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Session B5

Session B5

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Session  B5

Working Title:

Social Interaction of Older Persons in 2035 

Date:

28/09/2011

Time:

9.00 – 10.30

Chair:

Urs Guggenbuehl, University of S.Gallen, Switzerland

Speakers:

Matti Groot, Verklizan, The Netherlands

Sharon Prins, TNO, The Netherlands

Fabio Pianesi, FBK, Italy

Leonardo Martinez Suarez, Cetiex, Spain

Room:

Tiziano

Session Content

Rationale

In this session we will explore the future needs and wishes regarding the social interaction of older persons. Questions may include:

  • Will future generations of older persons have different needs and wishes as compared to the present older persons?
  • How will the increasing number of single households change the patterns of social interaction?
  • Digital illiteracy is diminishing: What effects might this have?
  • What technologies will be available and how might future older persons use them?

For this session we are ‘scanning the horizon’ for visions, studies, approaches and topics that should considered in the area of social interaction of future older persons.