On April 11, 2019, the team of the MOBI-AGE project met for the first time with the elderly members of the day center of Ateneu in the respective building. At this meeting, we talked to two elderly people. These elderly people live a very active life, walk and use public transport daily, and therefore there were …
First workshop at Ateneu, Coimbra (11th April 2019) Read More »
On March 29, 2019, the team of the MOBI-AGE project met for the second time with members of the management of the Ateneu of Coimbra in the respective building. This meeting had as main objective to obtain feedback from the Direction of the Center on the questionnaire that we elaborated. We intend that this questionnaire …
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On February 25, 2019, the team of the MOBI-AGE project met with members of the management of the Ateneu of Coimbra in the respective building. With this meeting, we sought to understand the main characteristics of elderly people attending this center, as well as the best way to approach and interact with them in order …
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On December 4, 2018, the team from Coimbra of the MOBI-AGE project met with the architect Eduardo Mota and engineer Catarina Godinho, both employees of the Coimbra City Council. This meeting took place in the office of the Historical Center and resulted in a discussion on the main aspects to be taken into consideration before …
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On 7th/8th January 2019, the MOBI-AGE project team presented the project at the 16th Meeting of the Transport Studies Group, held at Hotel Duecitânia in Penela, through a presentation. The Transport Studies Group is made up of Institutes and Universities with Research activity or Higher Education in the area of Transportation. Link to our presentation: …
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On December 14 and 15th 2018, the MOBI-AGE project team participated in a workshop organized by “NECTAR-Cluster 6” to celebrate its 10th anniversary in Gran Canaria, Spain. Accessibility is an important driver for health, economic development and quality of life. Thus, the anniversary planed to bring together scholars from various disciplines and countries interested in …
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On 24th October 2018, the MOBI-AGE project team presented the project at the CITTA 11th Annual Conference on Planning Research, held at Department of Civil Engineering of the University of Coimbra, through a presentation. The theme of the conference was “The Portuguese-Speaking Area and the Future of Cities”. The CITTA 11th Annual Conference on Planning …
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On 1st October 2018, the MOBI-AGE project team presented the project at the Annual Conference of the MIT Portugal Program, held at Culturgest in Lisbon, through a poster and presentation. The conference was attended by Manuel Heitor, Minister of Science, Technology and Higher Education, Paulo Ferrão, president of the Foundation for Science and Technology and …
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The MOBI-AGE project team will coordinate a special session at the AESOP congress in Venice, July 9-13 2019, with the theme “Friendly Spaces And Mobility For Aging”. The special session should reflect on three main topics: Understand how older people experience urban spaces and main obstacles/limitations they face. Explore tools to be used in participatory …
