TENTATIVE MEETING SCHEDULE

9:00 am—4:00 pm

Committee Meetings

9:00 am—5:30 pm

Pre-Conference Workshops

v Advancing Interdisciplinary Mentoring in Research

v Aging and HIV Infection: A Synthesis of Gerontolgy 

      and Infectious Disease

v Designing and Testing Interventions

v How to Publish

v Introduction to Structural Equation Modeling

v Making Your Research Count: Addressing the National Academy of Science Research Agenda on Diversity Issues

v Scholary and Practical Insights into the Findings and Challenges of  Assited Living Reserach

v Survival Guide to Clinical Research: Using Existing Data

v The Tenure Waltz: Aligning Research, Service and Teaching

5:00 pm—7:30 pm

Conference Registration

5:00 pm—6:30 pm

Exhibit Hall Opening

7:00 pm—8:30 pm

President’s Opening Session featuring Robert N. Butler, MD, President and CEO of the International Longevity Center—USA and Professor of Geriatrics and Adult Development at the Brookdale Department of Geriatrics and Adult Development at Mount Sinai Medical Center.

8:30 pm—9:30 pm

President’s Opening Reception

7:00 am – 5:00 pm

Conference Registration

7:00 am—8:00 am

New Member Coffee

8:00 am—10:00 am

ESPO Breakfast and Community Meeting, Student Leadership Meeting, SPO Reception

8:00 am—9:30 am

Concurrent Scientific Sessions

v Special Session: GSA Social Gerontology Award

9:30 am—10:00 am

Exhibit Break

10:00 am—11:30 am

Concurrent Scientific Sessions

v Special Session: Ollie Randall Symposium

11:45 am—1:15 pm

Concurrent Scientific Sessions

1:30 pm—3:00 pm

Concurrent Scientific Sessions

v Special Session: Global Aging I

v Special Session: BSS Mentoring Session

v Special Session: Irving Wright Award of Distinction Lecture

3:00 pm—3:30 pm

Exhibit Break

3:30 pm—5:00 pm

Concurrent Scientific Sessions

v Special Session: TF on Minority Issues: Outstanding Mentorship Award and Reception

5:00 pm—6:00 pm

Health Sciences Section Fellows/Mentors Reception

6:00 pm—7:30 pm

Interest Group Meetings

6:00 pm – 8:00 pm

SciMed Satellite Symposium

6:15 pm—7:45 pm

Fellows/International Reception

6:30 pm—8:00 pm

ESPO Wine and Cheese/ Fellows Meet the Students Reception

8:00 pm – 10:00 pm

Publications Reception

7:00 am – 4:30 pm

Conference Registration

7:00 am—8:00 am

Memorial Service

8:00 am—9:30 am

Concurrent Scientific Sessions

9:30 am—10:00 am

Exhibit Break

10:00 am—11:30 am

Special Session: Kent and Kleemeir Award Lectures and Presentations

11:45 am—1:00 pm

Section Updates and Award Presentations: BS, BSS, HS, SRPP Business Meetings

v Special Session: Shock Award Presntation - BS Business Meeting

1:15 pm—2:45 pm

Concurrent Scientific Sessions

v Special Session: Joseph T. Freeman Award Lecture

v Special Session: ESPO/SRPP Career Related Round-tables

2:45 pm—3:15 pm

Exhibit Break

3:00 pm—4:30 pm

Concurrent Scientific Sessions

v Special Session: Global Aging II

v Special Session: Maxwell J. Pollock Award Lecture

4:45 pm—6:15 pm

GSA Community Meeting

Performance by Stagebridge Theatre Company

6:30 pm—8:00 pm

Interest Group Meetings

6:15 pm—7:45 pm

8:00 pm – 10:00 pm

Humanities and the Arts Open Meeting

Humanities and the Arts Film - “The Cats of Mirikitani”

7:00 am – 5:00 pm

Conference Registration

8:00 am—9:30 am

Concurrent Scientific Sessions

v Special Session: Margret M. Baltes Award Lecture

9:30 am—10:00 am

Exhibit Break

10:00 am—11:30 am

Concurrent Scientific Sessions

11:45 am—1:15 pm

Concurrent Scientific Sessions

v Special Session: Research Consultancies

1:30 pm—3:00 pm

Concurrent Scientific Sessions

v Special Session: Research Consultancies

v Special Session: M. Powell Lawton Award Lecture

3:15 pm—4:45 pm

Concurrent Scientific Sessions

v Special Session: Bo Diddley Symposium

5:00 pm—6:30 pm

Concurrent Scientific Sessions

6:30 pm—8:00 pm

Interest Group Meetings

8:00 pm—12:00 am

Bo Diddley Outing

7:30 am – 8:30 am

Conference Registration

8:00 am—9:30 am

Concurrent Scientific Sessions

9:45 am—11:15 am

Closing Session featuring Eric Dishman (Intel Corporation) on

“Technology and Transformation: Addressing the Global Age Wave”