WAGER 2015 - Workshop On User and Ambient Adaptive Gerontechnologies (WAGER)

Workshop Goals: Gerontechnology is an interdisciplinary field combining gerontology and technology. Sustainability of an ageing society depends upon our effectiveness in creating technological environments, including assistive technology and inclusive design, for innovative and independent living and social participation of older adults in good health, comfort and safety. Gerontechnology aims at matching technological environments to health, housing, mobility, communication, leisure and work of the elderly.
A framework for gerontechnology may be seen as a matrix of domains of human activity: health and self-esteem, housing and activities of daily living, communication and governance, mobility and transport, work and leisure, and technology interventions (enhancement and satisfaction, prevention and engagement, compensation and assistance, care and care organisation).
The term adaptation is inherently linked to Ambient Intelligence, as it refers to a process in which a system adapts its behaviour based on information acquired about its users and its environment. This workshop aims at bringing together current and future gerontechnologies with a special focus on adaptation capabilities.
Topics of Interest
Telehealth and telemedicine services
Communication devices for the senior
Social networks for the elderly
Lifelong learning for mental health
Mobility and rehabilitation technologies
Assistive technologies and devices
Medication / nutrition control services
Household accident detection
Emotion / affect / mood recognition and regulation
Personalised ambient adaptation
Social / care robots and agents
Entertainment technologies for the older adult
Fitness and sports for the senior