FEATURE
AAL Forum 2015
Ambient Assisted Living (AAL) is ICT-enabled independent living, using products and services for better lives and functional capability of older adults to promote a healthier lifestyle and to support carers, families and care organisations. The AAL Forum, which took place this year in Ghent on September 22-25, is the showcase event for people involved in AAL projects and the AAL community.
This community includes a wide variety of stakeholders, and the forum allows them to exhibit and demonstrate existing or developing ICT solutions, as well as discuss various topics and highlight new or emerging developments
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he AAL Programme and IWT (the Flemish Agency for Innovation for Science and Technology) supported this year’s event in collaboration with iMinds. More than 650
delegates registered and attended the event, while 28 exhibitors from across Europe also took advantage of the opportunity to highlight a wide collection of products and services developed for the AAL market. The overarching theme of the annual event for 2015
was “Aspirations in Active Ageing – Engaging People, Services and Technology”. The intention was to examine ways that the AAL Programme can encourage and promote an improved connection between the individual and the innovation. In doing this, we can expect the development of better technology products and services, and by closing the gap between product development and the end user, the products being developed will become desirable. This not only makes good business sense, but in
doing so people will actually want to use the products, meaning they will be able to remain healthy and active and at home for longer into their lives. With this focus clearly defined, the three-day event
was organised with a high level of interactivity. 42 sessions took place over the two main days covering the central themes of education and training, the roll-out of solutions and trialling, connecting supply and demand, meeting the needs and hopes of older people, interoperability, and the future of AAL. The interactive nature of the sessions covering
these themes proved popular among delegates. Presentations were made, but the emphasis was on open, honest discussion that delivered clear outcomes and lessons learnt. “The sessions I attended were open and honest,” said one delegate. “A lot of things were mentioned and discussed that many projects and industries would not like to talk about. So there were many lessons to learn from the
“The emphasis was on open, honest
discussion that delivered clear outcomes
and lessons”
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