As a side event for the 58th Session of the Commission on Social Development, experts gathered together to demonstrate the challenging and innovative solutions from the best practices under the name of “Smart Home to Smart City – Technology for Ageing”.
Prof. Naoko Iwasaki, Waseda University APEC Director on Smart Silver Innovation, suggested that DX technologies will be the key to solve the issues on the damages of loneliness, mobility, jobless, and disasters in the ageing society, and UN should be leader to strengthen and develop capacity building on ‘Smart City’ and for a new framework for Smart Home project to increase citizen’s Quality of Life (QoL) under SDGs.
Dr. Wantanee Phantachat, Executive Director, Research center for Assistive technology and medical devices, National Science and Technology Development Agency, illustrated inclusive care model at community level using ICT. The model was successful in collecting health data, promoting primary care and preventive care, and promoting health literacy recognition among Thai people.
Prof. J.P. Auffret, George Mason University, President International Academy of CIO, demonstrated about the successful usage of AI on health caring. Dr. Stephen Ezell, YP, Vice President of Information and Technology Innovation Foundation, also emphasized on the need to adopt telehealth facilitating remote care provision and to use digital technology to help address social isolation. The experts voiced together on the need of policy consideration and engagement of seniors in developing products.
Meeting: The 58th UNCSocD Side Event: Smart Home to Smart City – Technology for Ageing
Date/Location: Friday 14th February 2020; 15:00 to 18:00; Conference Room 12, United Nations Headquarters, New York, NY
Speakers:
Prof. Toshio Obi, Waseda University, Ex-chair OECD Digital Ageing Project
Mr. Toshiya Hoshino, Ambassador of Japan to the United Nation
Prof. Naoko Iwasaki, Waseda University APEC Director on Smart Silver Innovation (Japan)
Prof. Alexander Ryzhov, RANEPA (Russia)
Dr. Wantanee Phantachat, Executive Director, Research center for Assistive technology and medical devices, National Science and Technology Development Agency (Thailand)
Prof. Theng Yin Leng, Nanyang Technology University (Singapore)
Dr. Stephen Ezell, YP, Vice President of Information and Technology Innovation Foundation (USA)
Prof. J.P. Auffret, George Mason University, President International Academy of CIO (USA)
Mr. Akihiko Sasaki, Director, North-American Center of NICT, MIC (Japan)
Written by WIT Representative Hakeoung Ellen Lee
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