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1st WWAS INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ACADEMIC CONFERENCE 3-4 & 5 JUNE 2016 FUKUOKA, JAPAN & OPEN FORUM Fukuoka International Congress Center WORKING WOMEN IN AN AGEING SOCIETY
Ms. Elisabeth Isele (U.S.) Dr. Chris Ball (U.K.) Dr. Takeo Ogawa (Japan) Dr. Helen Ko (Singapore) President, Senior Specialist Adviser on the Ageing Professor Emeritus Executive Director Entrepreneurship Works Workforce, Shaw Trust Kyushu University Beyond Age Singapore “Starting a Business after “Global Trend of Ageing and “Senior Citizens as Resources” “Employment and Ageing in Retirement” Employment” Singapore”
WOMENOMICS x AGENOMICS ABOUT ³ What is Work? “Agenomics”, coined by the Study Group of Agenomics in Japan, promotes the fostering of an innovative and sustainable ageing society. Ageing society has a ³ Finding your Purpose in Later Life major impact on many countries, for example, in terms of workforce availability, employment, life work balance, life after retirement, welfare services, pension ³ Active and Healthy Ageing costs and care of parents or parents-in-law.
³ After Retirement Thus, the 1st Working Women in an Ageing Society (WWAS) international conference will be held in Fukuoka to not only analyze strategies employed by ³ Seniors and Innovative Community Development the U.S., Japan Singapore, Holland and England to address these kinds of issues ³ but also to stimulate the exchange of innovative ideas to promote a better Senior Entrepreneurship ageing society for all.
For attending Academic Conference, Online Registration is required. Delegates are also encouraged to explore initiatives in this host region to advance Please visit : http://www.ww-as.net. Technical tour including visits to senior active participation of seniors and women in society including the establishment community best practice, NPOs, companies and local government can be arranged. of the Fukuoka Senior Support Center and the Coalition for Advancing Women Please inquire via e-mail: [email protected] in Fukuoka. Also, Fukuoka City hosted the 1st Active Ageing Conference in Asia PaciĆc (ACAP) in 2005 as well as its 10th Anniversary Conference in 2016.
KEY FEATURES International Congress Center Fukuoka 2-1 Sekijomachi, Academic Presentations, Panel Discussion, Poster Presentations, Business LOCATION Hakata-ku, Fukuoka Exhibitor Seminars, Relay Talks by Role Models, Glocal Cafe Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan 812-0032
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