Presentation given at the 'Measuring Digital Participation' seminar at Birmingham City University on 19th July 2010 http://interactivecultures.org

1. Paul Watson Director SiDE Professor of Computer Science Newcastle University

2. Misery Loss of £Bs from economy

3. Digital Technologies Social Inclusion

4. New Technologies New technologies have the potential to make a positive impact on excluded people Pervasive computing Cloud computing Mobile communications Our research aims to realise that potential

5. £12M Research “Hub” Research Councils UK funded 1 of 3 UK Digital Economy Hubs 2009-2014 Newcastle & Dundee Universities Working with many external groups public, private & 3rd sector

6. Project Structure

7. Users Users are at the centre of our work Co-production : researchers + users User Pool of 3,000 “Years Ahead” NE Regional Forum on Ageing key partner

8. Professor Vicki Hanson, University of Dundee

9. Accessibility Can we deliver accessible interfaces & product design? Can we develop IT skills in excluded groups? Accessibility

10. Dundee User Centre

11. Can we help older people to remain mobile? Professor Phil Blythe, Newcastle University

12. Real-Time Telemetry TRIP SUMMARY Power Consumed (.0611KWh) Average Temperature (4) Break Pedal Pressed (996) Distance (8.4 km) Speed (34 km/h) Carbon foot print (6.972 g)

13. Helping Older Drivers Identify long-term trends? cognitive impairments Short-term problems Drugs effects Assistive technologies

14. Can we use creative media to re-engage excluded young people in society? Professor Atau Tanaka, Newcastle University

15. Interactive Music Making with Young People Acclimatisation Introduction to Sampling Creation Publish remix online Peer commentary Virtual economies

16. Generator Music pilot

17. Can we use pervasive technologies to allow people to stay longer in their own homes? Professor Patrick Olivier, Newcastle University

18. Dementia “Gets the kettle, fills it, switches it on…But then she’ll stand there, and I’ll say – ‘what are you doing now?’ and I’ve jogged her memory again…She gets the coffee jar, and she’ll take the top off the jar. And she’ll look at it and think ‘what am I doing with this off for?”

19. Ambient Kitchen

21. SIDE Summary Digital Economy currently not benefitting all Our aim is to transform lives focus on research into harnessing new technologies to benefit the socially excluded Creating Centre of Excellence in Digital Inclusion multi-disciplinary team essential