"Ageing Equal" - The Podcast of eVITA
Will robots change the way we age? What does the future look like?
Our Podcast #AgeingEqual aims to start a conversation on how together we can empower older people to participate in society and to live longer, healthier and happier with the aid of technology.
Giving voice to older people themselves, sharing good practices on how to codesign the future together, are some of the key-messages we want to pass in e-VITA podcast.
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Latest Episode
Episode #8
How to make technology relevant and affordable for older people?
With Keren Etkin, author of The AgeTech Revolution
Keren Etkin, a world-renowned gerontologist, entrepreneur, and author of ‘The AgeTech Revolution,’ joined us for another episode of the Ageing Equal podcast! Keren shared her experience and vision regarding the current and future trends of AgeTech, discussing how to make it affordable and how it can allow us to live our best life. How will this market evolve in 10 years after the Artificial Intelligence revolution? Find out all of this and much more in this episode.
List of Episodes
Episode #1
How technologies can support well-being of older people?
Featuring Toshimi Ogawa and Rainer Wieching
This first podcast will present the International project eVITA in a interview with the coordinators of the project: Toshimi Ogawa from the Japanese side and Rainer Wieching from the European side. You will understand the challenge of demographic change and how technologies can empower older adults.
Episode #2
The one with Liz Mestheneos on decrypting how AI and ICT developers should promote older adults
(1/3) Three part series featuring Elizabeth Mestheneos
This episode is the first one from three episodes interviewing Elizabeth Mestheneos, sociologist and strong profile in the field of research around Active and Healthy Ageing.
Episode #3
Data privacy, Acceptance and Affordability of a virtual coach
(2/3) Three part series featuring Elizabeth Mestheneos
This episode is the second from three episodes interviewing Elizabeth Mestheneos, sociologist and strong profile in the field of research around Active and Healthy Ageing.
As a member of the Ethical Board of e-VITA, Liz provides her opinion and advice to developers and researchers in the field of AI, ICT development, and robotics to take into consideration data privacy, informing older people how their data is treated, and affordability. The value proposition of any gadget or robot has to be really high, specially for people who never had one and are not used to.
Episode #4
How can you increase the chances of a successful launch for a robot designed for the older people?
(3/3) Three part series featuring Elizabeth Mestheneos
In this episode, Liz Mestheneos looks at the operation of a robot for the older people.
What are the prerequisites for entering the market? How can we attract companies, start-ups and the silver economy to e-VITA? Let’s find the answers together!
This marks the last episode of a three-part series featuring Elizabeth Mestheneos, sociologist, strong profile in the field of research around Active and Healthy Ageing and a member of the Ethical Board of e-VITA
Episode #5
Talk about people’s aspirations, not their deficits”: how to co-design products that speak to older people?(1/2) Two part series featuring Eric Kihlstrom
This episode is the first one from two episodes interviewing Eric Kihlstrom, a leading innovation professional from the UK.
Eric has worked in the public sector, but also with large companies and start-ups developing disruptive technologies in the healthcare sector. Over two episodes, Eric shares with us his experiences as co-founder, director, head of Industry, CEO, in a number of organizations working for ageing well, as well as his vision and expertise in exploiting products for the older people and the Silver Economy market.
In this first episode, we’ll discuss the landscape of the silver economy industry in Europe and how to create innovative, sustainable business models and attractive products in this sector.
Episode #6
Why trust matters in AgeTech with Eric Kihlstrom
(2/2) Two part series featuring Eric Kihlstrom
In the second episode, Eric Kihlstrom, a leading expert in innovation from the UK, guides us through key questions that in his perspective puts specific countries at the forefront in the Ageing Technology sector. Additionally, he delves into the core challenge faced by entrepreneurs and service providers alike: establishing trust with their users, offering insightful ideas on addressing this challenge.
Episode #7
Unveiling the Role of Older People as Codesigners in Shaping Social Robots
With Dr. Anastasia Ostrowski from MIT
What does it truly mean to have older people as codesigners of social robots and how it can benefit older people and entities who are part of it? In this episode, we have the pleasure of hosting Dr. Anastasia Ostrowski, a design researcher, postdoctoral associate at the MIT Media Lab, and assistant professor at Purdue University. Anastasia’s work focuses on promoting equitable design of robots, working with robots designers, policymakers, users and other relevant stakeholders. Today, Anastasia will share with us some of her most valuable findings in this area throughout the years, especially in her PhD in MIT.
Episode #8
How to make technology relevant and affordable for older people?
With Keren Etkin, author of The AgeTech Revolution
Keren Etkin, a world-renowned gerontologist, entrepreneur, and author of ‘The AgeTech Revolution,’ joined us for another episode of the Ageing Equal podcast! Keren shared her experience and vision regarding the current and future trends of AgeTech, discussing how to make it affordable and how it can allow us to live our best life. How will this market evolve in 10 years after the Artificial Intelligence revolution? Find out all of this and much more in this episode.