New Aging Conference
An international conference on Aging and Architecture
The University of Pennsylvania School of Design, Architizer LLC, and Matthias Hollwich are poised to challenge the way architecture engages with an aging society through the New Aging International Conference on Aging and Architecture, Oct. 1-2, 2010.
Held at the prestigious University of Pennsylvania, the New Aging Conference delivers visionary and pragmatic insights to adapt to and facilitate the aging process.
We are aging. It is human nature. Yet the way we age and where we age is something that we can control when city planners, architects, politicians, insurers, and the person who is aging work together to achieve a common goal. The New Aging Conference leads the way to address aging by focusing on progressive advances in architecture, city planning, and culture.
The conference is a uniquely strategic participatory initiative that is supported by hands-on workshops, meeting sessions, and open houses at collaborating institutions. Leaders within and outside of the design profession will provide the professional and visionary underpinning of the conference. Confirmed speakers include:
- Dr. Aubrey de Grey
Chief Science Officer of the SENS Foundation
- Jose Colucci
Practice lead for IDEO’s Health group in Boston
- Dr. Gregory Stock
CEO of Signum Biosciences
- Jose Colucci
Practice lead for IDEO’s Health group in Boston
- Joseph F. Coughlin
Founder and Director of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology AgeLab
- Dr. William Thomas
Founder of the Eden Alternative
- Professor Omar Akbar
Former director of the Bauhaus Foundation
- Professor Victor Regnier, FAIA, ACSA Distinguished Professor
Professor, Researcher, and Author on housing and community planning for the elderly
- Madeline Gins
Initiator of Architecture Against Death
- Daniel Cinelli, FAIA
Principal and Executive Director at Perkins Eastman
- Manuel Ocana
Architecture and Thought Production Office
Visit New Aging for additional information and to register for the unique opportunity to participate in the conversation that will shape the future of architecture for an aging society. We look forward to rethinking the future with you!