Ageing: is it all bad news?
16 July 2006
Ageing: is it all bad news?
Hosted by: European Science Open Forum and the Royal Society of Chemistry
Sponsored by: Royal Society of Chemistry
Event organisers:
Dr Katherine Green (Royal Society of Chemistry)
Dr Richard Faragher (SPARC Co-director)
Date: 16 July 2006
Venue:
Forum am Deutschen Museum
Room Antares, Museumsinsel 1, Munich, Germany
Background
The ageing of the European population presents an important, immediate and unavoidable socio-economic challenge: by 2050 approximately one-third of the Union’s population will be over the age of sixty. Increasing numbers of older people are a testament to Europe’s social stability and advances in science and engineering. Great opportunities for social progress are created by this growing proportion of society possessing a wealth of experience and free time, yet there remain many barriers to such progress, including frailty, ill health and societal attitudes. The possibility of more healthy and independent lives for older people has been enhanced by recent scientific advances in understanding the ageing process. Accordingly, the Royal Society of Chemistry wish to hold a special symposium that will bring together leading experts from Europe and the United States to address questions such as, what are the social implications of our new understanding of ageing? What is the latest biochemical ageing research telling us about how and why our bodies age? How can the chemical sciences contribute to tackling problems associated with the ageing population? Do public perceptions of ageing research differ from those of scientists and, if so, how and why?
SPARC
This is a special international workshop, organised through SPARC (with financial support from the Royal Society of Chemistry) which aims to promote awareness of these important issues. SPARC (Strategic Promotion of Ageing Research Capacity) is a new initiative funded by EPSRC and BBSRC. Keys activities are working in partnership with the users of research and advocacy of the importance of ageing research to the general public and to policy makers.
In addition to organising workshops over the next three years SPARC is providing up to 30 pump-priming awards to newcomers to ageing research in the fields of design, engineering and biology.
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