AgeAction, this one day conference was hosted by the Institute for Ageing and Health, Newcastle University and funded by the EU Commission FP6 Framework. It took place on Monday 23 April 2007 at The Sage Gateshead.
The Conference was a unique bringing together of the work of expert sector panels in the areas of Medicine, Biology, Social Science, Technology and Finance to open the discussion to realise the full potential of biological ageing research in Europe.
If you are involved in any area of policy-making, research and its funding, industry, patient and public engagement, or the media, and have an interest in how Europe can and must address our changing expectations of life, the reports from this conference will provide essential information to help you enhance and extend your work.
Professor Tom Kirkwood, (director of the Institute for Ageing and Health) summarises the purpose of the meeting and the key challenges in each of the five key areas of ageing research.
