Participants, Abstracts and Presentations
Participants are listed in alphabetical order
Presentations can be downloaded here. Please do not use any information without permission of the speaker.
Eva Alfama, Researcher, Institute of Government and Public Policy (IGOP), Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona
Active aging policies, citizenship and participation
David Bartrés-Faz, PhD, Dept. Psychiatry and Clinical Psychobiology, University of Barcelona
Cognitive reserve in aging: current research and potential applications
Arantza Begueria, Research Assistant, Internet Interdisciplinary Institute (IN3), UOC
Roser Beneito, Senior Lecturer of Multimedia, Universitat Oberta de Catalunya.
Elderly and Social Media: Bridging the gap of eMarginality through social media
Josep Blat, Professor in Computer Science, Universitat Pompeu Fabra
Miquel Domènech, Senior Lecturer, Department of Social Psychology, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona
Older People Participation in technoscientific debates
Mireia Fernández-Ardévol, Senior Researcher, IN3
Geraldine Fitzpatrick, Professor and Head of Institute of Technology Design and Assessment, Vienna University of Technology
Designing technologies for care – re-imagining AAL and telecare agendas
Anna Grabowska: Head of the Autodesk Training Centre, Gdansk University of Technology in Poland
Making Adult Education Useful, Relevant and Engaging
Anne-Marie Guillemard, Professor of sociology, Faculty of Social and Human Sciences, University of Paris Descartes Sorbonne
The Challenge of an ageing population: turning them into opportunities for societies and individuals by developing social investment and activation strategies
Eulàlia Hernández Encuentra, Researcher, PSiNET Research Group, IN3; Lecturer, Department of Psychology and Education, UOC
ICT adoption among older students at UOC
Emma Kiselyova, Executive Director, UOC UNESCO Chair in Education and Technology for Social Change
Josep Lladós, Director, Internet Interdisciplinary Institute (IN3)
Daniel López, Tenured Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology and Education, Universitat Oberta de Catalunya (UOC)
Little arrangements that matter. Rethinking autonomy and technological innovation in later life
Christine Milligan, Professor of Health and Social Geography and Director, Centre for Ageing Research, Lancaster University
Narratives of care: exploring the experiences of older male caregivers
Enric Mor, Lecturer, Computer Sciences, Multimedia and Telecommunications, Universitat Oberta de Catalunya (UOC)
Elena Muñoz-Marrón, Researcher in Psychobiology & Neuroscience, IN3
Orla O’Donovan, Lecturer, Applied Social Studies, University College Cork
Ageing, Activism and Alzheimers
Alvaro Pascual-Leone,Professor of Neurology and Associate Dean for Clinical and Translational Research, Harvard Medical School
Stimulating the Brain to Promote Health and Wellbeing
Josep A. Planell, President, Universitat Oberta de Catalunya
Diego Redolar, Researcher in Psychobiology & Neuroscience, IN3
Insights into the ageing mind: a view from neural plasticity
Israel Rodríguez-Giralt, Lecturer, Department of Psychology and Education, Universitat Oberta de Catalunya
A common ground? Independent living in Spain and the differences between older and disabled people’s activism
Tomás Sánchez-Criado, Researcher and Lecturer, Department of Social Psychology, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona
Jay Sokolovsky, Professor and Director of the Anthropology Program, University of South Florida St. Petersburg
It’s Not your grandmother’s old age anymore: Disruptive Demographics meets Globalization
Yuko Suda, Professor, Department of Sociology, Toyo University, Japan
Caring aging population and its trickling effects: Experience of Japan