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Innovation in Positive Aging
Hosted by Fielding Graduate University
Location: California Endowment, Center for Nonprofit Management, Los Angeles, California
December 6-9, 2011
The Fifth 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 the Life Planning Network (LPN) which includes an "LPN Mixer" on December 6, 2011, at the beautiful Omni Los Angeles at California Plaza, in downtown Los Angeles. To register or find out more about the "LPN Mixer" click HERE or Click on the Life Planning Network Activities tab on the sidebar.
Plenary sessions are offered in creativity, wellness, community, and life transitions. This year, we are pleased to have Dr. Mary Catherine Bateson, Ms. Connie Goldman, and Dr. Waltz Bortz as conference keynote and plenary speakers.
To register: Registration
Conference workshops and presentations include a diverse range of topics, such as care giving, 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.
CONFERENCE SUBMISSIONS are closed
To view the 2011 program: Conference Program
Contact: Dr. Katrina S. Rogers, email: positiveagingconference@fielding.edu
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