Taking place on the historic St Patrick’s campus, within easy reach of Dublin, this international residential meeting will seek to highlight new curriculum areas for older learners and innovative ways of reaching and teaching them – including the involvement of arts and creativity, and in the context of an ageing society.  An additional pre-conference programme will be available for older learners, organised by the Adult and Community Education Department of NUIM.

The conference will aim to:

o   Identify new areas of teaching and learning, especially through arts and creativity

o   Share good practice about older adults’ learning and educational opportunities

o   Include the voice of the older learner

o   Preview the forthcoming EU year of older people (2012)

o   Showcase the work of the conference partners and other contributors.