Dissemination activities on the region of Trikala, Greece

The ISISEMD project has entered the final year of implementation. It is now easier to disseminate and publicize the final schema of the project, as it is almost totally implemented. During past February, there were three dissemination attempts where the ISISEMD project was shown on TV from Trikala region.

1. In the first attempt on Friday 11th February, the project was presented live on a local TV channel (TV10) in Trikala, Greece. The channel broadcasts in the Prefecture of Thessaly, Greece, (part of which is Trikala) and covers around half a million population. The duration of the show was around 34 minutes and can be followed by the following links, as it is in two parts.

Part 1


Part 2

In the show participated two psychologists, Ms Xristina Karaberi and Ms Labrini Oikonomou, employees of DEKA. During the preceding days of that week there was a successful installation and association of a carebox PC (with ramos + sensors), which acted as a new DEMO machine. After the initial scope of the project, some talk about the cognitive disease, the project participants and the profile of a potential test user, our psychologists displayed a demo of most of the system's capabilities. They touched the help request button, they explained some reminders - some of which were planned and triggered during the live show which excited the journalist, Mr Christos Pissas, they described the use of the sensors and of the lommy device. Many times the cameraman focused on the carebox screen and its formation, which we believe helped everyone to understand its functionality, as it was plainly and clearly explained.

2. The second attempt took place on Monday 21st February. Ms Chrisitina Karaberi (Psychologist, employee of DEKA) and Mr George Gorgogetas (Electrical Engineer, employee of e-Trikala SA) presented the ISISEMD project in Greek national channel (NET). The show ("ΣΥΜΒΑΙΝΕΙ ΤΩΡΑ") is of news and educational character and took place on the house of an existing test EP.



In the few available minutes of the interview, the general scope of the project was explained, the installed sensors were shown and some shots from the carebox and the portal's administrative page were also monitored.

3. On Tuesday 22 February 2011, another public national wide TV channel (ET3) visited our premises in Trikala and had a reportage about ISISEMD.



On this reportage Ms Christina Karaberi (employee of DEKA), Mr George Gorgogetas (employee of e-trikala SA) and Mr George Vallas (employer of e-trikala SA) are shortly presenting the functionality of the project.


The dissemination activities made the ISISEMD project wider known and easier for some 'technophobic' Greek elderly to adopt. All these activities led to the location and recruitment of 10 people to consist the test group for the pilot in Trikala.