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CALENDAR 2003

AGEING IN ASIA: EMERGING TRENDS & PERSPECTIVES
Date 16 - 18 February 2003
Name of Event  
Type of Event Conference
Theme of Event  
Venue Hyderabad, India
Organiser  
Contact Details  
Phone 91 40 337 9999
Fax  
Email heritage@hd2.vsnl.net.in
Website  
THE FUTURE OF AGEING WHEN THE BABY BOOMERS RETIRE
Date 20 - 21 February 2003
Name of Event AAG Coffs harbour Rural Conference
Type of Event Conference
Theme of Event  
Venue Coffs Harbour Education Campus
Organiser AAG (NSW Division)
Contact Details Adelaide Bornmann
Phone 02 9523 1715
Fax 02 9523 4026
Email abaust@smartchat.net.au
Website  
27th WORLD FEDERATION FOR MENTAL HEALTH CONGRESS
Date 23 - 28 February 2003
Name of Event  
Type of Event Conference
Theme of Event "Partnerships in Health"
Venue Melbourne Convention Centre, Australia
Organiser ICMS Pty ltd (for Mental Health Foundation of Australia)
Contact Details 84 Queensbridge St, Southbank Vic 3006
Phone 61 3 9682 0244
Fax 61 3 9682 0288
Email wfmh2003@icms.com.au
Website http://www.icms.com.au/wfmh2003
12th ANNUAL TRI-STATE CONFERENCE
Date 2 - 4 March 2003
Name of Event "Innovation Excellence in Aged care"
Type of Event Conference
Theme of Event  
Venue Commercial Club, Dean St, Albury NSW
Organiser Victorian Association of Health and Extended Ccare
Contact Details Leve 3, 450 St Kilda Rd, Melbourne 3004
Phone 03 9804 3133
Fax  
Email info@vahec.com.au
Website  
GERIATRIC CARE IN AFRICA - NOW AND THE FUTURE
Date 6 -8 March 2003
Name of Event Geriatric Care in Africa - now and the future
Type of Event Conference
Theme of Event  
Venue President Hotel, Bantry Bay, Cape Town
Organiser Auspiced by International Association of Gerontology
Contact Details Deborah McTeer, UCT Conference Management Centre, Faculty of Health Sciences
Observatory, Cape Town, South Africa, 7925
Phone + 27 21 406 6330/6348
Fax  
Email jsirmong@curie.uct.ac.za; deborah@curie.uct.ac.za 
Website http://www.uct.ac.za/depts/pgc
ALZHEIMER'S AUSTRALIA NATIONAL CONFERENCE
Date 18 - 21 March 2003
Name of Event 'Today's challenges, tomorrow's choices'
Type of Event Conference
Theme of Event  
Venue Melbourne Convention Centre
Organiser Alzheimer's Association Victoria
Contact Details Waldron Smith Management
61 Danks St, Port Melbourne Vic 3207
Phone 03 9645 6311
Fax 03 9645 6322
Email info@wsm.com.au
Website http://www.alzvic.asn.au
43rd AUSTRIAN CONGRESS OF GERIATRICS
Date 22 - 26 March 2003
Name of Event "Can aging be delayed?"
Type of Event Conference
Theme of Event  
Venue Neues Kongresszentrum, Bad Hofgastein, Salzburg
Organiser Austrian Society for Geriatrics and Gerontology;
Congress & Management GmbH, Rotenhausgasse 6-8, A 1090 Vienna, Austria
Contact Details  
Phone +43 1 406 83 40
Fax +43 1 406 83 43
Email office@congress-man.at
Website http://www.geriatrie-online.at/english/kongress.htm
INTERNATIONAL SOCIETY FOR POSTURAL AND GAIT RESEARCH CONFERENCE
Date 23 - 27 March 2003
Name of Event International Society for Postural and Gait Research 2003 conference
Type of Event Conference
Theme of Event  
Venue Sydney
Organiser  
Contact Details A/Prof Stephen Lord
Phone +61 2 93822721
Fax + 61 2 93822722
Email s.lord@unsw.edu.au 
Website http://www.powmri.unsw.edu.au/ispg2003/ISPG2003/ISPG2003.htm 
2003 HACC PROVIDERS STATE CONFERENCE
Date 7 - 8 April 2003
Name of Event Dare to be Different
Type of Event Conference
Theme of Event  
Venue Launceston, Tasmania
Organiser Community Optins Service (North)
Contact Details 233B Charles St, Launceston
Phone  
Fax  
Email com.options@dhhs.tas.gov.au
Website  
PAN AMERICAN CONGRESS OF GERONTOLOGY
Date 30 April - 3 May 2003
Name of Event Pan American Congress of Gerontology
Type of Event Conference
Theme of Event  
Venue Buenos Aires
Organiser Argentine Medical Association
Argentine Society of Gerontology and Geriatrics
Contact Details  
Phone + 54 11 4805 1699
Fax +54 11 4961 0070
Email sagg@conmed.com.ar
Website http://www.sagg.org.ar
4th INTERNATIONAL RESEARCH CONFERENCE ON SOCIAL SECURITY
Date 5 May - 7 May 2003 (last call for papers Sept 02)
Name of Event Social Security in a Long Life Society
Type of Event Conference
Theme of Event  
Venue Brussels, Belgium
Organiser International Social Security Association (ISSA)
Contact Details  
Phone  
Fax  
Email issaRC@ilo.org
Website http://www.issa.int/ ;  http://www.issa.int/engl/reunion/2003/Bruxelles/2bruxelles.htm 
The 6th International Conference on Progress in Alzheimer's and Parkinsons's Disease
Date 8 -12 May 2003
Name of Event  
Type of Event Conference
Theme of Event  
Venue Seville, Spain
Organiser  
Contact Details Kenes International 17 Rue du cendrier, PO Box 1726 CH-1211,
Geneva 1, Switzerland
Phone +44-22-908-0488
Fax +44-845-127-5687
Email adpd@kenes.com 
Website www.kenes.com/adpd/interest.asp
IAHSA 5th INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE AND EXPOSITION
Date 23 - 25 June 2003
Name of Event Global Ageing: Partnering in Global Service Solutions
Type of Event Conference
Theme of Event  
Venue Sydney, Australia
Organiser International Association of Homes and Services for the Ageing
Contact Details 2519 Connecticut Avenue, NW
Washington DC 20008-1520
Phone 1 202-508-9422 (outside US)
Fax 1 202-220-0041
Email iahsa@aahsa.org
Website http://www.iahsa.net
5th EUROPEAN CONGRESS OF GERONTOLOGY
Date 1 - 6 July 2003
Name of Event  
Type of Event Conference
Theme of Event  
Venue Barcelona, Spain
Organiser Sociedad Española de Geriatría y Gerontología
Contact Details Principe de Vergara 57-59, esc. B 1, Madrid, Spain 28006
Phone 34-1-411-17-07
Fax 34-1-564 79 -44
Email barcelona2003@biotour.es ; segg@segg.org
Website http://www.eriag.com/barcelona2003
INAUGURAL INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON LONGEVITY
Date TBA
Name of Event  
Type of Event Conference
Theme of Event  
Venue Darling Harbour, Sydney
Organiser Holistic Health & Longevity Pty Ltd
Contact Details PO Box 1671, Byron Bay NSW 2481
Phone 02 6685 4422
Fax 02 6680 9643
Email info@longevity-international.com
Website http://www.longevity-international.com
COTA (NT) CONFERENCE - THE TYRANNY OF DISTANCE, AGEING IN REGIONAL & REMOTE AUSTRALIA
Date 3 - 5 August 2003
Name of Event The Tyranny of Distance: Ageing in remote and rural Australia
Type of Event Conference
Theme of Event  
Venue Alice Springs, NT
Organiser COTA NT
Contact Details 18 Bauhinia St, Nightcliff NT 0810
Phone 08 8948 1511
Fax 08 8948 1665
Email execcotant@octa4.net.au
Website  
International Psychogeriatric's 11th International Congress
Date 17 - 22 August 2003
Name of Event  
Type of Event Conference
Theme of Event  
Venue Chicago, Illinois, USA
Organiser  
Contact Details IPA Secretariat
Phone + 1-847-784-1701
Fax + 1-847-1705
Email ipa@ipa-online.org 
Website http://www.ipa-online.org/
6th WORLD CONGRESS ON AGING AND PHYSICAL ACTIVITY
Date August 2003 (5 days tba)
Name of Event  
Type of Event Conference
Theme of Event  
Venue Loughborough University
Organiser International Society for Ageing and Physical Activity;
Brittish Heart Foundation (BHF)
Contact Details Wojtek Chodsko-Zajko, ISAP President
School of Exercise, Leisure& Sport, Kent State universiy
163 MGA, Kent, OH 44242, USA
Phone 330 283 7286
Fax 330 672 4106
Email  
Website  
10th INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF BIOMEDICAL GERONTOLOGY CONGRESS
Date 19 - 23 September 2003
Name of Event  
Type of Event Conference
Theme of Event  
Venue Cambridge, England
Organiser  
Contact Details Aubrey de Grey, Department of Genetics University of Cambridge,
Downing Street Cambridge, UK CB2 3EH
Phone  
Fax  
Email ag24@gen.cam.ac.uk
Website http://www.gen.cam.acuk/iabg10
28th INTERNATIONAL CONGRESS ON LAW AND MENTAL HEALTH
Date 28 Sept - 3 October 2003
Name of Event  
Type of Event Conference
Theme of Event  
Venue Sydney
Organiser International Academy of Law and Mental Health
Contact Details  
Phone  
Fax  
Email Sydney2003@ialmh.org
Website http://www.ialmh.org
31st Annual Scientific Meeting of the Canadian Association of Gerontology
Date 23 - 26 October 2002
Name of Event  
Type of Event Conference
Theme of Event  
Venue Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Organiser Canadian Association on Gerontology
Contact Details Conference Secretariat, 100-824 Meath St., Ottawa, ON K1Z 6E8
Phone + 613-728-9347
Fax + 613-728-8913
Email info@cagacg.com 
Website www.cagacg.ca/english.conferences/conferences.htm

GERIACTION NATIONAL CONFERENCE

Date 1 - 4 November 2003
Name of Event  
Type of Event Conference
Theme of Event  
Venue Melbourne, Victoria
Organiser Geriaction (Victorian Branch)
Contact Details PO Box 4022, Balwyn Vic 3103
Phone 03 9890 2330
Fax 03 9890 2353
Email fleminga@bigpond.net.au
Website  

36th ANNUAL CONFERENCE OF THE AUSTRALIAN ASSOCIATION OF GERONTOLOGY

Date 12 - 15 November 2003
Name of Event Expanding Knowledge of Ageing
Type of Event Conference
Theme of Event  
Venue Hobart
Organiser AAG
Contact Details  
Phone 08 8201 7567
Fax  
Email aag.conf@flinders.edu.au
Website http://www.aag.asn.au/conf/index.html
56th Annual Scientific Meeting of the Gerontological Society of America
Date 21 - 25 November 2003
Name of Event  
Type of Event Conference
Theme of Event  
Venue San Diego, California, USA
Organiser Gerontological Society of America, 1275 K St
NW Suite 350 Washington DC 20005-4006, USA
Contact Details  
Phone 202-842-1275
Fax 202-842-1150
Email geron@geron.org 
Website http://www.geron.org/
7th ASIA / OCEANIA REGIONAL CONGRESS OF GERONTOLOGY
Date 24 - 28 November 2003
Name of Event The 7th Asia/Oceania Regional Congress of Gerontology
Type of Event Conference
Theme of Event  
Venue Tokyo International Froum
Organiser International Association of Gerontology (Asia/Oceanic Region and
Japan Gerontological Society
Contact Details Japan Convention Services, Inc
2-2-1, Uchisawai-cho
Chiyodo-ku, Tokyo 100-0011
Japan
Phone +81 3 3508 1214
Fax +81 3 3508 0820
Email 7thaog@convention.co.jp
Website http://www.convention.co.jp/7thaog/
INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON POPULATION AGEING AND HEALTH:
MODELLING OUR FUTURE
Date
8 - 12 December 2003 - Call for papers by Oct 31, 02
Name of Event  
Type of Event Conference
Theme of Event Applied analyses of the implications of population ageing and health
Venue Canberra, Australia
Organiser Sonsors" NATSEM, University of Canberra; Australian Bureau of Statistics;
Health Canada; Canada Customs and Revenue Agency and Statistics Canada
Contact Details  
Phone  
Fax  
Email conference@natsem.canberra.edu.au
Website  

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