Design Thinking – Technology For Elderly People
Description of the Workshop
The activity consists of two parts. Firstly, students will attend several workshops on Design Thinking and Social Innovation. Secondly, the concepts studied will be applied to the topic of “Elderly people”. Initially, three different topics facing the problem of “Technology for Elderly” will be presented to students. Then, students will participate in a hackathon working in teams made up of students from different universities and countries to deal with a challenge.
This activity involves three universities (UPM, ITU and UPB) and researchers and teachers from three communities (Egalitarian Societies: Opportunities for Everyone; Industrial Design for Human; Diplomacy & International Cooperation)
Goals
- To study “Design” as a tool for social and economic development.
- To Involve students in innovative ideas, applying the Design Thinking to face the challenge of achieving greater integration of the elderly in society.
- To approach the definition of a product with a methodological approach in Design Thinking.
- To highlight the value of our elders in the communities.
Organizers
| Title/First name/Last name: | EELISA Institution | Role (Student, researcher, staff, lecturer, professor, …) |
|---|---|---|
| Dr. Loredana Manasia | Universitatea Politehnica din București (UPB) | Researcher/ Lecturer |
| Dr. Gratiela Ianos | Universitatea Politehnica din București (UPB) | Researcher/ Lecturer |
| Dr. Mihai Svasta | Universitatea Politehnica din București (UPB) | Researcher/ Lecturer |
| Dr. Cigdem Kaya | Istanbul Technical University (ITU) | Researcher/ Lecturer |
| Dr. Tolga Ilter | Istanbul Technical University (ITU) | Researcher/ Lecturer |
| Dr. Begoña Guirao | Universidad Politécnica de Madrid (UPM) | Researcher/ Lecturer |
| Dr. Cristina Alia | Universidad Politécnica de Madrid (UPM) | Researcher/ Lecturer |
| Dr. Piera Maresca | Universidad Politécnica de Madrid (UPM) | Researcher/ Lecturer |
| Dr. Óscar Santos | Universidad Politécnica de Madrid (UPM) | Researcher/ Lecturer |
| Dr. Susana Muñoz | Universidad Politécnica de Madrid (UPM) | Researcher/ Lecturer |
Program
Day 1:
- Workshop on Design Thinking Principles (UPB – Mihai Svasta, Loredana Manasia and Gratiela Ianos, Egalitarian Societies: Opportunities for Everyone)
- Workshop on Social Innovation with Design Thinking (ITU – Cigdem Kaya, Egalitarian Societies: Opportunities for Everyone)
- Workshop on Service-learning and community engagement through Design Thinking (UPM – Óscar Santos, Cristina Alia and Piera Maresca, Community Industrial Design For Human (ID4H))
Day 2:
- Presentation of Topic 1: Home for elderly (ITU – Tolga Ilter, Egalitarian Societies: Opportunities for Everyone)
- Presentation of Topic 2: Digital Literacy for Elderly (UPM – Susana Muñoz – Community Technology Diplomacy & International Cooperation)
- Presentation of Topic 3: Elderly pedestrian (UPM – Begoña Guirao (online), Egalitarian Societies: Opportunities for Everyone)
- Presentation of the Challenge for the Hackathon • Hackathon: Work in teams of three people, made up of students from different universities guided by mentors from the three communities
The congress will be realized on Bucharest (Universitatea Politehnica din București) on March 16-17th, 2023. If you want, you could enroll to this congress on the link below:
Registration deadline: February 19th, 2023
