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Monday | Tuesday


Monday September 27, 2004
7:30-8:30 a.m. Registration/Continental Breakfast
8:30-8:45 a.m. Welcome/Intro - Bentley College
8:45-9:30 a.m. Keynote: The Business of Design
Phil Terry
CEO, Creative Good
9:30-10:00 a.m. Caregiving and Technology
John Rother, AARP
10:00-10:30 a.m. Technology in Aging Services: Using It Today & Developing It for Tomorrow
Russell Bodoff, Center for Aging Services Technology
10:30-11:00 a.m. Break
11:00-11:30 a.m. PlaceLab: Researching Everyday Living
Kent Larson, MIT Placelab
11:30 a.m. - Noon Innovation vs. Research: Getting to the Market
Kenan Sahin, TIAX
12:00-1:30 p.m. Lunch
1:30-2:30 p.m. Town Hall - Older Adults and the Web
Tom Tullis, Ginny Redish, Amy Lee

Town Hall - Aging in Place
Russ Bodoff, Julie Jacko, Dan Fisk, Diane Mahoney, Janice Nall
2:30-3:00 p.m. Break
3:00-3:30 p.m. Technology Access: Aging and Visual Dysfunction
Julie Jacko & Kathlene Emery, Georgia Tech
3:30-4:00 p.m. Successful Strategies in Learning
Peter Crosby, SeniorNet
 
SeniorNet's mission is to provide older adults education for and access to computer technologies to enhance their lives and enable them to share their knowledge and wisdom. The organization has helped millions of seniors since its founding in 1986 and supports over 240 Learning Centers throughout the U.S. and in other countries.

SeniorNet members learn and teach others to use computers and communications technologies to accomplish a variety of tasks, from touching up photos to desktop publishing, from managing personal and financial records to communicating with others across the country and the world.

In this session, Peter Crosby will talk about the lessons that SeniorNet has learned as the most successful provider of computer instruction for older adults.
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4:15-4:45 p.m. Gray Matters: Technology and Older Adults
Walter Bender, MIT Media Lab
4:45-5:15 p.m. Time to Thrive
Gretchen Addi, IDEO
5:15 p.m. Closing Remarks - AARP
6:00-7:00 p.m. Dinner Speaker
Christine Donohoo
7:00-9:00 p.m. Dinner

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Tuesday September 28, 2004
7:30-8:30 a.m. Registration/Continental Breakfast
8:30-8:45 a.m. Welcome/Intro - AARP
8:45-9:30 a.m. Keynote: The Politics of Design
Whitney Quesenbery
President, Usability Professionals' Association
9:30-10:00 a.m. Technology and Older Adults: Evolution, Myths and Revolution
Roger Morrell, GeroTech
10:00-10:30 a.m. Human Factors and the Aware Home
Arthur Fisk, Georgia Tech
10:30-11:00 a.m. Break
11:00-11:30 a.m. Understanding the Aging Web User: An Overview of Research Conducted at Fidelity Investments
Ann Chadwick-Dias, Fidelity Investments
11:30 a.m. - Noon Older, Wiser, Wired: Designing for Adults over 50
Amy Lee, AARP
12:00-1:30 p.m. Lunch
1:30-2:30 p.m. Town Hall - Health and Caregiving
Roger Morrell, Lauren Storck, Barbara Holt, Roberta Milman

Town Hall - Learning Later in Life
Sandy Krasner, Marian Stoltz-Loike, Elizabeth Isele
2:30-3:00 p.m. Break
3:00-3:30 p.m. Connecting Technology and Older Adults
Barbara Holt, GeroTech
3:30-4:00 p.m. Designing e-learning material for mature employees: Blending Innovation in Business and Technology
Marian Stoltz-Loike, SeniorThinking
4:00-4:15 p.m. Break
4:15-4:45 p.m. Web Accessibility
Mary Theofanos, NIST
4:45-5:15 p.m. Making Federal Online Services Usable for Older Users
Janice Nall, GSA
5:15 p.m. Closing Remarks - Bentley College

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