Special Project: Ethics in Technology and Aging
ICE-TeA: The International Consortium for Ethics in Technology and Aging
The SFU STAR Institute received funding from the AGE-WELL Catalyst Funding Program in Healthy Aging in May 2023 to lead on a project that addresses ethical challenges in AgeTech with the aim of co-creating a way forward with national and international communities. See AGE-WELL's funding announcement HERE. The team is currently wrapping up the first year of the project and exploring it's future directions.
Year 1 of ICE-TEA
In Year 1, the ICE-TEA core team is working with academic and community partners to:
- Facilitate 8+ national and international workshops, seminars, webinars and symposia
- Carry out a rapid review of ethical issues within AgeTech
- Establish an Ethical AgeTech Community of Practice (CoP)
- Develop knowledge mobilization materials and publications, including a book in AGE-WELL's Springer AgeTech book series on Ethics, Technology and Aging
- Develop other knowlege mobilization and translation materials
- And more
Workshops and Symposia
The first three international co-creation workshops took place in June 2023 and a report was published in on workshop key findings and recommendations:
AgeTech, Ethics and Equity: Towards a Cultural Shift in AgeTech Ethical Responsibility
The first national co-creation workshop on "Working Towards Culture Change and Ethical Design Thinking in the AgeTech Sector" took place during AGE-WELL's Annual Conference 2023 in October 2023 in Toronto, Ontario.
The second and third national workshops on "Designing Technology for Seniors" took place in March and April 2024 at Silver Harbour Seniors Centre in North Vancouver, British Columbia and 411 Seniors Centre Society in East Vancouver, British Columbia.
See workshop posters below for more details:
Two national and international workshops to develop ICE-TEA's Community of Practice and provide recommendations for ICE-TEA 2.0 took place in May 2024.
ICE-TEA core team members took part in a symposium on AgeTech and the Ethical Imperative at the Gerontological Society of America Annual Scientific Meeting 2023 2023 in November 2023 in Tampa, Florida.
Additional project outputs and resources will be shared on this page as they are published. Stay tuned for opportunities on how to participate in future ICE-TEA activities and events.
ICE-TEA Future Directions
In 2024-25, an ICE-TEA project website will be developed to further the project's Community of Practice (CoP), along with other key deliverables. Check back often for updates on where we are headed.
For more information on ICE-TEA's CoP, click below: