Dear Madam/Sir,

the AALIANCE Project will conduct a networking session during the ICT 2008 Conference in Lyon. The session has now been scheduled in the official conference programme and I would like to invite you to join us at the AALIANCE Networking Session at the ICT 2008, share and discuss your thoughts on the future of Ambient Assisted Living in Europe and meet potential project partners.

Invitation to the AALIANCE ICT 2008 Networking Session
Ambient Assisted Living: New Challenges for Researchers, Innovators and Policy-Makers

Date: Thursday, 27 November 2008, 9.00h - 10.30h

Global demographic trends are leading to a rapid aging of our societies, with a sharp increase in the elderly and the very elderly. Evidence suggests that ICT in combination with new services can contribute positively to this scenario: Ambient Assisted Living (AAL) solutions can extend the time elderly people can live in a decent way in their preferred environment and increase their autonomy, self-confidence and mobility and increase the efficiency and productivity of used resources in the ageing societies. At the same time AAL provides new challenges and opportunities for researchers, companies and policy makers alike. AALIANCE - the European Ambient Assisted Living Innovation Alliance - invites all stakeholder to this networking session to share and discuss their views on the upcoming AAL sector in Europe.

More information: http://www.aaliance.eu/public/news/join-us-in-the-aaliance-networking-session-at-the-ict-2008-conference

AALIANCE Project Website: http://www.aaliance.eu

The overall schedule for the networking sessions at the ICT 2008 Conference: http://ec.europa.eu/information_society/events/ict/2008/networking/programme3/index_en.htm

ICT 2008 Homepage: http://ec.europa.eu/information_society/events/ict/2008/background/index_en.htm

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Other AAL-related networking sessions we recommend:

25 November, 14.00h-15.30h
ICT for Health and Elderly Care: a triple win?
http://ec.europa.eu/information_society/events/cf/item-display.cfm?id=560

26 November, 11.00h-12.30h
AAL Joint Programme - getting networked for the 2nd call
http://ec.europa.eu/information_society/events/cf/item-display.cfm?id=500

26 November, 14.00h-15.30h
An affordable and personalised health care system for an independent ageing - Future challenge for healthcare deployment: how to make it happen?
http://ec.europa.eu/information_society/events/cf/item-display.cfm?id=690

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Yours faithfully,
 
Christian Wehrmann
Coordinator AALIANCE