[aaloa supporters] Annoucing AALOA to the press during the Passau Event Nov 16th

[Thomas Karopka]

Hello all,

I think it is a very well written text. Would work for me.

Best regards,
Thomas

Am 10.11.2010 17:32, schrieb Francesco Furfari:
>
> Hello,
> here a first version already reviewed by  Joe.
>
> -----------------------------------------------
>
> *A new Ambient Assisted Living  community is born and wants you.
> *
> Ambient Assisted Living (AAL) is a new term referring to one of the 
> most important societal challenges facing us in the coming years. 
> Starting from the problem of population aging, AAL is about 
> intelligent systems that use technology to provide assistance for a 
> better, healthier and safer life in the preferred living environment. 
> Starting in 2006, various research projects funded by the EU FP6 and 
> FP7 research programmes have been developing ideas in this field. 
> Seven of these projects have now joined forces and decided it is time 
> to start a convergence process to build a consensus on the 
> standardization of AAL systems. To do so, the projects now support the 
> incorporation of an AAL Open Association -- known as AALOA.
>
> The mission of AALOA is to provide a shared open framework for 
> developers, technology and service providers, research institutions 
> and end user associations to discuss, design, develop, evaluate and 
> standardize a common service platform for Ambient Assisted Living.
>
> The call for action is expressed in the AALOA Manifesto 
> (http://www.aaloa.org/manifesto ),   and was distributed publically 
> for the first time in September 2010 at the AAL Forum in Odense, 
> Denmark (http://www.aalforum.eu/). It has attracted subscriptions from 
> more than fifty individuals coming from the academic world and 
> industry. The first project initiated by the AALOA community is EvAAL 
> (http://eval.aaloa.org), an international competition aimed at 
> evaluating AAL systems and creating recognized benchmarks for the 
> assessment of the research results in this field.
>
> AALOA invites you to join the community, and to participate in its 
> activities: to bring fresh ideas, to propose workshops and new 
> projects and to contribute actively to the growth of the association. 
> For details of how to join, please visit: http://www.aaloa.org or 
> write to info at aaloa.org_
> _
>
> -----------------------------------------------
>  Francesco Furfari from CNR, Italy the first subscriber of the 
> Manifesto says:
>
>   "It's the first time that independent research projects have decided 
> to join their efforts and share their findings before the projects 
> have even finished. This is possible  thanks to a common  Open Source 
> policy  which may produce a strong impact on the market. Several 
> industrial alliances have recently demonstrated how OSS can quickly 
> open new markets, especially when the costs of developing a platform 
> are spread over a multiplicity of stakeholders".
>
>  ----------------------------------------------
>  Joe Gorman coordinator of EU project universAAL says:
>
> "As the latest and largest AAL project in the series funded by the EU, 
> one of the main objectives of the universAAL project is to work 
> towards establishment of a standard platform for AAL. And not just the 
> platform itself: also a community of people and organisations 
> contributing to its development and uptake. We see AALOA as playing a 
> central role in this, by putting us in touch with key stakeholders in 
> the field, and providing a forum for real discussion and synergy with 
> them".
>
> -----------------------------------------------
> *Gunnar Fagerberg coordinator of EU project MonAMI says:*
>
>
> ------------------------------------------
> *anybody else ????*
>
>
>
> - Francesco
>
>
>
> Il 20.59, Antonio kung ha scritto:
>> Dear all,
>>
>> Next week we will have one of the big days : announcing AALOA to the 
>> press.
>>
>> Here is a list of actions that are pending:
>>
>>     * Francesco to provide a text. Note that Gunnar Fagerberg will
>>       provide a quote for inclusion (something like /MonAMI supports
>>       the AALOA initiative and we are delighted that this workshop is
>>       the event where AALOA is announced/)
>>     * At least 3 translations in French (Trialog), Italian (CNR) and
>>       German (Rainer/Saied)
>>     * Contacting the press. France (Trialog), Italy (CNR), Germany
>>       (Fraunhofer), Sweden (SIAT) will announce the event to
>>       Journalists and inform them that a facebook videostream will be
>>       available
>>     * Gerald, can you provide the details on the facebook videostream
>>     * Press release to be make public on AALOA, UniversAAL, MonAMI
>>       websites on tuesday afternoon
>>     * A joint statement to be provided concerning AALOA/OpenURC (see
>>       e-mail that follows)
>>
>> Cheers
>>
>> Antonio
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