The European context for assistive technology
TIDE (Technology Initiative for People with Disabilities and Elderly people) is a Commission programme for research and technological development in the field of rehabilitation technology, also called assistive technology.
The congress will consist of three parallel sessions covering the following three areas:
- First area:
. Testing of assistive technology products in Europe;
. Standards and standarization;
. Roles, involvement and training of users;
. Training and roles of researchers, developers and providers;
- Second area:
. Social and economic factors;
. Legislation , public policies and service delivery;
. Future technology trends;
Third area:
- Cognitive engineering;
- Virtual reality;
- Artificial vision;
- Robotics;
- New Materials;
- Multimedia;
- Speech and language technology.
For further information please contact:
European Commission
DG XIII/C-5
TIDE Office
200 rue de la Loi
B-1049 Brussels
Tel. +32-2-2990244; Fax +32-2-2990248
or
TIDE Congress Secretariat
MC-Consultancy
Stationsstraat 38
NL-3511 EG Utrecht
Tel. +31-30-311038; fax +31-30-321967