When: June 24-26, 2012
Where: Michigan League, University of Michigan, USA

M-CASTL is pleased to announce the Aging, Mobility, and Quality of Life (AMQoL) Conference coming in 2012. The Center is co-sponsoring and organizing the conference with Elsevier Publishing. It will focus on the particular requirements of older people for transportation and mobility that give them access to the various activities and services that maintain their health and well-being and enhance their quality of life. For more details about the conference, see http://agingmobilityconference.com/.

The conference will bring together experts from the following fields:

   • Gerontologists/geriatricians
   • Transport researchers, operators and regulators
   • Psychologists/behavioral researchers
   • Urban planning researchers and policymakers
   • Safety researchers
   • Mech/Elec engineers from industry and academia (vehicle design, assistive technologies)
   • Tourism/leisure researchers/industry
   • Occupational therapists
   • Medical professionals

Topics
Streams will address the following topic areas:

Mobility-related characteristics and activities of elderly people:
   • Spatial cognition and wayfinding
   • Social participation
   • Travel behavior
   • Exercise and health
   • Tourism and leisure
   • Personal security
   • Transport safety
   • Aging in developing and newly industrializing countries

Technological and policy responses:
   • Building design
   • Urban planning and environmental design
   • Roadway design
   • Vehicle design
   • ICT, assistive technologies, gerontechnology
   • Transport policy
   • Community transport

Conference Chair
David W. Eby, University of Michigan & M-CASTL, USA

Vice-Chairs
Antonio Páez, McMaster University, Canada
Jan-Dirk Schmöcker, Kyoto University, Japan
Tim Schwanen, University of Oxford, UK

Scientific Coordinator
Lisa J. Molnar, University of Michigan & M-CASTL, USA

Scientific Committee
Naoki Ando, Kyoto University, Japan
Michel Bédard, Lakehead University, Canada
Judith Charlton, Monash University, Australia
Wojtek Chodzko-Zajko, University of Illinois, USA
Susan Handy, University of California, USA
Alice Maynard, Future Inclusion Ltd., UK
Sandra Rosenbloom, University of Arizona, USA
Darren Scott, McMasters University, Canada
Susan A. Shaheen, University of California, USA
David Shinar, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Israel
Nina Silverstein, University of Massachusetts, USA
Nick Tyler, University College London, UK