Physical activity and successful aging
10th International EGREPA Conference
European Group for Research into Elderly and Physical Activity
14.09. - 16.09.2006 in Köln
Welcome
On behalf of the European Group for the Research into Elderly and Physical Activity (EGREPA), we would like to welcome you to our 10th International Conference "Physical Activity and Successful Aging" at the German Sport University (DSHS Köln) in Cologne.
EGREPA is the only European society, focussing on physical activity for the elderly. EGREPA is a non-profit making, non governmental association which aims to promote physical activity and health in elderly. To achieve these aims EGREPA carries out and promotes research, collects and diffuses information related to this field - among other conference and workshop activities by organizing its biannual international conference.
EGREPA is extraordinarily pleased that the 10th Conference is hosted by the German Sport University Cologne. The host represented by its Rector, Professor Walter Tokarski, deserves our sincere thanks for staging this conference. We wish to thank the organizing committee for their steady and hard work in preparing this prestigious event. Due to the conference topic and its obvious international relevance we succeeded in assembling over 200 scientists from nearly 30 countries world-wide. We accepted 125 submissions for the different topics of this Conference. This makes us confident that the conference will make a substantive contribution to our understanding of the relevance of physical activity for the well-being and the quality of life for the elderly.
EGREPA and the organizers would like to thank the collaborating organizations and sponsors for their support of the EGREPA 10th International Conference including the scientific committee for extensively reviewing all papers. This Conference is an opportunity for the European and the international community to share the latest research findings in the field of physical activity and aging. It offers new insights in scientific theories and questions, methods, evaluation but also on programs, implementation and practical demonstrations.
On behalf of the EGREPA we are pleased to extend a warm welcome to all participants and wish us all a successful conference with plenty of mutual exchange scientifically and personally. Thus we hope to contribute to the better understanding and open new ways in one of the most important topics on the agenda of our century in Europe and the world: aging populations.
Scientific Program
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Plenary sessions
- Keynote lecture I - Lindenberger U. Healthy mind in a healthy body?
- Keynote lecture II - Duarte JA et al. Skeletal muscle and aging.
- Panel discussion - Löcke C et al. Organized Sports and the very aged - facing a societal duty.
- Keynote lecture III - McMurdo MET. Preventing falls in older people? The role of exercise.
- Keynote lecture IV - Staudinger UM. Successful Aging: A Perspective from Lifespan Psychology.
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Invited symposia & thematic sessions
- Vascular aging - pathophysiology, diagnosis and prevention
- Health promotion for elderly people - models of good practice
- Physical Activity and the Sensory System
- Practice Concepts and Models
- Current Results of Strength Training Regimes in the Elderly
- EUNAAPA - a European network for action on aging and physical activity
- Physical Activity in Very Old Age
- Fall Prevention
- Physical fitness and mental health
- Evidence Based Research Results on Falls in Older Persons
- Exercise physiology and training
- The 'Fourth Age'
- Balance & Mobility
- Motives and Barriers of Physical Activity
- European Master Programme in Adapted Physical Activity for Older Persons
- Physical activity programs for older adults - Linking research, program development, policy and practice
- Successful aging and the effect of physical activity
- Postersessions
- Workshops
