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After its 2017 inaugural meeting in Vienna, this was the second workshop of the Socio-gerontechnology network that explored themes at the intersection of STS and Age Studies. The aims of the meeting were to bring together scholars working in this and related areas, discuss recent developments in the field, and further build the network.

 Dr. Juliane Jarke from ifib represented Mobile Age at the international workshop exploring the intersection of Science and Technology Studies and Age Studies, which was held in the Internet Interdisciplinary Institute (IN3/UOC) in Castelldefels (Barcelona) on the 21st-22nd June 2018. Her presentation took place on Thursday 21st of June and, along with Andreas Bischof (University of Technology Chemnitz), they focused on "Configuring the Older Adult: Instances of Shaping Age and Ageing through Digital Technology Design". They presented 3 papers (15 minutes each) and 15 minutes were dedicated to questions.

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