ACTIVAGE is building the first EUROPEAN interoperable and open AHA (Active & Healthy Ageing) -IoT ecosystem enabling the deployment, at large scale, of a wide range of interoperable AHA-IoT based solutions and services throughout Europe.

What is an ecosystem?: “An economic community supported by a foundation of interacting organizations and individuals. This economic community produces goods and services of value to customers, who are themselves members of the ecosystem. The member organizations also include suppliers, lead producers, competitors, and other stakeholders” (Extracted from Moore 1996). Based on these fundamental concept, ACTIVAGE is committed to build a community of stakeholders around the business of value services for the ageing society in Europe, starting from the 9 local ecosystem in the ACTIVAGE’s Deployment Sites regions and cities. AIOTI –WG5 and ACTIVAGE will join forces to enlarge this embryo ecosystem and for that purpose, they will call the participation and adherence of senior citizen, and organisations representing the demand and offering sides in the AHA domain.

In this third session dedicated to AHA-IoT, co-organisers will invite key persons representing relevant organisations from the demand side, other than ICT and IoT domains, to debate, from different perspectives, on the opportunities and best strategies, to found and growth the European AHA-IoT ecosystem.