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Exploring Positive Aging:
Designing Practice and Advancing Knowledge
December 7-10, 2010
Hosted by Fielding Graduate University
Location: California Endowment, Center for Nonprofit Management, Los Angeles, California
The Fourth Annual International Conference on Positive Aging is a highly interactive gathering of diverse leaders who are shaping a dynamic future for older adults throughout the world.
"It's been said that the best way to predict the future is to create it, and that is what this conference begins to do. Positive aging is the future we want to create." Harry R. Moody, Director of Academic Affairs, AARP
The conference is hosted by the Institute for Social Innovation at Fielding Graduate University. It will commence with activities presented by Life Planning Network. Plenary sessions are offered in creativity, wellness, community, and life transitions. The conference invites submissions associated with aging and ageism, caregiving, civic engagement, community, creativity, dialogue, diversity, entrepreneurship, generativity, global & transcultural contexts, housing, intergenerational issues, lifelong learning, life transitions, public policy, services, spirituality, sustainability, wellness, workplace issues, and work in the second half of life. The conference will end with a half-day session sponsored by Civic Ventures and ENCORE careers. This conference also offers a series of activities called Active Arts. Designed to facilitate dialogue about creative expression and aging, examples of Active Arts offerings include music, dance, art, and poetry.
This conference welcomes contributions that are innovative, experiential, and involve active engagement in supporting greater understanding of what it means to age well.
DEADLINE FOR CONFERENCE SUBMISSIONS: CLOSED
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