The IFA 14th Global Conference on Ageing will be convened at the Chelsea Hotel and Ryerson University in Toronto, Canada on 8-10 August 2018. The title of IFA’s 14th Global Conference, “Towards a Decade of Healthy Ageing – From Evidence to Action,” is in response to [...]
The Asian Development Bank will hold two events presenting empirical papers to deepen understanding of the implications of population aging and technology on productivity among countries in Asia. The first one, with the theme of "Technology and an Aging Workforce; [...]
The Malaysian Research Institute on Ageing in collaboration with United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) and Gerontological Association of Malaysia, will hold a National Colloquium on Ageing and the Voluntary Sector on Thursday 12 October 2017, at Vistana Kuala Lumpur Titiwangsa. [...]
The implications of Population Ageing in the Asia-Pacific region have become increasingly complex. ‘Old age’ is being redefined and transformed due to the changing intersection of the social, medical and clinical aspects of ageing. Successful adaptations turn on the resilience [...]
Fifteen years after the adoption of the Madrid International Plan of Action on Ageing (MIPAA), the third global review and appraisal of the MIPAA will be conducted in 2018. In preparation for the global review, the United Nations Economic and [...]
With the theme “Global Aging and Health: Bridging Science, Policy, and Practice”, IAGG 2017 will bring representatives from medicine, nursing, social science, psychological science, finance, policy fields, and other disciplines to address the latest approaches to improving the quality of life [...]
The theme of this 2017 Conference is “East Meets West: Innovation and Discovery”. The conference will focus on the challenges that demand a collective response. It will highlight the need to harness our abilities as scientists, policymakers, practitioners, engineers and educators [...]
The Asia-Pacific region is undergoing profound and rapid population changes. All countries in Asia and the Pacific are in the process of ageing at an unprecedented pace. This overview summarises the current trends in the process of ageing, through [...]
This working paper provides a broad overview of the global demography of ageing. It reviews patterns, trends, and projections involving various indicators of population ageing and their demographic antecedents and sequelae. It also reviews theories economists use to explain the behavioral [...]
This report provides a wide range of good practice examples where the use of data has had a positive effect on the policy and programming process. It also looks at strategies for overcoming barriers to and promoting the uptake [...]
