Keynote Speaker

CAST, the Center for Aging Services Technologies, is leading the national charge to develop and deploy technologies that can imporve the aging experience in America. An overview of the work CAST is doing, including highlights of cutting edge technologies, will set the stage for our conferene.

Dr. Madj Alwan, a noted researcher and authority aon aging-services technologies, is the CAST Director. Dr. Alwan is responsible for creating and leading a network of technology companies, providers, and research institutions focused on technology solutions for an aging society.

Prior to joining CAST, Dr. Alwan served as the director of the Robotics and Eldercare Technologies Program at the University of Virginia's Medical Automation Research Center. His research interests there included passive functional and health assessment, biomedical instrumentation, medical automation, as well as eldercare and assistive technologies.

Dr. Alwan chairs the Funding Aging Services Technologies committee and is a member of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology, and Robotics and Automation Societies. He is also a member of IEEE-USA's Medical Technology Policiy Committee and the Geriatric Care Workgroup.