Greater Manchester Ageing Conference 2017

from the Greater Manchester Ageing Hub (which includes MICRA)

Thursday 16 February 2017

GM Ageing Conference 2017 was a landmark event organised by the GM Ageing Hub, bringing together a wide range of influential GM leaders, world-leading academics and community sector innovators to discuss prospects for building an age-friendly city-region.  

The conference also marks GM's five-year partnership with the Centre for Ageing Better and its long-term collaboration with the World Health Organisation

We aim to:

• Launch the GM Ageing Hub to key policy-makers and social actors.
• Present findings from new GM Ageing Foresight and Policy reports.
• Showcase GM as an international centre of excellence on ageing.
• Promote GM and external best practice in ageing research, policy and practice.
• Promote GM's partnership with the Centre for Ageing Better.
• Be a platform for taking action across GM agencies and communities.

 Speakers

• Dr Anna Dixon and Lord Filkin - Centre for Ageing Better
• Alana Officer - World Health Organisation
• Prof. Chris Phillipson - The University of Manchester
• Jon Rouse - GM Health and Care Partnership
• Prof Martin Vernon - NHS England
• Tony Lloyd - GM Mayor
• Steven Pleasant - Chair, GM Ageing Hub, CE Tameside Council

Further information

Gareth Williams (g.williams3@manchester.gov.uk)

Report

Developing a strategy for age-friendly Greater Manchester

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