What is Asian Smart Living Summer School ?

Origin

The Program office of the Talent Cultivation Program for Smart Living Industry, sponsored by the Ministry of Education,R.O.C_(Taiwan), launched the Smart Living Summer School Initiative.

The International Forum on Smart Living Summer School Initiatives in Asia, held on the 14th of January in Taipei (Taiwan), aimed to bring together a number of leading international researchers and scholars who were working on the themes of smart living education, smart living technology, living lab methodology, interdisciplinary, and international collaboration in the realm of smart living, and open innovation in smart living. A forum enabled local scholars to display the different education energy and course schemes of smart living, and to analyze the capability and potential for Taiwan to establish and host the Asian Smart Living Summer School. A steering committee was subsequently established to release the strategic framework to foster the initiative of the first Asian Smart Living Summer School in Taiwan.

Purpose

The first Asian Smart Living Summer School will be held from November 30 to December 4, 2011 in Taipei (Taiwan). This Summer School is targets on masters-level postgraduates who intend to enhance their cross-cultural experiences and smart living innovation. This Summer School It will serve as a leading showcase and a major platform for Smart Living education. Throughout the duration of the program, the existing experiences and innovations that were produced outside the country will be collected and diffused throughout Taiwan, as well as adapted for local use.

The 2011 Asian Smart Living Summer School courses are based on developing communication between the West and East, the relationship between cultures and technologies, the connection between people and the environment, and the interaction between youth and the elderly. Novel experiential courses offered this year include “ZEN,” “More than Biking,” and “Smart Health Care,” providing participants with a unique opportunity to immerse themselves into the local cultures and return with innovative products and services through a series of interactive activities, such as meditating, biking, and elderly health care in a local aging community.

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Key Date

	| Arrival
	| Orientation & Visit
	| Smart Health Care
	| More than Biking
	| Workshop
	| Departure

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