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ICT4AWE is sponsored by INSTICC – Institute for Systems and Technologies of Information, Control and Communication

SCOPE

The International Conference on Information and Communication Technologies for Ageing Well and e-Health aims to be a meeting point for those that study age and health-related quality of life and apply information and communication technologies for helping people stay healthier, more independent and active at work or in their community. ICT4AWE facilitates the exchange of information and dissemination of best practices, innovation and technical improvements in the fields of age and health care, education, psychology, social coordination and ambient assisted living. From e-Health to intelligent systems, and ICT devices, the conference is a vibrant discussion and collaboration platform for all those that work in research and development and in companies involved in promoting the quality of life and well-being of people, by providing room for research and industrial presentations, demos and project descriptions.

CONFERENCE AREAS

Each of these topic areas is expanded below but the sub-topics list is not exhaustive. Papers may address one or more of the listed sub-topics, although authors should not feel limited by them. Unlisted but related sub-topics are also acceptable, provided they fit in one of the following main topic areas:

1. AGING WELL – SOCIAL AND HUMAN SCIENCES PERSPECTIVE
2. TELEMEDICINE AND INDEPENDENT LIVING
3. DIGITAL HEALTH AND E-HEALTH


AREA 1: AGING WELL – SOCIAL AND HUMAN SCIENCES PERSPECTIVE


  • Aging Population – the Facts, Statistics, the Future
  • Autonomy and Active Ageing
  • Dignity and Equal Opportunities of Senior Citizens
  • Health Geography, Cultural Issues
  • Human Communication and Behavioural Studies of Senior Citizens
  • Management of Health Services
  • Psychological Dimension of Aging Population
  • Self-Fulfilment and Social Participation
  • Social Inclusion
  • Sociocultural Dimension of Aging Population
  • Studies of People with Disabilities

AREA 2: TELEMEDICINE AND INDEPENDENT LIVING


  • Acceptance of Ambient Technology
  • Ambient Technology for Daily Living
  • Ambient Technology for Health, Emergency and Care
  • Inclusive Design
  • Internet of Things and Smart Devices for Independent Living
  • Mobile Systems for Independent Living
  • Privacy and Ethical Issues
  • Remote Monitoring
  • Smart Environments and Housing
  • Software and Applications for Independent Living
  • Systems Usability
  • Wearable Technologies
  • Web and Mobile Interaction
  • Management of Telemedicine
  • Neural Sensory Systems and Rehabilitation
  • Systems to Encourage Healthy Lifestyles
  • Tele-Rehabilitation

AREA 3: DIGITAL HEALTH AND E-HEALTH


  • Sustainable Digital Health Business Models
  • Case Studies in eHealth
  • Clinical Informatics
  • Data and Real-Time Analytics
  • Decision Support Systems
  • Diagnostic Support
  • eHealth and Education
  • Electronic Health Records
  • Emergency and Alerts Handling
  • Evidence-Based Medicine
  • Health Information Systems
  • Home Care Monitoring Systems
  • Interoperability and System Integration
  • Medical Data Science Technologies
  • Digital Collaboration Technologies
  • Mobile Health Monitoring
  • Open Data and Health Information
  • Personalised Medicine
  • Security and Privacy in eHealth
  • Computer Vision and Healthcare Robotics
  • Gamification in Digital Health
  • Digital Assistants
  • ICT for Cognitive Stimulation

KEYNOTE SPEAKERS

ICT4AWE 2024 will have several invited keynote speakers, who are internationally recognized experts in their areas. Their names are not yet confirmed.

PAPER SUBMISSION

Authors can submit their work in the form of a complete paper or an abstract, but please note that accepted abstracts are presented but not published in the proceedings of the conference. Complete papers can be submitted as a Regular Paper, representing completed and validated research, or as a Position Paper, portraying a short report of work in progress or an arguable opinion about an issue discussing ideas, facts, situations, methods, procedures or results of scientific research focused on one of the conference topic areas.

Authors should submit a paper in English, carefully checked for correct grammar and spelling, addressing one or several of the conference areas or topics. Each paper should clearly indicate the nature of its technical/scientific contribution, and the problems, domains or environments to which it is applicable. To facilitate the double-blind paper evaluation method, authors are kindly requested to produce and provide the paper WITHOUT any reference to any of the authors, including the authors’ personal details, the acknowledgments section of the paper and any other reference that may disclose the authors’ identity.

When submitting a complete paper please note that only original papers should be submitted. Authors are advised to read INSTICC's ethical norms regarding plagiarism and self-plagiarism thoroughly before submitting and must make sure that their submissions do not substantially overlap work which has been published elsewhere or simultaneously submitted to a journal or another conference with proceedings. Papers that contain any form of plagiarism will be rejected without reviews.

All papers must be submitted through the online submission platform PRIMORIS and should follow the instructions and templates that can be found under Guidelines and Templates. After the paper submission has been successfully completed, authors will receive an automatic confirmation e-mail.

PUBLICATIONS

All accepted complete papers will be published in the conference proceedings, under an ISBN reference, on paper and on digital support.
SCITEPRESS is a member of CrossRef (http://www.crossref.org/) and every paper on our digital library is given a DOI (Digital Object Identifier).
The proceedings will be submitted for indexation by SCOPUS, Google Scholar, DBLP, Semantic Scholar, EI and Web of Science / Conference Proceedings Citation Index.

IMPORTANT DATES

Conference Date: 28 - 30 April, 2024

Paper Submission: December 13, 2023
Authors Notification:
February 8, 2024
Camera Ready and Registration:
February 22, 2024

Paper Submission: January 25, 2024
Authors Notification:
February 29, 2024
Camera Ready and Registration:
March 13, 2024

Workshops
Workshop Proposal: December 22, 2023

Doctoral Consortium
Paper Submission: March 6, 2024
Authors Notification: March 19, 2024
Camera Ready and Registration: March 27, 2024

Special Sessions
Special Session Proposal: December 22, 2023

Tutorials
Tutorial Proposal: March 19, 2024

Demos
Demo Proposal: March 19, 2024

Panels
Panel Proposal: March 19, 2024

Abstracts
Abstract Submission: March 6, 2024
Authors Notification: March 19, 2024
Camera Ready and Registration: March 27, 2024

SECRETARIAT

ICT4AWE Secretariat
Address: Avenida de S. Francisco Xavier, Lote 7 Cv. C
             2900-616 Setúbal - Portugal
Tel.: +351 265 520 184
Fax: +351 265 520 186
e-mail: ict4ageingwell.secretariat@insticc.org
Web: https://ict4awe.scitevents.org

VENUE

Available soon.

CONFERENCE CHAIR

Martina ZiefleRWTH-Aachen University, Germany

PROGRAM CO-CHAIRS

Maurice MulvennaUlster University, United Kingdom
María Dolores Lozano PerezUniversity of Castilla-la Mancha, Spain

PROGRAM COMMITTEE MEMBERS


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