Achieving and sustaining digital engagement

This event follows on from a very successful KT-EQUAL workshop held in the University of Reading on the 16th April 2010 on the digital identity of older people (http://kt-equal.org.uk/calendar/57/11-Digital-Identity).

Interest in enabling every member of the UK population to access and obtain the benefits of digitalisation has escalated over the last two years. The UK Government have set a target for the UK to become the first nation in the world where everyone can use the web by the end of the Olympic year 2012. Older people are one of the marginalised groups who are tending to get left behind in the digital revolution. To address this inequality many initiatives have been introduced both locally and nationally to encourage older people to access and use the internet. Our workshop aims to share some of the excellent work that is being taken forward and identify through discussions with older people, professionals, policy implementers and researchers how we can build upon this foundation for the future.

This event is supported by AGE UK and KT-EQUAL.

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Travel and directions
Provisional programme

Presentations

Alan Thomas - We`re all better off when everyone`s online

David Frolich - Crossing the digital divide in the other direction: Community-based innovation

Simon Roberts - People, Projects and Priorities: Securing the Digital Participation of Older People

Damien Radcliffe & Jane Rumble - Next generation research for older and disabled people

Bridgette Wessels - Participation and the Web: factors in engaging older people in social and digital communication and services

David Mortimer - Engaging older people - Digital inclusion initiatives from Age UK

Leela Damodaran - Some public policy implications of the quest for digital inclusion