Session C1
| Session C1 | |
| Working Title: | Taking part in the self-serve society |
| Date: | 26/09/2011 |
| Time: | 15.00 – 16.30 |
| Chair: | Reiner Wichert, Fraunhofer, Germany |
| Speakers: | Key note: Joe Gorman, Sintef, Norway Juan Pablo Ramos, TSP Solutions, Spain |
| Room: | Caravaggio |
| Session Content | |
Rationale The main focus of this session is on the socio-technological challenges of the self-serve society. Taking an active part in the self-serve society should be encouraged for as long as possible for all population as they age or should they become unwell. Support is needed since the ICT-based self-serve society presents problems, in particular for older people with physical or cognitive impairments or little or no familiarity with technologies. Solutions which increase independence and efficiency for experienced technology users may inadvertently threaten others with exclusion and loss of independence. Therefore, there is an emerging need to stimulate and support the capacities required for more inclusive or pervasive participation (e.g. mobility, physical, and cognitive). This session will give an overview of the topic but will also point out the difficulties and problems actual projects have encountered. The session will start with an introduction of the milestones for Call 3 as a guideline on what should be achieved by the Call 3 projects. Following this will be an invited keynote (25 min) as an overview of the topic and then brief presentations (15 min each) from three most relevant active projects for this specific topic. The remaining 15 minutes will be reserved for discussion between the audience and the speakers. Questions for this session to answer are:
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