The Aging Research Center (ARC) was well represented in the 23rd Nordic Congress of Gerontology (23NKG) with keynote lecture, symposia, oral presentations, posters and a table in the exhibition. ARC brochures and activity reports were distributed and the table was well visited.
ARC researchers were involved in several sessions, both as organizers:

• S 14 – Twenty-five years of research achievements for a healthier life in aging: The Kungsholmen Projects in central Stockholm
  Chairs: Qiu & Welmer
• S 29 – Alzheimer’s disease – New treatment strategies
  Chairs: Kivipelto; Winblad
• S 40 – The five country oldest old project
  Chair: Fors
• S 46 – Social change and health inequalities in old age
  Chair: Fritzell
• S 49 – Drug treatment in very old age and at end-of-life: findings across Nordic countries
  Chair: Johnell

But also with one or more presentations in the following symposia:

• S7 – Older people and working life: Policy and health perspectives
  Chair: Joy Torgé
• S17 – Cost and Quality of Home-Care for Older people, in Europe
  Chairs: Henriette van den Roest, Harriet Finne-Soveri
• S18 – Trajectories in long term care
  Chair: Marjolein Broese van Groenou
• S51 – Buffering effects of early life and midlife lifestyle factors on change in cognitive functions in later life: Findings from the Swedish Adoption/Twin Study of Aging (SATSA)
  Chair: Anna Dahl Aslan

Oral presentaters from ARC:
Charlotta Nilsen
Emerald Heiland
Yajun Liang
Poster presenters from ARC:
Neda Agahi
Amaia Calderón Larrañaga
Alexander Darin-Mattsson
Harpa Sif Eyjolfsdottir
Davide Liborio Vetrano
Lucas Morin
Kuan-Yu Pan
Johan Rehnberg
For the full program and more details of ARC participation at the congress visit the 23NKG website:
http://23nkg.fi/scientific_program.html