1. End-user needs in Accessible and Inclusive ICT
Reinhard Sefelin
About CURE
Independent, non-profit research organisation since1999
Driving innovations from the user’s perspective: careful investigation of users
Involve end-users in every project: observing, interviewing and working with these users in their specific context
Ensure that developments fit to real user needs
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2. Vision: Deconstructing Complexity
Technology
Confidence
Empathy
Pleasure
Reliability
Satisfaction
Effectiveness
Efficiency
User Experience
Control
Technology should not only be available, it should also create a positive user experience
Working with users, family and caretakers to ensure fit between development and real user needs
Intelligent environments need not only be available and usable, but also satisfy other needs such as confidence, control, privacy, pleasure in use and hedonic aspects.

3. SimulUS – Development environment for hardware and software solutions based on simulations of special needs
Project phases:
Phase 1: What are the limitations for different impaired user groups and how can they be simulated?
Phase 2: Construction of Artificial Impairment Interface and Simulator (AIIS)
One of the main components: Aging Simulator for rapid hardware tests
Phase 3,4,5: Development of prototypical applications for elderly and impaired users during which the AIIS is used by designers to evaluate the development environment
Partners needed: Hardware and Software developers, Specialists for cognitive impairments, End-user organisations, …