Spotlight sessions
The spotlight sessions are 90 minutes long and will take place parallel to other activities. Our vision is that these will allow for more creative formats of scientific exchange, knowledge dissemination and dialogue compared to conventional paper presentations or symposia.
The chair of each session is invited by the NKG Organising Committee and will have the opportunity to design the program out of her/his own preferences. Sessions will tackle key topics linked to geriatrics and gerontology by well-known experts in the field bringing new insights to the subject.
Find out more about the session by clicking on the title. Information can be subject to change.
At the crossroads of biological ageing: different theories for one same outcome
Chair: Patrizia Mecocci, Professor of Gerontology and Geriatrics at the University of Perugia, Italy, and affiliated researcher at Karolinska Institutet, Sweden.
Global multidomain lifestyle interventions for dementia prevention: myths and realities
Chairs: Chengxuan Qiu, Senior lecturer, and Shireen Sindi, Senior research specialist, Department of Neurobiology, Care Sciences and Society, Karolinska Institutet, Sweden.
Health and welfare technology and ageing: a Nordic perspective
Chair: Christine Gustafsson, Professor in Health Care Science at Sophiahemmet University and affiliated researcher at Mälardalen University, Sweden.
New directions in intergenerational research on support and care in ageing families
Chair: Merril Silverstein, Professor of Sociology and Aging at Syracuse University, USA.
Nordic infrastructures for ageing research: promises and pitfalls
Chairs: Debora Rizzuto, Senior researcher at the Department of Neurobiology, Care Sciences and Society, Karolinska Institutet, Sweden, and Björn Halleröd, Professor in Sociology at the University of Gothenburg, Sweden.
The potential of different theoretical perspectives for understanding loneliness
Chair: Lena Dahlberg, Professor in Social Work at Dalarna University and affiliated researcher at Karolinska Institutet, Sweden.
Sarcopenia and falls: intertwining geriatric syndromes
Chair: Tommy Cederholm, Professor in Clinical Nutrition at Uppsala University and affiliated researcher at Karolinska Institutet, Sweden.
Contact us
Congress Secretariat: Academic Conferences
Email: nkg2024@akademikonferens.se
Support abstract questions
abstracts+nkg2024@invajo.com
Phone +46 18 67 10 34 or +46 18 67 10 03
Important dates
2 October 2023 - Abstract submission and registration open
29 November 2023 - Deadline abstracts for symposia
15 January 2024 - Notification for accepted symposia
25 January 2024 - Deadline oral presentations and posters
26 February 2024 - Notification for accepted oral and poster presentation
26 February 2024 - Deadline for submission of individual abstracts within accepted symposia
8 March 2024 - End of Early Bird registration
