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Information about the Networking Session at the ICT 2008, organised by the CompanionAble Project

ICT 2008 Networking Session "Ambient Assisted Living - Virtual User Platforms"

 

The Networking Session included presentations about Ethics, Smart Homes and Robotics, as well as related projects and technologies.

 

Time

Topic

 

00’ – 10’

Opening Address

Francois Junique, European Commission

 

10’ – 20’

Keynote

Professor Atta Badii, Coordinator CompanionAble Project, IMSS, University of Reading, UK

 

20’ – 25’

Outline of Key Ethical Issues related to ICT for Elderly (in the context of Integration of Mobile Robots into Smart Home Environments)

Gerard Cornet, Gerontologist, France

 

25’ – 35’

Integrating Service Robots into ICT solution for technology supported Ageing

Dr. Andreas Bley, MetraLabs GmbH, Germany

 

35’ – 45’

Smart Home Technology to Support Elderly

Dr. Ad van Berlo, Smart Homes, Netherlands

 

45’ – 55’

Integrative Sensor Fusion for Condition Monitoring

Professor Jerome Boudy

 

55’ – 65’

INHOME – An Intelligent Interactive Service Environment for Assisted Living at Home

Dr. Dimitrios Vergados, University of Aegean, Greece

 

65’ – 75’

Detecting Activities of Daily Living

Professor Dr. Ing. Thomas Kirste, University of Rostock

 

75’ – 95’

Challenges for Graceful Integration of Subsystems into a Home-Care-Well-Being Environment

Discussion Panel

Discussants: Professor David Hewson (University of Troyes), Gerard Cornet, Professor Atta Badii, Dr. Ad van Berlo, Daniel Thiemert (University of Reading), Dr. Andreas Bley (MetraLabs GmbH), Professor Jerome Boudy

 

 

The CompanionAble project is co-funded by the European Commission under the

 7th Framework Programme

(Grant Agreement Number 216487).

Start Date: 1st January 2008

Duration: 48 Month

  © Copyright 2008 The CompanionAble Consortium

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