November 14-15, Kanagawa JAPAN (as part of JSAI-isAI2016) HAT-MASH 2016 (Healthy Aging Tech mashup service, data and people) is the 2nd international workshop that bridges healthy aging and elderly care technology, information technology and service engineering. Aim and scope: Aging of the population causes not only a substantial increase of GDP spent on elderly care per year but also societal effects, which impact not only the health sector. Meanwhile to develop a sustainable social system, we have to take into account demographic change, changes in the global economy and the development of technologies and therefore a transdisciplinary approach is a must. The main objective of this workshop is to provide an informal forum to discuss important research questions and practical challenges in healthy aging and elderly care support to promote transdisciplinary approaches. The workshop welcomes researchers, academicians as well as industrial professionals of different but relevant fields from all over the world to present their research results and development activities. The workshop will provide opportunities for the participants to exchange new ideas and experiences face to face, to establish research or business networks and to find global partners for future collaboration. |