Dear all,
<br>
<br>Apologies for cross posting.
<br>
<br>I’d like to invite anyone who happens to be in Paris next Monday (21st
<br>October) to a workshop on "Public Innovation and Emerging Technologies in
<br>Health and Social Care across Japan and Europe” at Fondation France-Japon
<br>de l'EHESS. The central focus of the workshop will be on care robots. A
<br>flyer with further information can be found here:
<br>http://ffj.ehess.fr/upload/Actualites/Events/2019/2019-10-21_FFJ_MichelinWork
<br>shop.pdf
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<br>ABSTRACT:
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<br>Public innovation policy plays a key role in the development and
<br>implementation of new technologies in health and social care. In the
<br>context of escalating challenges presented by aging populations and
<br>increasing numbers of people living with chronic diseases, governments in
<br>Japan, Europe and elsewhere are having to make strategic decisions about
<br>allocating resources to promising but often relatively untested new care
<br>technologies, including social robots (e.g. Paro, Nao/Zora, Pepper),
<br>assistive and rehabilitative devices (e.g. smart walkers, exoskeletons),
<br>tablets (e.g. iPads), AI-enabled voice assistants (e.g. Amazon Alexa,
<br>Google Assistant), and care-related apps, to name just a few. A surge of
<br>new devices entering the care marketplace is introducing vast complexity
<br>related to technical issues such as big data/AI, the internet of things,
<br>infrastructure (broadband and 5G), interoperability, standardisation,
<br>maintenance, as well as ethical concerns around safety, data security,
<br>privacy/surveillance, digital divides, dehumanisation of care, and impacts
<br>on jobs and work in the field of care – to say nothing of defining and
<br>evaluating efficacy.
<br>
<br>This workshop will explore some of the ways in which states are negotiating
<br>and shaping the changing technology landscape in health and social care.
<br>
<br>SCHEDULE:
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<br>10:00 │ Opening Remarks - Sébastien Lechevalier (EHESS, CCJ-FFJ)
<br>
<br>10:10 │ Contrasting the Development and Implementation of Robots for the
<br>Care of Older Adults in Japan and Europe - James Wright (EHESS, University
<br>of Sheffield)
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<br>10.50 │ Taking Care of the Robot: A Field Study of a Dementia-Prevention
<br>Robot Class in South Korea - Heesun Shin and Chihyung Jeon (Korea Advanced
<br>Institute of Science and Technology)
<br>
<br>11.45 │ Do Socially Assistive Robots Improve Quality of Life among Older
<br>People in a Nursing Home? - Naonori Kodate (University College Dublin)
<br>
<br>2.00 │ Social Robots in Elderly Care: The Turn toward Emotional Machines in
<br>Contemporary Japan - Anne Aronsson (University of Zurich)
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<br>2.40 │ Emotional Robots: Limits and Possibilities of Affective AI in Health
<br>and Social Care - Giulia De Togni (University of Edinburgh Medical School)
<br>
<br>3.30 │ Who is Holding the Webcam?: The Invisible Labor of Caregivers in
<br>South Korean Telemedicine Practices - Sungeun Kim and Chihyung Jeon (Korea
<br>Advanced Institute of Science and Technology)
<br>
<br>4.10 │ “Robolution” in Care: The Rationale and Realities of Ethical “
<br>Co-Conception” and “Adoption” of Care Robots in France - Martin
<br>Chevallier
<br>(EHESS)
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<br>4.50 │ Concluding Remarks
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<br>ADDRESS:
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<br>EHESS, Room 737 (7th floor) 54 boulevard Raspail, 75006 Paris
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<br>No prior registration is required, and the workshop is free of charge.
<br>Talks will be held in English. All are welcome!
<br>
<br>James Wright
<br>
<br>Michelin Fellow, Fondation France-Japon de l’EHESS
<br>Research Associate, University of Sheffield
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