OECD Experts Conference
hosted by Portugal
8-9 June 2009
Lisbon
AGENDA and PRESENTATIONS
International Conference on Sustainable Manufacturing, 23-24 September 2008: agenda
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The Experts Conference adopted a holistic approach to exploring sensor-based networks. Sessions 1 to 3 included an introduction with case studies and a panel discussion on the economic, social, and technical drivers, enablers and challenges, based on the following list of issues:
Meeting chair: Luis T. Magalhães, President of Knowledge Society Agency, Ministry of Science, Technology and Higher Education, Vice Chair of the OECD Committee for Information, Computer and Communications (ICCP).
8 June 2009
Opening session
This session provided a “Big picture” overview of key global economic and social challenges that sensor networks applications could help address (protection of the environment, health and ageing, transportation and energy saving, safety and security, etc.).
Session 1 – Health and elderly care
Health care systems are subject to the burdens of increasing health costs and an aging population. One approach to slowing this trend is to maintain as many potential hospital patients as possible in their own homes rather than in the considerably more expensive hospital or nursing home systems. There are, of course, additional social and lifestyle benefits to remaining in familiar surroundings rather than the hospital environment. This session discussed the use of sensors to enable home-treatment and monitoring. Recent developments in information technology and telecommunications, including low-cost personal computers, advances in mobile communications, high-bandwidth connections to homes via the cable television networks, and of course, the Internet, have hastened the introduction of sensor technologies for home care.
Moderator:
Elettra Ronchi, OECD Secretariat: Introduction
Speakers:
Panellists:
This session looked at the development, impacts and outcomes of sensor networks that can be used to improve environmental performance in areas such as reducing green-house gases, improving energy efficiency and reducing environmental degradation.
Moderator:
Graham Vickery, OECD Secretariat.
Speakers:
Panellists:
Session 3 – Transportation
This session explored the potential benefits of sensor networks in relation to transportation including logistics and intelligent transportation systems that aim to improve safety, transportation time and fuel consumption.
Moderator:
José Viegas, MIT-Portugal
Speakers and Panellists:
Session 4 – Policy discussion
Session moderators summariseed the main findings of the three panels. Panellists addressed the list of issues (innovation, cost, infrastructure, privacy, security, interoperability) in a more horizontal manner, exploring the drivers and conditions for innovation, the relationships between public policies and innovation, as well as the role of the stakeholders.
Moderator:
Manuel Pedrosa de Barros, ANACOM, Director Communication Security Office, Vice-Chair of the OECD ICCP Working Party on Information Security and Privacy (WPISP)
Panellists:
Conclusion
In the conclusion, Luis T. Magalhães, the chair has summarised the key policy issues to be addressed in the future as well as highlight the possible role of OECD.
All enquiries regarding the conference should be addressed to sensors@oecd.org
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