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Ageing Globally – Ageing Locally 2

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Croke Park Conference Centre, Dublin, Ireland

Planning for all our futures Pension reform, later retirement, longer but often unhealthier lives, changing family structures, new models of welfare

and care: across the world today, governments, businesses and civic society are searching for policies and answers in

these areas to get to grips with one of the most profound social transformations in history – population ageing.

A major international conference, "Ageing Globally – Ageing Locally", taking place on the 2nd & 3rd November 2011,

hosted by the Centre for Ageing Research and Development in Ireland (CARDI) will address key issues arising from this

global phenomenon.

By 2050, the world’s population of over 60 years old is forecast to reach 2 billion. This shift will deeply impact on the

personal, social and economic spheres of every society in the 21st Century. How successfully this transition is managed

around the world will shape everyone’s experience of ageing in our increasingly interconnected world.

Each country must find its own answer to challenges brought by ageing populations. However, we can learn from each

other and this conference will focus on exchanging ideas, successful strategies and practices.

Featuring a host of international experts as well as leading researchers and professionals from the ageing sector in the

island of Ireland, this event will explore a number of issues including how different countries address challenges and

opportunities of population ageing, why global ageing matters to us all, and how policy makers, business and service

providers can best plan for changing demographics.

Who should attend this conference?

This event will promote the value and role of ageing-related research specifically for policy and practice. It has been

designed to appeal to a range of stakeholders, including policy makers, health, housing and social services providers,

industry, voluntary and community organisations, researchers with an interest in ageing, carers and older people.

Confirmed Key Speakers:

• Sir Michael Marmot, Professor of Epidemiology and Public Health, University College London

• Professor Rose Anne Kenny, Head of the Department of Medical Gerontology, Trinity College Dublin

• Professor Robert Stout, Professor Emeritus Geriatric Medicine

• Professor Davis Coakley, Professor of Medical Gerontology, Trinity College Dublin

• Professor Anne Martin-Matthews, Scientific Director of the National Institute of Aging of the Canadian Institutes of

Health Research

• Professor Peter Passmore, Professor of Ageing and Geriatric Medicine, Queen's University Belfast

• Professor Alan Walker, Professor of Social Policy and Social Gerontology, University of Sheffield

• Dr Stephen McConnell, Aging Policy and Advocacy Executive, The Atlantic Philanthropies, Washington DC

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CARDI is a not for profit organisation developed by leaders from the ageing field across Ireland (North and

South) including age focused researchers, academics, statutory, voluntary and community sector

representatives with support from The Atlantic Philanthropies. It is overseen by a Steering Group and hosted

by the Institute of Public Health in Ireland.

Mission

To advocate for and advance the ageing research agenda by identifying, coordinating, stimulating, and

communicating strategic research on ageing and older people as a means to improve the lives of older people

in Ireland (North and South) especially those who are disadvantaged.

Purpose

CARDI has been established to provide a mechanism for greater collaboration among age researchers, for

wider dissemination of ageing research information and to advance a research agenda relevant to the needs of

older people in Ireland (North and South). Operating at a strategic level and in an advisory capacity, CARDI will

focus on promoting research cooperation across sectors and disciplines and will concentrate on influencing the

strategic direction of research into older people and ageing in Ireland. It has been strategically positioned

around the following four areas:

• Identifying and establishing ageing research priorities relevant to policy and practice in Ireland (North and

South);

• Promoting greater collaboration and cooperation on ageing research in order to build an ageing research

community in Ireland (North and South);

• Stimulating research in priority areas that can inform policy and practice relating to ageing and older

people in Ireland (North and South);

• Communicating strategic research issues on ageing to raise the profile of ageing research in Ireland (North

and South) and its role in informing policy and practice.

This work has been made possible through funding by Atlantic Philanthropies, augmented by grants from the

Department of Health and Children in Dublin and the Research and Development Office for Health and Social

Care, Northern Ireland and hosting by the Institute of Public Health in Ireland. Please see www.cardi.ie.

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SPONSORSHIP OPPORTUNITIES

All sponsors will be acknowledged on the conference website and in conference materials.

Prime Sponsor – 1 position available €15,000

Our Prime Sponsor will receive the following acknowledgements and benefits:

• Exhibition table/display space (double size) in prime location

• Sponsor logo on Conference Announcements and all Advertisements

• Sponsor logo on Conference Website

• Sponsor logo on Lanyard for delegate badges

• Sponsor logo on Abstract CD or Book

• 4 staff from sponsor may attend the conference, and 2 additional invited guests

• Back cover advert on Conference Programme Book

• Delegate Bag Insert

• Sponsor may include welcome letter or arrival gift for delegates

Supporting Sponsors €5,000

Our Supporting Sponsors will receive the following acknowledgements and benefits:

• Exhibition table/display space in prime location

• Acknowledgement as sponsor on Conference Announcements, Advertisements and

Conference Website

• Delegate Bag Insert

• Sponsor will be credited with support of 1 coffee break

• 4 staff from sponsor may attend the conference

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Academic Grant

Grants from academic institutions and public-sector organizations are welcome to be made as

Academic Grants to support the conference, and will be assigned to assist delegates and

speakers who would otherwise be unable to attend. These grants are tax-free, and will be

acknowledged at the conference.

Other sponsorship opportunities

Speaker support – sponsorship of attendance of 1 of the invited speakers €2,000

Delegate Bag Sponsor €3,000

Delegate Bag Insert €500

Sponsorship of Coffee Break €1,000

Sponsor of Conference Dinner €5,000

Advertisement in Conference Programme Book – full page colour €800

Please contact the organisers if you wish to suggest other sponsorship options.

CONFERENCE EXHIBITOR

A limited number of exhibition stand spaces will be available at the conference. The exhibition

stand is space-only but will include a table, two chairs and electrical supply. 2 staff passes

included with each stand space.

Exhibition space – 6m2 space only €1,500

Voluntary Organisations and Charities - before 31st

August 2011 €625

Voluntary Organisations and Charities - before 31st

August 2011 €750

PUBLISHERS AREA

Publishers are invited to display or sell books and journals at the conference. The special

discounted price below will be available for a 3m x 2m area.

Publishers Booth €850

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Commercial sponsorship and exhibition charges are subject to Irish VAT at 21% (this

excludes Academic Grants). Sponsorship items and exhibition stands will be allocated on a

first request basis. VAT can be reclaimed in many cases by foreign VAT registered entities.

Please contact cardi2011@keynotepco.ie with any queries or to make a booking.

Terms and Conditions for Sponsors & Exhibitors

An invoice for the full amount due will be issued upon receipt of the booking enquiry, and a

booking is only confirmed upon receipt of payment. Priority on exhibition space location will

be given to companies taking additional sponsorship items, otherwise exhibition space will be

allocated on a first-come, first-served basis once payment is received. Availability of many of

the sponsorship opportunities is limited.

Refunds of exhibition space and sponsorship costs will be based on the following schedule:

Before 1st September 2011: 50% refund in event of cancellation by sponsor

On or after 1st September 2011: No refund available

In the event that the conference is postponed for any reason, the exhibitor/sponsor will not

be entitled to cancel their booking or to obtain monetary compensation, but the benefits that

have been agreed with the exhibitor/sponsor will remain in place for the rescheduled event.

In the event that the conference is cancelled for any given reason, the Conference Secretariat

will refund the exhibition/sponsorship money to the exhibitor/sponsor, minus any benefits

that have been received by the exhibitor/sponsor prior to the cancellation and any expenses

incurred by the Conference Secretariat with respect to the provision of the agreed benefits.

Exhibitors are entitled to have two staff in attendance to man their exhibition stand.

Additional staff badges can be purchased for a price of 125 euro per person.

Exhibitors must have their own Employers Liability and Public Liability insurance in place, as

well as insurance for any equipment being displayed on their exhibition stand. Exhibitors

agree to maintain all materials and equipment within their allocated stand space. Exhibitors

agree not to undertake any action that could be considered dangerous to participants or

potentially damaging to the venue including not attaching anything to the walls of the venue.