The workshop would target to contain sessions/talks on:
1. Sensing technology and sensor data analysis (technology for observing the condition of elderly, including techniques for evaluating their current – and potentially predict their future – state)
2. Robot companions (mobile robots targeting elderly care)
3. Applications (examples of robotics supporting elderly in living independently)
4. Ethics (what are the most relevant issues and how should they be addressed)
5. Concluding with a discussion session (potentially organized as a panel debate)
We will invite some selected invited speakers (we would have funding for partly covering their cost) in addition to have an open call for presentation (oral and posters) on the topics listed above. We will target to cover as broad geographical distribution of speakers as possible from countries were relevant research have been undertaken (including Japan, Europe, US in addition to Australia) to provide a world-wide arena for sharing ideas and understanding on both technology and ethics related to robots for elderly care.
Organizers:
Jim Torresen, University of Oslo, Norway
Ryo Kurazume, Kyushu University, Japan
Edson Prestes, Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil