STAR, in partnership with AGE-WELL, hosted a workshop at the PErvasive Technologies Related to Assistive Environments (PETRA) Conference in July 2022 on Ethics and AgeTech. The workshop addressed and explored some of the ethical challenges of AgeTech, with particular reference to AI based solutions. 

STAR has identified research on ethics and AgeTech as a key direction for future work. While technology offers many possibilities to support healthy aging, it may also bring with it the potential to increase inequalities in access to health services and health outcomes. Research has indicated a crucial need to fully understand who and in what ways AgeTech can have both positive benefits for older people or further exacerbate experiences of marginalization. The group of researchers involved in the Ethics and AgeTech workshop at PETRA 2022, from Canada and Europe and including STAR Director Dr. Sixsmith and STAR Education and Engangement Director Dr. Fang, have a strong track record in ethics that we intend to grow in the coming years. Plans to expand the group and convene conference symposia and publish findings are under way. 

STAR / AGE-WELL's Workshop on Ethics and AgeTech at PETRA 2022