Assistive technology: technology transfer

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The headline theme of the meeting is 'The social model for Assistive Technology-technology transfer (AT-tt)'. The social model here is one that assumes that the development of AT is something that has to be driven by the goal of achieving an inclusive society – and so there are moral, financial, business and scientific issues to understand and manage.

• Contrasting commercial and social models of AT-tt
• Open development/Innovation
• Technological development and issues
• Taking account of service delivery issues
• Evidence of effectiveness or market
• Commercialisation approaches and issues
• How AT information helps technology transfer
• Reaching the AT customer
• Financing
• The role of Patient & Public Involvement
• Social and ethical Implications
• Models of AT-tt and innovation

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Please follow the links for the speaker's presentations

Joseph Lane - From Problem Identification to Solution Validation: An Operational Model for Translation & Transfer

Renzo Andrich - The European Assistive Technology Information Network

Valerio Gower - The SIVA Portal – the Italian information portal on Assistive Technology

Suzanne Prior - Partnering with AT Companies and Including Users in a User Centred
Design Ethos

Ulf Keijer - Work life, new technology and employment of disabled people – a twenty- year programme, and a success story from idea to viable international business

Mike Ward - REALISE:on-line open innovation

Steven Blackburn - An overview of user requirements specification in ICT product design

Evert-Jan Hoogerwerf - BCI research and user involvement: the role of independent AT centres in the TOBI project

Simon Judge - Maavis@school - Developing an open platform for computer accessibility

Christine Smith - Gathering users views for the design of rehabilitation technology
devices

Maria Wolters - Designing Usable and Acceptable Reminders for the Home

Gail Mountain - Methodological considerations in the evaluation of technologies, drawing
upon the experiences of the SMART projects

Mike Wald - Synote, an open source web based annotation application

EA Draffan - JISC TechDis Toolbar enhancing web page browsing