Lancaster University Centre for Ageing Research 

INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE

Ageing: Moving Beyond Boundaries

5th – 7th September 2012 

The emphasis of this international conference is the interdisciplinarity of ageing research. It aims to offer greater understandings of the range of issues recognised by those working on issues of ageing and older people. It will contribute insights from across disciplines in order to move beyond traditional disciplinary boundaries by exploring common strategies and solutions in the following areas: 

o   normal ageing processes and the ageing body;

o   preventative strategies and how best to promote active ageing;

o   how to prevent and cope with the onset of ‘diseases of older age’;

o   understanding how we might best address the care and support needs of rising numbers of our ‘oldest old’.

 Keynote speakers include:

·         Prof. Alan Walker, Director of the New Dynamics of Ageing Programme.

·         Prof. David Oliver, National Clinical Director for Older People, Department of Health , UK.

·         Dr Richard Faragher, Chair of the British Society for Research on Ageing and the International Association of Biomedical Gerontology.

·         Dr David Gems, Assistant Director of the Institute of Healthy Ageing, University College London, UK.

·         Prof. Christina Victor, Professor of Gerontology and Public Health in the School of Health Sciences and Social Care / Associate Deputy (Research).

·         Prof. Julia Twigg, Professor of Social Policy and Sociology, University of Kent, UK.

We welcome expressions of interest or suggestions for interdisciplinary symposia.

Registration, abstract submission for poster or selected oral presentations, details of fees and student bursaries, and details of an optional excursion to the Lake District will be available at our website from December 2011.

 Conference link:

http://www.lancs.ac.uk/shm/research/C4AR/international-conference-2012.php