010 43
Floorplan Exhibitors
Cabinet Space no. 310 Space no. 411 Space no 410
Hall B MedCom Frauenhofer Alliance AAL Fraunhofer Portugal AICOS
Restaurant www.medcom.dk www.fraunhofer.de/en/institutes-research- www.fraunhofer.pt establishments/groups-alliances/Ambient_As- João Coelho 26 MedCom is a joint public organisation and 1st. floor sisted_Living.jsp [email protected] level Danmark key contractor in Danish eHealth establishing public-private partnerships. New communi- The Fraunhofer Network “Ambient Assisted Living” Galleri Sjælland Jylland Fyn Fraunhofer Portugal AICOS develops its Lunch Hall Lobby cation solutions are developed, implemented, was set up by a group of six Fraunhofer Institutes to activity in the areas of AAL and ICT4D, and deployed throughout the healthcare market complete solutions in this area. The solutions 10 working with companies interested in sector under the auspices of MedCom. offered include a variety of functions to improve the 1st. floor user’s comfort at home and work, or to facilitate outsourcing/co-developing their applied level 9 social care at home and in nursing homes, and the research projects, offering them specialized 8 provision of mobile services. competences centered on the improvement 21 1st. floor Another focus is that of rehabilitation, preventive level of the end-user experience and usability of 7 healthcare, and solutions to preserve the independ- Café 22 24 applications. 1st. floor 1st. floor level level ence of persons requiring medical care, daily as- ENTRANCE RECEPTION 23 Vandrehal 1 2 3 4 5 6 sistance, or help to overcome physical disabilities. 1st. floor Bar level Blomster Space no. 110 & 111
H D Delta www.delta.dk Lobby Grete Buhl AAL [email protected] Adm. HOTEL Space no 313 Space no. 424 Expo & DELTA optimises the application of technol- Enterprise Europe Network Alp’s BioCluster Adm. Project ogy for success in a complex world. www.enterprise-europe-network.ec. www.alpsbiocluster.eu Village We specialise in technology development, europa.eu testing, certification, consultancy and man- Alps Bio Cluster is a European project Technical The Enterprise Europe Network is a key funded by the Alpine Space Programme. Service agement of multipartner projects. DELTA is looking to provide shared AAL solutions instrument in the EU’s strategy to boost Our objective is to set up a transnational Adm. through strategic partnership. growth and jobs. Bringing together 570 cluster by creating an “Autonomy and CO-Exhibitioner: ACURE business support organisations from 45 Healthcare” network. Our mission is to ACURE - an IBM Division is IBM’s Danish countries, we help small companies seize support our actors (companies, research Hall A Centre of healthcare IT. ACURE delivers the unparalleled business opportunities in organisms, end-user organization…) in Odense the EU Single Market. building collaborative projects which could Lobby healthcare IT solutions to central govern- Exhibition ment, the Danish regions and municipalities. be funded within European programme One of the central assets is a telemedicine (AAL, CIP ICT, FP7 ICT…). platform built on the international Continua Trappe Healt Alliance standard. This solutions is marketed both in Denmark and abroad. ACURE is one of the leading suppliers of
Op-/nedgang Trappe healthcare IT to the Danish market.
Innovation Trappe Space no. 425 Space no. 323 & 223 Simon Listens Bretagne Innovation World www.simon-listens.org www.bretagne-innovation.tm.fr
Trappe simon listens is a non-profit organization for Op-/nedgang research and training. It mainly focuses on Bretagne Innovation is the regional agency the development of speech interfaces for for the promotion and support of innova- Space no. 120 elderly and disabled people based on the tion for the Brittany region in North West Trappe AluCluster open-source speech recogintion „simon“. France. www.alucluster.com „simon“ is speech independent and with a The agency, a non for profit organisation, was founded in 1988 by the Regional
Odense H few words (Numbers from 0 to 9, „up“, etc.) AluCluster, a centre within practical utilisa- you can control a number of programs like council of Bretagne and provides service to
Middelfart Assens Fåborg Kitchen Køle- Nyborg Rudkøbing rum Stadium Arena Fyn Kopirum tion of aluminium, offers a wide range of webbrowser, mail client, mediacenter, etc. small and medium sized businesses. StadiuArena mFyn,Arena 1. sal Fyn, 1. floor competences within the aluminium area. AluCluster’s objective is to create value for TV-platform the customer through overall solutions.
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Exhibitors continued Innovation World, Programme
Space no 121 Space no.314 Space no 312 Thursday September 15th ALIP I Homelab Abilia ApS 9.00 – 9.20 Opening of Innovation World by Jane Jegind, Deputy Mayor, City of Odense and C. C. Nielsen, https://ktn.innovateuk.org/web/assisted- www.ihomelab.ch www.abilia.dk member of the Regional Development in Southern Denmark’s presidency living-innovation-platform-alip/overview 9.20-9.30 Presentation: “Patient briefcase for rehabilitation” by Jørgen Thomsen, Medisat (English) The iHomeLab at the Lucerne University Gewa and Falck Igel have merged into the 9.30-9.45 Presentation: ”Use the technology! Possibilities in the social sector” by Jesper Nielsen, Ministry The Technology Strategy Board’s Assisted of Applied Sciences is the Swiss Research new company Abilia. Abilia will wontinue of Social Affairs (Danish) Living Innovation Platform is delivering a Laboratory and Think Tank for Building to develpo. produce and market products wide ranging programme to enable the Intelligence. within the areas communication, cognition, 9.45-10.00 Demonstration: ”Exercises with Patient briefcase for rehabilitation” by Marlene Bang Skovs- ageing population and those with long- alarm and enviromental control. gaard, City of Odense (Danish) term health conditions to live with greater 10.00-10.15 Presentation: ”More than technology” by Rikke Sølvsten Sørensen, National Board of Social independence Services (Danish) HealthTech & Medicines Knowledge Trans- 10.15-10.30 Presentation ”Paro the robot seal” by . Lone Gaedt, Danish Technological Institute (English) fer Network (KTN) dedicated to advanc- 10.30-10.45 Presentation: ”Dementia – Early support and guidance” by Knud Damgaard Andersen, National ing the UK’s health life sciences sector, through knowledge transfer, innovation and Board of Social Services (English) building powerful networks in priority areas. 10.45-11.00 Presentation ”DREAMING” by Casper Marcussen, Medcom (English) 11.00-11.10 Presentation: “Patient briefcase for rehabilitation” by Jørgen Thomsen, Medisat (English) 11.10-11.20 Presentation: ”The humanoid robot Nao” by Kristoffer Ravnholt og Julie Maria Christoffersen, Danish Technological Institute (English) 11.20-11.30 Presentation: ”Giraff” by Stephen von Rump, Giraff Technologies AB (English) You can also visit our Sponsors and 11.30-11.45 Da Capo Space no. 324 & 224 Space no. 423 Supporting Partners in the AAL Expo 11.45-12.00 Presentation: ”More than technology” by Rikke Sølvsten Sørensen, National Board of Social Medisat A/S I-Care Cluster Gold Sponsor Intel will be exhibiting Services (Danish) www.medisat.dk www.i-carecluster.org 12.00-12.15 Demonstration: ”Exercises with Patient briefcase for rehabilitation” by Marlene Bang Skovs- Jorgen Thomsen in Space no. 210 [email protected] gaard, City of Odense (Danish) I-Care Cluster in Rhône-Alpes, France 12.15-12.30 Presentation: ”Use the technology! Possibilities in the social sector” by Jesper Nielsen, Ministry will be represented by four companies: The Supporting Partners Medisat is a technological company that of Social Affairs (Danish) eRocca (mobile solution for communication operates as a supplier to the Danish health - Connected Health dedicated to persons with vocal disabili- 12.30-12.45 sector. We develop health care products, - Himms ties and to the deaf); Floralis, (technology 12.45-12.55 Presentation: ”The humanoid robot Nao” by Kristoffer Ravnholt og Julie Maria Christoffersen, and our vision is to modernise the health transfer company of Grenoble University); - Age Platform Europe Danish Technological Institute (English) service by introducing telemedical solutions Probayes, (development of decision mak- - Gerontechnology to different groups of patients. Medisat was 12.55-13.00 Video clips ing aid software solutions); Ulysse Solutions founded in 2002. The company consists of - European Commission 13.00-13.15 Presentation ”Paro the robot seal” by . Lone Gaedt, Danish Technological Institute (English) (solutions for mobile people who need to two departments: one in Ballerup and one exchange information with central applica- - Continua Health Alliance & 13.15-13.30 Presentation ”DREAMING” by Casper Marcussen, Medcom (English) in Odense. tions). - Welfare Tech Region 13.30-13.45 can be found in exhibition spaces 13.45-14.00 Presentation: ”Use the technology! Possibilities in the social sector” by Jesper Nielsen, Ministry of Social Affairs (Danish) no. 415-421. 14.00-14.10 Presentation: ”Giraff” by Jerry Vinter, Danish Technological Institute (danish) 14.10-14.20 Video Clip 14.20-14.30 Presentation: “Patient briefcase for rehabilitation” by Jørgen Thomsen, Medisat (English) 14.30-14.45 Demonstration: ”Exercises with Patient briefcase for rehabilitation” by Marlene Bang Skovs- gaard, City of Odense (Danish) Innovation World 14.45-15.00 Presentation: ”More than technology” by Rikke Sølvsten Sørensen, National Board of Social 2 Services (Danish) - 3000 m experience, empathy and reflection 15.00-15.15 Presentation: ”Giraff” by Stephen von Rump, Giraff AB (english) 15.15-15.30 Presentation: ”Dementia – Early support and guidance” by Knud Damgaard Andersen, National Experience how welfare technology can provide more Experience, become intrigued and reflect on the in- Board of Social Services (English) efficient workflows, better working environment and teraction between citizens, technology and employee. 15.30-15.45 Video Clip help citizens to live unassisted longer in their own Allow yourself to be challenged and provoked by the 15.45-16.00 Presentation ”DREAMING” by Casper Marcussen, Medcom (English) homes - even when age and infirmity are cropping out. technology’s potential and discuss ethics and barriers. 16.00-16.15 Presentation ”Paro the robot seal” by . Takanori Shibata (English) Four apartments equipped with the finest Danish 16.15-16.30 Presentation: ”Dementia – Early support and guidance” by Knud Damgaard Andersen, National initiatives within welfare technology for people aged Meet the public authorities, educational and research Board of Social Services (Danish) 50 + is the focal point of the exhibition. In the apart- institutions and companies that cooperate in Triple 16.30-16.45 Presentation: ”The humanoid robot Nao” by Kristoffer Ravnholt og Julie Maria Christoffersen, ments you can see and try the welfare technologies Helix from idea to the technology is implemented. Danish Technological Institute (Danish) in a real-world environment. Try diagnosing via face Hear about their experiences and how they can help 16.45-17.45 Video Clip recognition, the “gossip mat”, the possibility of future you or your company. 17.45-18.00 Competition: Announcing the winner (english) bathroom solutions and much more. 18.00 Innovation World closes 46 AAL FORUM 2010 AAL FORUM 2010 47
Statistics
The most recent prognosis from the Danish Central Statistics Office predicts that in 2045 A Danish the number of elderly above the age of 65 will be 1,490,000 as compared with 823,000 “What we are agreed on here is that innovation and today. welfare industry demand for welfare technology is to be used as a focal During the same period the number of people point for development of the corporate sectors. There in the active working age group (25 – 64 The development and application of ambient are a multitude of new niches and possibilities ahead years) will decrease from 2,980,000 today to assisted living solutions are receiving in- of us that can generate new companies, new employ- 2,570,000 in 2045. ment opportunities, new export possibilities as well creased attention in Denmark. as new sources of income for the private corporate sector. And this is, in fact, what could provide us with How is the welfare society going to retain the means to afford all the welfare services we would product today, but we are actually perfectly capable like to retain, also in the future,” says Lars Kolind, and of helping with this. There may even be a profitable and ensure a secure and dignified life for the adds: market for this type of product, that no one else has rapidly growing age group above the age of discovered yet.” In Welfare Tech Region we also “However, what is needed is a coordinated effort, help enterprises in identifying maturing markets 65, while at the same time having ever fewer and this is where initiatives like Welfare Tech Region with substantial development potential. people in the active working age group to care comes into the picture. We facilitate access to the for them? Lars Kolind, Chairman of the Board of possibilities that exist in this particular area and make - Similarly, we help companies to project and incor- Welfare Tech Region it easier for new players to enter the market. porate their competencies into new contexts within the health care sector. And last, but not least, we Part of the answer is to be found in new technological - We have companies that have expertise in relation to - Together with our partners, we provide a venue for maintain focus on expanding the network of part- solutions – ambient assisted living or so called “wel- production, concept development, price determina- those that have cases, challenges or specific needs ners. Our focus is international. The more that we fare technologies”. There are defined as new products tion, sales and market conditions. that they would like to present as cases. We then work are, the more things we will make happen”, con- and services which both optimise work processes - Finally we have research and educational institutions to match the case with enterprises motivated to think cludes Lars Kolind. and release labour resources, and at the same time that contribute with new knowledge and the education on the lines: “Well, we don`t work with this kind of improve the daily lives of senior citizens. of personnel as regards the usage of the new tech- nical solutions”, says Lars Kolind, Chairman of the Intersectorial collaboration Board of Welfare Tech Region. The societal and financial potentials are enormous. Demand is already substantial, and growing, and the A new business growth area technological possibilities are far from being exploited The development of the new technological products to the full. Development in Denmark is taking place in and services is not considered simply as the solution Odense Exhibition close dialogue-based collaboration between three sec- to the challenges facing the welfare society. It is also tors: public authorities, private enterprises and institu- seen as an asset in the development and promoting Europe’s Welfare Tech Campus tions of research and education. of a new Danish welfare industry, the establishment of new employment and export possibilities in the private Odense Campus unites one of Europe’s most techno- The exhibition about Odense Campus presents the “It is a unique constellation for innovation and knowl- corporate sector. logically advanced hospitals,one of Denmark’s largest unique competencies and resources to be found on edge sharing. We have a political environment that universities and a dynamic new business and science campus. It is also a chance to meet the partners be- is staking heavily on this field, and that is currently park. hind the vision of creating Europe’s new Welfare Tech establishing a framework of conditions favourable for The common vision is to create a life size laboratory Campus in Odense. development, in the form of financial programmes, Welfare Tech Region for inventing the welfare technologies of tomorrow. trade and industrial development initiatives and advi- acts as coordinator for all the involved parties The exhibition is a joint effort by: sory services. in relation to project initiatives aimed at devel- Development of the campus area starts now. The - We have employees, citizens and relatives of pa- opment, dissemination and implementation of new University Hospital of Odense will be built over Odense University Hospital tients in hospitals and nursing homes who face the welfare technologies. All the various sectors, the next ten years and will be physically connected to The University of Southern Denmark challenges on a daily basis. They know the work pro- organisations, institutions and enterprises in- the new Faculty of Health Science and the rest of the The Region of Southern Denmark cesses, the routines and the diverse needs that arise. volved form the bases for a structured collabo- University of Southern Denmark. Just up the street, Welfare Tech Region They contribute with ideas, feedback and testing of ration in which knowledge, ideas and solutions the new Business and Science Park will offer prime Freja Property new technical solutions. are exchanged and developed. locations for knowledge-based companies. Odense Municipality 48 AAL FORUM 2010 AAL FORUM 2010 49
AAL Project Village The AAL Forum 2010 would like to
The AAL Joint Programme and the European Com- Exhibitioners, AAL Project Village thank the following: mission wants to further enhance the visibility of Space no. 215: HOPE – Smart Home for Elderly People AAL Projects and projects in the Ageing Well domain Space no. 216: ExCite funded by the European Commission in order to sup- Space no. 217: AWARE – Ageing Workforce towards an Gold sponsor: port cross-project knowledge sharing and discussions. Active Retirement Space no. 217A: DOMEO The exhibition presents a selected number of AAL Space no. 218: ALIAS – The Adaptable Ambient Living projects that work to test and disseminate innovative Assistant welfare solutions in Europe. The projects will present Space no. 219: Third Age Online (TAO) their results, ideas and technologies to the inspiration Space no. 219A: ALADDIN, AMICA & Go-MyLife of others as well as spread knowledge about smart Space no. 316: VALIID – Accessibility and Usability Vali- technology solutions that can make citizens self-reli- dation Framework for AAL Interaction Design process ant and improve quality of life for seniors. Space no. 317: HearMeFeelMe – HMFM Space no. 317A: CapMouse The AAL Project Village is placed in conjunction with Space no. 318: BEDMOND the public “Innovation World” in the big arena, and in Space no. 319: CARE – Safe Private Homes for ELderly centre of commercial Exhibition Persons Supporting partners:
AAL Forum 2010 Programme Committee
Chair: Mari Satur Torre, Fundación Vodafone España, Spain Claus F. Nielsen, International Manager, DELTA Busi- Silas Olsson, AAL Association, Sweden ness Development, Denmark David Grønbæk, Ministry of Science, Technology and Co-Chair: Innovation, Denmark Reinhard Goebl, AAL Association, Austria Hartmut Strese, VDI/VDE Innovation+Technik GmbH, Germany Committee Members; Pekka Kahri, TEKES, Finland Gerda Geyer, AAL-NCP, Austrian Research Promotion Pietro Siciliano, Institute for Microelectronis and Mi- Agency, Austria crosystems, Italy Peter Wintlev-Jensen, European Commission, Bel- Mohammad-Reza Saied Tazari, Fraunhofer, Germany gium Ad Van Berlo,Smart Homes – Dutch Expert Centre for Urs Guggenbühl, FHS St. Gallen, Switzerland Smart Housing and Smart Living, Netherland Sofia Moreno, eVIA-AETIC, Spain Anne-Sophie Parent, AGE- European Older People’s Conference Chair: Platform, Belgium Lena Gustafsson, AAL President, Sweden Ilse Kryspin-Exner, University of Vienna, Austria Geja Langerveld, AAL-NCP, ZonMw, Netherlands Conference Co-chairs: Jackie Marshall-Cyrus, Technology Strategy Board, Henning Seiding, Director of Welfare Tech Region, United Kingdom Denmark Kerstin Zimmermann, Federal Ministry of Transport, Dorthe Kusk, Head of Department, Growth Forum & Innovation and Technology, Austria Business Development, Region of Southern Denmark Media partner: Martin Jaekel, Agence National de la Recherche, Thomas Alslev Christensen, Head of Office, Ministry of France Science, Technology and Innovation, Denmark 50 AAL FORUM 2010 AAL FORUM 2010 51
Practical Information
Registration Busses Conference Networking Dinner/Event Registration for the AAL Forum and Busses no. 81 and 82 goes to Odense Congress On Thursday 16th the conference dinner/ Investment Forum opens at: Center Networking event will take place. Busses will depart at Tuesday: 10 am Both busses depart from station “B” in Odense 7:30 p.m. bound for the Dinner venue from both OCC Wednesday: 8 am Banegård Center (the railway station) and the bus stop at Hans Mules Gade opposite City Thursday: 8 am Hotel Odense. Thus you have the opportunity to catch Friday: 8 am The cost is 18 DKK for a one-way ticket. Be sure to a bus either at the CongressCentre or the city centre have that amount in coins, as the bus drivers are not The registration takes place when you enter the able to accept notes. The busses will leave precisely at 7.30 p.m. so please Odense Congress Center (OCC). be on time.
Taxi We highly recommend that you go on the bus for this Bus transportation event, but if you wish to get to the venue on your own You can also get a taxi from the taxi rank behind the or you miss the bus, the address is: The AAL Forum has organized bustransportation main building of Odense Banegård Center (railway Bramstrup Contact between the city center and the venue: station). Look for the signs at the railway station. The Bramstrup 1, Nørre Lyndelse, For all questions regarding registration, accommoda- journey from the railway station to Odense Congress 5792 Årslev tion, transportation, payments etc., please go to the Sept. 14th: 6 p.m. Bus from OCC to the city hall for In- Center takes about 15 minutes. registration desk or contact Kirsten Jensen or vestment Forum participants going to the social event Your hotel can also book you a taxi upon request. Networking Dinner Programme: Gitte Larsen from VisitOdense during registration, at the city hall 20.00 - Arrival to Bramstrup Gods by phone: +45 2037 9271 or Sept. 15th: 8.30 a.m. Bus from the bus stop at Hans 20.20 - Welcome by e-mail [email protected] Mules Gade opposite City Hotel Odense to OCC 20.40 - Dinner 22.30 – Coffee and dessert For all questions regarding the programme, speakers, Sept. 15th: 5 - 8 p.m: busshuttle between OCC and 22.45 – Entertainment with DJ Ruth Flowers exhibition etc. during the conference we recommend the bus stop at Hans Mules Gade opposite City Hotel that you go to the Conference Secretariat located in Odense The busses will return to Odense CongressCentre room no. 2 – see the floorplan – or contact Michaela Sept. 16th: 8 -10 a.m. & 5 -7 p.m busshuttle between and the city centre from 11 pm. and onwards Andersen at phone: +45 4040 1282 OCC and the bus stop at Hans Mules Gade opposite until 01 pm City Hotel Odense For information about the AAL Forum 2010 during the Sept. 17th: 8 -10 a.m. & 12 -2 p.m busshuttle between conference please visit the website: www.aalforum.eu OCC and the bus stop at Hans Mules Gade opposite City Hotel Odense Please notice that in order to attend the din- For Tourist information, please go to the website: ner you should register for the dinner in ad- www.visitodense.com If you miss the organized group transportation to the vance. There are a limited number of tickets conference venue you can catch public transportation – first-come first-served. at the central station: Registration takes place at the registration counter near the entrance of the venue DJ Ruth Flowers rocks the Mansion of Bramstrup
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