Conference Explores New Technology for Longer, Healthier Lives

Newswise — The UCLA Technology and Aging Conference will bring together academic and industry experts to highlight the latest medical and consumer technologies leading to longer, healthier lives. Panel discussions will explore the intersection of technology and aging in areas such as robotics, operating-room computer advances, diagnostics, health monitoring and consumer product development. Breakout sessions will address the latest developments in Alzheimer's and Parkinson's diseases, arthritis, nutrition, diabetes, joint replacement, audiology, memory and eye care.

The event is sponsored by the UCLA Center on Aging and the UCLA Office of Continuing Medical Education. For a full schedule, visit www.cme.ucla.edu/courses/event-description?event%5fid=401071.

WHO: UCLA Chancellor Gene D. Block will open the conference. Eric Dishman of Intel Corp. and Joseph Coughlin of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology's AgeLab will deliver the keynote addresses. Other panel and session participants include:

• New Technology and the Aging Brain Dr. Gary Small, director, UCLA Center on Aging
  
• The Operating Room of the Future Erin Johnson, Zimmer Inc. Dr. Peter Schulam, UCLA Division of Endourology Dr. Carmack Holmes, UCLA Center for Advanced Surgical and Interventional Technology (moderator)
  
• Aftermath of Stroke: The Road to Recovery Kirk Douglas, actor, author and stroke survivor Dr. Bruce Dobkin, UCLA Neurologic Rehabilitation and Research Unit Dr. Gerald S. Levey, vice chancellor, UCLA Medical Sciences and dean, Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA (moderator)
  
• The SilverTech Frontier: Connectivity and Mobility for the Older Consumer Susan Ayers Walker, SmartSilvers (moderator) Donald Jones, Qualcomm Inc. Shannon Lundberg, Elite Care Technologies Fred Lupton, Toyota Technical Center
  
• The Future of Healthcare: Where Will Technology Take Us? Meera Kanhouwa, Microsoft Dadong Wan, Accenture Technology Labs Rajit Gadh, UCLA Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science C. Anthony Jones, Next Lifesciences (moderator)
  
• Leveraging the Power of Technological Innovations Nicole Spelhaug, MayoClinic.com Deborah Estrin, UCLA Center for Embedded Networked Sensing Bob Foster, UCLA Anderson School of Management (moderator)

WHEN: 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. on Friday, May 9

WHERE: Skirball Cultural Center 2701 North Sepulveda Blvd., Los Angeles, Calif. 90049