Conference
Cultural interchange is stimulated by the conferences which bring together under the same roof people from more and more countries, all with the same object in view: to learn from each other's culture. The conferences act as catalysts for meetings and as initiators of joint projects.
Each conference is a special time for U3As and for all those who care about older people's learning and well-being. Researchers, doctors, gerontologists and technical experts all have the chance to meet and exchange ideas and experiences in the course of lectures and presentations, exhibitions and feedback sessions.
The
expert contributors to IAUTA Conferences are international figures and
university teachers of renown in their specialist fields. Chosen to chair
or lead sessions, they represent longstanding involvement in the University
of the Third Age movement.
This
Powerpoint presentation was made at a workshop during the 23rd IAUTA International
Conference (Rheims, France, 2006). It offered a summary of the results
of an IAUTA survey conducted by Mrs Paule Vidal and colleagues from the
UTA of Vannes, France.
(NB The English translation runs alongside the original Powerpoint slides.)
Past Conference
themes
1978 Namur -
Belgium
Third age human resources for community service.
1979 Nancy - France
Ageing well, from the prevention and the study of ageing to the role
and educational methods of the 3rd age.
1980 Sherbrooke - Canada
Continuing education and the 3rd age
1981 Madrid - Spain
Culture and the Third Age.
1982 Nice - France
The role of U3As in modern society.
1983 Riva del Garda - Italie
The decentralisation of U3As, the paths of cultural irrigation.
1984 Neuchâtel - Switzerland
Research for and with the elderly.
1986 Tournai - Belgium
The U3As in the world, exposition and dialogue.
1987 Warsaw, Poland
Education and Health.
1988 Toulouse - France
In favour of a more humane society.
1990 Hull - Canada
Th e U3As, sources of development.
1992 Barcelona - Spain
Physical exercise and ageing.
1994 Jyväskylä - Finland
Preparing to Age.
1996 Nantes - France
Dialogue between generations?
1998 Schwäbisch-Gmünd -Germany
Learning and the 3rd age. Why & How?
2000 Québec - Canada
The impact of new technology on the elderly.
Conference Proceedings - selected excerpts
2002 Geneva - Switzerland
Age and experience for the benefit of future generations.
Conference Proceedings
2004 Shanghai - China
Continued Learning for Older Persons : Between Tradition and Innovation.
Report of the Congress by Mrs. Paule VIDAL
2006
Reims -France
30 years on: Who are we ? What have we achieved ? Where are we heading?
Feedback from Conference workshops