WORKSHOP SCOPE
EMPOWER 2019 - 1st Workshop on ICT for the Empowerment of Older Adults draws on the intersection of two major societal trends in industrialized countries: population ageing and technologically-mediated and hyperconnected daily lives. As such, this workshop aims to provide an opportunity for exchanging research and perspectives on the role of ICTs (Information & Communication Technologies) for empowering older adults with an emphasis on evidence-based approaches, methodological issues, design, practices, and visions for the future. By bringing together researchers, academics, students, designers and industry professionals, the workshop intends to be a forum to explore trends and inform advances in the field.  

TOPICS OF INTEREST (The topics proposed are not intended as restrictive)
ICT for the promotion of intra- and inter-generational relationships
ICT for active ageing and ageing well
ICT for education in later life
ICT for combating ageism
Studies, systems and applications on/for older adults
Systems Usability and Personalized Interfaces
Digital Content Accessibility
Emerging technologies (e.g., IoT, robots, AI, etc.) for older adults 
Inclusive Design and ICT design for/with older adults  
Policy trends regarding older adults and ICTs

Paper Submission and Format Guidelines
We invite unpublished work resulting from original research, including empirical accounts, methodological advances, conceptual or theoretical approaches, and state-of-art reviews. All papers must be original and not submitted elsewhere. Submissions will be double-blind reviewed on a rolling basis to ensure a rapid decision. Therefore, authors should exclude names and affiliations during the reviewing phase and avoid references in the text that can identify them. Submissions can be of Full Papers (finished or consolidated R&D works, limited to 6 pages) or Short Papers (Ongoing works with relevant preliminary results, open to discussion, limited to 4 pages). Papers must be written in one of the official conference languages (English, Spanish or Portuguese) and must follow the conference format guidelines, available at: 
http://www.cisti.eu/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=26&Itemid=127&lang=enThe 
Although submissions shall be done using PDF file format, camera ready versions of the accepted papers must be delivered in MS Word format also. Papers must be submitted through EasyChair, choosing the appropriate Workshop: https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=cisti2019workshops.

PUBLICATION
Regardless of the type of submission, the Programme Committee and Organizing Committee may suggest papers to be accepted as full-paper (6 pages), short-paper (4 pages) or posters (2 pages). Accepted full papers and short papers will be published in the conference proceedings in specific Workshop chapters. Proceedings will be submitted for indexation in EI, IEEE XPlore, INSPEC, ISI, SCOPUS and Google Scholar. Poster papers will be sent for indexation in EBSCO and EI. Detailed and up-to-date information can be found at CISTI 2019 website: http://www.cisti.eu/index.php?lang=en.

WORKSHOP ORGANIZING COMMITTEE
Ana Carla Amaro
Universidade de Aveiro, Departamento de Comunicação e Arte
Campus de Santiago, 3810-193, Aveiro, Portugal
aamaro@ua.pt | https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7863-5813

Barbara Barbosa Neves
The University of Melbourne, School of Social and Political Sciences 
Parkville, 3010 Victoria, Australia
barbara@bbneves.com | https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4490-4322

Lídia Oliveira Silva
Universidade de Aveiro, Departamento de Comunicação e Arte
Campus de Santiago, 3810-193, Aveiro, Portugal
lidia@ua.pt | https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3278-0326

Masood Masoodian
Aalto University, School of Arts, Design and Architecture
Espoo, Finland
masood.masoodian@aalto.fi | https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3861-6321

Paula Alexandra Silva
Universidade de Aveiro
Campus de Santiago, 3810-193, Aveiro, Portugal
palexa@gmail.com | https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1573-7446

PROVISIONAL PROGRAM COMMITTEE (to be extended)
Adriano Pasqualotti, Universidade de Passo Fundo, Passo Fundo – Rio Grande do Sul, Brasil
Ana Melro, Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
António José Osório, Universidade do Minho, Portugal
Carlo Fabian, University of Applied Sciences and Arts, Switzerland
Cosmin Munteanu, Institute of Communication, Culture, Information and Technology, University of Toronto, Director Technologies for Aging Gracefully Lab, University of Toronto, Mississauga
Fausto Amaro, Universidade Técnica de Lisboa, Portugal
Leah Burns, Aalto University, Finland
Lia Araújo, Instituto Politécnico de Viseu, Portugal
Liliana Sousa, Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
Loredana Ivan, National University of Political Studies and Public Administration, Communication Department, Bucharest, Romania
Maria Ekström, Laurea Universities of Applied Sciences, Helsinki, Finland
Maria Raquel Patrício, Instituto Politécnico de Bragança, Portugal
Philipp Jordan, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Hawaii
Rita Santos, Escola Superior de Tecnologia e Gestão de Águeda, Portugal
Rui Rodrigues, Instituto Politécnico do Porto, Portugal
Telmo Silva, Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
Thomas Rist, University of Applied Sciences Augsburg, Germany

WORKSHOP IMPORTANT DATES:
Paper submission: February 24, 2019
Notification of acceptance: March 26, 2019
Camera Ready papers and Registration: April 1, 2019