Proceedings (mostly powerpoints) of the meeting/conference day
on
the subject of "Games for Health and Active Aging”
On Tuesday, October the 19th
Venue: Paris’ 11th arrondissement Town Hall, “Salle des Fêtes”.
Introduction Welcome and opening speeches
Mrs Monique EPSTEIN Founder- Director of
E-Seniors
Mr Patrick BLOCHE Member of Parliament ,
Mayor of the 11th arrondissement of Paris
Mrs Liliane CAPELLE Assistant Deputy Mayor
in charge of seniors and the intergenerational link
Mr Panagiotis D. BAMIDIS Assistant Professor, Medical School Aristotle
University of Thessaloniki (GR)
M. Sébastien
BACHOLLET E-seniors Institute
: why for?
Vice-President ALAC
(At-Large Advisory Committee), ICANN European users representative
European
Projects and Partners (1)
>> The use of game consoles for the prevention of falls
Dr Murray GRIFFIN, Practitioner
Psychologist
Department of Biological Sciences, University of
Essex (UK) Colchester,
Essex - UK
>> "Dance Dance Revolution" or "DDR" (Dance pads connected to the computer) adapted for use by seniors
Dr Paola BERTONE, Geriatric
specialist -San
Giovanni Battista Hospital - Turin -
(IT)
>> A system for virtual rehabilitation
developed for people who have to exercise regularly as part of a rehabilitation
program and specifically designed for elderly users.
Joris WIERSINGA ,
Co-founder of SilverFit Company Alphen aan
den Rijn – (NL)
>> Fit For All is a game platform that can help elderly people to
exercise and maintain physical fitness and well being through an innovative,
low-cost ICT platform, such as Wii Balance Board
Antonis BILLIS, Msc in
Medical Informatics - Medical School
Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
-Thessaloniki –
Break :
Refreshments, Demonstrations and Games
>> Games on Wii console / WII-FIT and other fitness equipment :
bike +DDR
>> Fitness for
seniors demonstration In addition to
exercises on equipment
By a group of German seniors
from Selb – Bavaria -
with their coach Claudia LEHMANN
Projects and Partners (2)
>> Presentation of the
1rst game model of the SG CogR project
Serious Game for Cognitive Rehabilitation
By the winner of the tender for "serious games" in 2009
Eudes MENAGER de
FROBERVILLE, in charge of company development - TEKNEO SAS -
Paris
>> The therapeutic
aspect of video games
Michael STORA, A psychologist and psychoanalyst. He has used for many years video games
as therapy for children and adolescents. He is also the author of "Healing
through the virtual"
-
Paris
>> The MINWii Project: Renarcissisation of Patients Suffering from Alzheimer's Disease through Video Game-Based Music Therapy
Samuel
BENVENISTE, Computer Research Center – CRI MINES ParisTech
- Fontainebleau(FR)
This research is directed by Pierre JOUVELOT
>> Positive gaming- iDance
system - Brainbike Interactive lightwall
specialized equipment which transforms the tedious exercises into enjoyable playing for audiences of all ages and all
levels who wish to improve their quality of life and health
Jean-Marc CHARPENTIER, President
of Hitech Fitness Company Sophia-Antipolis –
(FR)