This episode is the first one from three episodes interviewing Elizabeth Mestheneos, sociologist and strong profile in the field of research around Active and Healthy Ageing. As a member of the Ethical Board of e-VITA, Liz provides her opinion and advice to developers and researchers in the field of AI, ICT development, and robotics to take into consideration older people' rights and preferences considering older people as individuals and not as homogenous group of people with same wishes, same needs and same challenges.

How AI and ICT developers should promote older adults - Liz Mestheneos - Part 1

Data privacy, Acceptance and Affordability of a virtual coach - with Liz Mestheneos - Part 2

This third episode in the series with Liz Mestheneos looks at the operation of a robot for the older people. What are the prerequisites for entering the market? How can we attract companies, start-ups and the silver economy to eVITA? We come back to these points in the last episode with Liz!

How can you increase the chances of a successful launch for a robot...? Liz Mestheneos - Part 3

In the second episode, Eric Kihlstrom, a leading expert in innovation from the UK, guides us through key questions that in his perspective puts specific countries at the forefront in the Ageing Technology sector. Additionally, he delves into the core challenge faced by entrepreneurs and service providers alike: establishing trust with their users, offering insightful ideas on addressing this challenge.

Why trust matters in AgeTech with Eric Kihlstrom - Part 2

This episode is the first one from two episodes interviewing Eric Kihlstrom, a leading innovation professional from the UK. 

Eric has worked in the public sector, but also with large companies and start-ups developing disruptive technologies in the healthcare sector. Over two episodes, Eric shares with us his experiences as co-founder, director, head of Industry, CEO, in a number of organizations working for ageing well, as well as his vision and expertise in exploiting products for the older people and the Silver Economy market.

In this first episode, we'll discuss the landscape of the silver economy industry in Europe and how to create innovative, sustainable business models and attractive products in this sector.

How to co-design products that speak to older people? With Eric Kihlstrom - Part 1

What does it truly mean to have older people as codesigners of social robots and how it can benefit older people and entities who are part of it? In this episode, we have the pleasure of hosting Dr. Anastasia Ostrowski, a design researcher, postdoctoral associate at the MIT Media Lab, and assistant professor at Purdue University. Anastasia's work focuses on promoting equitable design of robots, working with robots designers, policymakers, users and other relevant stakeholders. Today, Anastasia will share with us some of her most valuable findings in this area throughout the years, especially in her PhD in MIT.

Unveiling the Role of Older People as Codesigners in Shaping Social Robots

Keren Etkin, a world-renowned gerontologist, entrepreneur, and author of 'The AgeTech Revolution,' joined us for another episode of the Ageing Equal podcast! Keren shared her experience and vision regarding the current and future trends of AgeTech, discussing how to make it affordable and how it can allow us to live our best life. How will this market evolve in 10 years after the Artificial Intelligence revolution? Find out all of this and much more in this episode.

How to co-design products that speak to older people? With Eric Kihlstrom - Part 1

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