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Global Aging Conference at IU attracts international scholars
June 13, 2000
BLOOMINGTON, Ind. -- An international group of researchers on aging will meet at Indiana University on Monday (June 19) to begin a five-day Global Aging Conference.
Approximately 20 professionals have been invited to the working conference, said Barbara Hawkins, associate professor in the IU School of Health, Physical Education and Recreation and project leader for the conference.
"Those attending are not only leaders in their countries, but internationally involved because of their interest in aging concepts in a medical and social context," Hawkins said. The participants will represent the United States, Australia, Sweden, United Kingdom, Hong Kong, Costa Rica, Greece, Taiwan, India, Austria, Canada and Malta.
"Our goal is to use this international framework to become proactive in support of social and medical programs for the elderly. Those attending range from anthropologists to pharmacologists, and they share a desire to move research and curriculum development into action through community outreach," Hawkins said. She added that the conference is historic in the sense that many of the participants have never met, even though they are familiar with their colleagues' work.
Hawkins is associated with the IU Center on Aging and Aged as director of the Cross-Cultural Aging Well Research Project that helped arrange this conference.
Each day of the conference will be devoted to a specific topic: Monday for introductions and reports, Tuesday for cross-cultural research, Wednesday for strategic directions planning, Thursday for curriculum, and Friday for community outreach and education. All sessions will be held at the Center for the Study of Global Change, 201 N. Indiana Ave.
For more details on the conference, contact Hawkins at 812-855-0815 or hawkinsb@indiana.edu