Empowering children and adolescents with visual impairments through personalised care, smart digital tools, and ethical AI. Funded by HORIZON-Europe programme.
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At the #VIPPSTAR Consortium Meeting, stakeholder activities, technology demonstrations, and practical discussions kept people and real life experiences at the centre of innovation.
👇 Watch a few moments from these two inspiring days!
💡 The #VIPPSTAR Consortium Meeting now moves into the stakeholder session, focusing on perspectives, experiences, and expectations from organisations and professionals working directly with #VisuallyImpaired persons.
Jessica Toigo: “Sport helped me build confidence, autonomy, and trust in my own abilities. Children have the right to play, move, and explore freely, and families should support and encourage this by following each child’s own interests and inclinations. Vision is not a limit.”
ALT Jessica Toigo speaking
Giacomo #Bertagnolli: “Physical activity is not only about performance. It is also about participation, relationships, and independence. What sport gave me the most was the opportunity to develop qualities that helped me grow not only as an athlete, but also as a person.”
ALT Giacomo Bertagnolli speaking
🔎 From research to practice: preliminary VIPPSTAR results are already taking shape.
This afternoon’s VIPPSTAR Corners showcased tools and technologies currently being developed within the project, from #AI and #EyeTracking to #telerehabilitation and #accessible digital tools.
📣 The VIPPSTAR Consortium Meeting starts today in Rovereto!
Today’s sessions focus on accessibility, AI, eye tracking, telerehabilitation, physical activity, and inclusive technologies for visually impaired children and adolescents.
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#VIPPSTAR #HorizonEurope
@Danielecassioli, Paralympic water skiing champion and founder of #RealEyesSport, presented his organisation’s work promoting #inclusive sport for children with #VisualImpairments through camps, activities, and educational initiatives.
👉 watch on youtube: youtube.com/watch?v=Wr9tYFyR…
“It’s important to make reality more engaging for children with visual impairments and help parents understand that their children need to move. Physical activity is also a way to build connections with others.”
@Danielecassioli at #VIPPSTAR
The #VIPPSTAR Consortium Meeting is underway with the participation of @EU_HaDEA!
Today we discuss:
▶️ Scientific and technical progress
▶️ Ethics, data protection and regulation
▶️ Next steps toward clinical phases
More updates soon!
#HorizonEurope #DigitalHealth #EUProjects
ALT Google meets call featuring the whole partnership, of which 16 users are visible. Work Package 10 is presenting a slide about the VIPPSTAR Platform Avatar.
One year of #VIPPSTAR 🎂
Over the past year, the partners have worked on shared research approaches and coordinated the project’s first activities.
📆 Next week’s Consortium Meeting will be an opportunity to review progress and plan the next steps.
Stay tuned for updates!
ALT Map of Europe with links from each partner (and their logos) to their locations of origin
VIPPSTAR Consortium Meeting – It’s a wrap!
We just concluded two intense days of collaboration focused on advancing solutions for people with visual impairments. From AI to digital rehab, big progress is underway!
#HorizonEurope #Accessibility #AI
ALT Participants taking a group photo on the centre's grand staircase, the picture is taken from an aerial perspective.
Discussions covered:
▶️ AI-based tools for visual impairment
▶️ Digital rehabilitation platforms
▶️ eLearning for patients and professionals
▶️ Planning the VIPPSTAR-NET clinical data network
#DigitalHealth #Inclusion