Events

International Conference on Frailty and Sarcopenia Research 2017 (ICFSR 2017), April 27-28, 2017, Barcelona, Spain

Thursday, 27 April, 2017 to Friday, 28 April, 2017

The International Conference on Frailty and Sarcopenia Research (ICFSR 2017) is organized to raise awareness on frailty and sarcopenia.

Concerning frailty the following topics will be addressed: biology of frailty and aging, physical frailty and age-related body composition modifications, cognitive frailty, frailty in clinical practice and public health, clinical trials and therapeutics.

FIRST AUSTRALIA & NEW ZEALAND CONFERENCE ON SARCOPENIA AND FRAILTY, 11-12 November 2016, Melbourne, Victoria (Australia)

Friday, 11 November, 2016 to Saturday, 12 November, 2016

This Conference is a shared initiative of the Australian Institute for Musculoskeletal Science (AIMSS), The University of Melbourne, Victoria University, and Western Health. During the two days of the Conference, participants will be able to listen to the leaders in this field from Australia, New Zealand and overseas. In addition, participants will be able establish new networks and collaborations with many colleagues sharing their interest in sarcopenia and frailty.

12th Congress of EUGMS: “Discovering new ways in the World of Geriatrics", October 5-7/2016, Lisbon (Portugal)

Wednesday, 5 October, 2016 to Friday, 7 October, 2016

This edition of the Congress will be targeted to specialists and health care professionals sharing the same interest in geriatric medicine: mainly geriatricians, internists, general practitioners, neurologists and physicians from every medical discipline, therapists, nurses, gerontologists, researchers and scientists, pharmacists, nutritionists as well to anyone taking care of the older patients, in order to understand the social, medical and clinical approach to geriatric diseases.

ICFSR 2016: International Conference on Frailty & Sarcopenia Research, Thursday-Friday 28-29 April/2016, Philadelphia, USA

The International Conference on Frailty and Sarcopenia Research (ICFSR 2016)  is organized to raise awareness on the need to implement frailty and sarcopenia into clinical practice.

 

Tuesday, 26 April, 2016 to Thursday, 28 April, 2016

Concerning frailty the following topics will be addressed: biology of frailty and aging, physical frailty and age-related body composition modification, cognitive frailty, frailty in clinical practice and public health, clinical trials and therapeutics.

WCO-IOF-ESCEO: World Congress on Osteopororis, Osteoarthritis and Musculoskeletal Disease 14-17 April, Malaga (Spain)

This event will be the largest educational event and most vibrant clinical research forum for osteoporosis, osteoarthritis and musculoskeletal diseases in Europe.

Thursday, 14 April, 2016

The WCO-IOF-ESCEO Congress is a unique European springtime meeting programme for healthcare professionals, researchers and young scientists.

With over 3.200 participants, this has become the largest educational event and most vibrant clinical research forum for osteoporosis, osteoarthritis and musculoskeletal diseases in Europe.



ICFSR 2015: International Conference on Frailty & Sarcopenia Research , Thursday – Saturday, April 23 – 25 / 2015, Boston, MA, USA

Thursday, 23 April, 2015 to Saturday, 25 April, 2015

The 4th edition of the International Conference on Frailty and Sarcopenia Research (ICFSR2015) is dedicated to raising awareness concerning the need to implement frailty and sarcopenia into clinical practice. The last scientific findings will be presented during this unique event. Concerning frailty the following topics will be addressed: biology of frailty and aging, physical frailty and age-related, body composition medications, cognitive frailty, frailty in clinical practice and public health, clinical trials and therapeutics.

11th Congress of the EUGMS: Geriatric medicine for future Europeans – Successful aging creates new challenges. Wednesday – Friday, September 16th – 18th, 2015. Oslo, Norway.

The main theme of the congress will be Geriatric medicine for future Europeans – Successful aging creates new challenges

Wednesday, 16 September, 2015 to Friday, 18 September, 2015

The congress will cover main topics in geriatric medicine. In particular it will address the healthiest patients, health optimization, prevention as an underused intervention, organization of acute geriatric care in different countries, and tailored drug treatment. Other topics will concern new discoveries in dementia, integrated care for elderly people such as pre-post and perioperative care in orthogeriatrics, cancer and cardiac surgery.


Growing the silver Economy in Europe, Tuesday 23rd, 2014, Brussels, BELGIUM

Tuesday, 23 September, 2014

Demographic ageing in Europe and beyond creates challenges for our health and care systems and our national budgets. But it also creates enormous opportunities. The Silver Economy is the new gold. Large new public and consumer markets of the Information and communication technologies (ICT) products and services for ageing well are developing. Ageing populations are drivers of economic growth.