Part 2 – Interviews with the participants of the pilot activities in Portugal SmartWork pilot activities took place in Denmark (Center for Assisted Living Technology in Aarhus) and Portugal (Caritas Coimbra in Coimbra) in late 2021 and early 2022. ECHAlliance’s Innovation Director, Karolina Mackiewicz, spoke......
Part 1 – Interviews with the participants of the pilot activities in Denmark SmartWork pilot activities took place in Denmark (Center for Assisted Living Technology in Aarhus) and Portugal (Caritas Coimbra in Coimbra) in late 2021 and early 2022. ECHAlliance’s Innovation Director, Karolina Mackiewicz, spoke......
“The results of the pilots are very promising, we have a great solution.“ Fireside chats with the coordinator and the leaders of the pilots about the future of SmartWork. At the end of the project, ECHAlliance’s Innovation Director, Karolina Mackiewicz, spoke with the project coordinator,......
The partners of SmartWork project are proud to release the promotional video that presents its five services and how they support health and wellbeing at work and enable positive changes in today’s and tomorrow’s workplace. Specifically targeting older office workers, employers and care practitioners, the......
The results of the SmartWork project were presented at the International Workshop on Smart, Personalized and Age-Friendly Working Environments (SmartWork). It was organised for the second time, this year in conjunction with the 13th International Joint Conference on Computational Intelligence, with particular focus on the......
Posted at 11:39h in News by SmartWork As the pilot activities of SmartWork project kicked-off in Portugal and Denmark, we are talking with Tom Christian Thomsen, a SmartWork coordinator at Center for Assisted Living Technology in Aarhus about the pilot set up, expectations and older workers’ reactions to the......
On 15 June, SmartWork, together with the Interreg Europe project EU_SHAFE organized a joint online event to discuss the Green Paper on Ageing, as well as the role of new technologies in maintaining the health of the elderly. The goal of this webinar was to......
As the pilot activities of SmartWork project are about to kick-off in Portugal and Denmark shortly, we are talking with Sofia Ortet, a SmartWork coordinator at Caritas Diocesana de Coimbra about the pilot set up, expectations and older workers’ reactions to the SmartWork solution. Please......
SmartWork aims to support older workers and all workers in general in various aspects of their life spanning from the monitoring of their physical and cognitive health to the provision of assistance in their every job tasks. Part of the project’s mission is: (1) to keep......
The Green Paper on Ageing, which was released by the European Commission at the beginning of the year, seeks to launch a wide public debate on this issue. The Green Paper sets out the key issues related to ageing and discusses possible ways to anticipate......
(SmartWork 2021, www.ijcci.org/SmartWork.aspx) The workshop is organized in conjunction with the 13th International Joint Conference on Computational Intelligence (IJCCI 2021, www.ijcci.org) 25-27 October 2021, Online Streaming SCOPE The design and realization of age-friendly living and working environments is a huge challenge, being potentially facilitated by......
“We call for the better recognition of the potential and the role of new technologies in keeping the older people at work and in good health in the Green Paper and the future policy responses” SmartWork together with four other Horizon 2020 projects: Ageing@Work, sustAGE,......
Following the pre-pilot implemented at the Cáritas Diocesana de Coimbra (CDC) in the period of 1 October 2020 – 15 January 2021, within the scope of the Horizon 2020 SmartWork project, the project’s Ethics Committee, led by CDC, met for the second time on March......
The prototype of the SmartWork system under development in Horizon 2020 project was tested at Caritas Coimbra (CDC) between 1 October 2020 and 15 January 2021. The aim of the SmartWork artificial intelligence-based system is to monitor and improve the wellbeing and work sustainability of employees over 55 years......
On February 1st, 2021, the SmartWork technical partners (Byte, UPAT, SPARKS, RRD, COIN, IPN and RtF-I) met online to discuss the achievements of the two years of the project and to establish the roadmap towards the deployment of the final prototype of the integrated SmartWork......
This news is provided by the WorkingAge project. The WorkingAge project was financed in the same call as SmartWork. We collaborate to bring the topic of the health and wellbeing of the older workers to the attention of policy makers and businesses together. The WorkingAge......
This news is provided by the seeFar project. The seeFar project was financed in the same call as SmartWork. We collaborate to bring the topic of the health and wellbeing of the older workers to the attention of policy makers and businesses together. Try to......
Incorrect strain on the musculoskeletal system, repetitive movements or an ergonomically unfavourable posture lead to complaints for many employees. Especially older employees often suffer from disorders of the musculoskeletal system or other age-related limitations due to their long-term activities. DFKI is coordinating the BIONIC project,......
The RRD is one of the key tech partners of SmartWork responsible for the development of the exciting healthyMe app. Meet the people behind it: What is the main role of RRD in SmartWork? Roessingh Research and Development (RRD) is one of the technical partners......
Some time ago, I was visiting a friend at home and his older father was in the living room reading the news on his brand new iPad. The father suffered from presbyopia and cataracts, so in order to see the screen he used an old,......
On 1 October 2020, one of Caritas Coimbra’s Centers (Portugal) started the tests to evaluate the usability, utility and reliability of the first prototype of the SmartWork system, in order to provide practical feedback to its technological developers and improve the final version of the system.......
SmartWork aims to support older workers and all workers in general in various aspects of their life spanning from the monitoring of their physical and cognitive health to the provision of assistance in their every job tasks. A central component of the project is the......
This week, we had the opportunity to ask some questions to one of our partners from the University of Patras, Otilia Kocsis. Here below the full interview. What is the main role of the University of Patras in SmartWork? University of Patras has a leading......
Read the concerted paper between SmartWork partners and projects on the role of AI technologies in working through COVID-19 and its aftermath.The SmartWork project, under the leadership of Cáritas Coimbra and the ECHAlliance for its Concertation Activities, invited all projects funded by the European Union......
The ambition of SmartWork’s holistic approach is to support active and healthy ageing at work for older office workers, through a suite of smart services, building a Worker-Centric AI System for work ability sustainability. In other words, keeping ageing people working for longer by supporting......
While the work on the prototype of SmartWork platform continues and the summer season is in full swing in Europe, SmartWork talks with the four representatives of its target group – office workers – about their health and wellbeing related to telecommuting during the pandemic.......
While the work on the prototype of SmartWork platform continues and summer season hits Europe, SmartWork talks with the four representatives of its target group – office workers – about their health and wellbeing related to the telecommuting during the times of pandemic. We are......
While the work on the prototype of SmartWork platform continues and summer season hits Europe, SmartWork talks with four representatives of its target group – older workers – about their health and wellbeing related to the shift to telecommuting during the times of pandemic. We......
While the work on the prototype of SmartWork platform continues and summer season hits Europe, SmartWork talks with the four representatives of its target group – older workers – about their health and wellbeing related to the telecommuting during the times of pandemic. We are......
On July 3rd, SmartWork technical partners (Byte, UPAT, SPARKS, RRD, COIN, IPN, and RtF-I) met online to establish the roadmap towards the release of the SmartWork prototype that will be tested in a controlled environment in Portugal, at the CDC pilot site. The first prototype......
The European Commission together with the European Agency for Safety and Health at Work (EU-OSHA) have designed a visualisation tool to allow easy and quick access to the results of its three-year project “Safer and healthier work at any age — occupational safety and health......
Having to adopt this model in a time of crisis isn’t easy – but there are a lot of positives that can be reaped as a result. Today, many companies are facing the global health crisis provoked by the COVID-19 pandemic, which forced them to......
Last February, SmartWork technical partners (SPARKS, BYTE, RRD,IPN, UPAT, RtF-i and COIN) met for a two-days gathering to focus on the technical developments of the SmartWork system....
Last week, we had the opportunity to ask some questions to one of our partners from Cáritas Diocesana de Coimbra, Carina Dantas. Here below the full interview. ...
The Artificial Intelligence system of SmartWork aims at monitoring health, behaviour, cognitive and emotional status of the older worker. During the pilots’ phase that is going to start next month, older workers will be asked regularly to report their findings and wellbeing at work. By......
Ricoh, a global provider of technology that helps organisations to be more agile and productive through the transformation of business processes, has published a new report entitled “The Future of Work”. The report, researched and produced by Arup, explores how technology will shape our jobs,......
January 2020: Mr. Charalampos Vassiliou, Project Coordinator from BYTE, provides a first insight concerning the SmartWork System Architecture and overall specifications, and how the system will provide a robust and seamlessly integrated framework. SmartWork aims to support an age-friendly working and living environment through the......
SmartWork partners met recently in Enschede, Netherlands, for the second plenary meeting of the Consortium. This followed a successful consortium meeting in June 2019 in Coimbra, Portugal and the initial kick-off meeting in Athens in January 2019. Warmly welcomed by SmartWork partner Roessingh Research and......
Last month, SmartWork participated in The Digital Economy Forum 2019, which took place in Athens on the 25th November. The event aimed to highlight the opportunities offered by Digital Transformation to Greece in terms of creating a modern and efficient state, as well as a......
Last week, Dr Otilia Kocsis, from the University of Patras, delivered the opening keynote session at the International Conference on Biomedical Innovations and Applications, which took place in Varna, Bulgaria, 8-10 November 2019. The conference was organised by the Technical University of Varna, IEEE Section......
October 2019: Dr. Dimitrios Amaxilatis, from Spark Works, explains how the SmartWork Single Sign-On Service will provide a positive user experience and manage access to user data...
Willeke Van Staalduinen, of SmartWork partner Caritas Coimbra, will join researchers from different countries at the second meeting of the Sheld-on multidisciplinary network, taking place this week in Ohrid, Macedonia, 16-17 October 2019....
The SmartWork project and partners enjoyed a busy couple of days at AAL Forum 2019, participating in workshops, exhibiting a prototype and networking with some of the 700 delegates gathered in Aarhus 23-25 September 2019....
September 2019: Cáritas Coimbra introduce ‘Beatriz’, one potential persona that can benefit from the SmartWork system...
SmartWork technical partners met recently in Athens for a two-day gathering to focus on the technical developments of the SmartWork system....
SmartWork will feature in Workshop 29 @ AAL Forum, as part of discussions relating to ethics, data and privacy protection....
SmartWork will be attending AAL Forum 23-25 September 2019 in Aarhus, Denmark. The overall topic for this year is “Smarter practical implementation of digital technology to enhance active and healthy living”, with a number of thematic areas directly relevant to SmartWork....
Two new SmartWork deliverables have just been published, bringing to five the number of public deliverables produced by the SmartWork project since it began in January 2019. ...
July 2019: Willeke van Staalduinen, Sofia Ortet and Carina Dantas (Cáritas Diocesana de Coimbra) share findings from the first phase of consultation with office workers...
The SmartWork project features in the latest ERCIM News Publication (July 2019). The special theme this quarter is ‘Digital Health’....
The SmartWork partners are delighted to bring you the first SmartWork project newsletter, with updates on our activities and achievements in the first six months of the project....
Press Release: 2 July 2019. SmartWork partners met last week in Coimbra, Portugal, for the second face-to-face Consortium meeting. This followed a successful kick-off meeting in Athens in January 2019. ...
June 2019: Dr Otilia Kocsis highlights how smart technologies in the workplace was a key focus at the recent PETRA Conference ...
The first phase of user consultation, which began in Spring 2019, is now complete and analysis is underway of the results which will inform the design of a first version of the SmartWork architecture....
With 350 participants and a panel of speakers and moderators from Portugal, Spain, Belgium, France, Brazil, Angola and Cape Verde, SmartWork was disseminated to a truly international audience ...
SmartWork partners were in Rhodes last week attending the PETRA Conference, 5-7 June 2019. ...
May 2019: ECHAlliance reflects on the progress made to date by SmartWork partners...
SmartWork partners have produced three public deliverables which are now available for download...
The SmartWork project will be one of the initiatives under the spotlight at the upcoming International Congress, ‘Health and Well-being Intervention’...
The deadline has been extended for the SmartWork online questionnaire ...
The SmartWork project is excited to announce that we will be heading to the PETRA...
SmartWork was in Poland last week at a meeting of the D4 Action Group...
SmartWork aims to design and create age-friendly living and working spaces......
The SmartWork project has attracted the attention of the Dutch press in recent weeks......
Willeke van Staalduinen, from Caritas, represented the SmartWork project......
How can we design smart age-friendly living and working environments?...
