Session F2
| Session F2 | ||
| Session title: | Designing for older adults – Lessons learnt and recommendations from past experiences | |
| Session responsible: | Silvio Bonfiglio (EASYREACH project), Italy and Sandra Evans (NETCARITY project), Germany | |
| Session chair: | Prof. Udo Weimar, Univers. of Tuebingen, Germany and Dr. Amedeo Cesta, CNR (National Research Council), Italy | |
| Date and time: | 24 September 2012, 14:00 – 15:30 h | |
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| Room: | Pollux | |
| Session Content | ||
| Rationale To design products and services for older users is not an easy task. The older population is characterized by a wide variation in cognitive abilities (which diverge with increasing age profile), a generally cautious outlook with which older people view technology (and ICT in particular) and the gap between the experiences of the developers and those of the users they are designing for. Furthermore there are cultural differences and ethical issues to be considered. This session intends to address some of these challenges from a practical perspective, by sharing the experiences and the lessons learnt in conducting research work for and with senior citizens. Two AAL JP Projects (EASYREACH and NOBITS) both fostering the social inclusion of the senior citizens are adopting a participatory design methodology specifically adapted to the elderly users. A large-scale collaborative project, NETCARITY, was just recently completed and it can be considered a successful project. The experience made and the insights gained can provide useful suggestions to current and future projects and allow them to overcome obstacles and improve their results. In a complex and fast changing environment, the success of a project is not only a technological issue; an integrated approach is needed where other changeling aspects such as ethical, business- and policy-related, organizational aspects have to be considered. To learn from the experiences, from the good and the bad things of past projects could represent the right starting point. Preliminary program | ||
| 10 min | Introduction by the chairs Udo Weimar and Roberto Bisiani | |
| 10 min | Understanding the needs of the elderly users – The EasyReach approach Filomena Papa, Fondazione Ugo Bordoni, Roma, Italy | |
| 10 min | The user as a co-developer – Lesson learnt in the NOBITS project Luca Morganti, Istituto Auxologico Italiano, Italy | |
| 10 min | Validating the results of the research work with the users Ilenia Gheno, Age Platform Europe, Brussels | |
| 10 min | Designing with older adults – Lessons learnt in the NETCARITY project Wil Rijnen, Smart Homes, Eindhoven, NL | |
| 10 min | Personal data privacy and security – The NETCARITY solution Bas Goossen, Smart Homes, Eindhoven, NL | |
| 10 min | What works and what doesn’t? Udo Weimer, University of Tuebingen, Germany | |
| 20 min | General discussion | |