Important Dates
Paper Submission: 15 June 2018 (Extended) Notification: 22 June 2018 Camera-ready: 29 June 2018 Workshop date: 17 September 2018
Call for Papers
Health and healthy living is clearly important to us humans, and we all want to have healthy and active lives which we can enjoy for as long as possible. In this context, it is not surprising that an increasing number of interactive tools and technologies are being developed to support us in this regard. Many of these interactive tools and technologies also tend to rely on our desire to have fun and be entertained, while working towards achieving a longer active and healthy life, in which we meet our goals, needs and desires.
Despite the importance of research into design of entertainment technology targeting older adults, there are not many opportunities for researchers and practitioners to meet and discuss their interests and ideas. This workshop aims to provide such a forum, enabling researchers and practitioners to share learnings and experiences related to design, development, evaluation, and deployment of entertainment tools and technologies for the ageing population.
The main objective of this workshop is to bring together researchers, designers, developers and entrepreneurs interested in the design, development, evaluation, commercialization and deployment of entertainment tools and technologies for the aging population, targeting their needs and desire, and promoting their health and well-being.
Further to this, the workshop aims to create links between interested parties, and encourage them to collaborate across disciplines and professional boundaries. We also hope that this workshop will be the first in a series of future workshops, which will become a forum for gathering of participants interested in entertainment technologies of the aging population.
We invite researchers and practitioners from related backgrounds to submit your papers reporting your contributions to the topics of the workshop. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to, the following: healthy living, rehabilitation, prevention, active aging, independent living, human-centred approaches, connected health, quality of life and well-being. We seek submission related to:
- Design, development, and evaluation of entertainment technologies for the aging population.
- Acceptability and adoption of entertainment technologies by the aging population.
- Examples and case studies of entertainment tools, technologies, and systems targeted at the aging population.
- Innovative approaches to the design, development, evaluation, and commercialization of entertainment technologies for the aging population.
- Community- and user-led innovations in entertainment technologies for the aging population.
- Participatory and co-design methodologies and approaches for smart, active, and healthy ageing.
Submissions
Accepted workshop papers with be published in the proceedings of the IFIP International Conference on Entertainment Computation (IFIP-ICEC 2018).
Workshop paper submissions should be of maximum 6 pages. Please prepare paper submissions in the Springer LNCS format, using the templates provided for CS Proceedings and other Multiauthor Volumes.
Please submit your workshop paper through Easychair https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=deap2018