Time

Wednesday the 15th of September

Track C
Track Chairs: Gerda Geyer, Dr., FFG Österreichische Forschungsförderungsgesellschaft/ Hartmut Strese, Dr., VDI/VDE Innovation + Technik GmbH

Track rationale

Sessions on potential future call topics

One objective of this track is to offer the AAL Community and various groups of stakeholders at the AAL Forum an opportunity to take part in the preparation of future call topics. The most important core elements of the AAL Joint Programme, starting from specific user needs, will be discussed. The results of the sessions in track C will serve as input to the further development of the AAL Joint Programme.

Practical sessions

Two sessions in track C will be dedicated to obtaining very practical information, with the aim of enhancing the quality of proposals in the future. Experience from the first two calls shows that several aspects of proposals need to be improved, in particular the presentation of a business plan, end-user involvement as well as ethical issues.

Theme

AAL Joint Programme Topics and basics

16.30-18.00

C1 : Open session

Session Rationale

The idea is to organise a kind of speed dating event.

5 possible future call themes are “dated” by the participants. For each theme a moderator and a notetaker are responsible. They shortly present the theme and subsequently the participants may ask questions as well as discuss the topic. After 15 minutes the participants will move to the next theme.

Moderators are NCPs or selected persons out of the call for contributions for the corresponding thematic session.

Speakers

Chair: Hartmut Strese, Dr., VDI/VDE Innovation + Technik GmbH

• Theme 1 Information/Learning/User Interfaces (Moderator: Gerda Geyer.pdf, Dr., FFG Österreichische Forschungsförderungsgesellschaft, Notetaker: Maud Pasquier, Ambient Assisted Living Association)

• Theme 2 Supply with goods and chores - home centred every day services (Moderator: Pekka Kahri, Tekes - Finnish Funding Agency for Technology and Innovation, Notetaker: Pekka Kahri, Tekes - Finnish Funding Agency for Technology and Innovation)

• Theme 3 Safety and security/privacy (Moderator: Péter Hanák, Dr., Budapest University of Technology and Economics)

• Theme 4 Home Care (informal and professional care) (Moderator: Walter Aigner, HiTec Marketing, Notetaker: Christian Wehrmann, VDI/VDE-IT)

• Theme 5 Mobility (moderator Axel Sigmund, VDI/VDE-IT)

Time

Thursday the 16th of September

09.00-10.30

C2: How to improve AAL proposals: focus on business plans, end-user involvement and ethical issues

Session Rationale

Structure of the practical sessions: The session will start with an overview presen­tation on business plans, end-user involvement and ethical issues, as well as the re­spective results of the evaluation process in calls 1 and 2. The outcomes of relevant sessions held at the 1st AAL Forum in Vienna will also be considered (20min). Finally, there will be a presentation of 2 good practice examples of funded projects (10-15 min). The remaining time will be dedicated to discussion with the audience.

Speakers

Chair: Maja Arnestad, AAL NCP Norway, Research Council of Norway

Pekka Kahri.pdf, Tekes - Finnish Funding Agency for Technology and Innovation: Business models and end-user involvement in AAL Joint Programme

Flemming Hegerstrøm.pdf, Hospital IT AS

Verena Moser-Siegmeth.pdf, Forschungsinstitut Rotes Kreuz: End-user involvement in the HERA project

13.00-14.30

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 the AAL Central Management Unit.

The following discussion will address questions such as:

• How to increase SME participation in the AAL JP?

• Why should an SME act as a coordinator?

• How can the SMEs’ contributions to a project be effectively evaluated?

• How and why do SMEs join AAL projects?

• How do SMEs innovate?

• What kinds of call topics are favourable to SMEs (broad vs. narrow)?

Speakers

Chair: Uli Waibel, Innovendo - Innovation meets market

Round Table

Silas Olsson, Acting Head of Unit, Ambient Assisted Living Association

Harald Korb, Prof., Vitaphone GmbH:

Michael Brandstötter, CogVis

Mario Hernandez, PLANET MEDIA:

Christian Schoen, Dr., GTN

Robbert Smit, CEO, Presence displays bv

13.00-14.30

C6: Home Care (informal and professional care)

Session Rationale

Today, family care is the predominant model of support for older people. However, professional care services are in many cases indispensible. Demographic changes and individualized family structures will require new concepts of care. Thus demo­graphic change will provide opportunities for new technological solutions for:

- Moving inside the apartment, especially getting up from the bed, or a chair,

- Personal hygiene

- Daily meals / sufficient nutrition

- Access to toilet / incontinence

- Getting dressed, especially putting on socks and shoes

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.

Note: Speakers must not present their work and their institutions, but give input to the session to facilitate the following discussion. A rapporteur summarises the outcomes of the open session regarding the topic to be discussed.

The remaining 30 minutes are reserved for discussion with audience and speakers. 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 input for the development of the programme.

The session will be supported with a voting system that allows for specific 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 specific topic already before the session starts. Those inputs can be integrated in the dis­cussion.

Speakers

Chair:  Hartmut Strese, Dr., VDI/VDE Innovation + Technik GmbH

Francois Pastol.pdf, ALYACOM: Smartphones benefits for psychics diseases

Riitta Vesterinen.pdf, City of Helsinki, Kustaankartano centre for elderly: Telerehabilitation for elderly clients discharged from a rehabilitation unit

Manfred Wojciechowski.pdf, Dipl.-Inf., Fraunhofer Institute for Software and Systems Engineering: AAL Support for Home Care Networks

15.00-16.30

C4: Information, Learning, Interfaces

Session Rationale

Life-long learning is a requirement in a rapidly changing environment, not only 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 society. Interfaces play a major role in accessing new solutions.

Important aspects are:

• Mobilizing, maintaining and sharing resources that older people master in terms of competences, experiences and knowledge

• Contributions of older people to society – across generations as well as to their peers (teach, inform, help, support others).

• Enriching their own daily life.

The session will start with 3 brief invited presentations (15 min each), covering expertise from end-users, businesses and research.

Speakers are challenged to consider the issue from

• an end-users,

• 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 outcomes of the open session regarding the topic to be discussed.

The remaining 30 minutes are reserved for discussion with audience and speakers. 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 input for the further development of the Joint Programme.

The session will be supported by a voting system that allows for specific 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 specific topic already before the session starts. Those inputs can be integrated in the discussion.

Speakers

Chair: Gerda Geyer, Dr., FFG Österreichische Forschungsförderungsgesellschaft

Maud Pasquier, Ambient Assisted Living Association (Notetaker)

Fabio Pianesi.pdf, Dr., FBK-irst: MOBITABLE: Design and evaluation of a familiar interface for e-inclusion

Johan E Bengtsson.pdf, Ehealth Innovation Centre at Luleå University of Technology: People with Dementia as Lead Users for Easy Interaction

Franz Stieger.pdf, simon listens non profit research organization: simon – natural language interface between end-users IKT- use cases, assistant robots and control

15.00-16.30

C7: Supply with goods and chores (home centered every day services)

Session Rationale

Instrumental Activities of Daily Living (IADL) are, for example, meal preparation, shopping, house cleaning, financial activities and medication. Over the last 100 years, technical aids for homework have seen significant progress: electrical devices like dish washers, washing machines, fridges, dryers, irons, etc. have become available. For other strenuous chores like window cleaning or hanging up curtains there are so far no technological solutions on the market. It is important to mention that impaired people have stronger needs for better household equipment. They often need more devices, which are easier to handle, with good support and light. Problems include, for example, lifting and carrying loads (starting from 5 kg). The daily supply with goods is also important for older people which can be a business opportunity for different service providers.

The session will start with 3 brief invited presentations (15min each), covering expertise from end-users, business and research.

Speakers are challenged to consider the issue from

• end-users,

• business and

• technology/research perspectives.

Note: Speakers must not present their work and their institutions, but give input to the session to facilitate the following discussion. A rapporteur summarises the outcomes of the open session regarding the topic to be discussed.

The remaining 30 minutes are reserved for discussion with audience and speakers. 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 input for the development of the programme.

The session will be supported with a voting system that allows puttingfor specific 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 specific topic already before the session starts. Those inputs can be integrated in the discussion.

Speakers

Chair: Pekka Kahri, Tekes - Finnish Funding Agency for Technology and Innovation

Simone Schmelzenbach.pdf, Institut für Marketing, Strategieberatung GmbH: Understanding elderly people's problems and needs in daily life and their expectations towards sheltered housing with AAL-Solutions

Frank Wallhoff.pdf, Prof., Jade University: The Adaptive Ambient Living Assistant - Bringing the end-users into the loop

Marleen van Leengoed.pdf, van Berlo Design Strategy

Notetakers: nominated persons from the national programmes

ime

Friday the 17th of September

09.00-10.30

C5: Mobility

Session Rationale

To increase autonomy of older individuals, AAL solutions need to be reliable (including technological and emotional aspects). Safety and security are therefore important issues in all AAL applications.

Studies showed that people are especially concerned about:

- Burglary

- Leaving the house at night

- Slipping in the bathroom

- Falling in the apartment

- Forgetting to lock up the door

- Forgetting to switch off the cooker

- Being alone at home

- Forgetting to close the windows

- Water leakage etc.

However, in the long run solutions will only be accepted if privacy issues are respected and end-users remain self-determining.

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.

Note: Speakers must not present their work and their institutions, but give input to the session to facilitate the following discussion. A rapporteur summarises the outcomes of the open session regarding the topic to be discussed.

The remaining 30 minutes are reserved for discussion with audience and speakers. 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 input for the development of the programme.

The session will be supported with a voting system that allows for specific questions to the whole audience. A bulletin boardplaced outside the session room will allow 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 discussion.

Speakers

Chair: Hartmut Strese.pdf, Dr., VDI/VDE Innovation + Technik GmbH

Paula Könninen, Costa del Sol Living Lab and Social Service for Research and Innovation

Walter Aigner.pdf, HiTec Marketing

09.00-10.30

C8: Safety and security / privacy

Session Rationale

To increase autonomy of older individuals, AAL solutions need to be reliable (including technological and emotional aspects). Safety and security are therefore important issues in all AAL applications.

Studies showed that people are especially concerned about:

- Burglary

- Leaving the house at night

- Slipping in the bathroom

- Falling in the apartment

- Forgetting to lock up the door

- Forgetting to switch off the cooker

- Being alone at home

- Forgetting to close the windows

- Water leakage etc.

However, in the long run solutions will only be accepted if privacy issues are respected and end-users remain self-determining.

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.

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 outcomes of the open session regarding the topic to be discussed.

The remaining 30 minutes are reserved for discussion with audience and speakers. 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 input for the development of the programme.

The session will be supported with a voting system that allows putting for specific 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 specific topic already before the session starts. Those inputs can be integrated in the discussion.

Speakers

Chair: Peter Hanak.pdf, Dr., Budapest University of Technology and Economics

Jose Manrique Lopez de la Fuente.pdf, Andago: Open Health Assistant: Services Integration Framework for clinical practice and prevention

Marja Pijl.pdf, Age Platform Europe