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A gentle reminder about MACSI-2014 in three weeks:<br>
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Interoperability Days</h1>
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Interoperability</h2>
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<td valign="top"><b style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 0,
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<td valign="top">At the premises of the European commission in<span
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<td><b style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Start:</b></td>
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<td>February 19, 2014, at 11:30</td>
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<td>February 20, 2014, at 15:30</td>
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background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">In 2011, 44 AAL (Ambient
Assisted Living) projects with the involvement of ca. 200
organizations signed the<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a
href="http://publica.fraunhofer.de/documents/N-225288.html"
target="_blank" style="text-decoration: underline; color: rgb(0,
148, 116);">Lecce Declaration</a>, which caused the strategic
and the operational plans of the<span
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href="https://webgate.ec.europa.eu/eipaha/" target="_blank"
style="text-decoration: underline; color: rgb(0, 148, 116);">EIP-AHA</a><span
class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>(European Innovation
Partnership on Active and Healthy Living) to include the C2 action
group on interoperable independent living solutions. After more
than two and a half years, this event aims at bringing the demand
and supply side together in order to evaluate the achievements so
far and collect recommendations for the way forward. The workshop
will include three plenary sessions and two parallel tracks, one
specific to the demand side and the other to the supply side:</p>
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<li style="color: black;">The demand side will meet in two
sessions that are the continuation of the "mutual learning"
workshops of the<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a
href="http://www.aer.eu/en/knowledge-centre/regional-expertise/projects/engaged.html"
target="_blank" style="text-decoration: underline; color:
rgb(0, 148, 116);">ENGAGED</a><span
class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>project, this time to
look at the topic of interoperability. Subsequently, they will
have a look at the<a
href="http://www.cip-reaal.eu/about/project-description/"
target="_blank" style="text-decoration: underline; color:
rgb(0, 148, 116);">ReAAL</a><span
class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>experience in a third
session, as this project has specifically been designed for the
EIP-AHA to assess the value of interoperable independent living
solutions.</li>
<li style="color: black;">The supply side will go through the
results of an<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a
href="http://www.aal-europe.eu/" target="_blank"
style="text-decoration: underline; color: rgb(0, 148, 116);">AAL
JP</a>'s support action that investigates the role of
integration profiles in achieving interoperability (in parallel
to the "mutual learning" sessions of the demand side). Finally
in parallel to the demand side's session on ReAAL, the suppliers
will have a look at the results of the EC investments on the<span
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href="http://universaal.org/index.php/en/" target="_blank"
style="text-decoration: underline; color: rgb(0, 148, 116);">universAAL</a><span
class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>open platform for AAL.</li>
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background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">In particular, the final
plenary session will try to find out how the participants evaluate
the covered part of the journey and which recommendations they
make for the next steps towards managing AAL complexity.</p>
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