Dear subscribers,

The second issue of the AALIANCE Newsletter has been released and is available for download.

Download AALIANCE Newsletter 02-2008.pdf (617 kb)

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*** Event Announcement ***

AALIANCE Networking Session at the ICT 2008 Conference

Ambient Assisted Living: New Challenges for Researchers, Innovators and Policy-Makers

Thursday, 27 November 2008, 9.00h - 10.30h

Salle Rhône 4

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

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