Forum Programme Publication is online
The AAL Forum 2019 is just around the corner, and we are happy to announce that the onsite programme publication is now available online. Among other things, the publication contains interviews with keynote speakers Julie Arts and Bengt Andersson, a welcome from AAL Programme President Peter Saraga, and a complete overview of programme sessions and exhibitors. Read the publication by clicking here or on the icon below.
Julie Arts: An ecosystem approach
AAL is developing a proposal for a future European partnership programme that introduces an ecosystem approach for ageing well. But what does that approach actually mean? Julie Arts works for the renowned Presencing Institute, providing action research for societal transformation and she will provide valuable insight into this approach during her keynote address and a workshop on Tuesday morning. Can you explain what an ecosystem approach is? An ecosystem is an interconnected collaboration within an ecosystem itself, which could be geographic or sector wide, for example. It’s a community of organisms – individuals, institutions, organisations – who start to work with each other and interact with each other in order to evolve and adapt to external influences. In an ecosystem...Read More
Meet our Moderator: Fernanda Freitas
Fernanda Freitas is a journalist with a keen interest in the topic of ageing. For those of you who have attended the AAL Forum before, you may well remember her as the host of the 2017 edition in Coimbra, Portugal, and this year she is returning to moderate the plenary sessions. We caught up with her to find out more about why she considers the world of active ageing to be such an important matter, and why she thinks it is essential that we should all start thinking about how we age as soon as possible. Tell us about your interest in the field of active ageing. I was the National Ambassador for the European Year of Active Ageing and...Read More
Elevator pitch – sell your idea in six minutes
This year, the AAL Forum is bringing you a brand new format – the elevator pitches. We are going to give the stage to six different groups for six minutes each, giving them the opportunity to pitch their ideas in a short, snappy and engaging way to the audience. The intention is to spark interest across the audience and create further debate and discussion with other interested participants. Here we will provide you with a short taste of what each pitch will be about. Person-centred involvement of dementia patients and family carers in enabling technology design In the WHO European Region, dementia is the leading cause of dependency and disability. Dementia currently affects around 10 million people in the region,...Read More
INTERACTIVE WORKSHOPS AT THE FORUM: THEMES 5 + 6
The AAL Forum 2019 is now just one month away, and today we will be giving you another taster of some of the interactive workshops that will be taking place over the course of the event. As the format of the AAL Forum has evolved over the last decade, its emphasis on interactivity has increased. The workshops that are held each year represent the pinnacle of this focus on sharing knowledge, best practice and experiences, and this year’s selection of sessions promises to be one of the best we’ve ever put together. Over the past few weeks, we have been introducing you to some of the workshops that we have organised for the AAL Forum 2019, which have been grouped...Read More
Interactive workshops at the forum: Theme 4
The AAL Forum 2019 is now just five weeks away, and today we will be giving you another taster of some of the interactive workshops that will be taking place over the course of the event. As the format of the AAL Forum has evolved over the last decade, its emphasis on interactivity has increased. The workshops that are held each year represent the pinnacle of this focus on sharing knowledge, best practice and experiences, and this year’s selection of sessions promises to be one of the best we’ve ever put together. Over the coming weeks, we’ll be talking you through the workshops that we have organised for the AAL Forum 2019, which have been grouped together according to theme....Read More
Fantastic collaboration between AAL and EIP on AHA at the Forum 2019
As part of their joint mission to support the digital transformation of ageing and care, the AAL Programme has teamed up with the European Innovation Partnership on Active and Healthy Ageing (EIP on AHA) to bring their 2019 Conference of Partners to the AAL Forum. EIP on AHA is an initiative to foster innovation and digital transformation in the field of active and healthy ageing. The EC funds several EIPs, all set up to help strengthen EU research and innovation. The premise of a partnership is to bring together relevant actors at EU, national and regional levels across different policy areas to focus on a specific societal challenge at all levels of the innovation chain. The EIP on AHA was the...Read More
Interactive workshops at the forum: Theme 1 (part 1)
The AAL Forum 2019 is now just two months away, and starting this week we will be giving you a taster of all of the interactive workshops that will be taking place over the course of the event. As the format of the AAL Forum has evolved over the last decade, its emphasis on interactivity has increased. The workshops that are held each year represent the pinnacle of this focus on sharing knowledge, best practice and experiences, and this year’s selection of sessions promises to be one of the best we’ve ever put together. Over the coming weeks, we’ll be talking you through the workshops that we have organised for the AAL Forum 2019, which have been grouped together according...Read More
Don’t miss the biggest AAL exhibition
With up to 90 different stands, the exhibition at the AAL Forum 2019 promises to be the biggest yet. It will be the perfect place for AAL delegates to learn about and interact with the latest research and the most promising products in the field of active and healthy ageing. We speak to Kirsten Rud Bentholm, who is in charge of the exhibition at the AAL Forum 2019. What is your role in the AAL Forum exhibition? I am the head of the CareWare exhibition, which will be the Exhibition area on AAL Forum 2019. You are also responsible for DokkX. Can you explain the background to this project? DokkX is an innovative development centre for Welfare Technology and digital...Read More
Meet the speakers: Q&A with Bengt Andersson
This year’s AAL Forum will see Bengt Andersson, senior advisor at the Nordic Welfare Centre, present a methodology and overview of welfare technologies that have been implemented in the Nordic countries. He will also outline the national strategies of the Nordic countries and the tools they use for implementing welfare technology, discussing the many challenges involved and setting the tone for the rest of the forum. We spoke to him recently to get a taste of the message he wants to convey to the AAL community. Could you explain a bit more about the Nordic welfare model? I work for the social and healthcare sector at the Nordic Welfare Centre which is part of the Nordic Council of Ministers. Our...Read More