The festival ended with a workshop session with companies, start-ups and researchers to meet common interests and strategic lines towards healthier cities.
Our partners from Newcastle presented the innovative ideas they are developing at the National Innovation Centre of Ageing. They are focusing on adaptive design and innovation pilot projects of ergonomic furniture, facilities and housing alternatives. PhD Dominic Aitken presented the main results of an interesting work about housing alternatives for elderly and how the whole services of cities have to start adapting offer to this heterogeneous sector of the population. Integrating Elderly VOICE in decission-making and design process puts the focus of the Person-Centered Methodology applied to product and service design, towards more inclusive communities.
The different companies and start-ups explained their products and innovation projects to improve urban spaces. We covered topics such as pavements and accessibility, nature-based solutions, sensors and monitoring, data visualisation and urban renovation.
and more sustainable environments and urban spaces.
The session continued with a workshop dynamic to think about further research and product design in the three strategic lines we are considering for healthier cities:
- Walkable streets
- Nature in cities
- Spaces of conviviality
The groups were heterogeneous in order to mix all points of view, including international scope, researchers, companies and health professionals. The results showed the possibilities for different sectors in order to develop new services and products that can answer to the new requirements for our neighborhoods, demographic new challenges and cities.
UNI-Health Workshops engaged different fields and sectors to think about solutions for the cities of the future, considering health as the main priority for all.
The results were collected in three strategic lines, available in the exhibition and will open new paths for collaborations, I+D projects and innovative solutions.
We want to thank you all the participation and support of the following companies and institutions that joined this session:
