The Ageing experience and increased longevity presents innovation opportunity for emergent
technology, e.g., mobile and wearable. In turn, these technologies can enhance quality of life and
independence as we age; however, they can also increase social inequalities and exclusion. The Covid19 pandemic affected how we interact, communicate engage and interact with people and also
technologies. People – across the generations were impacted and disrupted, motivating new behaviours
in how they conducted everyday tasks and activities. Co-Design approaches have previously revealed
successful collaborations between older adults, students, researchers, designers and other disciplines as
a means to define unmet needs. Edinburgh Napier University provided funding to the PI (Principal
Investigator) as a means to mobilise a ‘Creative Cross-Education Team’ (CCET) consisting of
undergraduate students, research assistants (post-graduate researchers) and other staff colleagues of the
University. The CCET worked with members from ‘Tap into IT’ (a local charity based in Edinburgh
with a remit and focus on enhancing and enabling digital technology access for older adults). Two CoDesign workshops were conducted online titled ‘Express’ & ‘Create.’ The aim of these workshops was
to explore, identify and define unmet needs/gaps expressed by older adult participants as a catalyst to
create and generate future conceptual technology opportunities. The workshops were framed around
Instrumental Activities of Daily Living (IADLs). The team were broken into groups whereby they were
encouraged to collectively collaborate, Express and Create with the participants. This multi-generational
and transdisciplinary approach created a democratized outlook where each contributor added value
through expression, commentary and creativity. The findings have generated themes which are the basis
for new opportunity through education and research with a focus on future technology opportunities.