Local Visit: Thessaloniki Active and Healthy Ageing Living Lab

VISIT TIME: 16:00-18:00
MODE OF TRANSPORT: n/a (the visit is located in the OLLD venue)

What will you do during the visit

The Thessaloniki Active and Healthy Ageing Living Lab (Thess-AHALL) is organizing an open event inviting the “Collaboration & Research Community for the Independent Living”, the LLM Care ecosystem and its local stakeholders’ community, comprised of older adults, patients’ associations and experts from the healthcare sector to share their experiences from participating in research activities and co-creation initiatives of the Living Lab, as well as to submit their ideas and plan future actions, regarding technologies and innovative solutions for well-being and independent living. Participants of the local visit will have the opportunity to learn about the co-creation activities that Thess-AHALL is organizing throughout the year. Various projects across the spectrum of health and well-being will be presented and the strategic partners of the Community will be honored for their cooperation. Thess-AHALL’s Community representatives, including patients’ associations, older adults’ day care center experts, municipality policymakers and individual participants will join a panel discussion to exchange their vision for the future of co-creation activities on health and well-being. Local and national policymakers will also be present to listen to the needs of the local stakeholders and to foster future co-creation activities among the university, policy actors and citizens. 

*It is noted that this visit addresses primarily to Greek-speaking participants, since there will be no parallel interpretation. However, this does not mean that other interested participants are excluded.

About the Thessaloniki Active and Healthy Ageing Living Lab

The Thessaloniki Active and Healthy Ageing Living Lab (Thess-AHALL) is a Living Lab established by the Lab of Medical Physics of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki. It is a hub of interconnected pilot sites that enable user-driven innovation in Active & Healthy Ageing and related domains embracing co-creation approaches. Thess-AHALL participates in the European Initiative on Active and Healthy aging as a Candidate Site of EPIonAHA.

Location

This visit will take place at the VENUE OF THE OLLD.

Room:  Aimilios Riadis Hall