The Transportation Research Board’s
International
Conference on Emerging Issues in Safe and Sustainable
Mobility for Older
Persons
August 30 – September 1, 2011
Mandarin Oriental Hotel, Washington, DC
This conference will bring together scientists from around the world for presentations and discussions on the latest research findings on the mobility and independence of older adults. This 2011 conference will create an opportunity for policy makers, researchers, industry partners and state agencies to openly discuss current issues and possible solutions to barriers surrounding safe and sustainable mobility for older adults. Selected conference papers will be published in a special issue of Accident Analysis & Prevention. Paper and poster presentations will highlight four key areas of recent change or breakthrough development:
Abstract submissions accepted through June 10, 2011
Please carefully follow all instructions on the form because accepted abstracts will be reproduced and distributed to all registrants. Participants selected for oral presentations will be offered an opportunity to submit a full paper which will be peer-reviewed for possible inclusion in a special issue in Accident Analysis & Prevention. Abstracts can be up to 300 words with titles no more than 100 characters (including spaces).
Additional details regarding the submission process follow:
You will be asked to provide the contact information (name with highest earned degree; affiliation; mailing address; email address; phone number) for all authors (including co-authors). In addition you will be asked:
Is the presenter a: PhD researcher; Graduate Student; Undergraduate Student; or Other
Which of the four main conference theme areas best fits your abstract (you may select more than one)
1. Demographics of licensed drivers, including the exponential increase in older women drivers, the places older adults are choosing to live, and community design.
2. The health care environment, how frailty impacts safety and independence; emerging research on brain health and fitness and how exercise, cognitive training, and other interventions impact driving and mobility.
3. Caregivers and their role in meeting the transportation needs of older adults, transport options, reimbursement for caregivers, and the 2006 lifespan respite bill.
4. Policy changes, including current national and local infrastructure systems, public transit, incentives, and barriers for private solutions, as well as the older driver licensing debate.
Your presentation preference (although we cannot guarantee that this format will be available for your presentation).
o Oral Presentation
o Poster Presentation
o Either (no preference)
Overview
Speaker:
Joseph F. Coughlin, PhD is founder of the MIT AgeLab and Director of the USDOT
sponsored New England University Transportation Center.
Changing
Demographics:
S. Jay Olshansky, PhD is a Professor in the School of Public Health, University of Illinois at Chicago and a Research Associate at the Center on Aging at the University of Chicago.
Changing
Health Care Environment:
Marco Pahor, MD, Director of the University of Florida Institute on Aging and
Chair of the Department of Aging and Geriatric Research.
Karlene Ball, PhD, University Professor and Chair, Department of Psychology, University of Alabama, Birmingham, Director of the Roybal Center on Translational Research on Aging and Mobility, Director Professor, Center on Aging.
Changing
and Emerging Caregivers:
Gail Hunt, President and CEO, National Alliance for Caregiving, Chair of the
National Center on Senior Transportation, Member of the Board of Commissioners
for the Center for Aging Service Technology, Steering committee member for
Long-Term Care Quality Assurance.
Changing
Policy:
Katherine Freund, MA, founder of Independent Transportation Network and founder
and President of ITNAmerica, member of the Maine Senior Driver Safety Coalition,
Chair of the TRB’s Joint Subcommittee on Transportation Options for Seniors.
Loren Staplin, PhD, founder and principal partner of Transanalytics, Chair of the TRB’s Committee on Operator Education and Regulation (ANB30)
Program Features
· All participants will see all presentations
· Substantial Q & A discussion time built into program
· Substantial networking time: first night reception and second night dinner
For more information, please see http://crag.uab.edu/safemobility/conference.asp
Contacts
TRB staff:
Richard Pain, rpain@nas.edu
Joanice Cole, jcole@nas.edu
Conference Planning Committee: mobility2011@gmail.com
