The Schedule

Opening

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Keynote Speaker 1: Nadia Berthouze

The role of affective technology in Chronic Pain management

In my talk I will report on our long investigation on the role of affective technology in chronic pain management. Reflecting on the findings from our qualitative studies in the home of people with chronic pain, I will discuss how socially capable and affective aware technology could be leveraged to facilitate self-reflection as well as to help develop strategies to remain physically active.

Paper Presentations + Posters

Paper Presentations (15:00-15:50):

• Nikhil Churamani, Minja Axelsson, Atahan Caldir and Hatice Gunes - “Continual Learning for Affective Robotics: A Proof of Concept for Wellbeing” (12 min) - 15.00-15.12

• Sahba Zojaji and Christopher Peters - “ReLive: Virtual agents for a sustainable life cycle” (12 min) - 15.12 - 15.24

• Philip Scales, Véronique Aubergé and Olivier Aycard - “Socio-expressive Robot Navigation: How Motion Profiles can convey Frailty and Confidence” (12 min) - 15.24 - 15.36

• Micol Spitale and Hatice Gunes - “Affective Robotics For Wellbeing: A Scoping Review” (12 min) - 15.36-15.48

Poster Presentations (15:50-16:10):

• Louis L'Haridon, Amanda C de C Williams and Lola Cañamero - “Wellbeing and the adaptive value of pain”

• Tomislav Stipancic, Duska Rosenberg, Tracy Harwood and Leon Koren - “Taking emotions seriously: a data-driven HRI for wellbeing”

• Lillian Hung, Haopu Ren, Joey Wong, Grace Hu, Nazia Ahmed, Sarah Kleiss and Erika Young. Residents with Dementia at Long Term Care Homes and Their Families in Using Telepresence Robot

Keynote Speaker 2: Ana Paiva

Keynote Speaker 3: Peter B Jones

Should affective computing be concerned with mental health diagnosis?

Affective computing and the study of human-robotic interaction may revolutionise the understanding of emotional states in humans and other animals, as well as offering the prospect of interventions to promote wellbeing and deliver conventional therapeutic options such as psychological treatments (including CBT and other therapies). There is also the prospect of new approaches based on the H-R interaction, itself. But should the field be concerned about the concept of mental health diagnosis that is used to summarise a person's abnormal mental state, ideas of cause, outcome and possible treatments? Drugs and psychotherapies are 'indicated', used or prescribed on the basis of a diagnostic framework but will this be important for the deployment of HRI-based approaches? This lecture presents evidence that, while still of some use, concepts of mental health diagnosis do not summarise causes and outcomes; they overlap, share genetic and environmental roots and share more information than is contained within their definitions. People whose lives are affected by mental health problems often appreciate a 'term' or word to use in conversation but are always more interested in reducing the psychological distress with which they live. The evidence suggests that HRI and affective computing should follow their lead.

Closing

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