WP 7: Community Outreach

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WP 7 Community Outreach

• Inger Kirk Jordansen
• www.hmi.dk

COGAIN Kick-Off 5.-6.9.2004 Tampere, Finland
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Objectives

• To strengthen the economic validity of the
  research done within COGAIN
• To ensure that the knowledge acquired by academic
  partners will be available for both
• general public
• industrial companies
• user organisations working in the field of eye
  traching and AAC

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Tasks 1/2

• T7.1 Market study and demographics of user
  population
• The study will include both the business
  prospects and user needs.
• T7.2 Liaising and co-operation with industrial
  developers and retailers
• BIA will act as technical advisors and
  consultants in COGAIN
• Special workshops will be organised to share
  knowledge on both technical development and
  scientific research done in the field
• T7.3 Providing advise to policy makers
• To ensure the best allocation of funding,
  research, and public services

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Tasks 2/2

• T7.4 Information dissemination through the
  popular press, expos, trade shows and
  conferences
• To create awareness about the COGAIN network and
  www.cogain.org
• To inform about the possibilities and new
  developments
• To demonstrate new developments
• To raise awareness about gaze-mediated
  communication in general
• To impart the AT-experts (speech and language
  therapists, OT.etc) the necessary knowledge and
  competences to choose eye-gaze systems

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Deliverables

• D7.1 Detailed dissemination plan (Month 6
  February 2005)
• D7.2 Report on a market study and demographics of
  user population (Month 12 August 2005)

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Milestones

• M7.1 Report on market study (Month 12 August
  2005)
• M7.2 Public demonstrations and press release
• Month 6 February 2005
• Month 12 August 2005
• Month 18 February 2006

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Measurable Indicators
Indicator Year 1 Year 2 Year 3 Year 4 Year 5
Number of interviews or other referrals in the news 10 10 10 10 10
Number of external visits to COGAIN portal 100 400 600 600 600
Number of end-users trying some of the new developmens ? ? ? ? ?
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Estimated Involvement (first 18 months)
Partner Months
UTA (1) 4
DC (4) 3
DTU (6) 1
HP (10) 0,5
POLITO (11) 0,5
Tobii (14) 0.5
ACE (15) 0,4
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Current Status

• We already have a nice LOGO which it is important
  to use in all dissemination activities
• We also have a Web, www.cogain.org which only
  need to be filled in with relevant and usable
  information directed the user community

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To Do 1/3

• Develope a COGAIN brochure to serve as an
  information tool about the existence of the
  project.
• What is it all about?
• What will be the result of the project?
• Who will benefit from its results?
• To get www.cogain.org known
• To get the LOGO known

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To Do 2/3

• Develope a COGAIN poster
• to be used all places were information about ICT
  for people with disabilities is relevant and
  important
• to be used by the partners for presentations on
  the COGAIN project
• To get www.cogain.org known
• To get the LOGO known

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To Do (3/3)

• Identify public and private organisations in
  Europe providing AT for end-users and evaluating
  needs (for instants AT Centres)
• Identify key conferences, exhibitions and other
  events in Europe
• directed professionals with responsibilities for
  matching people and technology
• directed relevant user-organisation
• Identify key magazines
• directed professionals with responsibilities for
  matching people and technology
• directed relevant user-organisations
• Identify key newspapers and journalist
• Identify relevant industrial companies
  (developers and retailers)

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Discussion

• Comments, ideas?
• In which ways do you want to be involved in this
  WP?
• Contact person for WP 7
• Inger Kirk Jordansen, ikj_at_hmi.dk