Each lecture will be followed by a panel discussion with the lecturer as panellist

1- Monday 1st of August 2000,

Keynote Speaker’s address during the Opening Ceremony :

The demography and models of an ageing world :
Dynamics of populations and cohort effect
Compare developing and developed countries, rural urban area, migrations (Dr. A.Kalache,
Chief Department Ageing and Health, WHO Geneva)

2- Tuesday 2nd of August 2000:

Life course perspective and healthy ageing: what works? (Dr. Kalache, Chief Department Ageing and Health , WHO Geneva)
Presentation of research in Healthy Ageing (Prof. Guimarães, Portugal)

3- Tuesday 2nd of August 2000:

Diseases/Health patterns in the ageing process
Senescence from an evolutionary point of view (Prof. Kirkwood, UK)
Impact of chronic diseases: implications for community care, home based care, health care costs
Role of the society: family and social network caregivers (Prof. Jakob Wilson, Brazil)

4- Wednesday 3rd of August 2000:

Long term and palliative care: prolongation of life, termination of life (Prof. Rapin, Switzerland)
 

5- Wednesday 3rd of August 2000 :

Pharmacology of older people: pluripathology and plurimedication: optimal prescribing in the aged. (possibly a video conference) (Pharmacology Prof. Suggested by pharmacy students)

6- Thursday 4th of August 2000 :

Human Rights : What are they ? History and Application
Presentation of the photo exhibition « The forgotten Refugees »and vision of the films « Living in the shadows » and « Hardship and Courage », UNHCR (TO BE CONFIRMED) (Shula Koenig, US, Maria Butragueno, Spain (UNHCR), HelpAge International)

7- Thursday 4th of August 2000 :

Human Rights of Older people and their implication to care and health / socio-politics and war impacts on health
Elderly and humanitarian crisis
(Maria Butragueno, Spain (UNHCR), Shula Koenig, US, HelpAge International, UK)

8- Friday 5th of August 2000 :

Male versus Female Ageing : medical and social issues unique to both genders
(Trudy van Ommeren (Wemos Foundation), The Netherlands, from the Woman point of view , Sarah Abba, UK, from the male point of view)
 

9- Friday 5th of August 2000 :

Older people and sexuality : which implications (including STD/AIDS) (Carel’s Speaker or somebody from the US)

10- Saturday 6th of August 2000:

Mental Health: which implications for the families and the caregivers? (Asian Speaker)