Symposium: Intelligent Environments
International Symposium on Intelligent Environments
As the interaction with intelligent environments becomes more and more a part of our everyday life, their potential to shape, improve and change the wider social, cultural and creative context - the fabric of society - increases dramatically. We want to take a completely fresh look at how Intelligent Environments can be fashioned to fit people's need for creativity, pleasure and care. Our aim is the creation of novel, people-centred applications and concepts that can improve the quality of life for many.
In the upcoming decades information and communication technology (ICT) will not only radically influence the global social eco-system, it will also reshape most of our society and as a consequence affect our cultural, social and everyday life. Computers and other everyday devices continue to become smaller, cheaper, more powerful, omnipresent and diverse and will form intelligent environments at home, on the road or in the city.
The new EU Commissioner for Information Society and Media, Viviane Reding, has stressed this at her hearing before the European Parliament. Minister Reding said: 'Ultimately, the development of new technologies must be to the benefit of citizens and of their welfare. It is therefore essential to move towards a more people-centred approach where technologies are used by and for citizens. Three aspects are fundamental here: combating the digital divide, stimulating the quality of life and encouraging participation.'
We are inviting leading researchers and governmental institutions to work collaboratively with us on these topics to lay the groundwork for positive changes in the way we do research, develop and ultimately use technology in the future.
As the interaction with intelligent environments becomes more and more a part of our everyday life, their potential to shape, improve and change the wider social, cultural and creative context - the fabric of society - increases dramatically. We want to take a completely fresh look at how Intelligent Environments can be fashioned to fit people's need for creativity, pleasure and care. Our aim is the creation of novel, people-centred applications and concepts that can improve the quality of life for many.
In the upcoming decades information and communication technology (ICT) will not only radically influence the global social eco-system, it will also reshape most of our society and as a consequence affect our cultural, social and everyday life. Computers and other everyday devices continue to become smaller, cheaper, more powerful, omnipresent and diverse and will form intelligent environments at home, on the road or in the city.
The new EU Commissioner for Information Society and Media, Viviane Reding, has stressed this at her hearing before the European Parliament. Minister Reding said: 'Ultimately, the development of new technologies must be to the benefit of citizens and of their welfare. It is therefore essential to move towards a more people-centred approach where technologies are used by and for citizens. Three aspects are fundamental here: combating the digital divide, stimulating the quality of life and encouraging participation.'
We are inviting leading researchers and governmental institutions to work collaboratively with us on these topics to lay the groundwork for positive changes in the way we do research, develop and ultimately use technology in the future.