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MEET OUR PARTNER: Carina Dantas, Cárita Diocesana de Coimbra

Last week, we had the opportunity to ask some questions to one of our partners from Cáritas Diocesana de Coimbra, Carina Dantas. Here below the full interview. ...

SmartWork Interventions Strategy

The Artificial Intelligence system of SmartWork aims at monitoring health, behaviour, cognitive and emotional status of the older worker. During the pilots’ phase that is going to start next month, older workers will be asked regularly to report their findings and wellbeing at work. By......

The Future of Work

Ricoh, a global provider of technology that helps organisations to be more agile and productive through the transformation of business processes, has published a new report entitled “The Future of Work”. The report, researched and produced by Arup, explores how technology will shape our jobs,......

SmartWork cloud-based architecture: the backbone of a system improving ageing at work

January 2020: Mr. Charalampos Vassiliou, Project Coordinator from BYTE, provides a first insight concerning the SmartWork System Architecture and overall specifications, and how the system will provide a robust and seamlessly integrated framework. SmartWork aims to support an age-friendly working and living environment through the......

SMARTWORK HOLDS SECOND PLENARY MEETING IN ENSCHEDE, NETHERLANDS, 27-28 NOVEMBER 2019

SmartWork partners met recently in Enschede, Netherlands, for the second plenary meeting of the Consortium. This followed a successful consortium meeting in June 2019 in Coimbra, Portugal and the initial kick-off meeting in Athens in January 2019. Warmly welcomed by SmartWork partner Roessingh Research and......

Smartwork @ The Digital Economy Forum 2019

Last month, SmartWork participated in The Digital Economy Forum 2019, which took place in Athens on the 25th November. The event aimed to highlight the opportunities offered by Digital Transformation to Greece in terms of creating a modern and efficient state, as well as a......

SmartWork keynote @ BIA Conference

Last week, Dr Otilia Kocsis, from the University of Patras, delivered the opening keynote session at the International Conference on Biomedical Innovations and Applications, which took place in Varna, Bulgaria, 8-10 November 2019. The conference was organised by the Technical University of Varna, IEEE Section......

FEATURE BLOG POST: Role and user benefits of a Single Sign-On Service for the SmartWork system

October 2019: Dr. Dimitrios Amaxilatis, from Spark Works, explains how the SmartWork Single Sign-On Service will provide a positive user experience and manage access to user data...

SmartWork research on ‘What users want’ to be presented to the Sheld-on Network

Willeke Van Staalduinen, of SmartWork partner Caritas Coimbra, will join researchers from different countries at the second meeting of the Sheld-on multidisciplinary network, taking place this week in Ohrid, Macedonia, 16-17 October 2019....

Highlights of SmartWork @ AAL Forum 2019

The SmartWork project and partners enjoyed a busy couple of days at AAL Forum 2019, participating in workshops, exhibiting a prototype and networking with some of the 700 delegates gathered in Aarhus 23-25 September 2019....

FEATURE BLOG POST: User stories highlight the need for a SmartWork system

September 2019: Cáritas Coimbra introduce ‘Beatriz’, one potential persona that can benefit from the SmartWork system...

First SmartWork Technical Meeting, Athens, 12-13 September 2019

SmartWork technical partners met recently in Athens for a two-day gathering to focus on the technical developments of the SmartWork system....

SmartWork and Ethics in the spotlight @ AAL Forum 2019

SmartWork will feature in Workshop 29 @ AAL Forum, as part of discussions relating to ethics, data and privacy protection....

SmartWork @ AAL forum 23 – 25 September 2019

SmartWork will be attending AAL Forum 23-25 September 2019 in Aarhus, Denmark. The overall topic for this year is “Smarter practical implementation of digital technology to enhance active and healthy living”, with a number of thematic areas directly relevant to SmartWork....

Latest deliverables now online!

Two new SmartWork deliverables have just been published, bringing to five the number of public deliverables produced by the SmartWork project since it began in January 2019. ...

FEATURE BLOG POST: User requirements for SmartWork system – findings from consultation with office workers

July 2019: Willeke van Staalduinen, Sofia Ortet and Carina Dantas (Cáritas Diocesana de Coimbra) share findings from the first phase of consultation with office workers...

SmartWork features in ERCIM Publication!

The SmartWork project features in the latest ERCIM News Publication (July 2019). The special theme this quarter is ‘Digital Health’....

First SmartWork Newsletter published!

The SmartWork partners are delighted to bring you the first SmartWork project newsletter, with updates on our activities and achievements in the first six months of the project....

Successful SmartWork Consortium Meeting in Coimbra, Portugal, 25-26 June 2019

Press Release: 2 July 2019. SmartWork partners met last week in Coimbra, Portugal, for the second face-to-face Consortium meeting. This followed a successful kick-off meeting in Athens in January 2019. ...

FEATURE BLOG POST: Smart Technologies for Work Environments in the focus of PETRA19

June 2019: Dr Otilia Kocsis highlights how smart technologies in the workplace was a key focus at the recent PETRA Conference ...

First Phase of SmartWork User Consultation Complete

The first phase of user consultation, which began in Spring 2019, is now complete and analysis is underway of the results which will inform the design of a first version of the SmartWork architecture....

SmartWork reaches an international audience at Piaget Institute

With 350 participants and a panel of speakers and moderators from Portugal, Spain, Belgium, France, Brazil, Angola and Cape Verde, SmartWork was disseminated to a truly international audience ...

SmartWork Conference Publications @ PETRA 2019

SmartWork partners were in Rhodes last week attending the PETRA Conference, 5-7 June 2019. ...

FEATURE BLOG POST: Solid foundations for ambitious SmartWork project

May 2019: ECHAlliance reflects on the progress made to date by SmartWork partners...

SmartWork public deliverables now available on the website

SmartWork partners have produced three public deliverables which are now available for download...

SmartWork in the spotlight at the Health & Wellbeing Intervention International Conference

The SmartWork project will be one of the initiatives under the spotlight at the upcoming International Congress, ‘Health and Well-being Intervention’...