<html xmlns:v="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:vml" xmlns:o="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" xmlns:w="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:word" xmlns:m="http://schemas.microsoft.com/office/2004/12/omml" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40"><head><meta http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-2"><meta name=Generator content="Microsoft Word 15 (filtered medium)"><style></style></head><body lang=EN-IE link=blue vlink=purple style='word-wrap:break-word'><div class=WordSection1><div>Apologies if you have received multiple copies of this message.<o:p></o:p>………………….<o:p></o:p>We are contacting you as acting as guest editors for a special issue of the International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (IJERPH) dedicated to the topic of “Supporting Active Ageing with Ambient Intelligence and Personalised Virtual Coaching” (<a href="https://www.mdpi.com/journal/ijerph/special_issues/ageing_coaching">https://www.mdpi.com/journal/ijerph/special_issues/ageing_coaching</a>), and would like you to consider submitting a paper to this special issue.<o:p></o:p>If you are interested in contributing a paper, please let us know as soon as possible. In addition, we would appreciate a tentative title and a short abstract. The final deadline for submissions is 31 July 2021, but papers will be individually published on an ongoing basis.<o:p></o:p>We are looking forward to hearing from you.<o:p></o:p>Best regards,<o:p></o:p>Dr. Saturnino Luz<o:p></o:p>Prof. Dr. Bernard Ženko<o:p></o:p>Dr. Senja Pollak<o:p></o:p>Dr. Fasih Haider<o:p></o:p>Call for papers:<o:p></o:p>The ageing of the world’s populations has created a situation where social support services are struggling to keep up with the increasingly complex medical, social, and infrastructural needs of the elderly. In response to these needs, enabling older people to remain in their homes longer while maintaining the greatest possible level of activity and independence has become a priority in many countries. New research aiming at supporting this goal has explored technological paradigms such as ambient assisted living (AAL), ambient intelligence and “smart homes”, assistive and cognitive robotics, and virtual agents, underpinned by advances in machine learning, embedded systems, automation, wireless sensor networks, and mobile devices. The concept of virtual coaching, where a computing system provides or directs relevant health and well-being advice to an older person based on that person’s relevant physiological and behavioural data, has been a focus of current research aimed at improving the quality of life of the ageing population living at home. This special issue of International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (IJERPH) invites the submission of new research papers, reviews, case reports and substantially extended conference papers, including interdisciplinary work, focusing on the current state of knowledge in this area.<o:p></o:p>The International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health is fully open access. Manuscripts are peer-reviewed and a first decision provided to authors approximately 15.26 days after submission. An Article Processing Charge (APC) of CHF 2300 currently applies to all accepted papers. You may be entitled to a discount if you have previously received a discount code or if your institute is participating in the MDPI Institutional Open Access Program (IOAP), for more information see: <a href="http://www.mdpi.com/about/ioap">http://www.mdpi.com/about/ioap</a>.<o:p></o:p>To submit to the journal, click here: <a href="https://susy.mdpi.com/user/manuscripts/upload">https://susy.mdpi.com/user/manuscripts/upload</a><o:p></o:p>Manage your subscriptions: <a href="https://susy.mdpi.com/user/subscriptions">https://susy.mdpi.com/user/subscriptions</a>. <o:p></o:p></div></div></body></html>