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Friday 19 November 2010
Keynote Speech – The Age-friendly Cities
Dr. John Beard
Director, Department of Ageing and Life Course World Health Organization
Plenary I – Population Ageing, Urbanization, and Age Friendly Cities
Dr. Jane Barratt
Secretary General, International Federation on Ageing
Plenary II – From "Age-friendly" Cities to "Aging-friendly" Cities: Japanese Experience
Professor Hiroyuki (Hiro) Murata
President, Murata Associates, Inc.
Professor, Smart Ageing International Research Center, Tohoku University
Visiting Professor, Kansai University
Plenary III – Creating an Age-friendly Community: Perspective from Mainland China
Mr. Yan Qing-chun
Vice President, China National Committee on Ageing
Forum on New Initiatives on Age-Friendly City FrameworkForum
  1. Age-Friendly Hong Kong: The Views of Professionals and the Elderly
    Dr. Vivian Lou Assistant Professor
    Department of Social Work and Social Administration, The University of Hong Kong
  2. Promoting Age-Friendly City: Remodelling Housing Estates in Hong Kong
    Mr. Dominic Wong Architect
    Housing Department, HKSAR
    Ms. Chu Shuk Fan
    Former Centre-in-charge, Hong Kong Sheng Kung Hui Ngau Tau Kok Community Development Centre
  3. Improve the Quality of Life of the Elderly through Innovation and Technology
    Dr. Lydia Leung Lap-wai
    Manager, Materials & Packaging Technologies Group
    Innovation and Technology Commission HKSAR &
    Hong Kong Applied Science and Technology Research Institute
  4. Elder-Friendly Employment Practice: Fulfilling the Potential and Ability of the Elderly
    Dr. Benise Mak
    Research Assistant Professor, CADENZA,
    Faculty of Social Sciences, The University of Hong Kong
Q&A Session
Parallel Sessions  
1. Symposium on Lifelong Learning Sponsored by Elderly Commission

Elder Academy as a service-learning platform to cultivate Life-Long Learning in Schools
Ms. Stella Wong
Senior Project Officer (Social Work)
Office of Service-Learning, Lingnan University

Community-based Lifelong Learning in Singapore
Ms. Alice Chin Vice-president
Strategic Planning Council for Third Age (C3A) Singapore

Participation in Learning and Subjective Well-being among the Elderly in Taiwan
Dr. Tsai Hsiu Mei
Associate Professor and Head
Department of Adult and Continuing Education Chung Cheng University, Taiwan

Later-Life Learning – Different Considerations for the Emerging Chinese Baby Boomers in Singapore
Mr. Ma Kheng Min
PhD Candidate Monash University, Australia

 

 

2. Paper Presentation D1-1: Physical Environment

A Vision in Elderly Housing
Benny HUI
Hong Kong Housing Society

Age-friendly Housing and Community
Simon BIGGS & Christine MORKA
University of Melbourne

A More Fitting Housing Design for the Ageing Population: A Case Study from Northern Ireland
Karim HADJRI & Mohamed OSMANI
School of Planning, Architecture & Civil Engineering, Queen’s University

Recommendations for Environmental Modification: Reliability of the Digital Photograph Assessment Process
Bianca SUMMERS
Occupational Therapist, Monash Medical Centre

A Neighbourhood Environment Index for Hong Kong
CHAU Pui Hing
CADENZA, Faculty of Social Sciences, HKU

A Study of the Acceptance of Technology Products of the Elderly People in Urban Taiwan
CHEN Yen Jen
Department of Social and Policy Sciences, Yuan Ze University

Age-Friendly Communities in Canada
Eunju HWANG
Simon Fraser University

Age-friendly planning: Implications from Livable Planning in Minnesota, USA and British Columbia, Canada
Ann ZIEBRATH
University of Minnesota

 

 

3. Paper Presentation D1-2: Social & Health Services

Korean Immigrants' Perception on Home
Eunju HWANG
Simon Fraser University

Aging-in-place and nursing home entry in Jeju, Korea
Ann ZIEBRATH
University of Minnesota

Psycho-Social Support for Home-based Elderly Career in Guangzhou, China
Rebecca WANG Ren
Social Work Education and Research Center, Sun Yat-sen University

Home Environment and Welfare of the Elderly in Guangzhou, China
LI Gui Fang
Qi Chuang Social Work Service Center

Wise Social Practices in Age-friendly Institutions for Older People in Ireland
Carmel GALLAGHER
Dublin Institute of Technology

Understanding Health Profile of the Middle-aged and the Prevention of Non-communicable Diseases
Sandy TANG Chi Yan
Lingnan University

Working Carers in Israel
Ariela LOWENSTEIN
The Center for Research and Study of Aging, University of Haifa

   
4. Paper Presentation D1-3: Social/Civic Participation

From Active Ageing to Age Friendly City: a reflection on the Theoretical Framework
Jackie KWOK Yan Chi
Institute of Active Ageing, the Hong Kong Polytechnic University

Social Gardening in the Age-friendly City: A Comparative Perspective on Japanese and British Experience
Richard WILTSHIRE
School of Social Science and Public Policy, King's College London

Develop Active Interests before Retirement for Better Well-being after Retirement - A Mentorship Program for the Soon-to-retire Persons
NG Siu Man
Department of Social Work and Social Administration, HKU

The Study of Participating Intergenerational Community Activities and Successful Aging of Elders: Example from a Collaborative Intergenerational Program in Taiwan
HSIAO Yu Fen
Toko University

Enforcing Intergeneration Solidarity through "Knowledge Transfer"
Phoebe TANG Pui-yee
Lingnan University

Promoting Social and Civic Participation of Seniors Through a Digital Storytelling Project
Jennifer HEWSON
Faculty of Social Work, University of Calgary

Bottom-up Age-friendly Community Development
NG Yuk Ming
HKSKH Lady MacLehose Centre

Building Age Friendly Communities in 21st Century: Bottom-Up Approach
Sudershan PASUPULETI
The University of Toledo