Scott Milne  Division of Applied Computing, University of Dundee, Dundee, UK, DD1 4HN (smilne@computing.dundee.ac.uk). Following the obtaining of a B.Sc. degree with honors in applied computing at the University of Dundee, Scott Milne joined the Digital Media Access Group, a leading accessibility and usability consultancy in the United Kingdom. As technical lead for the group, he developed a Web-based interviewing system for use within the education service. During this time, while working part-time on a Ph.D. degree in information technology (IT) for older people, he was awarded funding to attend the Doctoral Consortium at the ACM Conference on Universal Usability (CUU2003) in Vancouver, Canada.

Anna Dickinson  Division of Applied Computing, University of Dundee, Dundee, UK, DD1 4HN (adickinson@computing.dundee.ac.uk). With a background in languages and social/cultural history from the universities of St Andrews and Birmingham, Anna Dickinson's interests lie in the potential of technology to support communication and reduce the threat of social isolation for older people. She has worked on the UTOPIA project since its inception in 2001, acting as study coordinator on the Fujitsu-led Cybrarian Proof of Concept. Since January 2005, she has been the Royal Society of Edinburgh/Lloyds TSB Research Fellow based at the Queen Mother Research Centre in the Division of Applied Computing at the University of Dundee.

Alex Carmichael  Division of Applied Computing, University of Dundee, Dundee, UK, DD1 4HN (acarmichael@computing.dundee.ac.uk). Following the obtaining of a B.A. degree in psychology (with a specialization in cognition) at the University of Newcastle upon Tyne, Alex Carmichael started his research at the Age and Cognitive Performance Research Centre at the University of Manchester. This research examined the cognitive human factors of older people using an audio description of television service (AUDETEL), and this formed the basis of his Ph.D. thesis. This and a series of other projects examining interactive services for older people was formalized in 1997 with funding from the ITC (Independent Television Commission) for a research fellowship. The fellowship (and Alex) recently moved to The Queen Mother Research Centre for Information Technology to Support Older People based within the Division of Applied Computing at the University of Dundee.

David Sloan  Division of Applied Computing, University of Dundee, Dundee, UK, DD1 4HN (dsloan@computing.dundee.ac.uk). David Sloan is a founder of the Digital Media Access Group at the University of Dundee, a leading accessibility and usability consultancy offering advice and support for Web sites, software, and other interfaces to digital media. Since 1999, he has been advising clients in the educational, public, and commercial sectors on aspects relating to inclusive design of the Web and software. He holds an M.Sc. degree in applied computing, and maintains research interests in a variety of aspects of inclusive design.

Roos Eisma  Division of Applied Computing, University of Dundee, Dundee, UK, DD1 4HN (reisma@computing.dundee.ac.uk). Dr. Eisma is a lecturer in the Division of Applied Computing at the University of Dundee, where she is managing the UTOPIA project. Before returning to academia she worked as a new media developer, most recently for The Society for Old and New Media ‘De Waag' in Amsterdam, where she developed an Internet-based communication application for people with learning difficulties. Her current interests are the involvement of older people in the development process of new IT products and the use of nonverbal methods involving video and drawing in requirements gathering.

Peter Gregor  Division of Applied Computing, University of Dundee, Dundee, UK, DD1 4HN (pgregor@computing.dundee.ac.uk). Peter Gregor is a Senior Lecturer in the Division of Applied Computing at the University of Dundee, with research interests in accessibility, information and communication technology (ICT) for older people, human-computer interaction, and more generally in the application of computing technology to improve quality of life. In 1999 he founded the Digital Media Access Group, now a leading United Kingdom accessibility and usability consultancy that he directs. As a member of the Division of Applied Computing at the University of Dundee, he works in an interdisciplinary team with a focus on researching and developing ICT applications in areas of high social impact.