T-Seniority at PETRA 09

11/06/2009: T-Seniority at PETRA 09, 9-13 June 2009, Corfu (Greece)

PETRA Conference: "PErvasive Technologies Related to Assistive Environments" is organized this year by the University of Texas at Arlington, USA). The conference will take place in Corfu (9-13 of June, 2009).

The PETRA Conference brings together different types of technology to address an important social and healthcare issue: as the world's population ages, there is growing interest in solutions for the in- home care of the elderly as well as for the care of people with Alzheimer's, Parkinson's and other disabilities or traumas.

PETRA (which means "stone" in Greek) reflects the needs of the domestic environment, or "Oikos" as it was known in ancient Greece, but from a technological perspective. People's living environments are particularly important in an increasingly crowded and complex world where the need for inclusiveness and connectivity with the rest of the world is key. PETRA addresses the facts that as people grow older, they will increasingly rely on technology to be able to stay at home.

The event gathers six workshops. T-Seniority will be presented in AHETA. AHETA Workshop is dedicated to affective and assistive technologies to support elderly and other people in need for assistance in their daily activities and social needs.

ACM will be the publisher of the proceedings of the PETRA conference and the conference proceedings will be a volume in the ACM International Conference Proceedings Series in the ACM Digital Library.