The British Society of Gerontology 46th Annual Conference – July 5-7, 2017
The Centre for Innovative Ageing is hosting the British Society of Gerontology Annual Conference 2017 at the Bay Campus of Swansea University from the 5th-7th July. This international conference draws over 300 national and international delegates at the forefront of research, practice and policy regarding ageing and older adults. The conference, whilst having an international appeal, will still retain the flare of Wales, even down to the conference title including prose from Wales’ own Dylan Thomas: “Do Not Go Gentle: Gerontology & A Good Old Age”
Reflecting the breadth and depth of global works on ageing, the conference theme “The Art of Ageing” focuses on the innovative approaches taken by UK researchers and those around the world in the field of social gerontology.
Registration for the conference IS NOW OPEN and can be completed through the conference website http://www.swansea.ac.uk/bsg17/
Ageing and Economic Growth – 12th of july 2017
The Chair « Transitions démographiques, Transitions économiques » of the “Fondation du Risque – Institut Louis Bachelier” is organizing an international conference:
« Ageing and Economic Growth»
The venue will be in Paris on the 12th of July 2017.
It may seem paradoxical to link aging and growth, this is because the mainstream analysis often views seniors as a burden for public finance and the healthcare system. Furthermore, elderly people are supposedly not directly participating in the creation of value.
In practice, aging which is a global phenomenon, requires to rethink and adapt the economic model at a fast pace.
Working beyond 60+; robotics; healthcare infrastructure and demand; planning funded pension systems; and training needs of seniors are opportunities for new developments in the economics of ageing era.
Abstracts in economics and demographics should be submitted for validation, before the 22nd of May 2017 for a validation by the 29th of May on:
ECONOMIC POLICY AND AGEING SOCIETY
Please take notice that the Chair is currently working on the following topics:
- Ageing, economic growth and welfare economics
- From housing wealth towards productive investment
- A new momentum for funded pensions systems and longevity bonds
- Healthcare finance for an aging population
- Training needs in an aging society
The topic is key and at the top of the political agenda in every country. It requires rapid adaptation in regulation, fiscal, social, prevention and saving policies.
Final papers and presentation should be sent by the end of May.
Papers in English, French are welcomed,
Please submit abstracts and papers in English or French. However, presentations can be done in researcher’s native language.
We look forward to seeing you in Paris.
Papers have to be submitted at the following adress: francois-xavier.albouy@tdte.fr
Please for further details, contact Sophie Parisel: sophie.parisel@tdte.fr
IAGG 2017 World Congress – July 23, 2017 – July 27, 2017
International Conference: “Partner Relationships, Residential Relocations and Housing in the Life Course” – 27-29 July 2017
Partnerships, residential relocations and housing are crucial aspects of people’s well-being. All three life domains are interdependent across the life course. Some partnership events involve immediate residential relocations, for instance the establishment or the dissolution of a co-residential union. Other transitions are sequenced closely together such as marriage and the transition to homeownership. The usual approach is to assume that partnership trajectories influence residential trajectories and housing choices. But the residential careers and the housing situation are likely to also restrict or enable relationship and family development.
The international conference on “Partner Relationships, Residential Relocations and Housing in the Life Course” is organised as part the PartnerLife research project. The conference aims to create a meeting point for researchers who study the interrelationship between partnership trajectories, residential relocations and housing. It will take place in Cologne on July 27-29, 2017 and the program will feature a number of invited talks by internationally renowned scientists. Further contributions on different national contexts as well as comparative work are welcome. Papers with a focus on – but not limited to – the following topics are invited:
- Partnership patterns and housing
- Living-apart-together partnerships and the transition to co-residential partnerships
- Residential trajectories, housing and the quality of partnerships
- Consequences of separation and divorce for housing, relocation careers and family relations
- Modelling the association between partnership and residential histories
China International Senior Services Expo – Aug 4-6,2017 – China
In the starting year of the national “13th Five-year Plan”,our country comprehensively boosts the development of the senior serviceindustry, which has become the key topic attracting the attention of thegovernment and the society. With the rhythm of the times, On May 3, 2016, theopening ceremony of 5th China International Senior Service Expo washeld in the China National Convention Center in Beijing.
Onthe morning of May 3, 2016, the opening ceremony of 5th ChinaInternational Senior Service Expo and 5th China Senior ServiceDevelopment Forum was held in the China National Convention Center, sponsoredby Ministry of Civil Affairs and National Elderly Work Committee Office,organized by China Association of Social Welfare and Senior Service, BeijingBureau of Civil Affairs and Beijing Elderly Work Committee Office, andco-organized by the China Social Welfare Foundation. Wang Jianjun, ExecutiveDeputy Director of National Elderly Work Committee Office, hosted the openingceremony. Zhang Meiying, Deputy President of 11th CPPCC, GaoXiaobing, Deputy Minister of the Ministry of Civil Affairs, Wang Ning, DeputyMayor of Beijing, and Gregory Ross Shaw, Minister of the InternationalRelations Ministry in The International Federation of Ageing, attended theopening ceremony and addressed speeches. Zhang Meiying, Deputy President of 11thCPPCC, announced the opening ceremony of the Expo.
Thisexpo continues to take “Gratitude, Care, Service and Development” asthe mission. The domestic and international social organizations and theservice enterprises enthusiastically have participated in the expo. There are242 organizations from 18 countries and regions in the expo; and the audiencequantity reaches around 50,000; over 120 domestic and foreign experts andscholars have the deep exchanges concerning the research achievements and thepractical experience on “5th China Senior Service DevelopmentForum” and 12 sub-forums; 52 news media, including Xinhua News Agency,CCTV, People’s Daily, CNR, CRI, BTV, Beijing Daily and Beijing Evening News andso on, have given the report about this expo.
ChinaInternational Senior Service Expo, established in 2012, has been successfullyheld for five times. For five years, 373 organizations from 29 countries andregions in total have attended the expo; in our country, 1,275 organizationshave attended the expo in total with the audience of around 250,000. The expohas won the recognition and the widespread reputation both at home and abroad.It has become the brand expo in the domestic senior service field.
Australia’s Future of Aged Care Summit – 29-31th August 2017
As the ongoing aged care reform is changing the sector landscape and putting the consumer in focus, providers are struggling with the implications of the reform.
The new open and consumer driven market is immensely increasing industry competition and changing previous funding models. Organisations in the aged care sector are for the first time having to compete for customers, restructure business models and implement alternative income streams, in order to remain financially sustainable and drive business viability.
Australia’s Future of Aged Care Summit provides attendees with the tools to remain financially sustainable in this new competitive climate. Attendees will gain practical strategies on how to attract and retain customers, diversify revenue streams and successfully transform their businesses into commercial enterprises.
Cognitive Decline and Aging – September 1-8, 2017
The interface between cognitive aging that might be considered normal and the early stages of AD has recently attracted much attention from neuroscientists and clinicians. That interface and whether one is likely to progress from cognitive decline to AD is the critical question. The Advanced Course will focus primarily on the events that lead to cognitive decline in the absence of AD, and mechanisms that might be relevant to both conditions will be thoroughly analyzed. While it is quite clear that the dementia of AD results from neuron death, particularly in circuits that mediate learning and memory, it is equally clear that age-related cognitive decline does not result from neuron death and is thus not a mild form of AD. Age-related cognitive decline appears to result primarily from synaptic alterations and other changes that affect neuronal communication in circuits mediating learning and memory that are still intact. These circuits must retain synaptic health in order to function properly, and certain events associated with aging lead to declining synaptic health.
Coordinator:John H. Morrison, University of California, Davis, USA
Faculty: Roberta Brinton, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, USA; Mark Baxter, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, USA; Tara Spires-Jones, University of Edinburgh, UK; Jennifer Bizon, University of Florida, Gainesville, USA; Naftali Raz, Wayne State University, Detroit, USA; Ulman Lindenberger, Max Planck Institute for Human Development, Berlin, Germany
8th APRU Population Aging Conference – October 11-13, 2017, Singapore
The world is aging. The number of people aged 65 or above is projected to triple by mid of this century, from 531 million in 2010 to 1.5 billion in 2050.
By the middle of the 21st century, most countries would be trading their young for the old as the share of their population aged 65 or above surpasses those below 15. This demographic shift is accompanied by wider changes in the society including amongst others continuing low fertility rates, late marriages, preference for singlehood and migration.
Academics and policy makers recognize the need for self-reliance of older adults as family sizes shrink and longer lives challenge financial and social adaptations. Successful adaptation to aging requires the resilience of the individual, family, and society. With this conference we aim to explore different ways of defining and measuring resilience as well as ways to enhance resilience at all levels including physical, psychological and social in older adults and their families. Innovative measures at the policy and program levels will be featured.
Themes explored in the conference include
1. What is resilience – explorations of the different types of resilience
2. How can or should resilience be measured
3. What are the factors that impact on resilience
4. What are the factors associated with resilience
5. How can resilience be promoted
View Conference Agenda here
Call for Abstracts
Share your research findings and increase the visibility and impact of your research.
Key dates for abstract submission:
– Call for Abstracts is now open
– June 30, 2017: Abstract submission closes
– July 31, 2017: Notification of authors of shortlisted abstracts
– September 1, 2017: Submission of slides
Email your abstract submission which is not longer than 300 words to care@duke-nus.edu.sg.
Conference Registration will soon open!
For enquiries about the 2017 APRU Population Aging Conference, please contact: care@duke-nus.edu.sg
2017 Global Ageing Conference – 18-21 September 2017
The Global Ageing Network is proud to be hosting our 2017 Global Ageing Conference in partnership with CURAVIVA, 18-21 September 2017 at the Montreux Music and Convention Center in Montreux, Switzerland.
Switzerland tops HelpAge International’s Global Ageing Index as the best place in the world to grow old. It is the perfect setting for our global ageing community to progress efforts in improving the lives of elders worldwide.
Ministerial Conference on Ageing: A Sustainable Society for All Ages: Realizing the potential of living longer – 21/09/2017 – 22/09/2017
The Portuguese Government under the coordination of the Ministry of Labour, Solidarity and Social Security, is pleased to announce the UNECE Ministerial Conference on Ageing 2017 on the theme A Sustainable Society for All Ages: Realizing the potential of living longer to be held in Lisbon, on the 21st and the 22nd of September 2017.
Portugal, as a member of the United Nations Economic Commission for EUROPE (UNECE) engaged in promoting active ageing policy in all areas, is proud to hold this conference that will gather Ministers from the UNECE member States but also from the Portuguese Speaking Countries, as well as representatives of European and International organizations and non-governmental organizations and prominent experts and scientists, from across the UNECE region to take stock and evaluate the implementation of the MIPAA/RIS since the last Ministerial Conference in Vienna in 2012.
Ministerial and expert panels will deal with a broad range of topics including the promotion of longer working life, the non-discrimination and social inclusion of older persons, the creation of an enabling environment for health as well as independence and ageing in dignity. The discussions will also include representatives from civil society and the scientific community. The Conference will end with the adoption of the Lisbon Ministerial Declaration 2017 on the priorities of activities for the next five years until 2022.
