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May 2015
Miriea Fernández-Ardèvol at the 4th Conference on Elderly and New Technologies
Miriea Fernández-Ardèvol participated in the 4th Conference on Elderly and New Technologies, organized by Jaume I University, between the 13th and 15th of May 2015 in the city of Castelló, Spain. More information on her May 13 presentation is available here.
Find out more »NANAS conference
ACT partner the North American (NANAS) is holding a conference in Oxford, Ohio on the theme of Aging and Age Studies: Foundations and Formations. More information, including the programme, is available here.
Find out more »August 2015
HCI in LA: New Media in the Everyday Life of Older People
Five members of ACT are participating in a joint panel on "New Media in the Everyday Life of Older People" at the Human Computer Interaction conference in Los Angeles, California. The chair of the panel Eugène Loos from Utrecht University, will also present on "Constructing Third Age eHealth Consumers by Using Personas from a Cultural Age Perspective" with his colleague Maria Ekström from Finland. Co-applicants Mireia Fernández-Ardèvol from OUC and Loredana Ivan from NSPSPA will present on "Why Age Is…
Find out more »May 2016
CREGÉS Symposium/Colloque, Aging & Engaging in a Digital World
Aging & Engaging in a Digital World This day of exchange aims to reach health and social service professionals / managers who are interested in using digital technologies in their work with the elderly. More broadly, the reflections and workshops will address the issue of aging in a digital world. Questions that will be explored: How will digital technology impact the day-to-day lives of seniors? What are the ethical issues involved in the relationship between practitioners and older adults with…
Find out more »Music, Ageing, Technology Symposium – University of Eastern Finland
The University of Eastern Finland, the Finnish Society for Ethnomusicology and the project Ageing, Communication, Technologies (ACT, Concordia University) bring together researchers from music studies and various other disciplines in order to discuss music in relation to ageing and technology. The symposium “Music, ageing, technology symposium” will be held in the Joensuu campus of the University of Eastern Finland, 11-13 May 2016. The participants of the symposium will look at all genres of music and ageing, often in the context…
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