SDDP COST 219ter Actions towards developing practical broadband applications

SDDP Obstacles to practical broadband applications Report Title A systemic evaluation of actions that the Cost219ter community can take to alleviate the obstacles that prevent the development of practical applications Project COST 219ter Triggering Question What mechanisms would ensure successful technology transfer in accessible and assistive ICT products and services? Dates 16th - 17th February 2010 Author(s) Yiannis Laouris Tatjana Taraszow Editor(s) Yiannis Laouris Marios Michaelides Patrick Roe Total Duration 2 days Statistics Participants=21 Number of ideas=55 Number of Clusters=18 Ideas received Votes=23 Ideas on MAP R=19 Spreathink ST=40% Download Download Report

Executive Summary

This report has been developed in the context of the COST 219ter project (COST Agreement xxx). The goal of the project is to ...

The Triggering Question (TQ) was
What actions can the Cost219ter community take to alleviate the obstacles that prevent the development of practical applications?

In response to the TQ, the xx participants came up with xx mechanisms, which were categorized in 10 clusters. Following the voting process, xx ideas received one or more votes and were structured to create the influence MAP shown below.

Influence tree on the mechanisms that would ensure successful technology transfer in accessible and assistive ICT products and services.

According to the participants of this workshop, the characteristics appear to be the most influential were:

• Mechanism #1, Big delay in decision making from the governmental side

The participants had time to discuss and reflect on the influence map and in general agreed that the arrows in the map made sense to them. In sum, the participants reported their satisfaction that their voices have been heard and documented and communicated their expectations for follow-up activities to address the diagnosis of their needs.

The workshop was facilitated by Elia Petridou, Elena Aristodemou (CNTI), Aleco Christakis and Georgina Siitta Achilleos (CNTI).

External Links

• CARDIAC Website