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Monday, November 18
7:30 am – 7:00 pm |
National Hartford Centers of Gerontological Nursing Excellence Leadership Conference (Separate registration required) |
Tuesday, November 19
7:00 am – 4:30 pm | Aging, the Central Nervous System, and Mobility in Older Adults: Neural Mechanisms of Mobility Impairments (Separate registration required) |
7:30 am – 7:00 pm | National Hartford Centers of Gerontological Nursing Excellence Leadership Conference (Separate registration required) |
5:00 pm – 8:00 pm | Accelerating Translation of Knowledge to Community Practices for Older Adults: Family Caregiving to Persons with Dementia (Separate registration required) |
Wednesday, November 20
7:00 am | Registration Open |
7:30 am – 11:30 pm | National Hartford Centers of Gerontological Nursing Excellence Leadership Conference(Separate registration required) |
7:30 am – 12:00 pm | Aging, the Central Nervous System, and Mobility in Older Adults: Neural Mechanisms of Mobility Impairments (Separate registration required) |
8:00 am – 4:30 pm | Pre-Conference Workshops |
9:00 am – 5:00 pm | Accelerating Translation of Knowledge to Community Practices for Older Adults: Family Caregiving to Persons with Dementia (Separate registration required) |
2:30 pm – 4:00 pm | Concurrent Scientific Sessions I |
3:30 pm – 4:00 pm | GSA Business Meeting |
4:30 pm – 6:00 pm | Concurrent Scientific Sessions II |
6:00 pm – 8:00 pm | President's Welcome Reception & Exhibit Hall Opening |
6:00 pm – 8:00 pm | Poster Session I (6:00 pm – 7:00 pm Face-to-Face Time with Presenters) |
Thursday, November 21
7:00 am 7:00 am – 8:00 am 7:30 am – 9:30 am 8:00 am – 9:30 am 9:30 am – 4:30 pm 10:00 am – 11:30 am 11:30 am – 1:00 pm 12:00 pm – 3:00 pm 1:30 pm – 3:00 pm 3:30 pm – 5:00 pm 5:30 pm – 7:00 pm
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Registration Open New Member Meet & Greet ESPO Breakfast & Community Meeting Concurrent Scientific Sessions III Exhibit Hall Open President's Opening Plenary Session with Keynote Speaker, Bruce Clark, DPH Exhibit Hall Break Poster Session II (12:00 pm – 1:00 pm Face-to-Face Time with Presenters) Concurrent Scientific Sessions IV Special Session: Margret M. and Paul B. Baltes Award Lecture Concurrent Scientific Sessions V Mentoring Consultancies for Emerging Scholars Interest Group Meetings Special Session: Doris Schwartz Gerontological Nursing Research Award Presentation Task Force on Minority Issues Award Presentation & Reception GSA Fellows & International Reception ESPO Awards Presentation & Reception Humanities and the Arts Film: Amour |
Friday, November 22
7:00 am 8:00 am – 9:30 am
5:00 pm – 6:30 pm 6:30 pm – 8:00 pm |
Registration Open Concurrent Scientific Sessions VI Special Session: Theoretical Developments in Social Gerontology Symposium and Award Session BSS Fellows/Emerging Scholars Mentoring Workshop Exhibit Hall Open Poster Session III (10:00 am – 11:00 am Face-to-Face Time with Presenters) Section Business Meetings & Award Presentations (Additional fee for lunch) Concurrent Scientific Sessions VII Concurrent Scientific Sessions VIII Special Session: M. Powell Lawton Award Lecture Concurrent Scientific Sessions IX Special Session: Irving S. Wright Award of Distinction Special Lecture and Presentation Special Session: Maxwell A. Pollack Award for Productive Aging Lecture Humanities and the Arts Committee Open Meeting and Reception Interest Group Meetings |
Saturday, November 23
6:00 am – 7:00 am 7:00 am 7:00 am – 8:30 am 8:00 am – 9:30 am 8:00 am – 10:00 am 9:30 am – 3:00 pm 10:00 am – 11:30 am 11:30 am – 11:45 am 11:45 am – 2:45 pm 1:00 pm – 2:30 pm 3:00 pm – 4:30 pm 5:00 pm – 6:30 pm
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GSA Fun Walk & Run Registration Open GSA Fellows Mentor Program Concurrent Scientific Sessions X TFMIG Concept Coffee Exhibit Hall Open Special Session: Kent and Kleemeier Award Lectures and Presentations Installation of GSA's 2013 President Poster Session IV (11:45 am – 12:45 pm Face-to-Face Time with Presenters) Concurrent Scientific Sessions XI Concurrent Scientific Sessions XII Concurrent Scientific Sessions XIII Special Session: Joseph T. Freeman and Excellence in Rehabilitation of Aging Persons Award Lectures Interest Group Meetings Bo Diddley Outing |
Sunday, November 24
7:00 am 8:00 am – 9:30 am 10:00 am – 11:30 am 11:45 am – 5:00 pm |
Registration Open Concurrent Scientific Sessions XIV Concurrent Scientific Sessions XV Global Aging Forum: Advancing an Agenda for Global Aging and Health (Separate registration required) |
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