AAL products and services in support of self-management of healthy occupation

Poznań Supercomputing and Networking Center, Eugeniusz Piasecki University School of Physical Education and the Fit4Work project cordially invite to the 1st Fit4Work workshop, organized as a side-event to the AAL Forum 2014 in Bucharest.

The Fit4Work project is aimed at developing an innovative easy-to-use and unobtrusive system that will support older workers and the relevant stakeholders in reducing and managing physical mental stress resulting from their occupation. By incorporating state-of-the-art ICT building blocks, the system will provide ambient ways of monitoring physical and mental activities at work. Smart algorithms will use the information thus collected to provide context-sensitive personalized recommendations for adjusting the workplace and behavior at work, as well as define mid- and long-term lifestyle plans to meet the demands of the work taking into consideration the worker’s age.

The first workshop organized by the Fit4Work project is devoted to the discussion around the topic of healthy occupation of older adults and empowering them (and their potential employers) with adequate technological (AAL) solutions in order for them to be able to manage their occupational health on their own and thus prolong their active participation in the professional lives.

The objectives of the workshop are as follows:

• Understanding the community views on the healthy occupation of older adults to enable better shaping of the product/service developed by the Fit4Work project and fellow Call 6 projects
• Exchange of knowledge and best practices (including those not-yet supported technologically)
• Creation of a community around the Call 6 theme of providing solutions for older adults to maintain their health at work

The workshop will aim to answer the following questions:

1. What are the objectives, approach and final products of Fit4Work and fellow AAL JP Call 6 projects?
2. What are the key factors to design, develop and market working solutions for the support of self-magement of health at work?
3. How to shape solutions for the management of occupational health? - direct participation of the audience

Agenda

• 9:00-9:10 - Welcome - Michał Kosiedowski (Poznań Supercomputing and Networking Center), Fit4Work Project Coordinator
• 9:10-9:45 - AAL JP developments on occupational health of older adults
  • Fit4Work project - Michał Kosiedowski
  • StayActive project - Mirabela Ureche & Iulian Anghelache (TeamNet International)
  • Healthy@Work project - Clemens Nieke (iHomeLab, Hochschule Luzern)
• 9:45-10:10 - Technologies for smart fitness - Robert Szeklicki & Przemysław Lutomski (Eugeniusz Piasecki University School of Physical Education)
• 10:10-10:30 - Reaction of the audience - questions, answers, ideas, concepts

We invite AAL practitioners, representatives of end-user organizations, occupational health experts and providers of solutions promoting healthy life-styles to participate in the workshop and share their opinions and views on the topic. To participate, please register for the workshop by sending an e-mail to workshop@fit4work-aal.eu, stating your name and represented institution/organization/company.

We encourage you to present your views and opinions within a few minute pitch!

In order for us to schedule your talk, please submit the title and/or short abstract for your intended talk together with your name.