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Lawrence Normie
Lawrence is a multidisciplinary technology innovation expert with over 33 years cross-sectoral experience in commercial and non-profit research and development.
Born and educated in the UK, Lawrence trained in physics and electronics engineering at the University of Manchester and University College London. He is a chartered physicist with the Institute of Physics (UK).
Between 1998 and 2014 Lawrence was Executive Director of GeronTech – The Israeli Center for Assistive Technology and Aging, where he led regional and international initiatives for technology research on ageing and disabilities.
Between 1992 and 1998, Lawrence was a partner at Plexus Consultants (Jerusalem), where he specialized in technology innovation and transfer, consulting to private commercial, NGO, and government sectors. He was an expert assessor of industrial research grants for the Office of the Chief Scientist at Israel’s Ministry of the Economy. He was the Israeli contributing editor for technology trade journals Photonics Spectra, Biophotonics International, and Asia-Pacific Satellite & Telecommunications. Lawrence also was an external lecturer in business English and simulation and modelling at the Jerusalem College of Technology.
From 1981 to 1992, Lawrence worked as a radar and weapon sensors specialist in engineering and management roles for the aerospace and defence sector, with Marconi Defence Systems, CAP Scientific, and Israel Aerospace industries, including several secondments to the UK’s Defence Evaluation and Research Agency – DERA (now QinetiQ).
Lawrence has a long association with the European Commission’s successive research framework programmes (currently Horizon 2020) in the roles of project coordinator and external expert for proposals evaluation and project progress reviews in shared cost multinational collaborative R&D initiatives.
He serves on the publications committee of the International Society of Gerontechnology (ISG) and is associate editor of ISG’s peer-reviewed journal Gerontechnology. He is also a member of the editorial board for Technology and Disability, the peer-reviewed Journal of the Association for the Advancement of Assistive Technology in Europe (AAATE). He represents Israel’s national standards body on ISO technical committees TC173 (Technical systems and aids for disabled or handicapped persons) and TC159/WG2 (Ergonomics for special populations). He is also Israel’s representative for ISO’s Advisory Group on Accessible Design (AGAD). He is a member of the international scientific advisory committee for the Canadian network of excellence, AGE-WELL.
Born and educated in the UK, Lawrence trained in physics and electronics engineering at the University of Manchester and University College London. He is a chartered physicist with the Institute of Physics (UK).
Between 1998 and 2014 Lawrence was Executive Director of GeronTech – The Israeli Center for Assistive Technology and Aging, where he led regional and international initiatives for technology research on ageing and disabilities.
Between 1992 and 1998, Lawrence was a partner at Plexus Consultants (Jerusalem), where he specialized in technology innovation and transfer, consulting to private commercial, NGO, and government sectors. He was an expert assessor of industrial research grants for the Office of the Chief Scientist at Israel’s Ministry of the Economy. He was the Israeli contributing editor for technology trade journals Photonics Spectra, Biophotonics International, and Asia-Pacific Satellite & Telecommunications. Lawrence also was an external lecturer in business English and simulation and modelling at the Jerusalem College of Technology.
From 1981 to 1992, Lawrence worked as a radar and weapon sensors specialist in engineering and management roles for the aerospace and defence sector, with Marconi Defence Systems, CAP Scientific, and Israel Aerospace industries, including several secondments to the UK’s Defence Evaluation and Research Agency – DERA (now QinetiQ).
Lawrence has a long association with the European Commission’s successive research framework programmes (currently Horizon 2020) in the roles of project coordinator and external expert for proposals evaluation and project progress reviews in shared cost multinational collaborative R&D initiatives.
He serves on the publications committee of the International Society of Gerontechnology (ISG) and is associate editor of ISG’s peer-reviewed journal Gerontechnology. He is also a member of the editorial board for Technology and Disability, the peer-reviewed Journal of the Association for the Advancement of Assistive Technology in Europe (AAATE). He represents Israel’s national standards body on ISO technical committees TC173 (Technical systems and aids for disabled or handicapped persons) and TC159/WG2 (Ergonomics for special populations). He is also Israel’s representative for ISO’s Advisory Group on Accessible Design (AGAD). He is a member of the international scientific advisory committee for the Canadian network of excellence, AGE-WELL.
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potential for enabling and supporting aging-in-place. A person aging in place
(i.e., independently within the community) usually will experience one or several
age-related medical conditions that frequently may also manifest as physical and cognitive impairments leading to functional disability in performing basic and instrumental activities of daily living (ADL/iADL). The role of WSNs in this context is to enable older citizens to age in place with autonomy, security, dignity, and reasonable quality of life, whereby medical status and general welfare is constantly yet unobtrusively monitored. Family, social, or emergency services intervention is automatically initiated based upon a situational assessment drawing upon a variety of sensor data. In the following sections, wireless smart sensor networks will be described for their technical characteristics and capabilities, the
range of applications and services currently deployed through WSNs for the
welfare of populations aging in place will be identified, and new and emerging capabilities will be discussed. In addition, the role of standards and regulatory requirements are considered, in particular regarding the ethical implications of WSN deployment.