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VIRTUAL CONFERENCEFEBRUARY 10-11, 2021

CONFERENCE REPORTORGANIZED BYCONTENTS
INTRODUCTION CEREMONY

3KEYNOTE LECTURES

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DIGITAL REVOLUTION IN HEALTH CARE

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INTERVIEW WITH JAROSLAV LORMAN

8LONGEVITY RESEARCH

8PERCEPTION AND DIGITAL SKILLS

9SOCIAL ISOLATION AND ROLE OF ICT10TECHNOLOGICAL SESSIONS

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DIGITALISATION AND AGING WORKFORCE: CASE STUDY OF ITALY15

KEYNOTE SPEAKERS

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CONFERENCE FACT SHEET17

PARTNERS18

The 4th international conference was organized in the frame of the longterm (eng)aging! project, which aims to foster society-wide debate about
the accelerating demographic change and population aging. The project
aims to stimulate a constructive discussion about these trends and to lookfor ways to make use of them for the benefit of the society.
The project was co-financed by the Governments of Czechia, Hungary, Poland,
and Slovakia through Visegrad Grants from International Visegrad Fund. The
mission of the fund is to advance ideas for sustainable regional cooperation inCentral Europe.

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INTRODUCTION CEREMONY

Jana Maláčová, Minister of Labour and Social Affairs of
the Czech Republic greeted the audience and shared herthoughts of being honoured that the conference wasorganized under her auspices. She held the view that seniors
need digital technology and the Coronavirus crisis showed
how useful it can be. Maláčová also emphasized that
“Nowadays, technology helps not only in making purchases
or organizing care services but above all it protects us fromloneliness”. She stressed the importance of assisting theseniors’ education and pointed out how the Ministry ofLabour and Social Affairs is helping with it.
Martin Špáta, the coordinator of (eng)aging conference
explained that the 4th Conference on Population Aging
focused on how people can benefit from modern
technologies. This program of two days had 26 sessions andmore than 50 speakers.

KEYNOTE LECTURES
COVID-19, OLDER PEOPLE AND
THE ROLE OF TECHNOLOGY

Alexandre Sidorenko opened the session and approved
the topic of this year’s conference which is technologies
for active and independent people in older age. Sidorenko
mentioned the United Nations headquarters in New York
City and the Commission for Social development that began
its work. The priority theme of this year was the role of digitaltechnologies on the social development and the well-beingof all.
Rosette Farrugia-Bonello shared the view that nowadays
the world has experienced the role of technology in ourlives. She adopted the stance that “Social isolation isa major risk factor for older persons”. The situation with the
COVID-19 pushed governments to implement restrictions

and encouraged older people to stay at home, however, themeasures made it very difficult for them to access healthcare. In her presentation, she emphasized the influence of
pandemic on older adults: continuous fears about theirhealth, anxiety over the constant news cycle, fears about
not being able to meet their basic needs and social isolation.
Farrugia-Bonello pinpointed the key idea that “Technology
is allowing everyone to be served” and it is a powerful tool
during the COVID-19. Nevertheless, the risks of technology
as online abuse of older people were highlighted. FarrugiaBonello pointed out the problem of scams, frauds, forinstance, when older adults are suggested with the fake
COVID-19 testing. She stated that the research still should beongoing to stop online abuse. Rosette Farrugia-Bonello raised
a question of the means to access or afford the necessary IT
equipment for older people and the difficulties with utilizing
it. This pandemic increased awareness of the benefits oftechnologies and likewise “made “agism more visible”.
Rosette Farrugia-Bonello concluded the presentation that
digital technologies can create a more inclusive, equitable,
resilient and sustainable society, where technology is a rightfor all - including older people.

THE PROMISE AND LIMITSOF TECHNOLOGY TO PROMOTE
SUCCESSFUL LONGEVITY
Neil Charness presented his research that was focused onhuman factors, approached age and technology use, andthe promise/limits of technology to promote successful
longevity. He stated that “We are in the midst of two striking
trends: widespread population aging and rapid diffusionof technology”. Charness observed a PRAS framework for(eng)aging!

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improving person-environment fit: prevent impairments,
rehabilitate - train people, augment - support a failingfunction, substitute - replace a failed function. He mentioned
also a crucial note that older adults are 8 times more likely to
die if they are involved in a car crash, because of changing
of the body structure, etc. The researcher claimed that “evenif technology can help, people must be willing to adhere
to using it”. To summarise the main points Charness addedthat technology products hold considerable promise forrehabilitating, augmenting and substituting for age-related
negative changes.

DIGITAL COACHESAND BLENDED CARE:
A COLLABORATIVE APPROACH
TO HEALTHY AGING
In his presentation, Martijn Vastenburg discussed with
Miroslav Palát a collaborative approach to healthy aging.
Vastenburg demonstrated a project “FoodCoach” which is
helping seniors to improve their nutritious behaviour. He
explained that seniors are having difficulties with decreased
appetite and insufficient food intake. Vastenburg shared thesolutions that were being developed to improve the qualityof life of older adults, however, nutritional professionals havea limited time to monitor what is happening with the patient,
especially when they are working with them on distance.
Nevertheless, digital coaches aim to support the process ofmotivating and guiding patients towards behavior goals.
Vastenburg showed how digital robot companions and frail
seniors look after each other, accordingly, the behavior of
the seniors affects the mood of the robot and older adults
were trying to keep the robot happy. The lesson learned byVastenburg and his team was that: “We need to segment
the patients; some patients are open to using technologies,
we should start with those who are open and then to finda solution for the others”. The researchers were trying topredict what is significant for seniors, especially those whoare not willing to use the technologies. The final remarks
were that the goal of the project is “Not to make the robot
as smart as possible, but to use the smartness of the people
involved” as per the comments of Martijn Vastenburg.

PREVENTIVE MEDICINE IN
AN AGING SOCIETY: BEYOND
HEALTHCARE TO HEALTH
Professor Brian Kennedy described his internationallyrecognized research in the basic biology of aging, where
he as a visionary was committed to translating research
discoveries into new ways of delaying, detecting, preventing
and treating human ageing and associated diseases. He
suggested that researchers right now are focused on sickcare: “We treat diseases as they are all different, to treat
people differently”. Kennedy pointed out that the main goalof the recent research was not only to try to cure the disease(eng)aging!

but to target aging for the means to prevent it. As a result,it will have a much bigger impact on health care. Professor
put forward the idea that biomarkers of ageing include
personal demographics, DNA methylation age, nutritional
assessment, arterial stiffness, metabolites, facial biologicalage, body composition scan, cardiorespiratory fitness andinflammatory markers. All of these points according to Brian
Kennedy “Make us understand biological aging”.

ERGONOMIC PRODUCTS DESIGNTO INCREASE ACCESSIBILITYFOR OLDER PEOPLE:
JAPANESE EXPERIENCES
AND INTERNATIONAL
STANDARDISATION

In his presentation, Ken Sagawa focused on theinconveniences of older people in the use of everyday
products. He presented the research that introduced
the accessible design - a concept for increasing users of
products. Sagawa shared the design conception based ondiverse users to maximize the numbers of potential users
who can readily use a system. The researcher came up withthe solution that this accessible design can be implemented
through visual, auditory tactile information, for instance,a shampoo bottle with tactile marking, manometer withsounds, ATM with voice guidance, a thermometer and callbell with vibration, TV with voice and captions and manyothers. Sagawa suggested as well the second method whichis the accommodation to diverse human characteristics andabilities. The researcher insisted on the need for standards
for its promotion: to provide common basic technology forindustry, to avoid confusion of vulnerable users, to distributepublic solutions. The structure should be developed tobuild an excessive design: individual sector standards, basic
ergonomics, technical and general guidelines. Ken Sagawa
gave a summary that “Standardization is an effective
way for promoting accessible design in industrial fields’’.
Furthermore, human data is necessary to accommodate
products to diverse human abilities and make the lives ofolder adults easier.

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TECHNOLOGY LANDSCAPE AND
OPPORTUNITIES: START-UP
EXPERIENCE FROM TAIWAN
Yeh-Liang Hsu, professor at Yuan Ze University, Taiwan,
where he is a Head of the Mechanical Engineering
Department, Secretary-General, and Dean of Academic
Affairs, started the next keynote session. He explained that
Taiwan became an aged society in 2018 and was expected
to become a super-aged society by 2025. The strategy of his
research was to use technology to support caregivers, reduce
their care burden, improve the quality of care, and provide
the economic drive to society and industry. The professor
stressed that the purpose is to design technology andenvironment for independent living and social participationof older persons in good health, comfort and safety. YehLiang Hsu continued by sharing what exactly do people
do in gerontechnology: monitoring vital signals/behaviour
patterns, creating technology assistance for everyday life forolder adults and caregivers, as well as platforms for social
communication/participation and technology interventions
for enhancing physical and cognitive ability. The professor
summarised that “Design is our common language”.

“MY HOME IS SMARTER THAN
YOUR HOME” - SMART HOMESAND AGING IN PLACE
The last presentation of the conference was held by Yael
Benvenisti, who is CEO of Mediterranean Towers Ventures,a corporate venture capital that invests in technologies
and services companies developing disruptive solutions foraging – the fastest growing population segment around theworld. She described that “There is a lack of knowledge withthe older adults because they do not know what is out there,
however, it is our mission to show them”. Doctor Benvenisti
presented the Smart home technology for the elderly,
which is a living environment integrated with sensors. The
goal of it was to give the older people retain control in theirenvironment, “Knowing that if something goes wrong or
they will need help, this help will arrive on time”. The idea ofthe smart home is to connect smart home devices and thento allow one to use voice commands to do things. Examples
are the command such as: turn on/off lights, monitor
cameras, unlock the front door, activate robot vacuum
cleaner/washing machine, use the digital assistant to listen
to music/ search for the news/ set reminders, etc. Doctor
Benvenisti shared the plans to develop the next generationof devices that will control one’s health as the telehealth andremote clinical services of healthcare delivery.

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DIGITAL REVOLUTION IN HEALTH CAREFORGOING OF HEALTHSERVICES AMONG ADULTS
DURING A CORONAVIRUS
LOCKDOWN: IMPLICATIONS
OF NEW CONSUMPTION ANDTECHNOLOGY-USE PATTERNS

Aviad Tur-Sinai investigated several questions related to thisresearch during his session. First, what healthcare services
covered by National Health Insurance, if any, did the publicchoose to forgo due to the spread of COVID-19? Second, what
factors explain the use of traditional and online healthcare
services as against forgoing these services in the course ofa medical emergency? Third and foremost, what connectionis there between forgoing these healthcare services andsocio-demographic and socioeconomic characteristics,
health status, exposure to COVID-19, and perceived risk ofdeveloping the illness? As a result, Tur-Sinai discovered thatolder people had a lower possibility of having consumptionof healthcare services in various ways during the lockdown
period. On average, one of every two people who needed toconsume at least one healthcare service during the lockdown
period decided to forgo it. Among those who did not forgo,
some ordinarily consumed the medical service and others
did so in virtual ways. The recommendations provided by theprofessor included the idea that “The system should deploy
for simple, efficient, and rapid delivery of basic healthcare
services in virtual ways”, additionally specific groups such as
elders, the religious, and people afraid of COVID-19 infection
should receive education and encouragement in using thesemethods.

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IMPLEMENTATION OF
TELEMEDICINE IN POLAND:CRITICAL STUDY AND
EXAMPLES OF, GOOD PRACTICE
Kaja Zapedowska-Kling discussed the importance of
critical evaluation of the ongoing process of implementing
telemedicine services in Poland. The assistant professor
represented a part of a wider research project on“Application of New Technologies in Social Policies” in
Poland and focused solely on public health. ZapedowskaKling pinpointed that 80 percent of the society in Poland isready to use telemedicine and “it is a huge improvement”.
However, there are several difficulties such as insufficient
PR - insufficient promotions and measured legislation“which is always slower than technological advancement” as
she mentioned, even though laws should somehow act inadvance and solve the problems. Zapedowska-Kling talked
also about the positive sides of telemedicine that helps toreduce high costs of healthcare systems and has a final goal
to increase the quality of life and well-being of individuals
and societies. As the assistant professor argued about theteleservices “it is not there to spy on us, but to help us”.
Zapedowska-Kling believed that the demand for healthcare
services will grow and the development of new technologies
will proceed, which will be concluded in a benefit for elders,less emergency/hospital visits and also reduced costs for thetravel expenses.

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FUTURE OF TELEMEDICINE IN
VISEGRAD COUNTRIES
The discussion aimed to take advantage of recent
unfortunate experiences with the virus, discuss the processof implementing telemedicine in healthcare in Visegrad
countries, and share experience and good practices in thisfield. Regarding this topic, Michał Czarnuch took a stancethat the law is extremely slow. He has been working actively
to develop the telemedicine sector in Poland as one of thefounders of the Telemedicine Working Group Foundation.
Czarnuch suggested that the main goal should be to
introduce the law regarding the changes and telemedicine,
because as he thought the huge uptake of telemedicine
showed all the problems Poland had with data, privacy
and access to the information. He explained that the main
reason for problems that arose was the absence of individual
patients accounts in Poland.
Veronika Bulková introduced the International Centre forTelemedicine which is focused on cardiology issues for morethan 15 years. The organization’s team was searching for ways
how to optimize the issues of telemedicine, as, for instance,
the order is sent to the patients through email. She explainedthat the patient receives a package with information, and it
is an ICG device, mobile phone and ICG electrodes and thenthe patient activates the device at home. She concluded thatafter the monitoring time patients return the device per post.
Later, István Kósa focused on the monitoring of Coronadiseases which should be the top priority. He appended
that the monitoring of the nutrition of the patients should
be included in the plans as well, as “lifestyle is the first weshould assess”. Kósa described also the situation withtelemedicine in Hungary, where the development process
started, nevertheless, it does not currently exist in businessin the country.
Peter Stachura continued the discussion by explaining
how the conditions are in a health area in Slovakia. Peter
Stachura pointed out that COVID-19 has changed manythings in the country. Firstly, in all practices, specialists
started to do telemedicine, which had both advantages anddisadvantages. He explained the relevance of telemedicine
and raised the issue of a negative wave of sending patientsto the hospitals then using virtual services. He also addressed
the challenge of specific areas of medicine which was hard
to implement through telemedicine as the psychiatriccommunication with the patient. Stachura questioned thepercentage of control in the mental treatment while using
telemedicine.

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INTERVIEWINTERVIEW ON LONELINESS, AGEISM AND TECHNOLOGICAL SERVICES
OF LIFE 90 DURING THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC

Jaroslav Lorman, the executive director in ŽIVOT 90(Life 90), explained how the organization reacted to the
COVID-19 pandemic in March 2020. When they saw more
and more cases in the Czech Republic, the organisation
launched a senior telephone line for the elderly, a helpline.
The crucial note is that it was even before the emergency
state was introduced and before the government’s decision
about the first lockdown as Lorman stated. He described thatŽIVOT 90 had difficulties that had to close the community
centre, the theatre and could not organize any meetings.
The team came up with the idea “To go on with some
cultural content using online streaming”. Lorman pointed
out that they engaged the celebrities, actors and “triedtransmitting some cultural programs, so the mental stateof the people does not fall completely”. He highlighted the
topic of loneliness and shared how crucial it is “to be able
to feel that someone is interested in me as a human being
and to be able to express my interest in someone”. Lucie
Vidovićová mentioned the initiative “Let’s End Ageism
during Coronavirus” to fight the discrimination and ageism
against seniors. Lorman suggested using technology andplacing it in houses or apartments where older people live
as a step in a very progressive direction. In the end, both
Vidovićová and Lorman concurred with the opinion thatduring the crisis more seniors went online, and their digital
literacy has increased.

LONGEVITY RESEARCHLONGEVITY RESEARCH APPLIED: EMERGING STARTUPS OVERVIEWPetr Šrámek as a co-founder and managing partner of theLongevityForum.eu presented the LongevityTech.Fund.
The fund that is investing globally in companies extending
healthy lifespans. He demonstrated one of the technologiesof the platform - therapy that can break down cholesterol
and oxidized cholesterol, unlike current medications. Šrámekanswered to problematic diseases such as Alzheimer’s,
Parkinson’s, heart disease, sarcopenia and others with thewhole-body mitochondrial transfusion. He showed also thecompany “Genflow.Bio” that focused on genetic treatment(eng)aging!

especially within the group of genes called SIRT6. The nextcompany presented was “Youthfulness for life” which founda compound that you “apply to your skin and it affects it,
as well as hair and everything that is on top of your body”.
Šrámek showed 12 projects in which they were investing
funds as a platform. The company plans are that “till 2023 wecan be sure that we can slow down some aspects of aging,from the year 2026 we can slow down all aspects of aging, till2030 we will stop all aging and partially rejuvenate it and by
2023 this intervention will be available”.

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PERCEPTION AND DIGITAL SKILLSWAKING UP FROM THE
GEROTECHNOLOGICALOPTIMISM

Lucie Vidovićová stressed the importance of waking
up from gerotechnological optimism. She presented herlatest applied project in the use of humanoid robots inpromoting active ageing in older men and women (HUMR).
Vidovićová demonstrated how the lessons in robotics forseniors worked before the COVID-19 and how enthusiastic
older people are in meeting the robot. The researcher haddifficulties in a lot of issues concerning the use of robots,
the digital divide and ICT acceleration during the pandemic.
During the crisis objective limits in functional and healthdecline, the problem arose. Vidovićová explained how theirproject workers bought computers and helped older people
to upload a Zoom, but it would be much easier to do thatin person (Impossible because of COVID-19 restrictions). To
bring the presentation to a close here: the main suggestionof the project of Lucie Vidovićová is that robots utilizing canbe fun, “We get social, and this is a very important point for
older adults”.

VIRTUAL REALITY IN KEEPINGSENIORS ACTIVE: VIREAS
PROJECTIn her presentation, Věra Suchomelová shared the resultsof the interdisciplinary project “VIREAS: Virtual reality inkeeping seniors active” and the main results of a pilot study
in a nursing home. The key features of virtual reality (VR)as a tool for keeping the elderly active are immersiveness(the feeling of being inside the story) and interactivity (thepossibility to actively influence the storyline). However,Suchomelová raised the issue of risks for the older people
as an improper content or form of the experience, motion
sickness, confusion, and a danger of using a headset likea senior “babysitter”. The two positive results of the project
were creating the software - set of virtual experiences (threevirtual environments, meeting the various needs of theelderly) and a conceptual manual for activity coordinators(Overview of the technology and how to use the VR). VR
consisted of three different areas such as forest, travel andcity centre as Suchomelová explained. She discussed thecontroversy surrounding the areas for the VR, as even though
it is a virtual reality - “Seniors asked for as much reality as
possible” and liked more real trees and would immediately
recognize something strange there. To conclude, VěraSuchomelová stressed the positive sides of the project which
resulted in the creation of positive emotions for older adults,
support of their self-confidence, self-esteem and dignity, as
well as support of interactions for the seniors’ everyday lives.

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USING OF BIOMETRICS IN OLD
AND YOUNG AGE

Marcela Petrová Kafková presented a project in biometrics
and ICT that was focused on the adoption of newtechnologies for everyday use. The question arose on how
modern technologies are currently used and perceived after
the “One year of pressure to use them”. One of the findingsof her research was that in old age women are slightly better
equipped than men. Petrová Kafková described of the surveys
that were held and it showed that older adults significantly
differ in usage and knowledge about modern technologies
and biometrics, as well old age gender conditioned. She
raised the issue of risks of using ICT which are: deepening ofdigital gap and exclusion of older people

HOW ARE DIGITAL SKILLSRELATED TO MEMORY?
Corina Ilinca shared a chapter of her Ph.D. thesis published
as a book named “Digital skills nowadays”. Ilinca explainedin her presentation how digital skills are connected withmemory. She described the definition of memory, which
is impairment, a disability and factors related to it, which
are of timely importance provided that they may be kept
under control and improved. Ilinca argued that “digitalskills are a factor for memory impairment”. One of themain ideas presented was that people who exercise theirmemory utilizing digital engagement are more likely to havebetter memory assessments. The researcher consideredalso a perspective of lifelong learning, taking into accountwhat skills can be learned for a better life. Furthermore,“Communication with a caregiver may be improved if
the person with memory impairment has at least basic
digital skills”. Ilinca also pointed out that usage of digitaltechnologies may provide free access to health facilities,
to keep older people informed and their social lives active.
She concluded by sharing the results of her research thatcomputer usage keeps its influence on memory, likewise,
email usage. Corina Ilinca argued that “Future research also
should focus on types of digital skills that may have a greateror lesser impact on memory”.

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SOCIAL ISOLATION AND ROLE OF ICTIMPROVING ACCESSIBILITY
OF SOCIAL SERVICES & LOCALSUPPORT FOR INFORMALCARERS

Olga Starostová presented a project “Care at Home” which
provides support to informal carers in the Czech Republic.
“Care at Home” project has developed a new “Care atHome” web portal for informal carers featuring the uniquesearch engine for social services/support across the Czech
Republic. She pointed out that “informal carers are still an
invisible group, mainly in the Czech Republic”. The tools
provide an opportunity for lectures online, discussions,
therapy, self-supportive groups. Starostová stated that thebiggest challenge in their work is a lack of information, so
the main idea was to develop the map of support for theelderly and people in need. In this map all together health,social services, non-profit organisation, and other local
stakeholders at villages in the Czech Republic. She explainedthat the goal was to create a “friendly atmosphere” toconnect informal carers, with non-official language as they
are not professionals.
Ivo Mareš further talked about the chart of support andobserved what is the idea of this tool. Chart of support isa web portal where in one place it is possible to access all
information and find support in the database of social
services that covers the total area of the Czech Republic. He
described how the search engine works based on 6 areas.
An emergency care plan has all the information about theperson you care for in one place so you can get it quickly
and easily. Olga Starostová added that a “Carer emergency
card is a card you can carry in your wallet to let people knowthat you care for someone”. Mareš described the plans of the
project to create an application for informal carers and older
people, which will include chart of support, client feedback,
ADL (Index of Independence in Activities of Daily living),
quality certification, medical history, emergency care planand smart home features. Smart home (security) features
would include movement sensors, security alarms on doors
and windows, smoke alarms and many others.

COVID-19 AND AGETECH- EXPERIENCES ANDIMPLICATIONSAndrew Sixsmith addressed the problem of social isolation,
which is a major concern for many people, but especially for
older ones as it can significantly affect their well-being andhealth. He pointed out that the COVID-19 situation brings
this issue into an even sharper focus. Sixsmith presented thestudies on social isolation, which showed that participationin community activities positively influences health andsocioeconomic outcomes for older adults. Accordingly, thelack of social contact can lead to stress, depression, cognitive
decline and can affect physical health. He, as a scientificdirector of the AGE-WELL Network of Centres of Excellence(NCE) for the Older Adults and Caregivers Advisory Committee(OACAC), described the projects from 2020-2024. One of themost useful technologies as Sixsmith noted is “FamilyNet”- an easy-to-use communication platform that helps older
adults keep in contact with their families and friends. He
mentioned the Older Adult and Caregiver Committee
whose members created “personas and scenarios” - a semifunctional description of a person, situation or problem andpotential responses. Sixsmith demonstrated the results of
the AGE-WELL survey on technology use by older people,
where it was shown that during the pandemic, seniors haveincreased their use of video calls as a way to communicate
with family and friends.
Chaitali Desai continued the topic and described her own“persona and scenario” and СOVID-19 pandemic for theattendees. The concluding considerations she had was
acceptance of tech-based solutions may be greater where it
is not perceived to be replacing in-person care and caregivers
should be involved in the design of tech devices, including
education, adoption and sustainability.

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LONELINESS AND WELL-BEING:A ROLE OF USING EMAIL AND
SOCIAL MEDIA
Sunwoo Lee shared her scientific study for the benefit ofusing technology and the role of emailing, social media indecreasing loneliness and improving the well-being amongolder adults 65+. Lee demonstrated that the older adults who
use social media more frequently were experiencing lessloneliness. The key outcome of the study was that it is crucial
to promote internet skill training; to create an aging-friendly
web environment; to reduce computer stress, mistrust anda lack of confidence; to provide digital infrastructure andaccess to internet services. Sunwoo Lee observed limitationsof future studies, which included the fact that sample frame
does not represent all older adults in the US, causality
between the latent factors is not defined, there is a socioeconomic variability, e.g. gender, age, ethnicity, education,
marital status, and living arrangements.

ONLINE DATING, INTIMACY& ACTIVE AGING OF BABY
BOOMER WOMEN
In his presentation, Ieva Stončikaitė explained online
dating, intimacy and active ageing in baby boomer women.
She shared the novels of baby boomer writer - Erica Jong
that investigated the relationship between older segmentsof society and digital technologies. Stončikaitė stated thatthe use of ICT has also played an important role during therecent spread of COVID-19. Dating apps and online datingsites are seen as an alternative way to connect emotionally,sexually and intimately, enhance social inclusion, and reduceloneliness and boredom during the pandemic. She raised
the issue of the lack of research about the online dating ofolder adults as they are “often regarded as not interested inromantic experiences”. The studies revealed a shortcomingthat one-third of the baby-boomer representatives arenow single and want to date. Ieva Stončikaitė provided
evidence that older adults 50+ want to use online dating
as the response for a lack of romantic interaction andresponse for decreasing satisfaction from traditional
ways of meetings. Her opinion concurs with the idea thatflexibility and anonymity allow using online dating apps,
which is especially applicable for older women who feelless vulnerable in cyberspace. Stončikaitė held a view thatthe popularity of virtual partnering has a connection withthe fact that partnering in older ages became more needed
than in the previous decades. However, “Finding a suitablepartner is much harder for an older woman than a man” as theresearcher mentioned. Stončikaitė stated that older women
want someone to have fun with, or simply to chat with.
In conclusion, the researcher emphasized the increasing
difficulties of being an older woman in a society that is
dominated by technology and controversial mainstream
discourse of aging, that is focused on sexual performance asa sign of active and healthy aging.

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TECHNOLOGICAL SESSIONSTECHNOLOGICAL SESSION - PART 1

Miniphone: Signalling System for Home Helpcare
Zoltán Havasi started the technological session with thepresentation of “Miniphone” - signalling system for homehealthcare. In Hungary, the system has been existing for
25 years already. Havasi explained that the service must be
provided for local governments where the population ismore than 10 000. The local governments provide a social
health care system, dispatcher and home care medical
attendances for those in need. Havasi took the stance thatthe device has an accessible design, easy to charge and careabout.
AP-NURSE: A Simple and Modular Monitoring Tool for
Patients with Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s disease andFrail Elderly PeopleMatěj Cenký explored the monitoring tool for patients
which is simple, designed for home and medical applications,aims to simplify caregiver’s work, provide fast warning incase of possible danger and support independent livingof frail elderly. The project focused on the development of
the main two branches home and medical applications(different scalability and data flow). As Cenký described thetool encompasses ambient contactless sensors to identify
changes in the environment. The researcher shared the plans
to move towards testing directly in care centres operated
by their project partners in Poland, Italy and Petržalka, themunicipality of Bratislava, Slovakia. The implementation
depends on the COVID-19 situation.
digitAAL Life – Multimodal Activation of Cognitive
Performance
Maria Fellner began with a brief explanation of digitAAL Life
GmbH which is an Austrian start-up company specialized indeveloping innovative digital solutions for health and care.
Together with its strategic partner JOANNEUM RESEARCH
digitAAL Life developed a tablet-based training game for themultimodal activation of cognitive performance, which has
been already introduced to the market. Fellner highlighted
how the training for users and caregivers was happening in a
guided way. The goal is that “Older people will be able to use
it under guidance or independently” as Maria Fellner noted.
The training content of the tablet apps is also offered in theform of a dice game and can thus be used for group training.

does counselling and training of individuals and groups. The
main problem that arose was in the fact that 71 % percent
of women and 70 % of men in Europe in the 55+ age groupnever or seldom exercise or do sport. The SALSA projectcame up with the solution that older adults are more likely
to stick to physical activities if they can do them with peopleof similar age.
MonAMI Platform in Elderly Household Environment
Alena Galajdová described the results of the research that
aimed to demonstrate how useful and accessible services
could be delivered in mainstream systems to older people
and people with disabilities in their homes. The MonAMI
system created a system of alerts based on sensors, which
helped to acquire data from the devices (temperature, lightlevel, movement, gas, smoke). Galajdová pointed out how
the system can send alerts through SMS, email or phone callin case of danger. Based on questionnaires she concluded
that users were very satisfied because they felt safer at home,
as well as carers.
Telemedicine in Gerontology
The next presenter Markéta Janatová shared the benefits ofusing a gaming system that can train not only coordinationand stability but also cognitive functions. as she described
older people could react to some movement of the ball, try tocatch the ball and for some of them it was super motivating,so they wanted to continue exercising. She shared thebenefits of distance therapy automatic devices, that as an
example can detect emergencies with older adults.

SALSA: An App-based-solution to Support Physiotherapy
and all Aspects of Starting and Maintaining an Active
Lifestyle for Older Adults
In his presentation, Stefan Schürz observed the SALSA - appsystem for fitness and phytotherapy. He held the opinion
that “It is not a man that needs to adapt to technology. It
is a technology that needs to adapt to man.” The LIFEtool
was created to promote technology for people with special
needs and people in 3rd age. Schürz explained that the app(eng)aging!

12Sheld-On: Improving Accessibility, Functionality, andSafety at Home, at Work and in Society, Integrating ICTSolutions into Habitats, Improved Building Design
Adam Kaczmarek continued the technological session
by presenting the “Sheld-On” project. The “smart habitat”
system was created to build smart furniture and accessories,
smart home devices (TV, fridge, etc), sensorisation in a homeenvironment, wearable devices and architectural solutions.
The project plans to create the “Way of monitoring theperson in the way of making it convenient without evenknowing that the person is monitored”. Kaczmarek explainedthat older adults do not like to feel that they are monitored
and carry all these sensors (on the fingers, parts of the body).
The researcher pinpointed an interesting feature of the lie
detector that can recognize the emotions of older adults
from the app.
Smart Care in the Light of Society 4.0
Lenka Lhotská shared with the audience her on-goingproject for elderly and fragile people that is aimed “To extend
the time people can stay in their own homes, enhancetheir independence and feeling of safety”. The COVID-19

situation highlighted the urgency of applications providing
the described functionalities, including telemedicine andtelehealth services as Lhotská highlighted. The main purposeof the project was to integrate reliable, commerciallyavailable sensors and HW systems. Lhotská concluded thatthe main functionalities were a fast alarm in case of accidents
or abnormal situations, evaluation of long-term trends anddetection of changes in behaviour.
Domestic and Ella4Life: projects supporting the elderly
and the disabled
Mariusz Kaczmarek gave a brief introduction of the project“DOMESTIC’’ the main idea of which was to create a system forthe elderly and disabled people. As he explained subsystems
are controlling “stroke”, “heart”, “asthma”, and “sleep”. The
main idea was to prevent depression, dementia, exclusion.
The next project - “Ella4Life” is a virtual personal assistant forhome and on the road. Kaczmarek noted that the pluses ofthe system are in helping the elderly to live independently
longer by giving them easy-to-use technology. He concluded
that the app is the modern vision of a “personal buddy” forolder adults.

TECHNOLOGICAL SESSION - PART 2
OrCam MyEye2: A Revolutionary Vision Technology for
Blind and Partially Sighted People
Jan Cejthamr started the second part of the technologicalsession by introducing the Israel company “OrCam”. Heshowed the device that helps people with sight disabilities
to see, which helps “To read wherever you are: not only the
texts of newspapers, information at the malls, but also fromdigital screens such as emails’’. Cejthamr shared the benefitsof the OrCam MyEye2 for the older people with reading
product labels at the kitchen for instance and they can cook
for themselves, the same as in the malls where they can see
the type of the product instantly, it can recognise the facesof their friends. The crucial feature of the device is colour
recognition as well.

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Virtual City for Cognitive Training in Elderly
Iveta Fajnerová weighed the opportunities of research ofneurobiological mechanisms that lead to the developmentof severe mental disorders and the development andtesting of new diagnostic and therapeutic methods at the
National Institute of Mental Health. She presented the
VR city for cognitive training in the elderly which has themain aim to have various locations that can be used forspecial navigation. Fajnerová explained that the goal was tocreate innovative technologies that could positively affectthe lives of older adults in means of enhancement and/or
rehabilitation of cognitive abilities affected by the aging
process and degenerative diseases.

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Kaleido: Virtual experiences for individual activation of
the elderly
Marek Háša founded Flying Kale, a company focused onbringing innovations to life. In his presentation, Marek Háša
presented the team’s first project, Kaleido, which is a toolfor individual activation in nursing homes and hospitals,
providing engaging virtual reality-based experiences (travel,
culture, relaxation, walks, ...) tailor-made for the elderly. The
motto of the project is: “Can’t visit the world? We make theworld visit you”. Háša aimed to reduce the level of lonelinessof older adults. Kaleido managed to implement a large-scale
free-of-charge pilot program in 40 Czech nursing homes andresearched into the usability of VR in Czech social care. Háša
proved that the tool had verified a positive impact on thephysical and mental well-being of elderly people, as well as“Wonderful references, cute reactions and pictures”.
Personal Shelf Inspector: Helping the blind people withshopping by a smart AI app
The next presenter Andrej Bodi presented the DataSentica
platform which built the “Personal Shelf Inspector ‘’ - a mobile
app and tool for merchandisers, sales reps and managers
with analysing positioning, pricing and more about the
products. The tool was adapted for the shopping assistantthat made this process easier for visually impaired people.
Bodi explained that the app navigates the user to a shop
(Theia), to the shelf (In-store navigation) and to the productin itself (Personal Shelf Inspector). Then there is an additional“cash reader” that is checking the sum at the cashiers.

Lab Development. He was talking about virtual reality inretirement homes. Virtual Lab brings to senior houses andsocial services the complete program for activation andreminiscent therapies in virtual reality. The project aimed tomake activities easier such as education, adaptation process,communication process; to make financial profit and tosave money/sources. Leoš Kubíček described the areas of
the activities of the project which are soft and hard skills
in VR and VR packs such as Edu, senior, health and VR/AR
application development.
Self-adapting Toilets to Raise IndependencePaul Panek provided a short but informative look into selfadapting toilet technology. He explained that “toilets andbathrooms are almost white areas in the AAL landscape”.
However, there is a need for adaptive technologies in thisarea. That is why Panek created a solution - self-adapting
supportive toilets for the sami-public area. He pointed outthat this technology is empowering old or disabled people
and allowing them to use toilets without assistance, to leave
home, and participate in social life.

Cash Reader: Making banknotes accessible worldwide!
Tomáš Jelínek continued with the presenting of his start-up“CashReader” for visually impaired people. He demonstrated
how the application works and can measure the length of
the banknote (To understand the amount) and can scan thebanknote and name the value. The application identifies 90+
currencies already as Jelínek pinpointed. He mentioned thatthe cash reader technology is based on artificial intelligence,
700 real banknotes, and 8k photos per note. He concluded
that the app is already available for 40 Million people withvisual impairments all around the world.
The AgeWell Project: Supporting the Transformation to
Retirement by Virtual Coaching
In his presentation, Johannes Kropf introduced to theaudience the “AgeWell” project that is focused on virtual
coaching to support a healthy and meaningful life of older
adults and employees in their retirement process. The goal
was to build a virtual companion in the form of an avatar
and a physically embodied device. Kropf explained that after
the pre-trial participants got feedback that appreciated theopportunity for engagement activity. They felt stimulated
and wanted to interact with the other users. The plan of the
project is to extend the functionality of the robot companion
as Johannes Kropf summarised.
VR Senior Pack: Virtual Reality for Retirement Homes
The session’s next presenter was Leoš Kubíček, co-ownerof 3 companies - Holistic management, Virtual Lab, Virtual(eng)aging!

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DIGITALISATION AND AGING
WORKFORCE: CASE STUDY OF ITALYRECOVERY 4.0: AGING LABOUR MARKETS AND DIGITIZATION OF THE
ECONOMY IN THE TIME OF COVID-19

Pietro Checcucci presented the results of his recent researchin the Labor and Professions Department of INAPP on
digitalisation of the economy and aging with the example of
Italy. One of the main points shared was that despite the trustthat Italian private employees show towards older workers as
a guarantee of maintenance of “know-how and organisational
resilience their digital employability appears critical”. Checcucci
addressed the difficulties in skills recruiting for occupations. He
added that high NRC could push employers to seek alternative
solutions, “Which include offshoring options, in the absence ofimmigration policies able to manage the problem”. Checcucci
also pointed out the effects of COVID-19 in Italy which resulted
in a redefinition of risk parameters, impact on services, remote

working solutions speed-up, reconsideration of demographics
and the critical role played by information. The researcher
later moved on to the statistics of Eurofound, where Italy took
second place (After Finland) with the highest share of 50+
people who started to work remotely. The reason for sucha change in the first half of 2020 was caused by a pandemiccrisis. As a result of the research, Pietro Checcucci suggested
creating a correct and exhaustive identification of structuralproblems exacerbated by the pandemic and creating thestrategy regarding the education sector as workforce training.
The final remark was that “Public and private actors still lacka shared perception of problems and a clear vision of futurescenarios”.

TECHNOLOGY INNOVATION AND THE AGING WORKFORCE IN
THE TIME OF COVID-19
Luisa D´Agostino and Maria Luisa Aversa talked about
the results of an “INAPP” qualitative study carried out inthe manufacturing and services sector, which explores therelationship between the employability of workers over 50
and technological innovation. The researchers focused on thehealth and social services which, in the face of the increasing
average age of the employees, must respond to a greater
request for care and assistance from users who have also
become older.
Maria Luisa Aversa explained the digitisation process in
Italy and that the country is the most exposed to the risk of
substitution in Europe. She proved the advantages of robots as
an ability to perform heavy work “in a precise and repeatableway”. However, she as well compared robots with the skills ofmen, who are more developed in creativity, decision-making,flexibility and adaptability. Aversa observed the connection
between COVID-19 and technologies that allowed to “Work,produce and deliver services on distance”. She summarised the
crucial conclusion that digitalization requires a re-thinking anda redesign of work organisation that places human resourcesat the centre and ecosystems 4.0.

Luisa D´Agostino continued the presentation with theobservation of workforce aging in the health sector. She helda view that significant workforce aging happened in the Italian
health sector, where the average age in 2018 was 50.7. The
research raised the issue of slow health services digitalisation
which was linked to the personnel age. D´Agostinopresented the 3 categories of solutions as computerizationof administrative and patient management procedures,using telehealth (telemedicine, consultations and remoteusing artificial intelligence and Big Data. She highlighted
that in health there is no real risk of a human-technology
substitution because the human factor is essential. D´Agostino
revealed shortcomings and obstacles to the diffusion of newtechnologies in health services: resistance to cultural change
among older adults, aging concentration in the ruling class,work burden from the working class, innovation speed, andinadequate training courses. The researchers came up witha solution to the problem as an adaptation of the training
courses, involving new professional figures, raising professionalawareness, and training the IT technicians/designers.

AGING, FRAILTY, AND INNOVATION: EXPLORING THE FUNCTION OF NEWTECHNOLOGIES IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE CARE PROFESSIONS IN
THE TIME OF COVID-19
Roberta Fefe’ focused on the specific results of the researchthat had been presented by Luisa D´Agostino on aging and IT.
She specified the sensemaking process through which technoscientific innovations are co-produced and adopted. Fefe’ later
indicated that the demand for care cannot be interpreted byseparating the biological dimension of the illness from thecontextual dimension in which disease was experienced. The(eng)aging!

researchers observed the meaning of the intervention andaging and highlighted that “To create a competence in its use,the device has to deal with a process of shared constructionof the meaning of the intervention in the socio-cultural sensethat it assumes among operators - elderly families - as coproducers”.

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KEYNOTE SPEAKERS

Yael Benvenisti (IL) – CEO, Mediterranean
Towers Ventures
Yael Benvenisti is currently CEO of Mediterranean
Towers Ventures, a corporate venture capitalthat invests in technologies and services
companies developing disruptive solutions foraging – the fastest growing population segment
around the world. She has been chairperson ofTechnologies of Aging Well/Aging2.0 Israel since 2011 and founderof the Israeli entrepreneurial ecosystem of the Aging Tech space.
Over the years, Yael has developed and built networks of contact
with international cooperation to export the Israeli innovation andto have international corporations and investors to notice Israeli
activities. For the past 12 years, she has been a board member of
the Israel Gerontological Society.
Neil Charness (US) – Director, Institute for
Successful Longevity
Neil Charness is William G. Chase Professorof Psychology and Director of the Institutefor Successful Longevity at Florida State
University. Neil’s research focuses on humanfactors approaches to age and technology use.
He has published over 200 journal articles,book chapters, proceedings papers, and technical reports, and coauthored books on Designing Telehealth for an Aging Population:
A Human Factors Perspective and Designing for older adults:
Principles and creative human factors approaches. He is a Fellowof the American Psychological Association, the Association for
Psychological Science, and the Gerontological Society of America.
Rosette Farrugia-Bonello (MT) - Deputy
Director, International Institute on Ageing
Rosette Farrugia-Bonello is Deputy Director at
the International Institute on Ageing, United
Nations-Malta (INIA). She lectures at the
Department of Gerontology and Dementia
Studies, Faculty for Social Wellbeing, Universityof Malta, and has directed INIA’s International
training programmes in the Dominican Republic, Georgia, India(Andhra Pradesh, Hyderabad, Mumbai and Pune), Malaysia and
Nepal. Rosette is also chief editor of the International Journal
on Ageing in Developing Countries, expert on the Task Forceson Dignified Ageing within AGE Platform Europe-Belgium, anda founding / council member of the Maltese Association ofGerontology and Geriatrics (MAGG).

Yeh-Liang Hsu (TW) – Editor-in-Chiefand IT Director, International Society for
Gerontechnology
Yeh-Liang Hsu is a professor at Yuan Ze University,
Taiwan, where he has held many importantroles, including Head of Mechanical Engineering
Department, Secretary-General, and Dean of
Academic Affairs. Professor Hsu directed his
research interest in design to gerontechnology and established theGerontechnology Research Centre in 2003, the pioneering research
institute in this field in Taiwan. He has published papers, books, andpatents, and has conducted many projects in gerontechnology.
Professor Hsu has been actively involved in the International Society
for Gerontechnology (ISG). He is concurrently Editor-in-Chief forGerontechnology (the official journal of the ISG) and IT Director of
the ISG. In 2016, Professor Hsu founded Seda GTech Co. Ltd. Working
with young co-founders who were his students, he has been pushing(eng)aging!

gerontechnology research to real products for daily applications byolder adults and caregivers.
Brian Kennedy (SG/US) - Director, Centre for
Healthy Ageing
Professor Kennedy is internationally recognizedfor his research in the field of basic biology
of aging and as a visionary committed totranslating research discoveries into new waysof delaying, detecting, preventing and treating
human aging and associated diseases. He is
a Professor in Biochemistry and Physiology at the Yong Loo Lin
School of Medicine at National University Singapore, and Director of
the Centre for Healthy Longevity at the National University Health
System. He has published over 200 papers and has an H factor of 69(Google Scholar). From 2010 to 2016, he was the President and CEOof the Buck Institute for Research on Aging. Currently, he remains
a Professor at the Institute where his lab addresses the biology
of aging. During his tenure at the Buck Institute, seven start-up
companies were created in the Biotechnology space.
Jaroslav Lorman (CZ) – Executive Director,Život 90/Life 90
Jaroslav is an Executive Director in ŽIVOT 90/
Life 90. He graduated from Faculty of Arts (Latin,
German) and Catholic Theological Faculty ofCharles University in Prague. He also lectured at
CTF UK theological ethics. He stands up for rights
of LGBT minorities. The non-profit organizationŽivot 90/ Life 90 was founded in 1990 with the goal to enable seniorcitizens to live a fulfilling life where they are the happiest – at home.
Since 1995 the organization has run a community centre for seniorcitizens, their careers and their families in the middle of the historicalpart of Prague. Services of the community centre include a crisis
helpline, emergency care, a Consultancy Centre, a Stationery andRehabilitation Centre, a Daily Services Centre, and care service. The
Volunteering Centre and U Valšů Theatre are the other importantparts of the organization.
Ken Sagawa (JP) - Emeritus Researcher, National
Institute of Advanced Industrial Science andTechnology (AIST)Ken Sagawa is Emeritus Researcher of National
Institute of Advanced Industrial Science andTechnology (AIST) in Japan. He specialises invisual science with special interests in aging
and ergonomic design for older people, andpeople with visual disabilities, the outcomes of which aimed forinternational standardization on accessibility.
Martijn Vastenburg (NL) – Founder, Connected
Care
Martijn
Vaswtenburg
isFounderofConnectedCare. He has a background as
An Assistant Professor at Delft University ofTechnology. He has coordinated projects
in care Innovation, together with researchorganisations, companies, care organisations
and users. His core expertise is in social tools for care collaboration,
persuasive technology, design methodology and sensorbased group awareness. Next to being Managing Director ofConnectedCare R&D, Martijn is also The Founder of HalloZorg and
Senior Researcher at the Eindhoven University of Technology.

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CONFERENCE FACT SHEETThe 4th (eng)aging! Conference was held on February 10–11, 2021 under the title “Technologies for Active and Independent
Living in Old Age“. All the Conference sessions were held online in consequence of the COVID-19 pandemic. Virtual Conference
examined how modern technology can improve quality of life of older people and recent COVID-19 developments and its
impacts on the elderly.
During these two days, the event hosted a wide range of respected experts from number of fields – representatives ofgovernments, technological companies, researchers, scholars, NGOs, geriatrics, gerontologists, providers of health care andsocial services and representatives of senior organisations. The Conference consisted of online presentations of academic
papers, keynote lectures, technological fair and networking session (26 zoom sessions, 55 speakers).
UNIQUE ZOOMCONNECTIONSOVERALL STATISTICS

MAX. ATTENDANCEIN ONE MOMENTSPEAKERS

55 (19 COUNTRIES)FEB 10281 (530 TOTAL)FEB 10161

ATTENDEES554

FEB 11180 (393 TOTAL)FEB 11

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The first-ever online (eng)aging! Conference was attended, among others, by the Director of the Institute of Successful
Longevity, Neil Charness (US), the Deputy Director of the International Institute of Ageing at the United Nations, Rosette-Farugia
Bonello (MT), the Director of the Singapore Centre for Healthy Ageing, Brian Kennedy (SG), Ken Sagawa (JP), a Researcher
Emeritus at Japan’s National Institute for Modern Industrial Science and Technology, and Martijn Vastenburg (NL), co-founderof ConnectedCare, and many more.
The COVID-19 pandemic made it significantly more difficult to access health care and lives of older people have been among
the most affected. Therefore, one of the conference sections “Future of telemedicine” focused on digitalization of our healthcare
system which could be very handy and beneficial not just for older people, but for everyone.
Two Technological sessions showcased 17 technology projects, products and innovations aimed at older people and their
specific needs. These included robots, VR, gadgets, mobile applications, wearables, etc.
The Conference offered also Networking session. There were 3 networking rooms, 3 topics and 3 hosts:
Room 1 – Longevity Research: How to Extend Health-span and Geroscience (hosted by Petr Šrámek);
Room 2 – Investing in Technology and Disruptive Solutions for Aging (hosted by Yael Benvenisti);Room 3 – Aging 2.0: A Global Network of Innovators Addressing Aging (hosted Stephen Johnston).
All Conference outcomes, including the video recordings and press releases are available at the project’s website.

STEERING COMMITTEE
Radim Boháček, Coordinator of SHARE, Academy of Sciences, Czech RepublicJuhani Ilmarinen, Former Director, Department of Physiology, Finnish Institute of Occupational Health (FIOH), Finland
Stephen Johnston, Co-founder, Aging2.0, UK/USA
Rainer Münz, European Political Strategy Centre (EPSC) / European Commission, Austria
Alexandre Sidorenko, Former Chief of United Nations Program on Aging, Austria
Vladimír Špidla, Former Prime Minister, Former European Commissioner for Employment, Social Affairs and Equal
Opportunities, Czech RepublicIlona Štorová, Chairwoman, Age Management z.s., Czech Republic
Petr Wija, Director, Institute for Social Policy and Research, Czech Republic

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PARTNERS

The conference, which took place under the auspices of Jana Maláčová, Minister of Labour and Social Affairs, and Milena
Johnová, Councillor for Social and Health Care, City of Prague, was co-organized by the Centre for Active Aging and the
KEYNOTE company.
The partners of the conference were the International Visegrad Fund, JTI, The Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands
in Prague, and MEDDIhub.
The project was co-financed by the Governments of Czechia, Hungary, Poland, and Slovakia through Visegrad Grants fromInternational Visegrad Fund. The mission of the fund is to advance ideas for sustainable regional cooperation in Central Europe.
The Visegrad Grant partners were:
Czech Institute of Informatics, Robotics and Informatics, Czech Tehnical University in Prague (CIIRC ČVUT); Faculty ofElectronics, Telecommunications and Informatics, Gdańsk University of Technology; Federated Innovation and Knowledge
Centre , Budapest University of Technology and Economics; Department of Cybernetics and Artificial Intelligence, Technical
University of Košice.
Learn more about the Visegrad project.

Organizers

General Partner

Partners

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CONTACT
Martin Špáta
Project coordinator+420 608 153 456
spata@keynote.cz
www.engagingprague.com(eng)aging!

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