Theme/plenary lectures•Six plenary lectures each followed by 2 oral presentations (see Programme section).
Invited speakers : -Theme 1 : Optimization of cognitive functions, strategies and aging - Dr. Andreas Ihle (Geneva Univ., Switzerland) «Cognitive Reserve and Cognitive Aging»
-Theme 2 : Aging and quality of life - Dr. Päivi K. & Pr. Raimo I., Lappalainen (Jyvaskyla Univ., Finland) «CareACT - Internet-based Acceptance and Commitment Therapy for enhancing elderly family caregivers' well-being»
-Theme 3 : Innovative practices and aging - Pr. Feliciano Villar (Barcelona Univ., Spain) «Exploring the potential of older people in an aging world: the generative response»
-Theme 4 : Physical activities for an optimal aging - Pr. Louis Bherer (Montreal Univ., Canada) «Physical activities and exercise for healthy cognitive aging»
-Theme 5 : Food and aging - Dr. Virginie Van wymelbeke (CHU Dijon, France) «Food adaptation and small appetite with aging: the small eater»
-Theme 6 : Emotions and aging - Pr. Matthias Kliegel (Geneva Univ. , Switzerland) «Emotion-cognition interactions in healthy aging»
•Two conference keynotes (Theme 7) :
-Aging: sociologists’ point of view - Dr. Laurent Nowik & Pr. Alain Thalineau (CITERES, UMR CNRS 7324, Tours) «People getting older and older and more numerous. Sociological issues and local research»
-Aging and autism - Dr. Shasha Morel- Kohlmeyer & Dr. Emmanuelle Houy-Durand (iBrain, UMR INSERM U 1253, Tours) «Aging with autism spectrum disorder»
•Two poster sessions |