CONTENTS
42 Involving end users in design:
fresh approaches The interactive approach to this year’s Forum bore fruitful results in this session on how to involve end users in the development of ICT solutions
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Foreword President of AAL Rafael de Andrés Medina talks about the lessons learned from the Forum
Introduction An overview of this year’s Forum
AAL Forum 2015
Grand Opening The first plenary session at the ICC set the Forum in motion
10 Fostering innovation
in the ageing space Stephen Johnston of Aging 2.0 provides the Silicon Valley take on how technology can facilitate better living for older adults
12 Your thoughts from
the floor Opinions and pictures from the exhibition floor
17 iMinds: paving the way
for digital health iMinds are looking to change the AAL landscape
18 The interactive
sessions An overview of the six tracks that provided the general themes for sessions at the Forum
18 The Flemish Care living labs
experience day Tuesday saw IWT invite 300 participants, including older adults, to get together to look at today’s care solutions and dis- cuss tomorrow’s
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30 And the votes are in The delegates assess AAL solutions for dementia and mild cognitive impairment
34 Building a home Architecture and care in synergy with the PRoF consortium
35 Co-creating better
AAL products Working together with older adults to create superior solutions
38 Reaching the market Insights into business models be- ing used to improve the delivery of integrated care
41 The AAL vibes
are good Peter Saraga believes demand for AAL solutions is now being driven by real need
58 Time to scale up DG Connect’s Paul Timmers
gave the EC’s perspective on AALs progress
20 How to catch the
investor’s attention Investors from a diverse range of backgrounds spoke with del- egates about the best ways to attract funding
24 Supporting the
entrepreneur AAL needs to support entrepreneurs on their way to success, according to investor Shabs Rajasekharan
28 A helping hand for
innovation Veerle Lories of IWT speaks about the organisation’s role in promoting Flemish innovation in the area of active and healthy ageing
44 Q&A with
Phillipe Muyters The Flemish Minister for Work, Economy, Innovation and Sport explains how active and healthy ageing is
approached in Flanders 46 Making that
connection! The matchmaking session brought together delegates to talk about potential collaborations
48 The future of AAL
in safe hands The winners of the hackathon talk about their experience and how their winning idea came together
51 AAL Award 2015 Find out how the finalists got on in the AAL Award 2015
54 Q&A with
Kevin Wake The council worker from the UK was looking for quick solutions for delivering care at a lower cost
56 Turning healthcare
into self-care Entrepreneur Geert Houben told the story of his company Cubigo and explaineds his vision for the future of
healthcare
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