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Conference Schedule

Friday, April 8, 2011


7:30 AM
Conference Registration 
8:15 AM 
Welcome
8:30 - 9:30 AM
Keynote Address
Health Care Technology and Older Adults

 
Sara J. Czaja, PhD

Professor, Psychiatry & Behavioral Science and Industrial Engineering;
Co-Director, Center on Aging Miller School of Medicine
University of Miami (Miami, Florida)

9:30 - 10:30 AM
Keynote Address
Technology in Aging Services: The Future is Now - What is Realistic, What is a Dream?
 
Majd Alwan, PhD

Vice President, CAST (Center for Aging Services Technologies)
American Association of Homes & Services for the Aging (AAHSA)
Washington, DC

10:30 - 11:00 AM
Break

Exhibits Open

11:00 AM - Noon
Panel Presentation: Lighting Technology- Visibility and Heath Impact for Older Adults
 
Panelists:
Mariana Figueiro, PhD

Program Director
Associate Professor
Lighting Research Center, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (Troy, New York)

Patricia Higgins, PhD, RN

Associate Professor
FPB School of Nursing
Case Western Reserve University (Cleveland, Ohio)

Thomas Hornick, MD

Associate Professor
School of Medicine
Case Western Reserve Univeristy
Associate Director
GRECC Louis Stokes VA Medical Center (Cleveland, Ohio)

William Beers, PhD

Technology Division, Lead Systems Engineer
GE Lighting (Cleveland, Ohio)

Noon - 1:15 PM
Lunch

Exhibits Open

1:15 - 2:15 PM
Panel Presentation: Technology that Supports Mobility
 
Panelists:
Wyatt Newman, PhD, PE

Professor 
Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
Case Western Reserve University (Cleveland, Ohio)

Anthony Sterns, PhD

Vice President of Research
Creative Action LLC (Akron, Ohio)

Thomas Seder, PhD

Lab Group Manager 
Human Machine Interface Research
Vehicle Development Lab 
GM Global R&D (Warren, Michigan)

2:15 - 2:45 PM
Break
 
Exhibits Open
2:45 - 3:40 PM
Morse Life Institute: Technology Best Practices
 
Alan Sadowsky, PhD

Senior Vice President
Home and Community-Based Services for MorseLife (West Palm Beach, Florida)

3:40 - 4:30 PM
Addressing the Challenge: Emerging Policy and Ethics
 
Moira Fordyce, MD

Clinical Professor
Stanford University School of Medicine (San Francisco, California)

4:30 - 5:00 PM
Conference Wrap-Up
  • Evaluations
  • Continuing Education Units

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