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FP7 consultation meeting on Service and Social Robotics for the Ageing Population

2 December 2009, Brussels, Belgium

This FP7 Consultation meeting brought together experts from all over Europe. The objective of the workshop was to review current trends in research and applications and provide strategic guidance for drafting the ICT Work Programme 2011/2012.

The workshop was focused on the topic of service and social robotics for Ageing Well and should result in possible future orientations for application driven research in this field, in particular with a view to practical deployment in real-life situations and industrial exploitation.

You can read the report download as a word document the report of the FP7 consultation meeting on Service and Social Robotics for the Ageing Population download as a PDF file the report of the FP7 consultation meeting on Service and Social Robotics for the Ageing Population.

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

Agenda

Time

Subject

Speaker(s)

 

09.30

Welcome and FP7 introduction

Paul Timmers, Head of Unit ICT for Inclusion, European Commission

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10.00

Key note: State of the Art

 

Filippo Cavallo

Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna (Pisa), Italy

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10.20

Keynote: Industrial Perspectives

 

Dietwig Lowet

Connected Consumer Solutions (CCS), Philips Research, The Netherlands

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10.40

Coffee break

11.10

Presentations by participants and Open Discussion

 

  • Adam Hagman, Robotdalen

  • Martin Haegele, Fraunhofer Institut für Produktionstechnik und Automatisierung IPA

  • Ferran Cabrer i Vilagut, Muficata

  • Tim Smithers, Fatronik - Tecnalia

  • Sara Solozabal, CEIT

  • Miguel Declerck, ALTREONIC

13.00

Lunch Break (1h)

14.00

Presentations by participants and Open Discussion (Cont'd)

 

  • Anthony Soroka, Cardiff University

  • Rich Walker, Shadow Robot Company

  • Luis Pablo Del Arbol Perez, Telefonica

  • Andras Toth, Budapest University of Technology and Economics

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15.00

Coffee break

15.20

Plenary discussion on recommendations

 

   

16.20

conclusive remarks – wrap up rapporteur

 

   

16.30

closing

 

Last update: 13/09/2011 

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