"Archangelos Michael" nursing home (AMEN) invited professionals and researchers from the Healthcare sector to an one-day workshop, held last December in Nicosia, Cyprus. The workshop was entitled "Alzheimer’s’ 21st Century: Modern Technological Challenges in the hands of Health Professionals".

Which methods and technologies are suitable for turning the living environment of older adults into a "digital coach"? How can carers be motivated to use new technologies to anonymously collect medical, emotional and behavioural data? And how can such technologies be used to develop new forms of assisted living? In the context of these questions, two student groups from the University of Applied Sciences in Aschaffenburg have worked under the direction of Prof. Dr. med. Carsten Reuter on a survey and desk analysis with questions on regulatory and legal framework conditions and the impact of the use of innovative mental health support.

In the second half of March, AUTH, CAPTAIN partner, led by its pilot site, the Thessaloniki Active & Healthy Ageing Living Lab, ran its 2nd Sprint, and accordingly the 2nd design thinking session, with the active participation of end-users –older adults, their caregivers and professionals from the healthcare sector.

The CAPTAIN project consortium gets together on 4-7 March 2019 in Lausanne, Switzerland for a 4-day technical and progress plenary meeting among all partners. The meeting is hosted by NVISO partner in the EPLF Innovation Park and coordinated by AUTH.

Last November, and specifically on the 22nd of November 2018, Vicomtech, partner of the CAPTAIN consortium, participated in the Adinberri Conference, held in San Sebastian, Gipuzkoa (region of the Basque Country).

​​​​​​​The 2nd Design Thinking session of the CAPTAIN project was conducted from mid-December to mid-January by three pilot partners (AUTH, INTRAS and AMEN) in their countries, Greece, Spain and Cyprus, with the active involvement of CAPTAIN stakeholders’ community.

All CAPTAIN pilot partners (AUTH, INTRAS, DCU, APSS and AMEN) ran the first out of the three Design Thinking sessions of the project with the active participation of CAPTAIN stakeholders’ community (older adults, their relatives and professional caregivers) from late November to the beginning of December 2018.

In the end of June, CAPTAIN project partner Salumedia held a 3-hour workshop on e-health at its premises in Sevilla, Spain. The main objective of the workshop, entitled “Introducing CAPTAIN to external institutions & potential synergies”, was to disseminate Salumedia's strategy and the CAPTAIN project to some of company’s close collaborators around the world.