Call for Experts on ICT & ageing - Advisory Board

The ageing society is creating critical issues concerning the topics of ICT and e-inclusion. Recent investments to research on a number of projects in this field has helped highlight the importance of this topic, however more work is needed in order to build on this initial progress.

Bridging Research in Ageing and ICT Development (BRAID) is an EU FP7 Support Action spanning 24 months (start date 1st March 2010) which will develop a comprehensive RTD roadmap for active ageing by consolidating existing roadmaps and by describing and launching a stakeholder co-ordination and consultation mechanism. It will characterise key research challenges and produce a vision for a comprehensive approach in supporting the well-being and socio-economic integration of increasing numbers of senior citizens in Europe.
An open call for experts has been launched for engaging in critical stakeholder dialogue. We require a panel of experts who will use their interest and expertise in issues relating to ICT and ageing to;
• Provide comment and feedback on some of the BRAID deliverables
• Provide expert advice on optimizing the stakeholder coordination mechanism and consolidated Roadmap
• Attend a Workshop* (expenses paid) to further explore the themes of the project
Please note that the working language will be English.
Candidates must be representative of our stakeholder groups including ICT service providers and technology suppliers, policy-makers, standardization organizations, health and care service organizations, care givers and of course, participation of senior citizens will also be welcomed.

Interested experts are kindly asked to send an application to holly.ashton@cssc.eu stating;
- Name
- Organisation
- Country
- Contact e-mail address
- Reason for interest in BRAID

The Call for Experts will be open until Friday 14th May 2010.