The Centre for Longitudinal Studies International Conference 2010, on the topic of Understanding ageing: Health, wealth and wellbeing at fifty and beyond, is being held at St. Catherine’s College, Oxford from the 14th to 16th of April.

This is an international conference bringing together researchers working in the economic, social, psychological and health fields to present state of the art analyses of ageing processes; pinpoint existing gaps in knowledge and identify priorities for future research and data collection.

The keynote speakers are: Jim Heckman, University of Chicago; David Barker, University of Southampton and Jack Guralnik, National Institute of Ageing.

The focus of this conference is the use of longitudinal data from studies such as the British Birth Cohorts and the English Longitudinal Study of Ageing to understand life-course determinants of healthy ageing, including the effect of early-life circumstances on outcomes in later life.

Research using such data is essential to inform sound policy that can address the needs of an ageing society. Themes addressed in the conference include: Frailty, disability and physical functioning at older ages; Ageing and cognition; Employment at older ages and transitions to retirement; Economic and financial circumstances over the life-course; Ageing, social participation and wellbeing in later life; Government policies and the ageing population.

Further information and booking is available as the conference website: www.ageingconf.org

Booking is now open, with an ‘early bird discount’ available.