Project timeline

The kick-off meeting of the Lifelong Food and Nutrition Assistance Project (LIFANA) took place on 7 and 8 May. The project, led by Christoph Stahl of ITIS's Human Dynamics in Cognitive Environments Unit (HDCE), is part of the European AAL (Active and Assisted Living) programme. The programme supports, through national funding agencies such as the FNR in Luxembourg, innovative and transnational projects carried out in partnership with SMEs, with the aim of improving the quality of life of the elderly.

During the kick-off, the 19 members of the project team agreed on their method of work and coordination, discussed the first deliverables and reviewed their work plan for the next three years. The two days were also an opportunity for the partners present to visit the laboratory of the HDCE unit before heading to visit Belval and Luxembourg City.

In this AAL2BUSINESS Workshop, organised by our coach Tuomas Nikoskinen, our Team (Christoph Stahl, Katja Verbeek, Krizia Ferrini) learned about the Business Model Development toolkit and discussed about the integration of the business models of Gociety, Cereneo, and LIST. The coach helped us to identify questions that need further elaboration. Besides the business aspects, the brainstorming lead us to new insights on meal recipe recommendations and how to make the LIFANA nutrition solution more attractive and desirable to end users.

The first General Assembly was hosted by the LIFANA project partners SONAE and Santa Casa in Porto, Portugal.

We will join this year's AAL Forum in Bilbao with several activities: First, we will join the AAL2Business Workshop. Second, Christoph Stahl will present a poster about LIFANA, and third, organise the 6th Workshop on Mobility Solutions.

The second General Assembly was hosted by Fraunhofer Portugal, again in Porto. One major topic for discussion was the preparation of the field trials in Portugal, Netherlands, Switzerland.

Christoph Stahl presented the LIFANA project at the SEMANTICS 2019 conference in Karlsruhe, Germany. He described the integration of different data sources, such as the EuroFIR Food Composition data bases and recipes, into a semantic food knowledge model. The presentation is published online at the conference website. 

LIFANA has been presented at the booth of project partner Fraunhofer Portugal. Christoph Stahl from LIST was also present to organize another workshop on mobility.

Krizia Ferrini from cereneo presented the project LIFANA at the EFAD conference in Berlin. Chistoph Stahl from LIST joined her to learn more about the needs of dietiticians. They received very positive feedback from the audience.

The LIFANA consortium has met for its 4th General Assembly at the cereneo stroke rehabilitation clinic in Vitznau, Switzerland.