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Sunday May 30
16:00-19:00 Registration
18:00-19:30 Opening ceremony  - Auditorium / Hall A+B
             
  Auditorium /  Hall A Hall B Hall H- 2nd floor Hall I - 2nd floor Hall FG - 2nd floor Hall D - 2nd floor
Monday May 31
08:00-16:00 Registaration - Hospitality Desk Open
08:30 10:00 Plenary Lectures- Keynote speakersPerspectives on Brain Health from the AGES Reykjavik Study : Pálmi V. Jónsson (I) Quality of Life in the Trajectory of Aging; from Health Promotion to Palliation: Ingalill Hallberg(S)          
10:00-10:30 Coffee          
10:30-11:15 State of the Art Lecture I
 Physical Activity in Older People Technologies for Elderly People Living at Home: Nina Beyer (D)		 State of the Art Lecture II Ethical Frameworks for Telecare Technologies for Elderly: Ingunn Moser (N)        
11:15-12:00 Oral session 1.
Home and away		 Oral session 2.
Reminiscence		 Oral session 3.
Physical status in realtion to performance and death		 Oral session 4.
Elderly people at home		 Oral session 5.
Supportive tecnology		 Oral session 6.
Tecnology and dementia
12:00-13:00 Lunch          
13:00-14:30 Symposium 1
Palliative Care to Older People in a Municipal Context : Anna-Karin Edberg (S)

Symposium 2 EEG in diagnosis of cognitive impairment and dementia: Jón Snædal (I-N-S)

 Symposium 3 The Stig Berg Symposium at 20 NKG Iceland: From Genes to Society - A Life Career in Research Caring for Aging and the Elderly: Boo Johansson & Bo Malmberg (S) Symposium 4 Connecting secondary and primary healthcare systems: Kirsten Damgaard Oral session 7.
Falls and fall prevention		 Oral session 8.
The experience of dementia
14:30-15:30 Coffee
Poster session Exhibition
15:30-17:00 Symposium 5 Quality of Care: Ingibjörg Hjaltadóttir (I) Symposium 6 Sleep Disturbances in the Elderly: Ståle Pallesen (N) Symposium 7 Determinants of Functional Outcomes in Old Age: Valgeir Þorvaldsson og Linda Hassing (S) Symposium 8 Combining care giving and work: Outi Jolanki and Veronika Wallroth Oral session 9.
Hip fractures		 Oral session 10.
Dementia care
18:00-19:00 Welcome Reception Reykjvik City Hall
             
  Auditorium / Hall A Hall B Hall H - 2nd floor Hall I - 2nd floor Hall FG - 2nd floor Hall D - 2nd floor
Tuesday June 1
08:00-16:00 Registration - Hospitality Desk Open
08:30-10:00 Plenary Lectures- Keynote speakers Understanding Healthy Aging as a Biopsy-chosocial Process Carol Ryff (US) Sohlberg Nordic Price Lecture          
10:00-10:30 Coffee          
10:30-12:00 State of the Art Lecture III
Dementia Care: Anna-Karin Edberg (S)
State of the Art Lecture IV
 Challenges for Providing Individualised Care for Older People – The Ethichs Point of View: Riitta Suhonen (F) 		State of the Art Lecture V
Cardio diseases in older people: Timo Strandberg (F)State of the Art Lecture VI  Osteoporosis: Aðalsteinn Guðmundss. (I)		 Oral session 11.
Education		 Oral session 12.
Predictors of health and mortality		 Oral session 13.
Psychology		 Oral session 14.
Activity and wellbeing
12:00-13:00 Lunch          
13:00-14:30 Symposium 9 Health Promotion and Preventive Services for Old Age Policy: Anni Vilkko (F) Symposium 10 Trends and Challenges in Higher Education of Gerontology: Pálmi V. Jónsson, UI & Tiina-Mari Lyyra, JyU Symposium 11 Successful Aging: Sandra Torres (S) Symposium 12 Prescribing quality in nursing homes: Sabine Ruths Oral session 15.
Quality of life		 Oral session 16.
Dementia - various aspects
14:30-15:30 Coffee Poster session Exhibition
15:30-17:00 Symposium 13 Technology and Best Practices Improving Functional Ability and Quality of Life in Nursing Homes: Anna Birna Jensdóttir (I) Symposium 14 Late Life Anxiety – Challenges to Assessment and Treatment: Inger Hilde Nordhus (N) Minna Hynninen (F), co-chair Symposium 15 The Old Driver and Failure to Stop at Red Lights: Guðlaug Þórsdótir (I) Symposium 16
Loneliness and Social Stigma in Old Age :
Christine E. Swane 		Oral session 17.
Nutririon		 Oral session 18.
Function and environment
20:00 Gala Dinner          
             
  Auditorium / Hall A Hall B Hall H - 2nd floor Hall I - 2nd floor Hall FG - 2nd floor Hall D - 2nd floor
Wednesday June 2
08:00-16:00 Registaration          
08:30-9:15 Andrus Viidik lecture          
9:15-10:00 Oral session 19.
From hospital to home		 Oral session 20.
Elder abuse		 Oral session 21.
Death and dying		 Oral session 22.
Perceptions of wellbeing		 Oral session 23.
Policy issues 		Oral session 24.
Images of old age
10:00-10:30 Coffee          
10:30-12:00 Symposium 17 Obesity, Cognitive Abilities and Dementia: Anna Dahl (S) Symposium 18 Promoting a Life Course Vaccination: Karen Andersen-Ranberg (UK) and Desmond O’Neill (IE) Symposium 19 Integration of Health and Social Care: Sigríður Jónsdóttir (I) Symposium 20  Oral Health: Helga Ágústsdóttir (I) Symposium 21
Housing for older people:
Marianne Abramsson and  Catharina Nord		 Oral session 25.
Medication of the elderly
12:00-13:00 Oral sessions 26.
Physical exercise and rehabilitation		 Oral sessions 27.
Alcohol use and abuse		 Oral sessions 28.
Activityor passivity		 Oral sessions 29.
Globalisation in elderly care		 Symposium continues Oral sessions 30.
Informal and formal card
13:00-14:00 Closing Ceremony
Hall A