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To promote international research in gerontology, two Busse Research Awards will be given at the 20th IAGG World Congress of Gerontology and Geriatrics in Seoul, Korea, June 23-27, 2013. Two gerontologists (junior or mid-career) will be s…

A website fully dedicated to the GARN Network was recently launched . This new tool gives information to all those interested by our research network: membership, congress agenda, publications on line, latest news from GARN centers, job…

The Intensive Course on Ageing was held at the Institut de l’Envelliment of Barcelona. A total of 180 participants from 41 countries attended the two-day event and were able to benefit from international speakers’ knowledge on issues su…

IAGG will organize its 2nd Intensive Course on Ageing on June 21-22, 2012 at the Institut de l’Envelliment of the University Autonoma of Barcelona. The program will be dedicated to Gerontology and Cancer. The course is intended for stud…

A Master Class on Ageing is organized to train young geriatricians with research potentials. This Course will be held at the Taipei Chien Tan Activity Centre on November 22-24, 2011. Eight international tutors have accepted to share the…

We are pleased to announce the designation of Prof. Vladimir KHAVINSON as the new Chair of the EUROPE Region and extend to him our heartful congratulations. This nomination was approved by the European Council on April 16th, 2011, durin…

IAGG’s Network International Conference on Sarcopenia Research (ICSR2011) was held on May 8-9, 2011 in Toulouse, France. Below a few figures related to this successful event: 127 participants from 29 countries, 40 presentations from 12 …

The 8th World Conference of Gerontechnology will be organized by the International Society for Gerontechnology (ISG) on June 26-29, 2012. Held jointly with the International Symposium for Automation and Robotics in Construction (ISARC),…

The United Nations recognizes World Elder Abuse Awareness Day (WEAAD) as an official UN international day celebrated annuallu on June 15th. First established during IAGG’s World Congress in Adelaide in 1997, then launched in 2006 by the…

The Gérontopôle of Toulouse is a major internationally-recognized institution of clinical research on aging. Its research activities are specifically focused on the prevention of age-related conditions and disability, and on the improve…