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Demographics of an aging society: What will we look like?
 Carl Eisdorfer, M.D., Ph.D., Knight professor and director, University of Miami Center on Aging [PDF of presentation]
Richard Suzman, Ph.D., director, Behavioral and Social Research Program, National Institute on Aging [PDF of presentation]
David Wilson, Ph.D., professor, biology, physiology and biophysics, University of Miami [PDF of presentation]
Moderator: Charles Ornstein, senior reporter, ProPublica
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Aging in the ethnic community
Conchy Bretos, chief executive officer, MIA Consultant Group Inc. [Tip sheet]
Horacio Soberon-Ferrer, Ph.D., vice president of planning and finance, Alliance for Aging
Floyd Willis, M.D., chairperson, Mayo Clinic Jacksonville Family Medicine [PDF of presentation]
Moderator: Paul Kleyman, director, Ethnic Elders Newsbeat, New America Media
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Is the health care workforce prepared for a shift in aging?
Sarah Greene Burger, R.N., M.P.H., coordinator, Coalition of Geriatric Nursing Organizations at the John A. Hartford Institute for Geriatric Nursing, New York University [PDF of presentation]
Joseph G. Ouslander, M.D., professor of clinical biomedical science and associate dean for geriatric programs, Charles E. Schmidt College of Biomedical Science, Florida Atlantic University [PDF of presentation]
Edward S. Salsberg, director, Center for Workforce Studies, Association of American Medical Colleges [PDF of presentation]
Moderator: Irene Wielawski, independent journalist, Pound Ridge, N.Y.
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Alzheimer's, Parkinson's and stroke: Cutting-edge brain research
Thomas Brott, M.D., chairperson of neurosciences, Mayo Clinic [PDF of presentation]
Gary J. Kennedy, M.D., director, Division of Geriatric Psychiatry and Fellowship Training Program, Montefiore Medical Center, Albert Einstein College of Medicine [PDF of presentation]
Carlos Singer, M.D., professor of neurology, chief of Movement Disorders Division, University of Miami Health System, Miller School of Medicine [PDF of presentation]
Moderator: Ivan Oransky, M.D., executive editor, Reuters Health
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Finding the money to pay for senior health
Larry Polivka, Ph.D., program director, scholar in residence, Claude Pepper Foundation
Jean Setzfand, director of financial security, AARP [PDF of presentation]
Moderator: Trudy Lieberman, director, Health and Medicine Reporting Program, Graduate School of Journalism at City University of New York
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Community efforts to accommodate aging
Sara J. Czaja, Ph.D., professor, departments of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, and Engineering; co-director, Center on Aging [PDF of presentation]
Thomas R. Prohaska, Ph.D., co-director, Center for Research on Health and Aging, Institute for Health Research and Policy; professor of Community Health Sciences, University of Illinois at Chicago [PDF of presentation]
Moderator: Sam L Grogg, Ph.D., dean, School of Communications, University of Miami
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Elder abuse: Confronting the challenges
Melba Pearson, J.D., assistant state attorney, Miami Dade State Attorney's Office [PDF of presentation]
Jean Sherman, Ed.D, R.N., director, Center on Aging and Disabilities, University of Miami [PDF of presentation]
Moderator: Eileen Beal, independent journalist [Tip sheet: Sources and resources for journalists covering aging]
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