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Webpage: http://www.jyu.fi/confidence2010/
Information and communication technologies (ICT) in the fields of ageing, eInclusion, and ambient assisted living (AAL) aim at supporting older people to remain independent for as long as possible, to maintain an active participation in society, and to improve their quality of life. The Agora Center, University of Jyväskylä and The CONFIDENCE consortium is pleased to announce the CONFIDENCE 2010 International Conference -Open Doors to ICT for Ageing and eInclusion.
Aim
The conference aims at disseminating current research and development activities carried out within the CONFIDENCE project as well as other research within the European Union Framework Programmes, but is not limited to these. The conference also encourages the exchange of ideas and initiatives among participants in the fields of ICT and ageing, eInclusion, and AAL. Most importantly, the conference will literally "open the doors" of these research and development activities to older people, stakeholders, and the society.
Who should attend
Researchers and ICT developers, public and private social care, business representatives should attend. A central role in the conference is given to the older people, formal and informal care providers, and other stakeholders. That is, OPEN DOORS to ICT for the benefit of older people and our society at large. Researchers or presenters will disseminate their results through their participation in the conference and poster sessions. Older people, users, and stakeholders or guests will be able to learn about the current situation in this area. Through moderated interactive round tables and informal occasions the older people and stakeholders will be able to discuss their points of view with the researchers, and to transmit their interests for now and for the future. The mission of these user-researcher interactive opportunities is to establish a compromise towards a USER-DRIVEN development of ICT that will serve us all sooner or later.
Call for abstracts
Abstracts are invited for CONFIDENCE 2010. Contributions are encouraged from private as well as national, regional, international and European Commission funded research programs. The conference language is English. Abstracts of one page including background, methodology, results and conclusion should be submitted online by 3rd September 2010. The electronic submission system for abstracts and other information will be announced later.
Authors are invited to submit original, unpublished research papers and posters on the following topics, but not limited to these:
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User involvement, user-centred aspects and design
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innovative interaction paradigms
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functional monitoring in activities of daily living
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real-time localization systems
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sensors, sensor networks, body area networks
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embedded systems
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ALL technologies and systems
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business models and sustainability
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ethical and legal issues related to technologies and their
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development
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standardisation and interoperability
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and, more generally ICT based assistive technologies, applications, environments and solutions
Abstracts can be submitted in the following categories:
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Full paper - Formal reports of completed research. Length: No more than 10 pages in the template format.
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Posters - Presentation at a glance of projects or research in progress in the form of the poster at the conference (format A0, i.e. 84.1 x 118.9 cm, portrait orientation).
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Demonstrations - Consult for requirements
More information can be obtained from:
Maria Alonso, e-mail: malonso@ceit.es
Narciso Gonzalez, e-mail: narciso.gonzalez-vega@jyu.fi
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