Innovation, Gerontechnology and Business for Older Persons' Lives

•   An appropriate environment for older persons stabilizes and improves their physiological, psychological and social functioning.

    In recent months, not just older people faced grim prospects of a shortened live span due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The quality of life has globally deteriorated across all ages.

    We can change the lives of older persons by means of technology, predominantly by ICT, such as the Internet of Things.

    IGEF first launched in 2017. This year's focus is on the 'Human Element' in technology: Its conception, development, application and reception.

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     Because of social distance regulations -- necessitated by the COVID-19 situation -- most participants have? to attend online.

Session 1: Showcases (English)

Time: 16:00-17:30 KST,      Gerontechnology TV

• [Hyodol]

  

• [Bomi2]

  

• [EnBrain]

  

• [Orange Watch]

  

• [Touchcare]

  

Session 2: Roundtable (English) (Canceled)

Title: Human-Affine Technologies & Technologically Affine Humans: Technologies Need People for Uni- and Omnitechnologies
Topic:
   A. Technologies need people
   B. Some technologies are better-fitted for use: The human-affine technologies
   C. To some technologies, humans have to adapt. The degree of the TxH interaction's success is detemined by the users' respective biopsychosocial characteristics: Their affinity to tech, i.e. being technologically affine.

Korean Session: Seminar (Korean)

Time: 14:00-15:30 KST,    ID: 824 7813 3702

• Cheonshu Park
  ETRI

  

• Moon Choi, Ph.D.
  KAIST

  

• Dong Sun Kim, Ph.D.
  Join Care

  

• Mmyungshin Hong, Ph.D.
  Hanyang Cyber U

  

• Sang Soo Song
  Robocare Co., Ltd.

  

• MiJeong Ahn
  IKKO Design

  

• GyeSoon Kim
  Rianpartners Co., Ltd.

  

• Yeongran Park, Ph.D.
  ISG RoK Chapter Pres.

  

• WooJoung Shim, Ph.D.
  President, KAPASS

  

• Participants
  Online

  

• Presentation 1: Human-robot interaction trends and case studies
        Park Cheonshu, Ph.D., Senior Research Engineer,
        ETRI, Human Machine Interaction Research Section

  Presentation 2: The meaning of care for assistive technology development in a super-aged society
        Moon Choi, Ph.D., Associate Professor,
        KAIST, Graduate School of Science and Technology Policy (STP)

  Discussion:
        Moderator: WooJoung Shim, CTO, Wheel line Co., Ltd.
        Dong Sun Kim, CEO, Join Care
        MiJeong Ahn, CEO, IKKO Design
        Mmyungshin Hong, Professor, Hanyang Cyber U
        Sang Soo Song, Directer, Robocare Co., Ltd.
        Online Participants