Date: May 19-20, 2011
Location: Stockholm, Sweden
Organised by: prof. S. Lundberg, CHB, Centre for Health and Building at the Royal Institute of Technology and Gunnar Fagerberg, SIAT, Swedish Institute of Assistive Technology 

The conference will highlight electronic services that increase the security, independence and quality of life for elderly persons and persons with disabilities and their families as well as their families in everyday life.

The MonAMI project has developed a number of services using mainstream technology such as mobile phones, Internet, personal computers and touch screens. The technology and services are presently being tested in homes in the Stockholm area and in homes in Slovakia and Spain.

The services concern the safety in the home, management of the home's features and appliances, information about the current situation in the home, calendar and reminders, and simple games. Results and experiences from the testing will be presented at the conference.

The conference will give us an opportunity to share experiences and knowledge on the use of the services and technology from several countries and to discuss their potential for elderly persons and persons with disabilities and their families.

The MonAMI conference in Stockholm:

- is both a national conference and the final conference for the whole project

- is also the last of the MonAMI conferences during March-May 2011 in UK, Spain, Slovakia and Sweden

- is organised by SIAT, Swedish Institute of Assistive Technology, project coordinator for MonAMI and by CHB, Centre for Health and Building at the KTH, Royal Institute of Technology, project partner in MonAMI

Location

KTH Campus at Valhallavägen, Osquldas Väg 4, Stockholm

Target group

Staff in community care of elderly persons and persons with disabilities, prescribers of assistive devices, policy makers, building companies, disability and pensioners’ organisations and others interested. 

Cost

Participation including lunch and coffee is free of charge. Registration is binding but can be transferred to another person. However, absence from the conference will result in an invoice with a cancellation fee of SEK 1 000.

Conference language

English

Registration

Registration opens at the beginning of March 2011.

NB: The registration deadline has been extended until May 6, 2011.

To registration

Contact

Anna Lindström, SIAT: phone +46 8-620 17 12 and e-mail ma-konf@hi.se.

Information in Swedish

Information about MonAMI (pdf, new window)

Information about the conference (pdf, new window)

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Presentations (pdf) held at the conference

"Final conference shows promises and hurdles for the future"

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Content of the conference

Day 1: Focus on technology and field trials with different study visits

Day 2: Focus on policy and exploitation

Preliminary Programme

Day 1: What has MonAMI achieved?

9.00 Registration
9.30 Opening and Introduction
9.45 MonAMI overview; SIAT
10.15 Technical platform; Trialog
10.45 Coffee
11.15 Result of field trials in three countries; London School of Economics
12.00 Introduction to study visits; CHB/KTH
12.30 Lunch
14.00 Transport to study visits at Riddarsporren at Odenplan or Löjtnantsgården at Valhallavägen or CHB/KTH, Centre for Health and Building in Haninge

Day 2: How can the results be used?

9.30 Summary of Day 1: Project, technology and field trials
10.00 Role of policy; Swedish government representative, EU Commission representative
10.45 Coffee
11.15 Role of Industry; AAL-Alliance
11.45 Local exploitation perspective in Slovakia, Spain and Sweden
12.45 Lunch
13.45 Potential for the future - panel discussion
15.15 Closure
15.30 End of conference