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Yael Benvenisti: "My Home is Smarter than your Home" - Smart Homes and Aging in Place

Smart home for the elderly is a living environment integrated with sensors. Elderly retain control in their environment, knowing that if...

Technological Session - Part 2

Technology projects, products and innovations aimed at older people and their specific needs. Moderated by Olga Štěpánková.

Yeh-Liang Hsu: Gerontechnology Landscape and Opportunities, Start-up Experience of Taiwan

Taiwan will become a super aged society by 2025. Taiwanese strategy is to design technology and environment for independent living and...

Technological Session - Part 1

Technology projects, products and innovations aimed at older people and their specific needs. Moderated by Thomas Linner.

Ken Sagawa: Ergonomic Products Design to Increase Accessibility for Older People

Moderated by Thomas Linner.

Brian Kennedy: Preventive Medicine in an Aging Society, Beyond Healthcare to Health

Moderated by Petr Šrámek.

Future of Telemedicine in Visegrad Countries

The session discussed the process of implementing telemedicine in healthcare in Visegrad countries and shared experience and good practices

Martijn Vastenburg: Digital Coaches and Blended Care, A Collaborative Approach to Healthy Ageing

In the next few years there will be a lot of new technologies for coaching of the seniors. Digital Coaches (e.g. avatars, apps) will...

Rosette Farrugia-Bonello: COVID-19, Older People and the Role of Technology

Digital technologies can create more inclusive, equitable, resilient and sustainable society, where the technology is a right for all -...

Neil Charness: The Promise and Limits of Technology to Promote Successful Longevity

Technology products hold considerable promise for rehabilitating, argumenting and substituting for age-related negative changes....

The Story of "Život 90"

Život 90 helps senior citizens to live a fulfilling life at home. Jaroslav Lorman, new CEO, shared organisation´s experience with the...