Integration and Deployment of Cloud‐Based Assistance System in Pharaon Large Scale Pilots—Experiences and Lessons Learned

The EU project Pharaon aims to support older European adults by integrating digital ser-vices, tools, interoperable open platforms, and devices. One of the objectives is to validate the integrated solutions in large‐scale pilots. The integration of mature solutions and existing systems is one of the preconditions for the successful realization of the different aims of the pilots. One such solution is an intelligent, privacy‐aware home‐care assistance system, SmartHabits. After briefly in-troducing the Pharaon and SmartHabits, the authors propose different Pharaon models in the Am-bient/Active Assisted Living (AAL) domain, namely the Pharaon conceptual model, Pharaon reference logical architecture view, AAL ecosystem model, meta AAL ecosystem model, and Pharaon ecosystem and governance models. Building on the proposed models, the authors provide details of the holistic integration and deployment process of the SmartHabits system into the Pharaon eco-system. Both technical and supporting integration challenges and activities are discussed. Technical activities, including syntactic and semantic integration and securing the transfer of the Pharaon sensitive data, are among the priorities. Supporting activities include achieving legal and regulatory compliance, device procurement, and use‐case co‐designing in COVID‐19 conditions. © 2022 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland.

The Iterative Model of Ethical Analysis for Large-Scale Implementation Of ICT Solutions.

This manuscript presents a model and the methodology to understand and define the ethical management of the large-scale implementation of ICT solutions for Active and Healthy Ageing. Based on project expertise, including experience from the Pharaon project Horizon 2020, this model includes an understanding of the main ethical challenges and the development of the necessary guidelines, measures, and tools for different stakeholder profiles. This model extends beyond conventional ethical guidelines, providing a methodology to actively discuss ethical and societal challenges within a project based on interactive and iterative dialogue between the entire value-chain of stakeholders. One of the cornerstones in the analysis of challenges is focused attention on policy and societal issues that emerge during a project. Accordingly, the model includes targeted reflections and tools delivered in the context of the recent Covid-19 pandemic. The tools developed in this process are organised in a guide that can be actively used throughout large-scale implementation projects related to ICT solutions.