Time

Subject

Speaker(s)

Presentations

09.00

Welcome and introduction

Paul Timmers,

DG Information Society & Media (INFSO) / Unit ICT for Inclusion

09.10

Social Inclusion activities of EC JRC-IPTS  + Q&A

Clara Centeno and Alexandra Hache - Institute for Prospective Technological Studies (IPTS) of the European Commission's Joint Research Centre (JRC)

09.40

Intermediate results from a set of FP7 e-Inclusion projects on Marginalised Young People + Q&A

Giorgio Zoia, DG INFSO / Unit ICT for Inclusion

10.00

Technology potential: Affective computing + Q&A

Kostas Karpouzis (National Technical University of Athens)

10.30

Technology potential: Persuasive computing + Q&A

Morten Aagard (Aalborg University)

11.00

11.20

Technology potential: ICT for mental health (new e-Health projects)

Nigel Strang, DG INFSO / Unit ICT for Health

11.50

Round table – Medium term technologies perspective, Ethics + Q&A

morning speakers

12.30

13.30

European pact for mental health and well being (in particular its focus on 1: youth and education; 2: workplace; 3: for older people) + Q&A

Jürgen Scheftlein - EC DG Health and Consumers (SANCO) / Unit “Health Determinants”

13.50

Social Inclusion activities of EC DG Employment, Social Affairs and Equal Opportunities (EMPL) + Q&A

Peter Lelie , DG EMPL / Unit “Inclusion, Social Policy Aspects of Migration, Streamlining of Social Policies”

14.10

Social inclusion activities of EC DG Education and Culture (EAC) + Q&A

Anne-Marie Le Claire - DG EAC / Unit “Youth Policy”

14.30

Social inclusion activities of EC Regional Policy (REGIO)+ Q&A

Reka Rozsavolgyi – DG REGIO / Unit “Thematic Coordination, Innovation”

14.50

Social inclusion activities of EC (Societal) Research (RTD) + Q&A

Marc Goffart – DG RTD / Unit “Research in the economic, social sciences and humanities -Prospective”

15.10

Flash presentations by participants on R&D ideas on ICT for Social Inclusion, with a particular focus on social computing and inclusion (Part-I) + in-between Q&A

• the right tool to fight “digital divide“

Dr Opran Marius "Member of the Executive Bureau, European Economic and Social Committee

UMSIC - “Usability of Music for Social Inclusion of Children” 

Stefanie Stadler Elmer

• Presentation of the Next Door/Quartier project

Oscar Tomico, Technische Universiteit Eindhoven, Netherlands

Johanna Kint, Hogeschool Sint Lukas Department Media and Design Group, Belgium

• Social Tools for Inclusion Researchers

Professor Dr. Brenda K. Wiederhold, Virtual Reality Medical Institute, Belgium

15.55

15.10

Flash presentations by participants on R&D ideas on ICT for Social Inclusion, with a particular focus on social computing and inclusion (Part-II) + in-between Q&A

• Social Inclusion and ICT

Christian Wernberg-Tougaard, Oracle

• Presentation of the Easy ICT project

Jan Dekelver K.H.Kempen, K.U.Leuven, Belgium

• The Media Connection – Social inclusion of (ex)offenders

Juergen Friedrich, TZI,Center for Computing and Communication Technology, Germany

• Ageing: VR for Neuro-Psycho-Physiology

Prof. Giuseppe Riva, Istituto Auxologico Italiano

• Towards inter-reality: the interstress project

Prof. Andrea Gaggioli, Istituto Auxologico Italiano

16.55

Round table – Inclusion in Education, in the Workplace, and for Elders

afternoon speakers from DG EMPL, DG EAC, DG REGIO, JRC-IPTS, DG INFSO

17.10

ICT for Inclusion – EC Perspectives and conclusions + Q&A

DG INFSO / Unit “ICT for Inclusion”

17.20