ICT for Independent Living and Inclusion

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ICT for Independent Living and Inclusion
Challenge 7

• European Commission, DG Information Society and
  Media
• E-Inclusion Unit (H3)

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Challenge 7 ICT for Independent Living and
Inclusion

• Integration
• Empowerment of
• Individuals

Outcome
Participation for All
Objective

• New Markets global leadership
• Better Accessibility - better for all

• 30 non-users
• Aging Population
• Complex, inaccessible ICT
  

Opportunities
Challenges
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Challenge 7 ICT for Independent Living and
Inclusion

• ICT has major catalytic role on Inclusion
• Major global market opportunity 20B/year
• Europe well placed to respond

• Demographic Ageing
• i2010 flagship on ICT and Ageing
• E-Inclusion Policy
• Riga Ministerial Declaration, 2006
• eAccessibility Communication

Industrial Relevance
Policy Relevance

• Independent Living
• Active Ageing
• Mainstream Accessibility usability
• Next Generations of Assistive Technologies
• Role of ICT for an e-Inclusive society

• Prolonged independent living
• Increased active
  
  participation
• Reduction in the 30 of non-users
• Global Leadership in Ageing market

Key Areas
Impacts
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Objective 3.7.1.1ICT and Ageing
Integration of advanced ICT prototype solutions
for Independence at home, on the move or at
work. Focus on increased system efficiency and
user acceptance through highly novel approaches
(compl. to AAL169)
Global Industrial and academic leadership in ICT
and Ageing Providing basis for future solutions
with highly increased efficiency and user
acceptance
Target Outcomes
Enabling cost-effective, multi-vendor solutions
Enabling seamless and reliable integration of
devices and services
Expected Impacts
Open Systems Reference Architectures, standards
and Platforms for Independent Living and Active
ageing
A long term RTD agenda for ICT and Ageing,
positioning Europe efforts in the global market,
including standards, soc-econ.
RTD roadmaps, socio-economic research, standards
setting, international cooperation US, Japan
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Advanced Prototype Systems for Independent
Living and Active Ageing

• Target Users People with Age-related impairments
• at Home, on the Move, at Work
• Objectives Achieve breakthroughs in new systems
  that could significantly
• Prolong personal autonomy in the home and on the
  move
• Integrated care, Rehabilitation in the Home,
  Support by relatives
• Prolong active participation in Society
• Key research issues Increase system efficiency
  and user acceptance by
• Radically new paradigms, Increasing system
  intelligence
• Making technology invisible adaptive to user
  needs and emotional states
• Sharing contextual information between a number
  of artefacts and services
• Providing appropriate ethical and privacy
  safeguards
• Target outcomes
• Scientific break-throughs enabling new solutions
  for independent living and active ageing through
  a set of working prototypes
• Step change Increase for academic and industrial
  knowledge base in the field

Note that this should complement projects already
launched under IST call 6
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Open Systems Reference Architectures, Standards
and Platforms

• Target Users People with Age-related impairments
• at Home, on the Move, at Work
• Objectives Develop an open standards-based
  approach for integrating independent living and
  active ageing solutions
• Building on and extending existing standards and
  middleware
• New architectures, standards and guidelines where
  needed
• Key research issues
• Seamless integration of required components and
  services
• Self-configuration and minimal maintenance
  solutions
• Ontologies for automated sensor data collection
• Reliable and trusted systems
• Target outcomes
• Cost-effective and trusted multi-vendor solutions
  through a set of open standards and application
  platforms
• Seamless and reliable system integration of
  devices and services into the home, on the move
  or at work

Note that this should complement projects already
launched under IST call 6
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Objective 3.7.2.1Accessible and Inclusive ICT
Deeply embedding accessibility in mainstream
ICT. Methods and tools for computer simulation of
user interaction and validation
frameworks. Assistive solutions based on non
invasive Brain computer interaction.
Demonstration of accessible solutions in real
life using context. Enable new market
opportunities. Facilitate seamless interaction
between accessible mainstream ICT and assistive
solutions. Facilitate development and production
of accessible ICT. Better understanding of
ethical issues , market requirements barriers and
cost benefit aspects.
Target Outcomes
Expected Impacts
Assistive technology constituencies coordination
and international cooperation
ICT based Communication and shared environments
for social inclusion of marginalized young people
RTD capacity on ICT solutions for social
inclusion.
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Embedding Accessibility in Mainstream ICT

• Target users people with disabilities
• Objectives embed accessibility support within
  mainstream ICT-based products and services
• Key research issues
• Open accessibility architectures
• Standards for a seamless integration of assistive
  solutions
• User interfaces and content representation for
  people with special needs
• Expected outcome
• Develop/demonstrate solutions in a realistic user
  context
• Critical success factors
• Strong industrial participation

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Computer simulation of the user interaction

• Target users ICT-based product/service
  developers of accessible products and services
• Objectives Verification and optimisation of
  accessibility features
• Key research issues
• Simulation of user interaction
• Computer-based validation frameworks
• Expected outcome
• Tested methods and tools
• RTD roadmap
• Contribution to common European implementation
  platform

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Non-invasive Brain Computer Interaction

• Target people with disabilities
• Objectives augment individual performance in
  areas such as
• Access to ICT resources
• Control of artificial limbs
• Rehabilitation and training
• Research issues integration of
• Sensor technology
• Self-adaptive systems
• Assistive technologies
• Expected outcome
• Effective BCI based systems usable outside the
  laboratory

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ICT for Social Inclusion of young people

• Target Marginalised young people
• Objectives facilitate social inclusion
• Research issues
• Innovative communication
• Shared creative environments
• Expected outcome
• Contribution to future research agenda
• Key success factors
• Experience in ICT and marginalised young people

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Supporting Measures

• ICT and Ageing
• Objectives
• RTD Roadmaps and Socio-economic research, incl.
  ethical and privacy issues
• Standards setting, Int. Cooperation (US, Japan)
• Assistive Technologies
• Objectives
• Coordination of constituencies, future research
  agendas
• Int. Cooperation (North America, Asia), market
  requirements/barriers, cost/benefit analysis

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Essential Elements of Proposals

• ICT and Ageing
• Prototypes for Independent Living/Active Ageing
• Breakthroughs beyond state of the art
• Open Systems, Ref. Architectures, Home Platforms
• Industrial Participation
• Building on test environments allowing for early
  user involvement
• Take account of accessibility and usability needs
  of users
• Multi-disciplinary RTD
• Accessible and Inclusive ICT
• Mainstreaming accessibility
• Realistic user context, strong industrial
  participation
• User accessibility simulation
• Brain-Computer Interaction
• Critical mass of key players, Industry part.
  encouraged
• Social Inclusion of young people
• Prep. Action, organisations with track record in
  the field