The ICT4AWE Conference (The 3rd International Conference on Information and Communication Technologies for Ageing Well and e-Health) organized by INSTICC (Institute for Systems and Technologies of Information, Control and Communication) will take place from 28 to 29 of April 2017 in Porto, Portugal.The ICT4AWE aims at creating a meeting point of researchers and practitioners that address new challenges in Information and Communication Technologies for Ageing Well and e-Health. The conference welcomes original papers of either practical or theoretical nature, presenting research or applications, of specialized or interdisciplinary nature, addressing any aspect of Information and Communication Technologies for Ageing Well and e-Health.

One of the most important contributions that ICT4AWE brings about is the creation of a high-level forum in collaboration with the most prestigious internationally recognized experts, including names such as Leszek Maciaszek (Wroclaw University of Economics, Poland and Macquarie University, Sydney, Australia) and William Molloy (Centre for Gerontology and Rehabilitation, School of Medicine, UCC, Ireland) as a Conference Co-Chairs. Carsten Röcker (Ostfestfalen-Lippe UAS and Fraunhofer IOSB-INA, Germany), John O'Donoghue (Imperial College London, United Kingdom) and Martina Ziefle (RWTH-Aachen University, Germany) as Program Co-Chairs. ICT4AWE 2017 will have several invited keynote speakers, who are internationally recognized experts in their areas.  Panagiotis D. Bamidis (Aristotle Thessaloniki, Greece) and Reima Suomi (University of Turku, Finland) are already confirmed. 

All accepted papers will be published in the conference proceedings, under an ISBN reference, on paper and on CD-ROM support.

SCITEPRESS is a member of CrossRef (https://www.crossref.org/) and every paper is given a DOI (Digital Object Identifier).

All papers presented at the conference venue will be available at the SCITEPRESS Digital Library .

It is planned to publish a short list of revised and  extended versions of presented papers with Springer in a CCIS Series book (final approval pending).

The proceedings will be submitted for indexation by Thomson Reuters Conference Proceedings Citation Index (ISI), INSPEC, DBLP, EI (Elsevier Engineering Village Index) and Scopus. 

Further information about ICT4AWE 2017 can be found at the conference website https://www.ict4ageingwell.org

About INSTICC

INSTICC is the Institute for Systems and Technologies of Information, Control and Communication, a scientific, non-profit, association whose main goals are to serve the international scientific community by promoting, developing and disseminating knowledge in the areas of information systems and technologies, control and communications.

To achieve these goals, INSTICC is committed to integrate and support many activities relevant for the international scientific community, including: 

- Promotion of the mobility of renowned researchers, usually involved as keynote speakers at INSTICC events, so that they can share their knowledge with conference delegates;
- Providing grants to support the presence of many young researchers from all over the world, especially from regions facing economic difficulties, who wish to attend INSTICC conferences;
- Publication of proceedings, books and journals - some of them in cooperation with distinguished international publishers - widely indexed and made available at appropriate digital libraries;
- Sponsorship of research projects, proposed by universities and R&D institutes, related to INSTICC main interest areas;
- Collaboration with international associations, who may technically  co-sponsor INSTICC events, as well as with companies involved in R&D or supporting of the international academic community.  Over the years, these initiatives have brought together a large and very diversified international community spread over more than 141 countries, including more than 500 high profile keynote speakers, over 15600 specialized reviewers and about 46000 authors.

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