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Older People Going Places: BA Festival of Science
11 September 2008

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Programme

13:00 Registration - light refreshments, posters and networking 

13:30 Welcome to the world of ageing - Professor Peter Lansley, Director, SPARC

13:40 Getting the best from ageing research - Mr Dil Daly, Chief Executive, Age Concern Liverpool

14:00 SPARC Carousel
There will be four short presentations/interactive discussions held in four different locations, each lasting about 15 minutes, and then  repeated. The audience will be divided into four small groups, and these groups can move between these presentations, getting a taste of the topics and interacting with the presenters. In this session there will be four SPARC presentations.

    The curious case of the jam jar - Dr Alaster Yoxall, Sheffield Hallam University

    Better workplaces for older people - Professor Peter Buckle, University of Surrey

    Healthy eating: healthy exercise - Dr Gladys Pearson, Manchester Metropolitan University

    Buses, streets and cars - Dr Greg Marsden, University of Leeds and Dr Mima Cattan, Leeds Metropolitan University

15:20 Time for a break - refreshments, posters and networking

15:50 SPARC Carousel
There will be four short presentations/interactive discussions held in four different locations, each lasting about 15 minutes, and then  repeated. The audience will be divided into four small groups, and these groups can move between these presentations, getting a taste of the topics and interacting with the presenters. In this session there will be four SPARC presentations.

    Men and cars - Dr Charles Musselwhite, University of the West of England

    Mind your step! - Dr Mark Hollands, Birmingham University

    Computer mice and screens for older people - Dr Faustina Hwang, University of Reading

    Older people and the construction site - Professor Alistair Gibb, Loughborough University

17:10 Where to next? - refreshments, posters and networking prior to an early evening BA Festival lecture by Professor Tom Kirkwood Population Ageing: The Big Challenge of Our Time? to be held in a nearby location at 6:00pm.

17:30 End

You can find some of the presentations of the workshop to download here.