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Aging and Society Conference 2012
Welcome to the website of the 2012 Aging and Society: An Interdisciplinary Conference.
5-6 November 2012
UBC – Robson Square
Vancouver, Canada
2012 Special Theme: Cognition in Aging
CONFERENCE TOUR ANNOUNCED
Gastown Walking Food Tour, 4 November, 13:30 – 16:00, $50USD
Come and tantalize your taste buds with your tour guide “Gassy Jack” the founder of Gastown who will lead you on his guided two hour walking food tour through his historic Gastown “hood”. Laugh and learn about Gastown’s colourful history and culture as Gassy Jack takes you in and out of 10 of his favourite Gastown eateries and shops.
Your food tour includes Lobster Mac n’ Cheese, a micro-brewery ale, West coast Crab Cakes, Vancouver’s Best Cheesecake, Italian tortellini, 18 hour Carolina style smoked Pulled Pork, traditional Quebec Pulled Maple Taffy, “Empress Square” Chocolates, Market Spice Tea and melt-in-your-mouth scones.
Tours run rain or shine, so dress appropriately for the day!
To register log into your CGPublisher account or contact support@agingandsociety.com
The 2012 Aging and Society: An Interdisciplinary Conference will address a range of critically important issues and themes relating to Aging and Society. Plenary speakers include some of the leading thinkers in these areas, as well as numerous paper, colloquium and workshop presentations.
Aging in Society is an international conference, a cross-disciplinary scholarly journal, a book imprint and an online knowledge community which, together, set out to describe, analyze and interpret the role of aging in society. These media are intended to provide spaces for careful, scholarly reflection and open dialogue. The bases of this endeavor are cross-disciplinary. The intellectual project seeks to examine the economic, health, wellness, political and social aspects of aging in society
Participants are invited to submit a proposal for an in-person paper presentation, workshop/interactive session, poster/exhibits session, or a jointly presented colloquium. We also encourage innovative presentation formats, such as roundtables, staged dialogues, screenings and performances. Parallel sessions are loosely grouped into streams reflecting different perspectives or disciplines. Each stream forms a talking circle, an informal forum for focused discussion of issues and Conference themes. For those unable to attend the Conference in person, virtual participation is also available.
Participants may choose to submit written papers before or after the Conference for possible publication in the peer reviewed Aging and Society: An Interdisciplinary Journal. Virtual participants also have the option to submit papers for consideration by the Journal. All registered Conference participants receive a complimentary online subscription to the Journal when registration is finalised. This subscription is valid until one year after the Conference end-date.
If you would like to know more about this Conference, bookmark the Aging and Society Conference website and return for further information and regular updates. You may also wish to subscribe to ‘Aging and Society’, the Newsletter of the Conference and Journal.
For all inquiries, please contact the Conference Secretariat.
Background
Aging and Society: An Interdisciplinary Conference
The Aging and Society Conference is held annually in different locations around the world. The Inaugural Aging and Society: An Interdisciplinary Conference was held at the University of California, Berkeley, CA, USA in 2011.
The Aging and Society: An Interdisciplinary Conference is a presenter’s conference, comprised of numerous parallel sessions. The Conference organizing committee is inviting proposals to present 30-minute papers, or 60-minute workshops or 90-minute colloquium sessions. These may be:
- Academic or research papers, or
- Presentations describing educational initiatives.
Aging and Society: An Interdisciplinary Journal
All registered participants (including virtual participants) have the option to submit papers to Aging and Society: An Interdisciplinary Journal. Papers submitted for publication will be fully refereed through a peer review process. The publication decision is based on the referees’ reports. For more information about the journal please visit the Publish Your Paper page.
