Laurent Billonnet 1 , Jean-Michel Dumas 1 , Emmanuel Desbordes 2 and Bertrand Lapôtre 3

1. Compensation of handicap and autonomy loss through e-technologies and home automation for elderly people in rural regions: An actual need for international initiatives networks Laurent Billonnet1, Jean-Michel Dumas1, Emmanuel Desbordes2 and Bertrand Lapôtre3 1University of Limoges, France 2Jean Favard High School, Guéret, France 3CCGSV Administrative Community, Guéret, France laurent.billonnet@unilim.fr

2. Outline • The department of Creuse in France • The « Home Automation and Health Pole » • Autonom’Lab : a region initiative for a european project • Applied experiments • Research experiments • International collaborations

3. The department of Creuse in France … • « How Europe will stand within the next 20 years … » • Creuse is one of the oldest population in Europe • The district of Guéret • 19 towns • 29000 inhabitants • http://www.cc-gueret.fr/

4. The « Home Automation & Health Pole » • « A rural initiative » • E-communication techniques and networks technology • + • home automation management • The objectives • Improvement of the living conditions of elderly people, in respect for their socio-economic environment, following ethical rules; • Help for the development of home automation companies and associated services for health and assistance domains; • Participation of the university and the education system in specific training and research programs.

5. Multimedia Numerical convergence IT - data processing Sociology Medical Home automation Telecomm. Social convergence Social services • The « Home Automation & Health Pole » • « A convergence challenge » •  • Technical and technological solutions for intelligent private housing thru wideband IP multiservices networks for: • Voice (VoIP, ToIP) • Imaging and video • Data transfer •  • Medical, social and juridical solutions to: • Compensate for handicap • Delay loss of autonomy

6. The « Home Automation & Health Pole » • « The initial partners » • Through applied experiments: • Department Council of Creuse • Reeducation and Readaptation Centre (CRRF) of Noth in Creuse • Local hospital centres • Through academic organisations: • « Home automation » section of Jean Favard High school • Engineering school ENSIL (University of Limoges) • « Home Automation and Autonomy » BSC (University of Limoges) • « Space Design » section of Raymond Loewy High school

7. A region initiative for a european project • Public and private partners for a new research approach : • University of Limoges • Hospital centres (Guéret, Bourganeuf, Limoges) • Le CRRF of Noth • « Elopsys » excellence pole • « Home Automation & Health » pole • Legrand industrial group • Official organisations dedicated to elderly and disabled people • National Centre for Innovation, Health and Autonomy • Limousin Expansion and Limousin region • …

8. Applied experiments • Preliminary results can be reported on: • Field trials: • supply of 10 show apartments; • communication networks optimization; • Experiments of home automation products in the hospital of Guéret and surrounding medical centers; • Economic effects; • First results of work placements of the BSc program students; • Impact on the medical staff and people • Adaptation / resistance to new practices monitored by e-technology. • Inferred ethical problems.

9. Research experiments • Scientific experiments at a research level: • Indoor communication studies in a perturbed environment (hospital); • Intelligent distributed home automation/communication network for daily activities assistance and monitoring; • Intelligent floor for people activity monitoring, people localization inside the house and real-time dangerous situation alarms; • Intelligent multimedia real-time network share notebook: a unique and centralized contextual multimedia tool for • the disabled people, • the family, • the medical assistants, • the home service assistants …; • Evaluation of the disabled or elderly people in terms of ergonomy, mental capabilities in conjunction with home automation equipments.

10. International collaborations (1) • A prioritary policy • The university of Limoges is resolutely committed to expanding its international cooperation, at different levels: • Educational programs: development of joint diplomas • Research: centres of excellence, centres of competitiveness • Collaborative domains are placed under the responsibilities of research teams with four main objectives: • The administrative and financial development of Limoges international research networks, based on our fields of excellence • The development of international diplomas and joint doctorates which are the basis of scientific and educational exchanges • The promotion and the support of international mobility • Support programs to help partner universities in the developing countries develop their organizational, academic and research capabilities.

11. International collaborations (2) • Collaborations worldwide • University of Stavanger (Norway), in the frame of Åsgard program www.uis.no • University of Sherbrooke (Québec, Canada), DOMUS laboratory domus.usherbrooke.ca • Tomsk State University of Control Systems and Radioelectronics, University of Tomsk, (Siberia, Russia) www.tusur.ru/en/ • Province of Trento, Italy • University of Trento (Italie), www.unitn.it • Foundation Bruno Kessler, www.fbk.eu • VIA university in Horsens (Danemark) www.viauc.com

12. Are you interested in an international collaboration ? … • Contact • Laurent Billonnet laurent.billonnet@unilim.fr Professor at the University of Limoges ENSIL engineering School Director of the BSC « Home Automation and People Autonomy » Coordinator of the « Home Automation and Health » group