Session B4

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Session B4
Working Title:	Methods of End-use Involvement in the Field of Social Interaction
Date:	27/09/2011
Time:	16.30 – 18.00
Chair:	Gerda Geyer, Austrian Research Promotion Agency
Speakers:	Heidrun Mollenkopf, Age Platform, Belgium Maria Schwarz-Woelzl, Center for Social Innovation, Austria Jonathan Matthew Bennet, University of Bern, Switzerland Stefanie Wengel, Diakonie Moosbach, Germany Tuula Petakoski-Hult, VTT, Finland Silvio Bonfiglio, Fimi Barco, Italy Frank Walhoff, University of Munich, Germany Stefan Schurz, Life Tool, Austria
Room:	Tiziano
Session Content
Rationale End-user involvement is a prerequisite for all AAL projects. Related ethical issues on the micro and macro levels are of high relevance. This session will be organised as a discussion. Speakers will be asked to give a very brief introductory statement on the highlights of end-user involvement in their projects and related ethical issues (no PPP allowed). Key discussion questions are: Which approaches have proved to work effectively? Which were ineffective? Did the assumptions on older persons’ needs and wishes prove to be correct? If the assumptions were not correct how did the situation differ? What kind of ethical issues have arisen or are expected to arise in the future project lifetime? What ethical issues are expected to arise after the project’s completion? Did the consortia feel insecure with respect to ethical issues? Do projects need a specific framework for ethical issues? What kind of ethical requirements need to be fulfilled on the national levels?