IMU participates in Soprano, a new Integrated Project on Collaborative Work Environments. Soprano officially starts 1st January 2007.

SOPRANO stands for “Service-oriented Programmable Smart Environments for Older Europeans” and is an Integrated Project in the European Commission’s 6th Framework Programme (IST Priority 6th Call on Ambient Assisted Living (AAL). The SOPRANO project aims to develop affordable, smart ICT-based assisted living services with interfaces which are easy to use for older people and familiar in their home environment. The project is to last over 3 years starting in early 2007 at a total cost of over € 12M from which € 7M will be funded by the European Commission (EC).