• 09.00 Welcome, Introductions – Heidrun Mollenkopf
• 09.20 Introduction to the Forum – Alan Walker
• 10.00 Coffee
• 10.15 Plenary Presentations
  • Health Resources
  • Personal Resources, Social Participation and Support Networks - Bo Hagberg (University of Lund, Sweden)
  • Economic Resources - Jay Gin (University of Surrey, UK)
  • Enviornmental Resources - Hans-Werner Wahl (University of Heidelberg, Germany)
• 12.00 Lunch
• 13.30 Breakout Groups
• 15.00 Coffee
• 15.30 Feedback Plenary/Common Conclusions

The aim of the day is to bring together a broad range of European Experts on quality of life and create a forum in which the main research issues in this field can be discussed. The workshop aims to address how European research collaboration can be developed, and what policies are needed to facilitate greater comparative and multidisciplinary work in this area. It also aims to enable knowledge sharing and the dissemination of best practice in this field. The outcome of this workshop will be fed into the work of the European Forum and contribute to its recommendations on the development of European research on ageing. A report summarising the main findings of the workshop will be produced and circulated after the workshop.

The workshop took place at:
The German Centre for Research on Ageing (DZFA)
Bergheimer Strasse 20
69115 Heidelberg, Germany
Tel +49-6221-548111
Fax +49-6221-548112
http://www.dzfa.uni-heidelberg.de

Organised In Partnership With The ‘World Health Organization’, Regional Office For Europe, Healthy Ageing Programme.

Organised in Partnership with University of Bologna and the Italian National Research Centre for Ageing (INRCA)European

Day 1. Friday 10th January 2003

• 14.00 Welcome, Introductions
• 14.15 Introduction to the Forum – Alan Walker (University of Sheffield)
• 14.45 Presentation by Expert Reviewer – Claudio Franceschi (University of Bologna and the Italian National Research Centre for Ageing (INRCA))
• 15.15 Coffee Break
• 15.45 Plenary Presentations
  • Genetics – Giovanna De Benedictis (University of Calabria)
  • Technology – Jochen Hampe/Stefan Schreiber (University Of Kiel, Germany)
• 17.00 Close For The Day
• 19.00 Meet for Evening Meal

Day 2. Saturday 11th January 2003

• 09.30 Plenary Presentations (Continued)
  • Demography – Anatoly Yashin (Max Plank Institute)
  • Longitudinal Data – Rudy Westendorp (Leiden University Medical Centre)
• 10.30 Coffee
• 10.45 Breakout Group Discussions
  • Genetics
  • Demography
  • Longevity
• 12.30 Lunch
• 13.30 Plenary Session
  • Presentation By Biobank – Frances Rawle (Medical Research Council)
  • Report Back And Common Conclusions From The Breakout Groups
• 14.30 CLOSE

Organised in Partnership with the Institute For Postgraduate Medical Education, Czech Republic

The aim of this second workshop is to develop the recommendations on research priorities and research gaps that emerged from the first workshop, and also to include any newly emerging issues to produce concrete recommendations on the future priorities for health and social care research in the field of ageing. As part of this process the workshop will facilitate breakout group discussions to enable the final set of research priorities to be developed as well as discussing how these priorities can be addressed and taken forward. These recommendations will then be presented to national and European research policy makers at the final meeting of the European Forum in February 2004. European Commission and other funding sources will be identified so that if the group decides, the development of joint proposals can be discussed at this workshop.

Day 1 - Friday 3rd October 2003

• 13.00 Registration
• 13.40 Welcome & Introductions from the Chair - Professor Marianne Schroll (Copenhagen University Hospital)
• 13.50 Presentations
  • Health & Social Care - Professor Juhani Lehto (University of Tampere)
  • Forum Project Findings - Professor Alan Walker/Dr Joanne Cook (University of Sheffield)
• 15.00 Coffee Break (served in cafeteria)
• 15.20 Breakout Group Discussions - First meeting of the breakout groups in the priority themes of :
  • Effective Interventions in Health
  • Access to Services and E-Health/E-Care
  • Epidemiology, Population Studies - Longitudinal and Cohort studies
  • Socio-Economic and Cultural Factors Shaping Care Needs and the Organisation of Services
• 17.00 End of Day 1

Day 2 - Saturday 4th October 2003

• 09.30 Registration
• 09.45 Continuation of the breakout groups in the priority themes of:
  • Effective Interventions in Health
  • Access to Services and E-Health/E-Care
  • Epidemiology, Population Studies - Longitudinal and Cohort studies
  • Socio-Economic and Cultural Factors Shaping Care Needs and the Organisation of Services
• 10.30 Coffee Break (served in cafeteria)
  Meet back in the Congress Hall before going to the third meeting of Breakout Groups)
• 11.00 Third Meeting of Breakout Groups on Interdisciplinary Research
• 12.15 Closing plenary reporting and discussing breakout group recommendations.
• 13.30 Lunch will be served in the cafeteria.
• End of Day 2

Held in the Congress Hall
Hotel ILF, Budejovická 15/743, 140 00, Prague 4 - Michle
Czech Republic

Novartis Foundation, 41 Portland Place, London, UK

Day 1 – Monday 27th October 2003

• 13.40 Welcome & Introductions from the Chair - Professor Kees Knipscheer (Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam, The Netherlands)
• 13.50 Presentations
  • A presentation by Mr Greg Shaw (International Federation on Ageing)
  • Forum Project Findings - Professor Alan Walker/Dr Joanne Cook (University of Sheffield)
• 15.20 Breakout Group Discussions - First meeting of the breakout groups in the priority themes of :
  • Health Resources
  • Personal Resources, social participation and support networks
  • Socio-demographic and Economic Resources
  • Environmental Resources
• 17.00 End of Day 1

Day 2 – Thursday 28th October 2003

• 09.30 Registration
• 09.45 Continuation of the breakout groups in the priority themes of:
  • Health Resources
  • Personal Resources, social participation and support networks
  • Socio-demographic and Economic Resources
  • Environmental Resources
• 10.30 Coffee Break
• 10.45 Third Meeting of Breakout Groups on Interdisciplinary Research
• 12.15 Closing plenary reporting and discussing breakout group recommendations.
• 13.30 Lunch
• End of Day 2

Organised in Partnership with University of Bologna and the Italian National Research Centre for Ageing (INRCA)European

Day 1. Friday 20th February 2004

• 13.00 Registration
• 13.40 Welcome & Introductions from the Chair
• 13.50 A short opening plenary
  • Introduction by Professor Claudio Franchesci (University of Bologna)
  • Presentation by Professor James Vaupel (Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research)
  • Presentations by the Forum Project on the draft recommendations - Professor Alan Walker/Dr Joanne Cook (University of Sheffield, UK)
• 15.00 Coffee Break
• 15.20 Breakout Group Discussion - First meeting of the breakout groups in the priority themes of:
  • Genetic
  • Longevity
  • Demography
• 17.30 Close For The Day

Day 2. Saturday 21st February 2004

• 09.30 Registration
• 09.45 Continuation of the breakout groups in the priority themes of:
  • Genetics
  • Demography
  • Longevity
• 11.00 Coffee Break
• 11.15 Breakout groups on Multidisciplinary Approaches
• 12.15 Closing plenary reporting and discussing breakout group recommendations
• 13.30 LUNCH
• 14.30 CLOSE

Organised in Partnership with Age Europe

• 09.30 Registration and Coffee
• 10.00 Introduction from the Chair - Barbro Westerholm (Swedish Association of Senior Citizens)
• 10.10 Introduction to the Forum Project - Alan Walker (University of Sheffield)
• 10.40 Presentation by Age - Anne-Sophie Parent (AGE)
• 11.10 Coffee Break.
• 11.25 Presentation on Impact of EC Research on Ageing - Gesa Hansen (European Commission)
• 11.55 Presentation on the Forum Project Recommendations for European Research on Ageing - Alan Walker and Joanne Cook (University of Sheffield)
• 12.15 Lunch
• 13.15 Breakout Groups to Address Key Questions
• 15.00 Plenary Feedback from Breakout Groups and Open Discussion.
• 16.30 End of Meeting

Held at the offices of the European Economic & Social Committee, Brussels

• 10:00 Registration and refreshments
• 10:30 Welcome by a member of the EESC
  Opening note by Conference Chair - Marja Jylha (University of Tampere, Finland)
• 10:35 Opening plenary
  • Presentation by the European Commission on the framework Programmes
  • Presentation by Alan Walker (University of Sheffield, UK) on the FORUM project's key recommendations
• 11:45 Short break and refreshments
  • Presentation by Renate Heinisch (EESC) and Heidrun Mollenkopf (German Centre for Research on Ageing: DZFA) on the EESC Initiative Report
  • Presentation by Monica Oels (European Commission, DG Education and Culture) on the Integrated Lifelong Learning (ILL) programme, generation 2007 - 2012.
• 13:00 Lunch
• Round Table - discussion of the key findings from a selection of Framework Five, Key Action Six Projects: Chaired by Ariela Lowenstein (University of Haifa, Israel)
  • 6.1 The role of neurosteroids in healthy ageing: Michael Schumacher (INSERM, Germany)
  • 6.2 Functional genomics and proteomics in human molecular gerontology and geriatrics FUNTIONAGE: Oliver Toussiant (University of Namur, Belgium)
  • 6.3 European Challenge for Healthy Ageing ECHA: Giovanna De Benedictus (University of Calabria, Italy)
  • 6.4 Prevention of Falls Network PROFANE: Chris Todd (University of Manchester, UK)
  • 6.5 Minority Elder Care MEC: Naina Patel (Policy Research Institute, UK)
• 15:50 Break and refreshments
• 16:05 Discussion and closing plenary
  • Presentation by Anne-Sophie Parent (Director of AGE, France)
  • Closing Statement by the European Commission
• 17:30 Close of conference