EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
YO!
THE FUTURE OF AAL IN SAFE HANDS
Students demonstrated a firm understanding of how to tackle a very real issue
facing older adults and the need to get to market fast – and win AAL’s hackathon competition in the face of some stiff opposition
M
aurits Descamps, Nathalie Saikali and Benjamin Vermunicht are all studying physicsin the sixth form of RHIZO Lyceum OLV Vlaanderen Kortrijk, a secondary
school in Ghent. The three youngsters, together with their
physics teacher Joos Van Cauwenbeghe, took part in the AAL Forum’s three-day hackathon
48 | AAL FORUM 2014
event against three teams of experienced researchers in a grueling competition to research, plan and develop an idea to meet a need faced by older adults. The event was hosted by the Microsoft
Innovation Centre in Flanders and started with a brainstorming session that involved older adults, academics, representatives from industry, IT specialists 12 coaches and other
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