Ethics and e-Inclusion: best practices in Europe, 16 March 2009

With inclusion in the information society growing in importance, the Commission has identified the urgent need to clarify ethical issues in order to respect the rights of users and enable thriving markets to develop (June 2007 Commission Communication on Ageing Well in the Information Society and the November 2007 Communication on e-Inclusion). Ethical issues related to inclusion in the information society concerns amongst others ICT for healthy and independent living of elderly people, assistive technologies for persons with disabilities, ICT for integration of marginalised young people or migrants.

All these themes were discussed in a workshop held in Brussels on 16 March 2009 – the first of a series of three – organised by the eInclusion Unit. Objective of these meetings is to set up criteria for selecting best ethical practices in the field of eInclusion as seen by all stakeholders: industry, research community, civil society, regional authorities, end users. Participation was restricted to speakers and a selected stakeholder and expert panel.

Read more on the background of the meeting .

The report of the meeting is available .

Presentations done by speakers at that meeting can be downloaded below.

Time	Subject	Speaker(s) / Chairs	Presentations
Morning session		Chair: Emilio Mordini, CSSC, Rome Rapporteur: David Wright, Trilateral Ltd, London
09.30	Welcome and goals of the meeting	Silvia Bojinova, EC, e-Inclusion unit
10.00	Key measures, and definitions for best practices in ethics	Daniela Intravaia, Head of the Inter District Coordination of Automatic and Computer Systems, Ministry of Justice, Italy	text of the presentation
Criteria for Best Practice Setting in Ethics of e-Inclusion
10.30	Telecom’s Perspective	François-René Germain, Vice President of the Group Accessibility department, France Telecom
10.50	Privacy and Security Best Practices	Christoph Luykx, Intel Corporation
11.10	The need for EU criteria on the ethical use of ICT for e-inclusion	Anne-Sophie Parent, Director, AGE, Belgium	AGE's paper 'Older people and Information and Communication Technologies'
11.15	Elderly dignity across new technologies and RSC	Miguel Angel Rodriguez Bedmar Coordinador Provincial Cruz Roja Alicante, Spain
11.30	Ethical considerations when setting up an older persons e-inclusion project	Paul Wheeler, Snr IT & E-Government Manager, UK
11.50	ICT for older people in social and health planning in Friuli Venezia Giulia, Italy	Giulio Antonini, Friuli Venezia Giulia Region, Italy
12.10 - 12.30 General discussion
Afternoon session		Chair: Emilio Mordini, CSSC, Rome Rapporteur: David Wright, Trilateral Ltd, London
Focus and Workplan
14.00	What is a legal best practice?	Paul de Hert, VUB, Brussels
14.30	Ethicist’s Perspective	Guido Van Steendam, The IFB, KU Leuven, Belgium
14.30	Ethics for research, development and innovation projects	Ignacio del Arco, Institute of Innovation for Human Wellbeing and eVIA (National Platform in Spain on Technologies for Independent Life, Accessibility and Social Cohesion)	*
14.45	Eldy: e-inclusion through intergenerational volunteering	Enrico Neri, Project ELDY, Italy
15.00	Real World Cases: Good Practice vs. Best Practice	Kush Wadhwa, GSI, London
15.15	Proposal of Workplan and Task allocation	Emilio Mordini, CSSC, Rome
15.30 - 17.00 General discussion
17.00 - 17.30	Final remarks and next meeting	Silvia Bojinova, EC, e-Inclusion unit

*Read also the Reference of certification for solutions designed under the principles of technological effectiveness of the Institute of Innovation for Human Wellbeing

Last update: 13/09/2011