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AAL FORUM Vienna 2009 - Presentations

AAL FORUM 09 Vienna Programme (pdf, ca. 3,5 MB)

Exhibition Guide (pdf, ca. 1,8 MB)

Plenary Sessions

Opening

Chair: Gerhard Finking, AAL President

Keynotes

Chair: Reinhard Goebl, Chair of the AAL Forum Committee / AAL Vice President, Austrian Federal Ministry for Transport, Innovation and Technology, AT

• Bernd Marin, Executive Director, European Centre for Social Welfare Policy and Research, Vienna, AT
  Easy Ageing: Who Needs and Who Wants What Assistance for Well-Being? Demographic, Economic and Social Aspects of Greying Europe
• Jeroen Wals, Vice-President, Philips Research, NL:
  An Industrial AAL Vision
• Holly Jimison, Prof, Department of Medical Informatics & Clinical Epidemiology Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, US:
  A US Perspective on Research Trends in Technologies for Ambient Assisted Living, pdf, ca. 1 MB

Industrial Round Table - AAL Market Developments - Barriers and Carriers

Moderator: Peter Saraga, Chair of the AAL Advisory Board, UK

• Alexander Kollreider, General Manager, Tyromotion, AT
• Henning Seiding, Director of Welfare Technologies, Odense, DK
• Irina Odnoletkova, Innovation Manager, Independent Health Insurance Funds, BE
• Jan Muehlfeit, Chairman of Microsoft Europe
• Volker Adams, Robert Bosch Healthcare, DE

Closing - Focus for the Future

Chair: the new AAL President

Track 1: The AAL Joint Programme

Session 1 - AAL Projects

Chair: Silas Olsson, Central Management Unit of AAL Association, SE

• Dimitrios Tzovaras, Informatics and Telematics Institute (ITI), Center for Research and Technology
  - Hellas (CERTH), GR and Jesús Salazar, SIEMENS, ES:
  Remote health and social care for independent living of isolated elderly with chronic conditions (REMOTE), pdf, ca. 0,6 MB
• Paul J.M. Havinga, Pervasive Systems Research Group, University of Twente, NL:
  Inertial Sensing Systems for Advanced Chronic Condition Monitoring and Risk Prevention (IS-ACTIVE), pdf, ca. 0,4 MB
• Fiorella Marcellini, Research Department, INRCA (Italian National Institute on Aging), IT:
  A Home based Approach to the Years of Ageing (HAPPY AGEING), pdf, ca. 200 KB
• Didier Stricker, German Research Center for Artificial Intelligence (DFKI) GmbH, DE:
  Physical Activity Monitoring for Aging People (PAMAP), pdf, ca. 0,6 MB
• Wolfgang Zagler, fortec, Vienna University of Technology, AT:
  Domestic robot for Elderly Assistance (DOMEO), pdf, ca. 300 KB
• Martin Litzenberger, Austrian Institute of Technology, AT:
  Safe Private Homes for Elderly Persons (CARE), pdf, ca. 1,4 MB

Session 2 - AAL JP Participation rules

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

• Pekka Kahri, Tekes, AAL NCP Finland, FI:
  Business Models in Ambient Assisted Living Joint Programme, pdf, ca. 150 KB
• Maja Arnestad, Programme co-ordinator IT Funk (ICT for the disabled), AAL NCP Norway, NO:
  The role of end users in Ambient Assisted Living Joint Programme 2008-2013, pdf, ca. 60 KB
• Gerda Geyer, FFG - Austrian Research Promotion Agency, AAL NCP Austria, AT:
  AAL rules for participation, eligibility and evaluation criteria, pdf, ca. 90 KB

Session 3 - Healthy Ageing

Chair: Uli Waibel, innovendo, AT

• Harriet Finne-Soveri, Head of Aging and Services, National Institute for Health and Welfare, Finland, Adjunct professor in geriatric Medicine at the University of Helsinki, FI:
  "Healthy ageing" - Health and functional capacity in older adults, pdf, ca. 1,1 MB
• Guus Broos, Director Strategicon, NL:
  Answering the challenges of demographic change on the field of cure and care, pdf, ca. 0,6 MB
• Péter Hanák, Research fellow at the Dept. of Control Engineering and Information Technology at Budapest University of Technology and Economy (BME), Director of BME‘s Biomedical Engineering Knowledge Centre (EMT), HU:
  Technology and innovation challenges for ambient assisted living, pdf, ca. 0,8 MB

Session 4 - Active Ageing

Chair: Antonio Santos, UMIC - The Knowledge Society Agency, Ministry of Science, Technology and Higher Education Portugal, PT

• Heidrun Mollenkopf, AGE - The European Older People‘s Platform, Chair of the „Universal Accessibility and Independent Living“ Expert Group German National Association of Senior Citizens Organisations BAGSO, DE:
  The Various Needs of Older People, pdf, ca. 400 KB
• Anna Pohlmeyer, University of Luxembourg & Technical University of Berlin, DE:
  Enhancing User Experience of Older Adults, pdf, ca. 5 MB
• George W. Leeson, Deputy Director, Oxford Institute of Ageing, Senior Research Fellow, Dep. of
  Sociology, University of Oxford; UK:
  The perspective of working life and intergenerational relations, pdf, ca. 90 KB

Session 5 - AAL Projects II

Chair: Michael Huch, Central Management Unit of AAL JP, DE (Introduction, pdf ca. 0,3 MB)

• Luis Pablo del Arbol Perez, Telefonica Investigacion y Desarrollo, ES:
  Home-based Empowered Living for Parkinson’s Disease Patients (HELP), pdf, ca. 2 MB
• Maria Haritou, Institute of Communication and Computer Systems, National Technical University
  of Athens, GR:
  A technology pLatform for the Assisted living of Dementia elDerly INdividuals and their
  carers (ALADDIN), pdf, ca. 1 MB
• Minna Isomursu, VTT - Technical Research Centre of Finland, FI:
  Hear Me Feel Me - Compensating for eyesight with mobile technology (HMFM), pdf, ca. 0,5 MB
• Tomas Brusell, Brusell Dental, NO:
  Development of a non-invasive CAPacitive sensor oral MOUSE interface for the disabled
  elderly (CAP MOUSE), pdf, ca. 0,3 MB
• Luca Fanucci, Pisa University / Consorzio Pisa Ricerche – Pisa, IT:
  A Telecare System for Patients with Chronic Heart Failure (Health @ Home), pdf, ca. 1,1 MB
• John A. Waterworth, Dept. of Informatics, Umeå University, SE:
  User-Sensitive Home-based Systems for Successful Ageing in Networked Society (AGNES), ca. 0,4 MB

Session 6 - Matchmaking and Networking

Chair: Rafael De Andrés-Medina, AAL Executive Board, ISCIII, ES

Track 2: National and Regional Aspects

Session 7 - AAL in National Strategies

Chair: Claus Nielsen, Senior Adviser Medcom, DK

• Joachim Russ, Senior Consultant, Federal Ministry of Education & Science, DE
  Assistance Systems for elderly People, pdf, ca. 0,4 MB
• Patrick Schouller, Ass. Executive Director, French Ministry of Economic Affairs, Industry & Employment, FR
  French activities in ICT for e-health and autonomy, pdf, ca. 1,6 MB
• Juha Teperi, Head of Finnish Service Innovation Programme, Ministry of Social Affairs & Health, FI
  How to reshape health & social services through innovation?, pdf, ca. 90 KB
• Giulio Antonini, Expert Consultant, Community Welfare R&D Department, Palmanova, IT
  ICT and Ageing, Economic and Social Aspects, pdf, ca. 40 KB

Session 8 - Intelligent Solutions: How to Save Time and Costs

Chair: Thomas Børner, Senior Adviser at the Ministry of Finance, Denmark, Chair of the Danish Labour Saving Technology Fund, DK

• Jane Hendy, Research Fellow Health Management Group, Imperial College Business School, UK
  Implementing telecare. Evidence from the UK, pdf, ca. 0,7 MB
• Barbara van den Linden, Head of Implementation dept. ZonMw, Netherlands, Organisation for Health Research & Development, NL
  Labour saving innovations in long term care, pdf, ca. 0,6 MB
• Nanna Skovgaard, Head of Division, Agency for Governmental Management, Ministry of Finance, DK
  Claus Nielsen, Senior Projectmanager, Medcom, DK
  Danish Initiatives on Labour Saving Technology, pdf, ca. 1 MB
  

Session 9 - Programme benefit: Launch of the Fifth Call for Proposals

Chair: Gerda Geyer, Austrian Research Promotion Agency, AT

• Kerstin Zimmermann, Austrian Federal Ministry for Transport, Innovation and Technology, AT:
  The Strategic Interplay between AAL JP and Programme benefit, pdf, ca. 0,7 MB
• Emmanuel Glenck, Austrian Research Promotion Agency, AT:
  Thematic Programmes and the European Dimension, pdf, ca. 0,5 MB
• Isabella Buber-Ennser, Vienna Institute of Demography, AT:
  The Living Situation of Older People in Austria compared to other European Countries, pdf, ca. 0,3 MB
• Gerda Geyer, Austrian Research Promotion Agency, AT:
  The Fifth Call for Proposals, pdf, ca. 0,3 MB
• Ingmar Goetzloff, BEKO, AT:
  Project VITASMART, pdf, ca. 2,2 MB
• Christian Menard, FH Technikum Kärnten, AT:
  Project Health@Home, pdf, ca. 2,7 MB

Session 10 - End-user Involvement

Chair: Barbara van der Linden, ZonMw, NL

• Sidsel Bjørneby, Consultant/occupational therapist, LTD.Geria, NO
  Encouraging user involvement of older people in technology, including users with cognitive
  impairments, pdf, ca. 1,9 MB
• Beppie Spruit, Coordinator, E-Health, Netherlands Institute for Health Promotion (NIGZ), NL
  www.50plusnet.nl, pdf, ca. 0,6 MB
• Walter Hlauschek, managing director of CEIT RALTEC, AT
  Paul Panek, CEIT, planning/implementation of Living Lab Schwechat, AT
  Involvement of elderly people in RTD for assistive technologies in the Living Lab Schwechat, pdf, ca. 1,3 MB
• Margrit Bossart, Swiss Senior Council, CH
  Requirements for user involvement
• Luc de Witte, Professor Technology in Care, Zuyd University Heerlen, NL
  Matthijs Soede, Senior researcher, Vilans, NL
  User’s roles in innovative projects, pdf, ca. 270 KB

Session 11 - Ethical Issues in AAL

Chair: Antonio Mendes dos Santos, Portugese Ministry of Science, Technology and Higher Education, PT

• Lone Gaedt, Senior consultant/ physiotherapist, Centre of Robot Technology, DK
  The PARO-Project and its ethical aspects, pdf, ca. 0,5 MB
• Jan Gerrit Schuurman, Professor, University of Lincoln, NL
  Michiel Besters, Researcher, Rathenau Institute, NL
  Ambient Intelligence, pdf, ca. 470 KB
• Marjo Rauhala, Researcher, University of Vienna, AT
  Ethical dimensions in involving older end users in technology R&D projects, pdf, ca. 0,5 MB

Session 12 - ICT solutions: Do we want it, can we use it, will we buy it?

Chair: Anne Sophe Parent, director of the European Age Platform, BE

• Olav Felbo, Political coordinator, Daneage, DK
  DaneAge - An online study about the attitude of older people towards different types of new technology, pdf, ca. 0,6 MB
• Graça Simões, Knowledge Society Agency, Ministry of Science, Technology and Higher Education, PT
  The Portuguese E-inclusion strategy and the emphasis on education, pdf, ca. 1,1 MB
• Antonio Remartinez, Director, Ibernex, ES
  Users and Technology: How to apply the technology?, pdf, ca. 1,4 MB
• Rahel Tschopp, Teacher special education, CompiSchule, CH
  Kids teaching older people computer skills, pdf, ca. 3 MB

Track 3: Innovation & Economy

Session 13 - Economic Impact of Demographic Change

Chair: Ulrike Schneider (pdf, ca. 300KB), Director of the Institute for Social Policy, University of Economics and Business, Vienna, AT

• Peter Enste, Institut Arbeit und Technik, Fachhochschule Gelsenkirchen und Ruhr-Universität Bochum, DE:
  Prospects and challenges of an ageing society, pdf, ca. 0,7MB
• Bernd Schips, Former Head of KOF ETH-Zürich, Consultant of the Innovation Center of the University for applied sciences St.Gallen, CH:
  Demographic development and economic perspectives
• Laura Romeu Gordo, Deutsches Zentrum für Altersfragen, DE:
  Do older people consume less? Consumption patterns at older ages, pdf, ca. 120 KB

Session 14 - Business Models

Chair: Juan Carlos Castrosín Gutierrez (pdf, ca. 140 KB), PI&PI, Member of the AAL Advisory Board, ES

• Hubert Oesterle, University of St. Gallen, CH:
  Business Models in Independent Living, pdf, ca. 1,2 MB
• Peter Rumm, FutureCamp GmbH, DE:
  Business Development in PERSONA, pdf, ca. 0,5 MB
• Peter Levene, Business Developer at Docobo Ltd., UK:
  CARING FOR PATIENTS: supporting vulnerable and elderly people at home and in the community, pdf,
  ca. 3,4 MB
• Nissim Darvish, Pitango Venture Capital, IL:
  An investment perspective on business opportunities in AAL, pdf, ca. 1,4 MB

Session 15 - User Driven Innovation

Chair: Manfred Tscheligi, Managing Director and co-founder of CURE, Prof. Human-Computer Interaction & Usability, University of Salzburg, AT

• Onny Eikhaug, Programme Leader, Design For All Norway, NO:
  Design for all: People-Centred Innovation, pdf, ca. 2,6 MB
• Jane Clemensen, Vice-president of the Board of Danish Association of Telemedicine, DK:
  Telemedicine and user involvement as a leverage for innovation: From research to implementation?, pdf, ca. 2 MB
• Richard Curry, Scientific Advisor to the Department of Health, Independent Consultant specialising in Telemedicine and Telecare, UK:
  User Driven Development: UK Funding Mechanisms and Examples, pdf, ca. 0,6 MB

Session 16 - AAL as a Chance for Innovation

Chair: Urs Guggenbühl, FHS St. Gallen, Hochschule für angewandte Wissenschaften, CH

• Terry Young, Chair of Healthcare Systems, School of Information Systems, Computing and
  Mathematics Brunel University, UK:
  Innovation in Healthcare: Key Challenges and Opportunities, pdf, ca. 2,1 MB
• Madeleine Starr, Strategic programme Manager, Carers UK, UK:
  AAL Innovating for family and carers
• Dirk Elias, Executive Director Fraunhofer Portugal Research Center for Assistive Information and
  Communication Solutions, PT:
  What is wrong with AAL? Challenges & Chances, pdf, ca. 0,8 MB

Session 17 - Standards and Interoperability

Chair: Jeroen Wals, Philips, Member of AAL Advisory Board, NL

• Ger van den Broek, Senior Scientist, Philips Healthcare, NL:
  Standards in AAL, pdf, ca. 142 KB
• Chuck Parker, Executive Director, Intel/Continua Health Alliance:
  Continua Health Alliance - AAL, pdf, ca. 2,9 MB
• Marco Eichelberg, Head of Working Group “Interoperability”, OFFIS / VDE AAL Germany, DE:
  Interoperability in AAL, pdf, ca. 1,3 MB
• Ad van Berlo, Manager R&D, Smart Homes, NL:
  Non-technical standardisation issues in smart houses, pdf, ca. 1,5 MB

Session 18 - Trends and Roadmapping in AAL

Chair: Christian Wehrmann, Project Manager at VDI/VDE-IT and Member of the AAL Forum Comittee, DE

• Filippo Cavallo, Researcher, SSSA, IT:
  The AALIANCE Roadmap, pdf, ca. 1,4 MB
• Ben Knapp, Head of CAPSIL Executive, Queen‘s University Belfast, UK:
  CAPSIL project, pdf, ca. 2,4 MB
• Emilio Mordini, Project Coordinator, Centre for Science, Society and Citizenship, IT:
  SENIOR project, pdf, ca. 3,3 MB

Workshops

Workshop 1 - Workshop for Young Researchers and PhD

Chair: Ilse Kryspin-Exner, Faculty of Psychology, University Vienna, Austria

Supported by

• Helmut Hlavacs, Department of Distributed and Multimedia Systems, University of Vienna, AT
• Wolfgang Zagler, fortec, Vienna University of Technology, AT

Workshop 2 - Workshop on Serious Games for Active Ageing

Chair: Holly B. Jimison, Department of Medical Informatics & Clinical Epidemiology, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, US

• Holly Jimison, Oregon Health & Science University,US:
  Serious Games for Active Aging, pdf, ca. 4,5 MB
• Alvaro Fernandez, Smart Brains, US:
  Video Review of Commercially Available Systems
• William Hatt, Oregon Health & Science University, US:
  Hands-On Demonstrations of Systems, pdf, ca. 150 KB
• Holly Jimison, Oregon Health & Science University, US:
  Monitoring Cognitive Performance with Computer Games Technology for Cognitive Health Coaching
• Alvaro Fernandez, Smart Brains, US:
  Video Review of Market Trends for Cognitive Games
• Holly Jimison, Oregon Health & Science University, US:
  Research Trends for Cognitive Games

Workshop 3 - Business Plans

Chair: Urs Guggenbühl, FHS St. Gallen, Hochschule für angewandte Wissenschaften, CH

• Chris Flim, CEO Flim P&C, NL

List of Exhibitors

• ABOTIC, AT
• ADEBAG (Assoc. for the Development of Bioindustry in the Grenoble Area), FR
• AIT (Austrian Institute of Technology), AT
• Aldebaran Robotics, FR
• BEKO Engineering & Informatik AG, AT
• Brittany Region, FR
• CURE (Center of Usability Research & Engineering), AT
• DSM TCG Austria GmbH, AT
• European Commission, BE
• Fachhochschule Technikum Wien, AT
• Fachhochschule Vorarlberg, AT
• FFG (Austrian Research Promotion Agency), AT
• Fraunhofer Portugal – AICOS, PT
• Guger Technologies OEG, AT
• Hochschule Luzern, CH
• Kapsch CarrierCom AG, AT
• LifeTool, AT
• OCG (Austrian Computer Society), AT
• Simon listens, AT
• Telekom Austria TA AG, AT
• Thor Med KFT, HU
• Universitat Pompeu I Fabra, Institute of Audio-Visual Studies, SPECS, ES
• University Tübingen, DE
• University of Twente, NL
• VDE e.V., DE
• VDI/VDE Innovation + Technik GmbH, DE