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Key Speakers

We are pleased to announce the following key speakers for the IFA 10th Global Conference. Visit the speakers page for more information.

 

Dr John Beard

Director of the Department of Ageing and Life Course, World Health Organisation
Opening Keynote Address

Dr Joel Sadavoy

Director of The Cyril & Dorothy, Joel & Jill Reitman Centre for Alzheimer's Support and Training
Daniel Thursz Memorial Lecture / The Future of Mental Wellness Plenary Panel

Dr Elizabeth Broderick

Commissioner Elizabeth Broderick

Commissioner Responsible for Age Discrimination - Australian Human Rights Commission
Rights of Older People Plenary Panel

Dr Dalmer Hoskins

Mr Dalmer Hoskins

Special Advisor, US Social Security Administration (SSA)
Resourcing Change Plenary Panel

Dr Kate Auty

Dr Kate Auty

Commissioner for Environment Sustainability (Victoria)
Climate Change Commentator

Dr. Amy S. D'Aprix

Dr. Amy S. D'Aprix

Retirement Transition Expert, BMO Financial Group
The Future of Mental Wellness Plenary Panel Respondent

 

Pre-Conference

Senior Government Officials Meeting

The Senior Government Officials Meeting, coinciding with the IFA 10th Global Conference on Ageing, will be held on May 3rd, 2010 in Melbourne. The theme for this meeting will be 'Social Inclusion for an Ageing Population', and the meeting will attract many high profile attendees such as the new US Assistant Secretary for Aging, Kathy Greenlee. Click here for more information.

Site Visits of Age-Friendly Facilities

An opportunity to visit one of five organisations that provide a range of community, residential care aged and strength training programmes for seniors in metropolitan Melbourne, is being offered to conference delegates on Monday 3rd May 2010. Age-friendly facilities include Jewish Care, mecwacare, The Brotherhood of St Laurence, Wintringham and Living Longer, Living Stronger. Click here for more information.

Post Conference

Age friendly Environments Post Conference Workshop on ‘WHO Global Network of Age-friendly Cities’

Friday 7 May 2010
Facilitated by Dr John Beard (Department of Ageing and Life Course, WHO) and Dr Jane Barratt, (International Federation on Ageing)

The main goals of the workshop are to provide an opportunity for cities who are members of the WHO Global Network of Age-friendly Cities©, or who are interested in becoming members, to understand more about the current status of this global movement, to learn about recent related initiatives from around the world and to explore the best ways for developing the network so that it will adequately support their needs.

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Conference

Program

Topics and Themes

Symposia, workshops, oral and poster presentations from around the world - including from the Indian sub-continent, Singapore, Japan, Northern Europe, Ireland, Germany, the UK, Canada, the US, the Middle East, South Africa, New Zealand and Australia,  embrace the diversity of older people across a range of critical issues including the key themes of :

Healthy Ageing

Social Inclusion

Climate Change

Resourcing Change

Human Rights

To view the conference program, please click here.

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国際高齢者団体連盟(IFA)第10回国際会議
2010年5月3日-6日

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Important Dates

Registration: Now Open
Author Registration Deadline: 4 February 2010
Early Bird Registration Deadline: 18 February 2010
Accommodation: Non-refundable at 29 March 2010

  • Updated speaker information is now available! Take a look at our speakers page for more information and keep watch for more program information coming soon!
  • Site Visits of Age-Friendly Facilities
    An opportunity to visit one of five organisations that provide a range of community, residential care aged and strength training programmes for seniors in metropolitan Melbourne, is being offered to conference delegates on Monday 3rd May 2010. Age-friendly facilities include Jewish Care, mecwacare, The Brotherhood of St Laurence, Wintringham and Living Longer, Living Stronger. Click here for more information.
  • Age friendly Environments Post Conference Workshop on ‘WHO Global Network of Age-friendly Cities’
    Facilitated by Dr John Beard (Department of Ageing and Life Course, WHO) and Dr Jane Barratt, (International Federation on Ageing). Click here to find out more!

Diamond Sponsor

The J.O and J.R Wicking Trust managed by ANZ Trustees

Government Sponsor

 

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Congress Venue

Melbourne Convention & Exhibition Centre (MCEC)
Melbourne, Australia

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Conference Managers

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arinex Pty Limited has been appointed as the official PCO (Professional Conference Organiser). arinex is the largest total service provider for conferences, events, business travel and exhibitions in Australia. They are the only Australian partner of INCON, an exclusive international network of the world’s top conference organisers and event managers. They are ideally placed to combine international know how and local expertise to this Conference and look forward to working with IFA and all its members to produce the best Conference in its history.

Address for Communications

Please contact the Conference Managers at the address below for further information.

IFA 2010 Conference Managers
GPO Box 128
Sydney NSW 2001, Australia

Deliveries:
Level 10, 51 Druitt Street, Sydney NSW 2001
Telephone (61) 2 9265 0700
Fax: (61) 2 9267 5443
Email: ifa2010@arinex.com.au