22 & 23 july 2021 | online

miOne world

International Conference

What is miOne world?

miOne World is the 1st International Conference on Online Social Environments for Active Ageing, which gathers researchers, practitioners and industry representatives to discuss the design, development and evaluation of digitally mediated products for active ageing, sense of belonging and perceived wellbeing. It takes place online on 22 and 23 July 2021, being organized by the Department of Communication and Arts – DigiMedia, University of Aveiro jointly with University of Porto (FLUP) and Polytechnic Institute of Viseu (ESEV).

This conference is a result of the SEDUCE 2.0 research Project, constituting a forum in which researchers, associations, Universities of the Third Age and other entities share their concerns, initiatives and advances in the involvement of older adults in the usage or/and development of technology and integration in communities.

There are 2 typologies of participation in this conference:

Researchers who may present their scientific work in the field;
Universities of the Third Age / Daycare centres / Associations or other entities that can share and present their experiences.

The reflection and discussion take the form of R&D work, policies, case studies, demonstrations, entrepreneur experiences, reviews and methodological proposals. In addition, the conference will promote the debate about gerontechnology and digital wellbeing in times of pandemic influenza. The socio-techno-ethical dimensions associated to the adopted digitally mediated strategies to overpass the boundaries of social distancing measures are under focus.

What is miOne world?

miOne World is the 1st International Conference on Online Social Environments for Active Ageing, which gathers researchers, practitioners and industry representatives to discuss the design, development and evaluation of digitally mediated products for active ageing, sense of belonging and perceived wellbeing. It takes place online on 22 and 23 June 2021, being organized by the Department of Communication and Arts – DigiMedia, University of Aveiro jointly with University of Porto (FLUP) and Polytechnic Institute of Viseu (ESEV).

There are 2 typologies of participation in this conference:

Researchers who may present their scientific work in the field;
Universities of the Third Age / Daycare centres / Associations or other entities that can share and present their experiences.

Topics

Suggested research topics for contributions include, but are not limited to:

Theory on Online Social Environments for Active Ageing

Information and Digital Literacy
Use or Non-use of Socio-Gerontechnology
Acceptance and Use of Technology
Intergenerational Differences in Uses and Gratifications
Physio-, Psycho- and Social Digitally-mediated Approaches to Active Ageing
Ethics assessment in the use of digitally-mediated interventions for active ageing.

Design and Development of Online Social Environments for Active Ageing

Designing Online Communities for Active Ageing
CoDesign and Community Centred Design Approaches
Accessibility tools and features
Experience Design for Active Ageing
Media Design Kits in Active Aging and Wellness
Development of Digital Apps for Active Ageing.

Evaluation Methods of Online Social Environments for Active Ageing

Process evaluation of digitally-mediated interventions
Prototype evaluation (Information, Interaction and Visuals)
Impact evaluation and Measure of Behaviour Changes
Social and ICT Usage Metrics
Scale Development and Validation

Submissions

The miOne World research team pleasurably invites every enthusiast in the field of gerontechnology – researchers and practitioners – from all over the world to participate in the first international conference on Online Social Environments for Active Ageing. The submission template can be downloaded here.

Important dates

The miOne.world research team pleasurably invites every enthusiast in the field of gerontechnology – researchers and practitioners – from all over the world to participate in the first international conference on Online Social Environments for Active Ageing.

Save these dates on your schedule:

• Deadline for extended abstract submission:June 18, 2021 (extended to July 2, 2021)
• Notification of the acceptance of extended abstracts: July 9, 2021 (extended to July 16, 2021)
• Submission to print-ready version of extended abstracts: July 22-23, 2021
• Conference: July 22-23, 2021

• Deadline for full paper submission: late January, 2022
• Notification of the acceptance of full papers: late February, 2022
• Submission to print-ready version: late March , 2022

Publication

The selected abstracts will be published in an Extended Abstract Book (with ISBN) edited by the University of Aveiro, DigiMedia. Extended Abstract Papers should contain the following structure (English, Spanish or Portuguese, 1000-1200 words): Title, 3-5 keywords, objectives, method, main results and conclusions.

Societal organizations and enterprises or/and other entities can also contribute with the indication/examples of good practices and initiatives undertaken in the organization (English, Spanish or Portuguese, 1000-1200 words).

Full papers may be submitted on the Interaction Design and Architecture (s) journal’s special issue ‘Online Social Environments for Active Ageing’, in the Summer of 2022. This is a Golden Open Access journal, with no charge to the authors (submission and paper processing). Further details will be available soon.

Meet our Keynote Speakers

Galit Nimrod

Galit Nimrod, Ph.D., is a full professor and Chair at the Department of Communication Studies and a research fellow at the Center for Multidisciplinary Research in Aging at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Israel. She holds a Ph.D. in Communication and Journalism from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, and she was a Fulbright post-doctoral scholar in the Gerontology Center and the Department of Recreation and Leisure Studies at the University of Georgia, US. Aiming to contribute to the understanding of well-being in later life, Dr. Nimrod studies psychological and sociological aspects of leisure, media, and technology use among older adults. Her current research explores topics such as grandparenting and media, aging and data, and human-robot interaction in later life.

Helianthe Kort

Prof. Helianthe Kort is a Full Professor and Chair of Building Healthy Environments for Future Users at Eindhoven University of Technology (TU/e) as well as Technology for Healthcare Innovations at Utrecht University of Applied Sciences. She has been a Visiting Professor, at the Centre for Technology Enabled Health Research, Faculty of Health & Life Sciences, Coventry University and has undertaken several research visits to India, Taiwan, Brazil, and the USA. Her areas of expertise include technology in medicine and health care, public health engineering, gerontechnology, home automation, and smart technology. She specializes in research on the impact of the built environment on health, prevention of building-related symptoms and diseases, and support for daily activities and participation. Prof. Kort is president of the International Society for Gerontechnology, associate editor of the Gerontechnology Journal. She is a member of the Executive Board committee of Active Ageing & Design (Built4life) of the European Construction Technology Platform.

Elísio Costa

Elísio Costa is professor at the Department of Biological Sciences of the Faculty of Pharmacy of the University of Porto and researcher in the Research Unit on Applied Molecular Biosciences of the same institution (UCIBIO). He is also the Director of the Competence Center on Ageing of the University of Porto, which aims to work as a convergence Centre of all the skills and knowledge of the University in the field of ageing; and co-coordinator of activities of the University of Porto as an INNOSTARS RIS-Hub of EIT-Health. He is a member of the European Innovation Partnership on Active and Healthy Ageing (EIP-AHA) on the Action Group A1 on Adherence to Prescription and Medical Plans, being the co-coordinator of one of the objectives of this Action Group. Moreover, he is the scientific coordinator of the EIP-AHA two-starred Reference Site: Porto4Ageing. He is author of more than 200 publications and has collaborated in national and international research projects in the field of chronic diseases, namely chronic kidney disease and ageing (SACHI2; SKILLS4ADHERENCE; ICTSKILLS4ALL, others).

Program

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Registration

Please use this form to register for the miOne world conference.

The registration period is now over. If you have any questions, please contact the organizing committee digimedia-mioneworld@ua.pt

Committees

Program Committee

Ana Beatriz Bahia
Casthalia Digital Art Studio, Florianópolis (BR)

Ana Torres
Escola Superior de Saúde Norte da Cruz Vermelha (PT)

Anne Sweet
L’Institut de Gestion Sociale (FR)

Beatriz Sousa Santos
DETI, University of Aveiro (PT)

Camila Barreto Bonfim
Universidade Estadual da Bahia (BR)

Carlos Santos
DECA, University of Aveiro (PT)

Carmen Llorente-Barroso
Universidad Complutense (ES)

Carsten Moller
German Sport University Cologne (DE)

Danilo Sande Santos
Universidade Estadual do Centro-Oeste (BR)

Daniela Karine Ramos
Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina (BR)

Elísio Costa
FFUP, University of Porto (PT)

Esteban Clua
University Federal Fluminense (BR)

Eugène Loos
Utrecht University School of Governance (NL)

Fernanda Martins
FLUP, University of Porto (PT)

Fernando Zamith
FLUP, University of Porto (PT)

Fernando Pimentel
Federal University of Alagoas (BR)

Galit Nimrod
Ben-Gurion University of the Negev (IL)

Helianthe Kort
Eindhoven University of Technology – TU/e (NL)

Lia João de Pinho Araújo
Escola Superior de Educação de Viseu (PT)

Liliana Sousa
DEP, University of Aveiro (PT)

Lynn Alves
Universidade Federal da Bahia, Salvador (BR)

Luis Mañas Viniegra
Universidad Complutense (ES)

Luiz Adolfo Andrade
University of Estado da Bahia, Salvador (BR)

Marvin Formosa
University of Malta (MLT)

Mónica Viñarás-Abad
Universidad Complutense (ES)

Nuno Dias
DECA, University of Aveiro (PT)

Óscar Mealha
DECA, University of Aveiro (PT)

Pedro Amado
FBAUP, University of Porto (PT)

Simone Hausknecht
University of British Columbia (CA)

Sónia Ferreira
Institute Polytechnic of Viseu (PT)

Stefano Triberti
University of Milan (IT)

Vera Damazio
Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio de Janeiro (BR)

William de Souza Santos
Instituto Federal da Paraíba (BR)

To be updated…

General Chair

Ana Isabel Veloso (UA)
Fernanda Martins (FLUP)
Sónia Ferreira (IPV)

Organizing Committee

Liliana Costa (Chair)
Cláudia Ortet (Registration staff)
Francisco Regalado (WebDesign)
Jesse Nery Filho (Author’s support)
Rafaela Carrilho (Registration staff)
Sofia Nunes (Communication Strategist)
Sónia Machado (Branding)
Tânia Ribeiro (Registration staff)