Fwd: AAATE2017 Nº6 Explore the Special Thematic Sessions for AAATE2017

There's a couple of coga related Thematic Sessions at the AAATE congress -
Sheffield. UK 11-15th September 2017

Steve Lee
OpenDirective http://opendirective.com

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From: Anneliese Fraser <info@aaate2017.eu>
Date: 14 December 2016 at 13:09
Subject: AAATE2017 Nº6 Explore the Special Thematic Sessions for AAATE2017
To: Steve Lee <steve@opendirective.com>


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Dear Steve,


We are pleased to tell you that the majority of Special Thematic Sessions
have now been approved by the Scientific Committee and added to the AAATE
Website.

The call to submit an early version paper to the conference has now been
extended to *10.02.2017*.

Submit your paper on one of the themes below or on any topic relevant to
assistive or enabling technology and services that make use of such
technologies!
Please find below the list of Special Thematic Sessions for AAATE2017.
Please click on the individual themes to get more information:
Usability, Accessibility, Innovation

   - Assistive Technology for Intellectual Disability and Autism Spectrum
   Disorder (STS06)
   <http://aaate2017.us13.list-manage.com/track/click?u=4caaa8057180bebf285150198&id=ddb80418a2&e=b1b8d2a520>
   - Personal health and wellbeing recommender systems based on wearable
   technology (STS27)
   <http://aaate2017.us13.list-manage.com/track/click?u=4caaa8057180bebf285150198&id=243d50e07a&e=b1b8d2a520>
   - Are smart home technologies a useful tool for assisted living? (STS43)
   <http://aaate2017.us13.list-manage.com/track/click?u=4caaa8057180bebf285150198&id=9256bf46bc&e=b1b8d2a520>
   - Next Generation Interactive technologies for autism (STS48)
   <http://aaate2017.us13.list-manage.com/track/click?u=4caaa8057180bebf285150198&id=f454ec54a5&e=b1b8d2a520>
   - Innovative Technologies for Independent Living (STS51)
   <http://aaate2017.us13.list-manage1.com/track/click?u=4caaa8057180bebf285150198&id=5375c299e4&e=b1b8d2a520>
   - Technology for Remote Care (STS56)
   <http://aaate2017.us13.list-manage.com/track/click?u=4caaa8057180bebf285150198&id=f8457fdf6b&e=b1b8d2a520>


Dementia, Autism and Mental Health

   - Assistive Technology for Intellectual Disability and Autism Spectrum
   Disorder (STS06)
   <http://aaate2017.us13.list-manage.com/track/click?u=4caaa8057180bebf285150198&id=c3bcc915da&e=b1b8d2a520>
   - Next Generation Interactive technologies for autism (STS48)
   <http://aaate2017.us13.list-manage.com/track/click?u=4caaa8057180bebf285150198&id=2f71e04fc5&e=b1b8d2a520>



Robotics

*In progress*



Education and Training

   - Applied research in Care and Technology by professional master
   students (STS07a)
   <http://aaate2017.us13.list-manage1.com/track/click?u=4caaa8057180bebf285150198&id=85a36da343&e=b1b8d2a520>
   - Education in Care and Technology (STS07b)
   <http://aaate2017.us13.list-manage.com/track/click?u=4caaa8057180bebf285150198&id=ce7893e15b&e=b1b8d2a520>
   - Universal Design across the Education Continuum (STS16)
   <http://aaate2017.us13.list-manage.com/track/click?u=4caaa8057180bebf285150198&id=3eb1e385d4&e=b1b8d2a520>
   - Inclusive ICT-Based Learning for Disabled and Non-Disabled
   People (STS32a)
   <http://aaate2017.us13.list-manage.com/track/click?u=4caaa8057180bebf285150198&id=1c547cabe7&e=b1b8d2a520>
   - Mobile Apps for Disabled and Older People: Applications and End-User
   Issues (STS32b)
   <http://aaate2017.us13.list-manage.com/track/click?u=4caaa8057180bebf285150198&id=a748c8f7c1&e=b1b8d2a520>
   - Contributions to bridging the digital divide (STS35)
   <http://aaate2017.us13.list-manage.com/track/click?u=4caaa8057180bebf285150198&id=a768d3d103&e=b1b8d2a520>



Communication

   - Applications of speech and language technology: therapy,
   accessibility, and communication II (STS38b)
   <http://aaate2017.us13.list-manage.com/track/click?u=4caaa8057180bebf285150198&id=da62ce43e2&e=b1b8d2a520>



Methodology and Methods

   - Situated Learning (STS30a)
   <http://aaate2017.us13.list-manage.com/track/click?u=4caaa8057180bebf285150198&id=4cea94189d&e=b1b8d2a520>
   - Assistive technology in services (STS30b)
   <http://aaate2017.us13.list-manage.com/track/click?u=4caaa8057180bebf285150198&id=56cca885eb&e=b1b8d2a520>
   - Innovative methods (STS30c)
   <http://aaate2017.us13.list-manage.com/track/click?u=4caaa8057180bebf285150198&id=7504739e83&e=b1b8d2a520>
   - Domestication of assistive technology (STS30d)
   <http://aaate2017.us13.list-manage.com/track/click?u=4caaa8057180bebf285150198&id=8257a7d2b8&e=b1b8d2a520>
   - Ethical, Cultural, and Social Considerations for Assistive
   Technologies in Aging (STS36)
   <http://aaate2017.us13.list-manage1.com/track/click?u=4caaa8057180bebf285150198&id=a849b2d6ab&e=b1b8d2a520>
   - Potential Impact of an open Developer Space on Developers, Vendors,
   Researchers, Clinicians & Consumers (STS44)
   <http://aaate2017.us13.list-manage1.com/track/click?u=4caaa8057180bebf285150198&id=f4dbb4c043&e=b1b8d2a520>
   - Using machine learning to match assistive technology to people with
   disabilities (STS50)
   <http://aaate2017.us13.list-manage.com/track/click?u=4caaa8057180bebf285150198&id=c6dfceab5a&e=b1b8d2a520>






Strategic and Strategies

   - Universal Design across the Education Continuum (STS16)
   <http://aaate2017.us13.list-manage1.com/track/click?u=4caaa8057180bebf285150198&id=903d31f929&e=b1b8d2a520>
   - e-Health/e-Care solutions: technologies, interoperability, and
   standards; e-Health/e-Care solutions: service innovation and outcomes
   (STS33)
   <http://aaate2017.us13.list-manage1.com/track/click?u=4caaa8057180bebf285150198&id=5402f0cf3f&e=b1b8d2a520>
   - Potential Impact of an open Developer Space on Developers, Vendors,
   Researchers, Clinicians & Consumers (STS44)
   <http://aaate2017.us13.list-manage.com/track/click?u=4caaa8057180bebf285150198&id=9429cad903&e=b1b8d2a520>
   - Using machine learning to match assistive technology to people with
   disabilities (STS50)
   <http://aaate2017.us13.list-manage.com/track/click?u=4caaa8057180bebf285150198&id=9cb38952b9&e=b1b8d2a520>
   - Improving Quality, Performance, and Outcomes for Assistive Technology
   Services (STS55)
   <http://aaate2017.us13.list-manage.com/track/click?u=4caaa8057180bebf285150198&id=d0777c8040&e=b1b8d2a520>


Assistive Environments

   - Are smart home technologies a useful tool for assisted living? (STS43)
   <http://aaate2017.us13.list-manage2.com/track/click?u=4caaa8057180bebf285150198&id=94bb739e84&e=b1b8d2a520>
   - Technology for Remote Care (STS56)
   <http://aaate2017.us13.list-manage1.com/track/click?u=4caaa8057180bebf285150198&id=cdbaab39cf&e=b1b8d2a520>
   - The role of technology in social isolation and loneliness in later
   life (STS58)
   <http://aaate2017.us13.list-manage.com/track/click?u=4caaa8057180bebf285150198&id=b05de19701&e=b1b8d2a520>


AT in use in Everyday Life

   - Gaze-based Assistive Technology- Use and Usability in Everyday Life
   for Individuals with Impairments (STS23)
   <http://aaate2017.us13.list-manage.com/track/click?u=4caaa8057180bebf285150198&id=a99a3daa8c&e=b1b8d2a520>
   - Ethical, Cultural, and Social Considerations for Assistive
   Technologies in Aging (STS36)
   <http://aaate2017.us13.list-manage.com/track/click?u=4caaa8057180bebf285150198&id=80728d3750&e=b1b8d2a520>
   - Innovative Technologies for Independent Living (STS51)
   <http://aaate2017.us13.list-manage.com/track/click?u=4caaa8057180bebf285150198&id=56db737db7&e=b1b8d2a520>
   - The role of technology in social isolation and loneliness in later
   life (STS58)
   <http://aaate2017.us13.list-manage1.com/track/click?u=4caaa8057180bebf285150198&id=497e5e9dfc&e=b1b8d2a520>

In widening the style of sessions and content, the options for type of
submission has also changed. There are three options and guidance files for
submitting drafts for review:

   - Full paper (8 pages, ~4000 words)
   - Short paper (4 pages)
   - Themed Session (for any other form of session)

Details can be found here.
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The
final deadline for all the above submissions is 10.02.2017 17.00 CET.

The Conference Management System to upload your file will be live soon.


The Satellite Events will have a separate timing and submission process and
will be published via this newsletter and the AAATE2017 website shortly.
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The Association for the Advancement of Assistive Technology in Europe
(AAATE) is the inter-disciplinary pan-European membership association
devoted to all aspects of assistive technology including research,
development, manufacture, supply provision and policy. The Association also
collaborates with the World Health Organisation on the Global Assistive
Technology Initiative – GATE; and sister AT organisations from the USA,
Japan, Korea and Australia.

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multi-disciplinary research centre at the University of Sheffield, which
brings together over 70 academics from 17 departments and five faculties to
research, develop, evaluate and implement new technologies to enable people
to live well and age well.

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