AAATE

#AAATE2025 international dinner and social event. a night at the museum #leventisgallery at Nicosia Cyprus @aaate-net.bsky.social

With our heads full from the many interesting sessions and expert discussions, we head into the #AAATE General Assembly. Reporting on what happened in the past year for the associations and voting a new board :-)

Now an open discussion on Vulnerability Vs Sustainability of Assistive Technology Policy and Provision at #AAATE2025: aaate2025.eu

Exciting 2nd keynote at #AAATE2025: The need and right to play for children with disabilities. What role for #AssistiveTechnologies by Prof. Serenella Besio from the University of Bergamo: aaate2025.eu

Stepping away from the practical, might help us imagine what is possible - David Banes at #AAATE2025

Important policy discussions at #AAATE2025 this morning: Crisis response and its implications for AT regarding persons with disabilities with Zero Project and Zero Project nominees 2025: aaate2025.eu

Interesting discussion on the Think Tank report in yesterday's policy session on Ageing well with person-centred technology: an intercultural perspective (AAATE, GAATO) at #AAATE2025!

Attending #AAATE2025 in Nicosia?
Join the #SEURO Project for two key sessions on digitalisation in health & care for ageing populations and the future of EU digital health research:
📍 Embracing Change: Aging, Digitalisation & the Future of Care
📍 Enabling the Success of EU Digital Health Research

AAATE 2025 Conference Highlights 30 Years of Assistive Technology Innovation and Advocacy Nicosia, Cyprus – 10 September 2025 – The 18th AAATE (Association for the Advancement of Assistive Technology in Europe) Conference kicked off in Nicosia, bringing together 350 delegates from …

PR: AAATE 2025 Conference Highlights 30 Years of Assistive Technology Innovation and Advocacy - insights from the first day at #AAATE2025: aaate.net/2025/09/11/a...

Ageing well with person-centred technology: an intercultural perspective - discussion spurred by the #AAATE, #GAATO and #SEURO paper: aaate.net/wp-content/u... - Policy Session 2 at #AAATE2025

The future of LT in Europe will depend not only on how care is funded or delivered but on how care professionals are trained and valued. Policy session on "Empowering care and support ecosystems in the digital era", featuring EASPD, AAATE, Care4Skills, AI4Home carers at #AAATE2025: aaate2025.eu

Kamil shares his story and the role technology plays in his life. The wins he lists, include smart devices, AI assistants, mobility aids, communication tools. The barriers he sees include affordability, inaccessibility, poor design without user input, digital exclusion, ethics. #AAATE2025

After the opening words of AAATE's past and current presidents and the rector of European University Cyprus hosting us, we are looking forward to the keynote of Kamil (@kamiloulis.bsky.social) from @enil-eu.bsky.social, expert in #accessibility and #AT, and wonderful partner in EU projects.

351 experts from 43 countries have gathered to discuss "Technology for Inclusion and Participation for All:
Recent Achievements and Future Directions" in Nicosia at the European University of Cyprus. #AAATE2025 aaate2025.eu

The #AAATE2025 conference is about to kick off. With 9 parallel tracks, including research, education, policy, innovation and inclusion in the field of #AssistiveTechnology and 300 experts in the room, we are looking forward to inspiring discussions.

In time for the start of the new school year, hashtag#AccessibleEU dedicates tomorrow's workshop to "Enhancing an Accessible Educational Ecosystem" - in a pre-conference event to hashtag#AAATE2025 (aaate2025.eu).

Join in person or online: lnkd.in/dcQMpX8j

Just a few days left for the #AAATE2025, where I will have the honor to deliver a keynote. Looking forward!

Empowering care and support ecosystems in the digital era - join @easpd.eu, AAATE, @Care4Skills, #AI4H AI4Home carers in this #policy session at #AAATE2025 10-12 September 2025 in Nicosia: www.conftool.org/aaate2025/se... We'll explore how #AI tools can help in #homecare.

It is a personal highlight that Kamil Goungor will open #AAATE2025 with a kyenote. Kamil is Policy & Movement Support Officer at European Network on Independent Living (‪@enil-eu.bsky.social‬), founder of i-living, and passionate travel blogger. Join us in Nicosia, 10-12 September: aaate2025.eu

#AAATE2025 (10-12 Sep in Nicosia) will host 9 policy sessions, inviting discussions on the care ecosystems in the digital era, sustainability of #AT provision, crisis response, #aging well and much more. Join 400+ international experts in assistive technology: aaate2025.eu/conference-p...

And most importantly, join us: aaate2025.eu. 10-12 September in Nicosia

#AAATE2025 is hosting 8 #educational sessions. Topics range from "addressing clinical challenges with technological solutions" to "incorporating digital tools in early childhood", and many more. Explore the list of research, educational, policy session: www.conftool.org/aaate2025/se...

The #AI4H project initial phase used focus groups in AT, GR, PL, ES. Caregivers saw #AI benefits but feared costs, complexity & lost connection. They're open to #AI for care, but digital literacy & accessibility are barriers. Next, we are developing a #training path: ai4homecare.eu/

#ATscale is organising episode 2 in the Market Shaping Webinar Series: Insights into the Assistive Products Demand Landscape, on 2 July. Registration: us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

We are gearing up for the #AAATE2025 international conference, 10-12 Sep in Cyprus, to discuss "Technology for #Inclusion and Participation for All: Recent Achievements and Future Directions" in #AT. Have a look at the preliminary programme and join us: aaate2025.eu/preliminary-...