MOBI-AGE Project Promotes Public Session On Active And Sustainable Mobility Of The Elderly In Future Cities in Porto

After presenting the results of the project in the city of Coimbra, on December 10, 2019 at the Centro de Dia Ateneu, the project team will now hold a similar session in the city of Porto.

On February 18th, the team will present the results of the project ‘MOBI-AGE – Promotion of Mobility for Aged Populations’ in a session open to the entire population at Casa do Infante, in Porto (R. da Alfândega 9, 4050-270 Porto), between the 9 am and 1 pm.

The program will consist in presenting the results of the interviews to the elderly population of the Parish Social Center of Nª Sr.ª da Vitória, as well as to some senior tourists, and other results of the diagnosis made by the team regarding the quality of the urban space in the Historic Center will be presented. from Porto.

Members of the coordinating team belonging to the Faculty of Science and Technology of the University of Coimbra will also be present to present the same type of results to the Historic Center of Alta de Coimbra.

The session program is as follows:

PROGRAM
Workshop / Roundtable Mobi_Age_Porto
9:00 am – Arrival of participants
9:20 am – Greetings / Summary presentation of the event – Fernando Brandão Alves (FEUP)
9:30 am – 10:00 am – The Perspective of the Porto City Council – Alderman of Urbanism – Architect Pedro Baganha
10:00 am – 10:30 am – Presentation of the case study of Porto and Coimbra – Sara Santos Cruz & Anabela Ribeiro_Coord. Project
10:30 am – 10:45 am – Questions / Debate
10:45 am – 11:15 am – Coffee break
11:15 am – 12:30 pm – ROUND TABLE – Presentation of 3 projects on the theme “city and aging”:
– Train seniors to the challenges of the digital world – Porto4Ageing (UP) / Elísio Costa – University of Porto.
– Mobility of institutionalized elderly people – Gonçalo Santinha – University of Aveiro.
– European information related to the theme / António Carvalho – Polytechnic of Milan.
Moderators – Anabela Ribeiro (FCTUC) / Ana Bastos (FCTUC) / Fernando Brandão Alves (FEUP) / Sara Santos Cruz (FEUP).
12:30 pm – 1:00 pm – Debate
1:00 pm – Closing