Between 19 and 20 September, the MOBI-AGE team presented their work at the 12th CITTA International Conference. This year the event took place on the Faculty of Engineering of the University of Porto (FEUP) and had as main theme “Planning for Change”. CITTA is an European research centre, developing inter and multidisciplinary research, policy and …
On September 3, 2019, at Alfândega do Porto, the team of the MOBI-AGE project was present at an initiative promoted by the Porto4Ageing consortium, under the HELIUM project (Interreg Europe), where was also presented the Porto Living Lab (an innovative project in the area of healthy and active aging). This event was attended by European …
On July 9, 2019, the MOBI-AGE project team surveyed the elderly in the Jardim de João Chagas (commonly known as Jardim da Cordoaria), in the city of Porto. We had the opportunity to talk with three seniors who told us that they walk daily and they rarely or never use the public transport, because they …
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On May 24th, we attended an event promoted by Porto4Ageing, in the parallel session: “Digital Health Venture Forum”, which took place at Porto Business School (Porto, Portugal). As part of this event, different stakeholders from the Porto4Ageing consortium shared their experiences and the work they have developed or are developing in the areas of health, …
Between July 9 and 13, the annual conference of AESOP (Association of European Schools of Planning) was held in Venice, Italy. This year, the congress invited scholars and practitioners to reflect on the theme “Planning for Transition” and had about 1000 participants. The MOBI-Age project team organized and moderated a special session whose theme was …
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On June 17 and 18, 2019, the Porto team of the MOBI-AGE project met for the first time with the elderly members of the Day Center of the Paróquia Nossa Senhora da Vitória Social Center, in the respective building, located in Rua de São Miguel, Porto. During these two days, we had the opportunity to …
Between June 5th and 7th, the MOBI-AGE team went to the University of Helsinki, Finland, to announce their project at the 15th biennial NECTAR conference called “Towards Human Scale Cities- Open and Happy”. We presented in a session whose theme was “Elderly mobility challenges” and we had the opportunity to meet other international researchers interested …
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On May 31, 2019, the team of the MOBI-AGE project met for the third time with the elderly members of the day center of Ateneu in the respective building. We interviewed two more seniors and finished our interview work at this day center. We have a very diverse sample, with very rich and enlightening answers. The …
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Between 28 and 30 May, the 9th Portuguese Road Congress was held. The event took place on the building of the National Civil Engineering Laboratory (LNEC) and the MOBI-AGE team presented the work that has been developing under the project. It was a good opportunity for the project once this congress has the particularity of …
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On May 23, 2019, the team of the MOBI-AGE project met for the second time with the elderly members of the day center of Ateneu in the respective building. We had the opportunity to talk to two more seniors. These elderly people walk and use public transport on a daily basis and told us about the …
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