ICADI: International Conference on Aging, Disability and Independence

2008 Conference, St. Petersburg, FL

Conference Tracks and Themes

Themes

Each Track Chairperson will team with Theme Representatives to incorporate presentations representing the many countries and regions that will be represented at the conference and that reflect the following perspectives:

  • Research and Development
  • Consumer Perspective
  • Business Perspective
  • Policy
  • Practice / Services
  • International Perspective

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Tracks

Transportation

sponsored by:
Driving Skills For Life logo
Track Chairs: John Eberhard, PhD, Helen Kerschner, PhD, Dennis McCarthy, PhD
Track Keynote Speaker: Jim Langford, M.Ed. and Bonnie M. Dobbs, PhD

Sessions will address issues and approaches to enhance the safe mobility of seniors. This includes identifying approaches to: 1) enhance driving (testing and driver remediation) to enable people to safely drive as late in life as possible; and 2) provide acceptable alternatives to driving. The session includes a focus on the role of low and high technology in enabling mobility later in life.

Livable Homes and Communities

co-sponsored by:
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American Association of Retired Persons logo
Track Chair: Edward Steinfeld, Arch.D.
Track Keynote Speaker: John Salmen, AIA

Sessions will address strategies to support personal independence as people age in the built environment, focusing on universal design, housing, and community infrastructure. This year we have added the concept of livable communities which includes issues such as sites, landscapes, streetscapes, buildings and furnishings and products related to their use. The session also addresses development of new products and environments and improvements to existing homes and communities. Session topics may include research, methods to measure effectiveness, tools for design, best practices and policy analysis.

Injury Prevention

Track Chairs: Elena Andresen, PhD and John Crews, DPA
Track Keynote Speaker: Daphne Moffett, PhD

Sessions will address falls, fire safety, poisons, pedestrian safety and other issues related to ensuring a safe environment within the home and community.

Smart Homes/Robotics

funded by:
National Science Foundation logo
Track Chairs: Mounir Mokhtari, PhD (Smart Homes) and Z. Zenn Bien, PhD (Robotics)
Track Keynote Speakers: Mounir Mokhtari, PhD (Smart Homes) and Z. Zenn Bien, PhD (Robotics)

Sessions will address computer applications, wireless technology, information technology, pervasive computing, wearable computers, sensors, and home-monitoring, smart-home, smartphone and telehealth applications.

Sessions will also address the latest advances in robotics that can now, or will in the future serve many of the personal assistance needs of older persons with disabilities.

Telehealth

Track Chairs: David Brennan, MBE and Jeffrey Loomis, MHA
Track Keynote Speaker: Neal Neuberger, CISSP

Sessions will address the use of telecommunications technology to enhance clinical services, patient monitoring, and the exchange of health information and education to support independent living and improve access to remote healthcare and rehabilitation services.

Assistive Technology

funded by:
National Science Foundation logo
Track Chair: Mark Schmeler, Ph.D. and Joy Hammel, Ph.D.
Track Keynote Speaker: Jeffrey Jutai, PhD, CPsych

This track will address assistive technology to promote independence. Presenters will share the most current technologies, research related to technologies and policy issues in their presentations on assistive devices, vision devices, hearing devices, environmental aids, cognitive devices and environmental accommodations.

Work and Aging

Track Chairs: Jon A. Sanford, M.Arch
Track Keynote Speaker: Susanne M. Bruyère, PhD

Sessions will address approaches to support continued employment into later years for older persons who choose to continue working. Approaches include adaptations to work stations and work places, flexible work schedules, and telecommuting.