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Welcome Reception 11 December 2011
Program commences 12 December 2011
Conference Dinner 12 December 2011
Program Concludes 13 December 2011
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Sunday 11th December 2011
17:30 – 19:00 Welcome Reception Rendezvous Hotel
CONFERENCE DAY 1 - Monday 12th December 2011
8:00 Registration opens
9:00 SE-01 - Plenary SessionOfficial Welcome / Opening Ceremony
Welcome and Introductory remarks Professor Philip Taylor, Monash University
Conference Address The Hon. Wayne Swan MP
Mr Everald Compton AM, Chair of the Advisory Panel on the Economic Potential of Senior Australians
Statement from Suncorp Chris McHugh, Suncorp
Workforce ageing: A historical perspective on research and policy Professor Anne-Marie Guillemard, University of Paris, France Presentation Slides (pdf)
Maintaining productivity over the lifecourse Professor Neil Charness, Florida State University, USA Presentation Slides (pdf)
10:45 MORNING TEA
11:05 SE-02 Prolongation of working lives Chair: Dr Jodi Oakman, La Trobe University SE-03 Age Management Chair: Prof Robert Lindley, University of Warwick , UK SE-04 Work Ability over the life course Chair: Prof Juhani Ilmarinen, Juhani Ilmarinen Consulting Ltd SE-05 Skills maintenance and productivity Chair: Prof Neil Charness, Florida State University SE-06 Prolongation of working lives Chair: Dr Josephine Palermo, Deakin University
Prolonging working life amongst rural older General Practitioners (GPs) Sabrina Pit Presentation Slides (pdf) The APS and its Ageing Workforce Ian Fitzgerald Presentation Slides (pdf) Age, work ability and work-related injury in Australian workers Philip Taylor Presentation Slides (pdf) Career development and mobility management of older workers in Europe Beate Baldauf Presentation Slides (pdf) Ageing and return to work after injury or disease: Insights from workcover claims records Janneke Berecki-Gisolf Presentation Slides (pdf)
Securing The Future: Retention Of Older Healthcare Workers In Rural Victoria. Fleur St Amand Presentation Slides (pdf) Understanding the Future Separation Intentions and Behaviour of Older Workers in the APS Tony Cotton The relationships between worker age, work-related injury and work ability in Australian workers Fleur Champion de Crespigny Presentation Slides (pdf) Predictors of the ability for older workers to stay longer at work: findings from the Visat longitudinal study. Jean-Claude Marquié Presentation Slides (pdf) Older worker fatalities in Australia 2000-2009: A descriptive study Christopher Jones Presentation Slides (pdf)
Applying interventions to support the older residential aged care workforce Libby Brooke Presentation Slides (pdf) Incorporating Ageing into APS Human Capital Planning David Schmidtchen Chronic Fatigue Symptoms Not Only Have a Strong Impact on Workability But Also Affect Depression and Human Error Masaharu Kumashiro Presentation Slides (pdf) How to Manage Aging Problems? Japanese Challenges to Make the Society More Productive Hiroyuki Fujimura Presentation Slides (pdf) Proposal of temperature control for aging workers Kimihiro Yamanaka Presentation Slides (pdf)
Work Ability and vocational training in the Health  system Michele Meloni Presentation Slides (pdf) The impact of aging on work-related injury and disease Rasa Ruseckaite Presentation Slides (pdf) Tapping Mature Talent in the U.S. Amy Sherman Presentation Slides (pdf) Workforce transitions and retirement planning Jeromey Temple Presentation Slides (pdf)
12:35 LUNCH
13:35 SE-07 - Plenary Session
Workability: New conceptualizations and applications Professor Juhani Ilmarinen, Juhani Ilmarinen Consulting Ltd Presentation Slides (pdf)
14:25 SE-08 Prolongation of working lives Chair: Dr Sara Rix, AARP Public Policy Institute in Washington, DC SE-09 Age Management Chair: Prof Robert Lindley, University of Warwick , UK SE-10 Work Ability over the life course Chair: Prof Juhani Ilmarinen, Juhani Ilmarinen Consulting Ltd SE-11 Prolongation of working lives Chair: Dr Jodi Oakman, La Trobe University SE-12 Age Management Chair: A/Prof Elizabeth Brooke, Swinburne University of Technology
Workforce participation in older New Zealanders: Factors influencing intentions and behaviours. Fiona Alpass Presentation Slides (pdf) Let’s hang on to what we’ve got: successful older worker retention strategies to meet a labour shortage Hélène Mountford Presentation Slides (pdf) Improvement of the Work Ability Index (WAI) Leila Hopsu Presentation Slides (pdf) Influence diagnostic and self-rated health the decision to extend working life Kerstin Nilsson Age Management in a Challenging World - Good Practices from Europe Carolin Eitner Presentation Slides (pdf)
A Longitudinal Analysis of the Relationship between Retirement Preferences and the Timing of Retirement Mikael Stattin Presentation Slides (pdf) Age Management during the Life Course - Life-cycle orientated HR-strategy for German Enterprises Christiane Flueter-Hoffmann Presentation Slides (pdf) Is Work Ability Index of young female workers more highly affected by Effort/Reward Imbalance and Work-Family Conflict? Donatella Camerino Presentation Slides (pdf) Industry Preparedness for Older Worker Safety Christopher Jones Presentation Slides (pdf) Company intiatives for workers with eldercare responsibilities: developments in the EU Robert Anderson Presentation Slides (pdf)
Having one's cake and eating it too: Roads to semi-retirement with part-time work. Rosalie Holian Presentation Slides (pdf) Age Matters - Practical approaches to promoting workplace strategies for managing an ageing workforce Jayne Boase and Michelle Hogan Working in new ways ? Or is it back to the future ? Roger Tweedy Presentation Slides (pdf) The FEELIT project 2011-2013. Systematic use of the Metal Age method and Kiva-questionnaire in a municipality in Finland to develop well-being at work, productivity and profitability. Ove Näsman Presentation Slides (pdf) Integrating Ability to Work - A case study with two Australian national employers Rebecca Parton
Retirement and Social Renewal - Older People leveraging the Media for Positive Ageing Outcomes David Norris Presentation Slides (pdf) Creating Shared Value to solve Ageing Workforce challenges Rhod Ellis-Jones Presentation Slides (pdf) The role of career development in improving the workforce engagement of older workers Andrew Rimington Presentation Slides (pdf) Age Differences in the Predictors of Intentions to Change Careers Kenneth Shultz Presentation Slides (pdf) "Investing in Experience" and the Corporate Champions project Rina Bruinsma Presentation Slides (pdf)
15:55 AFTERNOON TEA
16:20 SE-13 Plenary SessionSession Chair Feedback
17:00 Sessions Finish
19:00 – 23:00 Conference Dinner Crown Towers - River Rooms
CONFERENCE DAY 2 - Tuesday 13th December 2011
8:00 Registration opens
8:30 SE-14 - Plenary Session
Welcome and Introductory remarks Professor Philip Taylor, Monash University
The Hon Kate Ellis, Minister for Employment Participation and Child Care and the Minister for the Status of Women
Tackling age discrimination in the labour market: The role of the Australian Human Rights Commission The Hon Susan Ryan AO, Age Discrimination Commissioner
Pathways of Practice - An Innovation in the Social Science of Age Management Prof Robert Lindley, University of Warwick, UK
9:45 MORNING TEA
10:15 SE-15 Work Ability over the life course Chair: Associate Prof Elizabeth Brooke, Swinburne University of Technology SE-16 Prolongation of working lives Chair: Dr Sara Rix, AARP Public Policy Institute in Washington, DC SE-17 Work Ability over the life course Chair: Prof Juhani Ilmarinen, Juhani Ilmarinen Consulting Ltd SE-18 Ageism and age discrimination in the labour market Chair: The Hon Susan Ryan AO, Age Discrimination Commissioner SE-19 Age Management Chair: Prof Robert Lindley, University of Warwick, UK
Ageing well at work, work environment and work ability Reidar J Mykletun Presentation Slides (pdf) Transitional Employment - A dilemma for our older workers ; a Case Study Kathy Kelly Presentation Slides (pdf) Absenteeism following a workplace intervention for older food industry workers Clas-Håkan Nygård Presentation Slides (pdf) Victorian employers chamber of commerce and industry role in the delivery of the grey matters employability project Raewyn Black Presentation Slides (pdf) Staying On - Becoming an age-friendly employer Geoff Pearman
Expanding our Understanding of Workability through Optimizing Talents and Coping Strategies Deborah Olson Presentation Slides (pdf) Employment after retirement: recent experience in the European Union Robert Anderson Presentation Slides (pdf) Age Management measures and the impact on workability, motivation and pictures of ageing - Findings from a German survey Carolin Eitner Presentation Slides (pdf) Perceptions of Age and Aging among Managers and Employees in the New Economy: An International Case-Study of Information Technology Employment Julie McMullin Presentation Slides (pdf) Mature Workers Matters Project - resources to support mature workers in the aged care and disability sector Carol Mohan Presentation Slides (pdf)
Ageing Workforce - Models for Sound Management Solutions Stephanie Cassidy Presentation Slides (pdf) Sidelined! No longer welcome to work Helen Kimberley Presentation Slides (pdf) Influencing factors on the work ability of employees in the public sector Philippe Kiss Presentation Slides (pdf) Working against type: Stereotype threat effects on mature-age workers Carol Kulik Presentation Slides (pdf) Occupational Psychology and Business Coaching: Overcoming Inertia with a Second Wind when 55 and Beyond. Rosalie Holian Presentation Slides (pdf)
The workability of the Dutch labour force uncovered Jan Laurier Presentation Slides (pdf) Teaching old dogs new tricks! An inspirational case study in developing new coaching skills in senior leaders and influencing organisational culture. Natalie Ashdown Presentation Slides (pdf) Transactional and Transformational leadership in an Ageing WorkforceA Socio-technical Systems approach to Knowledge Management and Leadership Susan Chen Presentation Slides (pdf) Harnessing Mature Talent through Fair Employment Practices - The Singapore Experience Andrew Fung Presentation Slides (pdf) Ageing Workforce - Implications for Employers Wayne Bishop Presentation Slides (pdf)
11:45 SE-20 - Plenary SessionSession Chair Feedback
12:15 LUNCH
13:15 SE-21 - Plenary Session
Managing age and older workers Alison Monroe, SageCo and Industry Panel Panel of Industry representatives:
Anna Carter, National Australia Bank
Troy Roderick, Head of Diversity at Telstra
14:15 Public policies to address workforce ageing Sara Rix, AARP, USA Presentation Slides (pdf)
14:45 AFTERNOON TEA
15:15 SE-22 - Plenary SessionOfficial Closing Ceremony
Close of Proceedings
Panel Discussion
16:30 Sessions Finish


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Sponsors
Swinburne University of Technology La Trobe University Deakin COTA National Seniors Australia