Fostering Age-Friendly Environments: Bridging Science, Policy and Implementation Workshop

27 - 31 May 2024

Shanghai, China

The Nordic Center at Fudan University will host a workshop on creating age-friendly environments. This workshop will be led by researchers from NC member universities (including Fudan University, Lund University, University of Helsinki and University of Eastern Finland) who specialize in age-friendly environments and have extensive experience translating evidence into policy and practice.

The workshop has three integral components:

1.     In-person workshop on age-friendly environments.

2.     Discussion on the economy of well-being.

3.     Site visit to age-friendly communities.

Activity timeline

·       May 27 – 29, 2024: On-site workshop

·       May 30 – 31, 2024: Site visit

See here for more information.

Registration Form for the Nordic Centre Council Meeting and Related Activities

Registration for the meeting has closed.

Please see the list of roundtables of Shanghai Forum by clicking here.

Urban Trajectories: Comparing Integration, Enclaving and Development in Africa and China (workshop)

Organised by the international and multidisciplinary research project, Urban Enclaving Futures, in this workshop Nordic, European and African researchers met with scholars from Fudan University to comparatively discuss the development and trajectories of urbanisation and housing markets in the African cities the Urban Enclaving Futures project focuses on: Accra (Ghana), Johannesburg (South Africa) and Maputo (Mozambique). This was compared with trends in contemporary China, and focus on how local families, real estate developers, (inter)national companies and state agencies navigate the housing market.

You can find more information about the conference with the registration link and full program in the flyer here.

The registration deadline is 20th October.

A group of 19 Chinese and Nordic management and organisation studies scholars from Fudan University, Shanghai Jiaotong University, Shanghai Academy of Social Sciences, BI Norwegian Business School, University of South-Eastern Norway, University of Oslo, Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), Roskilde University, Aarhus University and ESC Clermont Graduate School of Business, will organise a conference in Antibes, France, 5-7 October 2022, titled ‘Transparency and Opaqueness: Nordic and Chinese Perspectives on the Ethics of Managing Innovative Organisations, Sustainability & Responsible Research’.

The participants will be presenting and discussing their papers across three main themes, namely: 1) Responsible Science, Research & Innovation for and with Society; 2) Business Ethics, Public Discourse, Inclusion of the Marginalised and Societal Impact; and 3) Responsible Management, Sustainability and the Values of Art. An additional aim is to explore future collaboration across our countries and institutions in terms of research projects and applying for funding grants centering on topics that address societal ‘grand challenges’. Co-Programme Chairs are Professor David S. A. Guttormsen (USN) and Dr Kristian Alm (BI).

The conference received Nordic Centre funding for academic events.

IMPORTANT UPDATE:

This event will be postponed. The new date for the European Education Fair will be announced later.

We are excited to inform you that the Nordic Centre and Austrian Centre of Fudan University, Campus France, Swissnex, Innovation Centre Denmark, and Hungary will repeat last years’ success and organise an Online European Education Fair. 

Time: October 26– 27, 2021, 09:00-12:00 AM (CET) 

Online Platform: Zoom

Name “European Dream – European Education Fair 2021”, the event aims to promote European higher education in general, as well as to create opportunities for Chinese students to communicate directly with representatives from European universities. We would like to give European universities the opportunity to reach out to students of several of the world's best universities.  

No participation fee

Our service includes:

• Participate with name and logo on our marketing material.

• Present your university on Zoom to the students of Chinese best universities.

• Get the video of the Zoom presentation after the fair for marketing purposes.

If you would like to register for the European Education Fair 2021, please register by filling out this form below. We will contact you with the details of the fair and the optional training session after your registration!

Unfortunately, only public universities from Europe can participate in this event. Universities of applied sciences, private universities or private music conservatories can unfortunately not take part in the fair. Please contact your respective academic exchange organization about offers for universities of applied sciences and private universities.

Nordic Centre at Fudan University celebrates its 25-year anniversary this fall.

PLEASE SEE GO TO THIS PAGE FOR MORE DETAILS

A series of events celebrating the 25th anniversary of the Nordic Centre at Fudan University were held both online and offline during October 17 and 19.  

As a joint-venture between Fudan University, the Nordic Institute of Asian Studies (NIAS) and 24 Universities from Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden, the Nordic Centre at Fudan University has served as a platform since its founding in 1995 for initiating and developing research and educational programmes, activities, conferences and workshops of shared interest to Nordic and Chinese scholars. After years of development, the Centre has played a key role in boosting exchanges and cooperation between universities in China and the 5 Nordic countries. The Centre has now 25 full members and 3 associate members – NIAS, Xi’an Jiaotong-Liverpool University and the Ocean University of China. 

The anniversary ceremony was held on October 18, with representatives from member universities gathering online. 

Xu Ningsheng, president of Fudan University, addressed the ceremony via a video link. He said the efforts of the Board, the Council and the Secretariat chaired by different Nordic member universities have resulted in significant breakthroughs and outputs in the past 25 years, and the Centre has managed to operate with innovative ways in the face of the pandemic unseen in a century. Xu hoped that more students and scholars, especially young scholars of the member universities could gather to work more efficiently for the betterment of mankind. 

Kalle-Antti Suominen, Nordic Centre board member and vice-rector of the University of Turku, Finland, made keynote speech on Sino-Nordic collaborations.

Tang Xu, executive director of IRDR-ICoE on Risk Interconnectivity and Governance on Weather/Climate Extremes Impact and Public Health, delivered keynote speech on “International Collaboration: Risk Interconnectivity and Governance on Climate Change Impact, Weather/climate Extremes, Air Pollution and Public Health”.

The ceremony was moderated by Per Cramer, chair of Nordic Centre Board and Council and dean of the School of Business, Economics and Law at the University of Gothenburg, Sweden. Li Huajun, vice president of Ocean University of China and academician of Chinese Academy of Engineering, and Ma Fei, assistant vice president of Xi 'an Jiaotong-Liverpool University also sent congratulatory messages via video links.

The ceremony was followed with a Rectors’ Round-table discussion on the role of universities in a global crisis, which was joined by heads of 13 member universities, including Aalborg University (Denmark), Hanken School of Economics, University of Eastern Finland, University of Tampere, University of Turku (Finland), University of Iceland, Norwegian Business School, Oslo Metropolitan University, University of Bergen, University of Oslo (Norway), Lund University, University of Gothenburg (Sweden) and Fudan University.

Recognizing the four thematic areas for Nordic–Chinese research collaborations identified in the Nordic Centre new strategy, i.e., Sino-Nordic Perspectives, Sustainable Development, Digitalization and Technology and Health and Welfare, the rectors/presidents and vice-rectors/presidents reached consensus that universities should play a more important role in the face of multiple global crises, including COVID-19, climate change and ageing population. The achievements of the Nordic Centre over the past 25 years have proved that it can provide an excellent platform for exchanges and cooperation between Chinese and Nordic higher educational institutions. In the future, member universities should make better use of this platform to strengthen academic cooperation between China and Nordic universities and tackle global challenges jointly.  

On the evening before the ceremony, the Centre held an offline reception for its 25th anniversary in Shanghai.

Jacob Linulf, consul general of Denmark in Shanghai, spoke highly of the Nordic Centre in promoting scientific research and cultural exchanges and cooperation between Nordic countries and China. He pointed out that in the face of many global challenges of this era, it is more necessary for us to strengthen communication and international cooperation, especially in the field of scientific research and education, so as to solve our common problems. 

Chen Zhimin, vice president of Fudan University, expressed gratitude to the support for the Nordic Centre from all sectors. He said the decision of establishing the Centre 25 years ago has proven to be a far-sighted one, as the Centre has achieved great success over the past years. The Centre has grown into an important bridge for people of Nordic countries and China to enhance mutual understanding and knowledge sharing by organizing a number of academic, educational and cultural activities every year. In the face of the pandemic, universities around the world should work together to explore better solutions to the complex challenges facing mankind.

The reception was also joined by Lise Nordgaard, consul general of Norway in Shanghai, Marie-Claire Sward Capra, consul general of Sweden in Shanghai, and Tiina Rinne-Aguilar from General Consulate of Finland in Shanghai.

On October 19, three academic seminars on social policy, arctic research and cultural heritage were held simultaneously. Over 40 scholars from Fudan university, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, Nanjing university, Sun Yat-sen University, University of Gothenburg, Stockholm University, Lund university, University of Bergen, University of Oslo, University of Helsinki, University of Lapland, University of Iceland and other colleges and universities joined the seminars.

In the future, the Nordic Centre at Fudan University will strive to make outstanding contributions to the in-depth cooperation between China and Nordic countries in the fields of education, research and culture.

AGEING AND SERVICES IN CHANGING SOCIETIES

NORDIC CENTRE AT FUDAN UNIVERSITY, SHANGHAI

Due to the circumstances caused by the coronavirus, the doctoral training in Ageing Population Studies is organised in three parts:

• three introductory online meetings in December 2020, in March 2021 and in June 2021

• sessions online in the autumn semester 2021, obligatory for completing the course and for obtaining 3 ECTS credits

• optional 5-day intensive period (2 ECTS credits) at the Nordic Centre at Fudan University, Shanghai in the spring semester 2022, if the travel restrictions allow, complementing the obligatory virtual sessions

The students who will finish their PhD studies in 2021 will be able to complete the training online. During the 5-day intensive study period in Shanghai next spring, it will also be possible to teach and learn in face-to-face discussions and on field trips.

Thanks to a mobility funding from the Finnish National Agency of Education, the participating Finnish universities will invite five Chinese PhD students to Finland for one week in 2021 - 2022 and organise joint webinars on selected topics stemming from the course discussions. One Chinese PhD student will be invited to Linköping University. The timing of the visits will be agreed upon between each university and the Chinese PhD student in question. The Chinese students can participate in local research seminars, create networks and use the local facilities for the benefit of their own studies. The funding is available also for the students who complete their PhD studies during the training if they continue working in one of the organising universities.

The four principal themes of the training are

• digitalisation in the lives of older adults

• services for older adults

• social relations of older adults

• societal responses to ageing.

Preliminary programme  See here

Abstracts of lectures See here

Fees

No tuition fee, lunches as well as all other events in the programme are included. Participation for the entire programme is required.

Scope                                

3 ECTS for the obligatory online sessions + 2 ECTS for the optional intensive period in Shanghai, decision on recognition to be made by students’ home universities.

Eligibility                      

PhD students of relevant fields of research from Chinese universities and from the member universities of NC Fudan.

Outcomes for students  

Different and comparative perspectives to one’s own research concepts, support for individual research work and Sino-Nordic networking.

Main organisers             

China

Fudan University

Zhejiang University

Nordic Centre at Fudan University

Finland

Tampere University

University of Eastern Finland

University of Helsinki

University of Lapland

University of Turku

Sweden

Linköping University

Further information 

Leena Uski, Tampere University (leena.uski@tuni.fi)

Kirsi Korpela, University of Turku (kirsi.korpela@utu.fi), out of office in July

Bios:

CHEN Honglin

Dr. Honglin Chen is a professor and the vice chair at the Department of Social Work, Fudan university. She is both the editorial board member and reviewer of many international journals. Dr. Chen serves as the deputy committee member, Aging Division, Social Work Education Association of China and the Committee member of Shanghai Municipal Preventive Medicine Association, Branch of Social Medicine. She is also a Sino-Sweden Linnaeus-Palme Visiting Professor at the social work department of Gothenburg University (2014-) and Sino-America Fulbright Scholar at the Gerontology school in USC (2015-2016).

Her current research interests focus upon: Gerotechonology, evidence-based social work practice, and intervention among MCI patients. Particularly in respect of social work with older adults and family. She has published more than 50 papers internationally. She is a good partner for teamwork and has been actively engaged in a few interdisciplinary research projects worldwide. Dr. Chen has a stout belief on transferring research knowledge to practical world and has been engaging in many community services. 

Minna Zechner

Associate Professor (tenure track)

Social Work (Welfare Services and Policies)

University of Lapland

P.O. Box 122 96101 Rovaniemi, Finland

+358 400 13 8878

Minna Zechner works as an Associate Professor of Social Work at the University of Lapland at the Faculty of Social Sciences. Her research interests include care of older adults, including informal and formal care as well as care in transnational settings. Her research is qualitative and she is experienced also in comparative research, especially of policies on care and ageing.

Tarja Välimäki

University lecturer, PhD, docent

University of Eastern Finland

Faculty of Health Sciences

Department of Nursing Science

Email: Tarja.valimaki@uef.fi

Tel: +35840 3552267

Tarja Välimäki works as a university lecturer at the Department of Nursing Science. Her research deals with older people's care, especially on family caregiving and memory diseases. Dr. Välimäki is currently senior researcher in several projects on older people's care. She is a principal investigator on longitudinal study developing easy access group interventions at care homes. Dr. Välimäki's interests focus on psychosocial interventions in dementia care.

Ageing in China and Strategic Responses

Yuan Ren (Fudan University)

Ren Yuan

Abstract: Based on demographic analysis, the speaker will introduce the general situation and historic process of ageing in China. The speaker will explain reasons of China's fast ageing, and illustrates main challenges of ageing to people's wellbeing and demands for betters social security and aged care system. The speaker will explain the main global strategies responding ageing, including healthy ageing, active ageing, productive ageing and successful ageing, and so on, and discuss the implication for China's public policies on ageing issues.

Yuan Ren is a professor at Fudan University’s School of Social Development and Public Policy, and Institute of Population Research (IPR). He was awarded as the “New Century Excellent Talents” by National Ministry of Education in 2012, and he was a Fulbright Visiting Scholar at Brown University (2015-2016). His recent publications include China’s Next Urbanization (2017), Post-Demographic Transition (2016), Reshaping Welfare Institutions in China and the Nordic Countries (2014), and etc.

Ilkka Pietilä

Assistant professor

University of Helsinki, Faculty of Social Sciences

Email: Ilkka.pietila@helsinki.fi

tel. +358505912672

Ilkka Pietilä is an assistant professor of social gerontology at the Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Helsinki, Finland. His research has explored people’s gendered interpretations of health and ageing, with a particular interest in ageing men and masculinities, ageing and embodiment as well as older men’s communities, grandfatherhood and retirement. Recently he has also studied policies aimed at extending working lives in European countries and participated in EU-Cost Action Gender and health impacts of policies extending working life. Pietilä has published journal articles in such journals as The Gerontologist, Ageing & Society, Health Psychology, Journal of Aging Studies, Men and Masculinities, Sociology of Health and Illness, and Social Science and Medicine. He has supervised three PhD theses and is currently a supervisor of around 10 doctoral students. Pietilä is a member of editorial board of Journal of Aging Studies, officer-at-large in the research committee of sociology of ageing of the International Sociological Association as well as a member of the Scientific Committee of the Nordic Gerontological Federation.

HU Yan

PhD, Professor, RN, FAAN

Professor HU Yan is dean in School of Nursing Fudan University, director of Fudan University Center of Evidence-based Nursing, a Collaborating Center of Joanna Briggs Institute. She is also acting chair of CMB China Nursing Network (CCNN), which is the collaborating network funded by China Medical Board (CMB). She acts as Editorial Board Member of Journal of Advanced Nursing(JAN), International Journal of Nursing Practice, and other peer-reviewed nursing journals. Her current research focus are on supportive care and quality of life of breast cancer survivals, and symptom management for HIV/AIDS patients using evidence-based nursing approach. She has research funding from National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC), China Medical Board (CMB) and Shanghai Health Bureau et al, with more than 100 publications in peer-reviewed International or Chinese core nursing journals during the recent five years. Recent years, professor HU Yan and her research team is working on developing and implementing nursing practice guidelines for patient with HIV/AIDS and involving in global health projects.

Kaisa Mishina

University teacher, senior researcher

University of Turku

Faculty of Medicine

Department of Nursing Science

Email: kaisa.mishina@utu.fi
Tel: +358 40 533 8798

Kaisa Mishina works as a university teacher at the Department of Nursing Science, and as a senior researcher at the Research Center of Child Psychiatry at the University of Turku, Finland. Dr. Mishina has been involved in several multidisciplinary research projects related to interventions in health care. Her research interests are mainly related to mental health, addictions and substance use. Her expertise is in the area of development, assessment and implementation of digitally delivered interventions. Currently, she is either leading or being closely involved in three wider research projects: 1) digitally delivered universal parent training program in public health care, 2) health and wellbeing of people who inject drugs, and 3) the occupational safety of nurses working in psychiatric hospitals.

Yan Yan

Coordination and integration of formal and informal community care resources: Experience from Shanghai and its international implication

Yan-Yan Chen, PhD and Associate Professor from Social Work Department, Fudan University. Her research interest includes gerontological social work and poverty research. She had participated in research projects on subjective experience of the urban aged poor, community factors promoting aging in place, continuous care and chronic disease management from social work perspective, integration of health care and social care for elders living in community, etc. Some of her papers were published on Journal of Aging and Mental Health, Ageing & Society, Qualitative Health Research, etc.

Eija Kärnä

Professor

University of Eastern Finland, School of Educational Sciences and Psychology

Email: eija.karna@uef.fi

Tel: +358 505 662404

Eija Kärnä works as a professor of Special Education at the Faculty of philosophy, University of Eastern Finland. Professor Kärnä has been involved as a principle investigator in many national and international development and research projects. All development and research projects have been multidisciplinary. She is currently the leader of four externally funded projects: 1)Research-based reinforcement of skills related to enhanced special support in teacher education and in-service training (TUVET) funded the Ministry of Equation and Culture, 2) ACCESS – Supporting digital literacy and appropriation of ICT by older people funded by the Joint Programming Initiative (JPI) "More Years, Better Lives - The Potential and Challenges of Demographic Change" and the Academy of Finland, 3) Expanding learning environments and support in early childhood education (LaTVA) funded by the Regional Council of North Karelia, 4) Peer Interactions involving Children with Autism Spectrum disorder in inclusive classrooms (PEICAS) funded by the Academy of Finland. Her research interests are inclusive learning environments for all ages, technology for individuals with versatile needs, and digital literacy for various age groups.

Kirsi Lumme-Sandt

University lecturer, adjunct professor

Faculty of Social Sciences

Tampere University, Finland

e-mail:kirsi.lumme-sandt@tuni.fi

tel. +358 40 1901606

Kirsi Lumme-Sandt works as a university lecturer at the Faculty of Social Sciences. Her main task is to develop the faculty’s doctoral training. She is also a director of Gerontology Research Center (www.gerec.fi), which is a collaborative effert of Universities of Tampere and Jyväskylä.

She is a senior researcher in several multidisciplinary research projects in the field of ageing. She is a co-PI in a project, where it is studied ageing workers and their workability as well as their thoughts and possibilities on prolonging their work careers. Last 20 years she has been part of a team, which studies people, who are more than 90 years old. She has been in charge of their biographical interviews. Dr. Lumme-Sandt is also known of her work on image of old age in Finnish popular media.

Outi Jolanki

Dr., Docent, Research Director

Tampere University, Faculty of Social Sciences

Email: outi.jolanki@tuni.fi

Tel. +358 40 190 1660

Outi Jolanki works as a Research Director in the Tampere University. Her central responsibilities are linked to the Centre of Excellence in Research on Ageing and Care (CoE AgeCare, www.jyu.fi/agecare) in which she acts a co-leader of the Tampere University research group in collaboration of the University of Jyväskylä. She has been involved in several large-scale research projects on interlinkages of ageing, family care and housing and care policies (WOCAWO, MOVAGE, LinkAge, ASUVA), and patient choice in social and health care (VALINT). Her current research focuses on ageing in place and housing of older people, in particular new housing models which promote social engagement and reciprocity of the residents, and offer accessible environment and care services.

Her teaching experience covers topics of social gerontology, housing and care policies, and qualitative research methods. She contributes to the work of scientific community as the Editor-in-Chief of the Finnish journal of gerontology (Gerontologia), the Section Editor of the International Journal of Care and Caring (IJCC) Debates & Issues, a member of the editorial board of Journal of Ageing Studies (JAS), and as a board member of the European Sociological Association (ESA) Research Network Ageing in Europe. Her work on housing and care has led her to collaborate with public sector, third sector and private sector actors as well with the citizens’ associations.

Yan Fei

YAN, Fei, MD. Ph.D, is Professor of the Department of Social Medicine at the School of Public Health of Fudan University in Shanghai, China. She has been long engaged in teaching and research on social medicine. Her research areas cover health services and health system research, especially on primary health care, equity on health and health care for the vulnerable groups, health human resource development, and disease control. She has played a leading role in dozens projects funded by the Ministry of Health of China, the EU, the WHO, UK DFID, the China Ministry of Science and Technology, the Shanghai Municipal Health Bureau and other agencies. Projects she has been involved in provided policy recommendations and contributed to government policy-making that led to improvement. She has been appointed as a national consultant on several China programs, and collaborates with both developed and developing countries involving in global health programs.

Elisa Tiilikainen

Assistant Professor (Tenure Track)

Social Work (Effectiveness of Social Services)

University of Eastern Finland

P.O. Box 1627, 70211 Kuopio, Finland

Elisa Tiilikainen currently works as an Assistant Professor (Tenure Track) at the Department of Social Sciences. Her research has focused on loneliness, social relations and social exclusion in later life from different perspectives. In addition, she has worked in a large consortium project examining effectiveness of group based care management for older people living alone. Methodologically Tiilikainen is has a special interest towards  life course research and narrative gerontology.

Proposed date for Business and Innovation in China 2021 is July 9th-22nd.

APPLY THROUGH THE INTERNATIONAL OFFICE OF YOUR HOME UNIVERSITY.

READ MORE ABOUT THE COURSE CONTENTS AND APPLICATION PROCEDURE HERE.

The University of Eastern Finland is inviting applications for seven Early Stage Researcher (Doctoral Student) positions in the EU-funded Marie Skłodowska-Curie Cofund DP project Neuro-Innovation: Research and innovation for brain health throughout life. The focus is on one of the following research areas and topics.  

• Early Stage Researcher, Neurobiology of Disease

• Early Stage Researcher, Innovation Management

• Early Stage Researcher, Neuroinflammation research

• Early Stage Researcher, Algorithmic data analysis

• Early Stage Researcher, Non-coding RNAs in the brain

• Early Stage Researcher, Multiscale imaging

• Early Stage Researcher, UEF – Nordic-UK Brain Network

The full-time funded ESR positions begin 1 May 2022 at the latest. DL for applications is 15th August. Further information in the attachments and link  www.uef.fi/neuro-innovation 

Proposed date for Chinese Politics and Society 2021 is June 24th- July 7th.

APPLY THROUGH THE INTERNATIONAL OFFICE OF YOUR HOME UNIVERSITY.

READ MORE ABOUT THE COURSE CONTENTS AND APPLICATION PROCEDURE HERE.

Despite the influence of COVID-19, Nordic Centre didn’t cancel the summer course but instead moved it online for the first time. 12 students from 7 different Nordic universities participated in this course via Zoom and completed all the assignments with excellent performance.

This online course maintains the same high academic quality since Nordic Centre invites 10 guest speakers across various fields and industries to give the students a wide picture of China, different from what they perceived solely from the Western media.

Although the students could not physically come to Shanghai and experience the city, our Programme Officers managed to show them around by live streaming from different locations in the city such as the famous Bund, Peal Tower, skyscrapers in Lujiazui, Xin Tian Di and Yu Garden. The students really enjoyed the digital tour and gave positive feedback.

In the evaluation survey conducted after the course, all the students rated the course as “very good“ and will 100% recommend it to other Nordic students in the future.

Nordic Centre’s Biannual Conference 2020:
Ageing and Global Healthcare Challenges

Originally planned for 28-29 May 2020 — POSTPONED — NEW DATES TBA
Nordic Centre, Fudan University Biannual Conference (takes place at Fudan’s Medical Campus)
Fudan University, Shanghai, China

Official website: here 

Address and Venue: 
Inside of the Medical Campus of Fudan University
Address: 138 Medical Road, 200032 Shanghai, China 
In Chinese: 上海市医学院路138号 
Meeting room information will be updated here:

Abstract deadline: 6th Dec 2019
Registration and pay: here (will open from October 2019)

Call for Abstracts and Participation
Ageing is the greatest risk factor for many diseases, including cardiovascular diseases, diabetes, cancer, and neurodegeneration, especially Alzheimer’s disease and Parkinson’s disease, among others. The global average age is increasing dramatically because of improved healthcare system and changes in lifestyle. Accordingly, the ageing society brings formidable socio-economic challenges. In the past decades, our understanding of the mechanisms of ageing at molecular, cellular, individual, and societal levels has greatly expanded. This enables scientists to develop novel strategies to improve healthy ageing and to prevent or treat age-related diseases through lifestyle modifications, pharmacological interventions, and novel therapeutics. This conference will bring together leading ageing researchers working on molecular, cellular, individual, and societal levels of ageing, from around the world, including The University of Oslo, Copenhagen University, Uppsala University, Karolinska Institute, Fudan University, Peking University, Duke Kunshan University, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, The University of Hong Kong, National University of Singapore, among others.

The major aim of the conference is to foster communications, interactions, and collaborations among the ageing researchers, and to provide unique training opportunities to the undergraduate and graduate students, postdoc fellows, and early career ageing researchers. Our final goal is to explore new therapeutics and interventions to extend healthspan and lifespan in the elderly.

Organizing Committee
Dr. Evandro Fei Fang, MBBS, Ph.D. (Chair) Group Leader, University of Oslo (UiO) and Akershus University Hospital, Norway The Norwegian Centre on Healthy Ageing, Norway Tel: +47 92230968; Mobile: +47 92230968; Emails: evandrofeifang@yahoo.com; e.f.fang@medisin.uio.no. Web, here

Prof. W. Y. Chan, Ph.D. Pro-Vice-Chancellor, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Email: chanwy@cuhk.edu.hk. Web, here

Prof. Na HE, Dean, School of Public Health, Fudan University, China Tel: 86-21-54237625; Email: nhe@fudan.edu.cn. Web, here

Prof. Linda Hildegard Bergersen, Ph.D. Professor of Physiology, Vice-Dean of Research, Faculty of Dentistry, UiO, Norway Professor Neurobiology of Ageing, CEHA, University of Copenhagen, Denmark Mobile: +47 97032049; Email: l.h.bergersen@odont.uio.no. Web, here

Prof. Lene Juel Rasmussen Acting Director, Centre on Healthy Ageing, University of Copenhagen, Denmark Tel: (+45) 35 32 67 17; Email: lenera@sund.ku.dk. Web, here

Prof. Magnar Bjørås Cancer Research and Molecular Medicine, Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), Norway Tel: +47 95081497; Email: magnar.bjoras@ntnu.no. Web, here

Prof. Shenglan Tang Director, Global Health Research Center, Duke Kunshan University, China Tel: +1 919-519-0802; Email: Shenglan.tang@duke.edu. Web, here

Abstracts
For abstract submission, please use the provided template (download here), then send to Dr. Evandro F. Fang (e.f.fang@medisin.uio.no) by 6th Dec 2019.  Submissions after the deadline will not be considered, but are still welcome to attend this meeting after registration.   For participants with abstract (poster), registrations are mandatory. Flights and hotels will be covered by the participants themselves. 

Oral talks
Excellent abstracts will be selected for oral talks by the organizing committee. List for oral talks will be released by 20th of November 2019. For participants of oral talks, registrations are mandatory (so please register at the time you submit your abstract). Flights and hotels will be covered by the organizers. 

Invited Speakers
For invited speakers by the organizers, registrations are not necessary. Flights and hotels will be covered by the organizers. 

Registration
Registration, including payment of registration fee (open October 2019): here

Questions:
To Dr. Evandro F. Fang (e.f.fang@medisin.uio.no)

or Magnus Jorem  (magnus@nordiccentre.net )

Organized mainly by the University of Oslo. More information to follow.

The course will be held at Nordic Centre only on its first and last days. Closed to public.

The Norway-Asia Business Summit 2019 (NABS 2019), first organised in 1998, is today the most important meeting arena between Norwegian and Asian business leaders. The target audience is business and industry leaders, government representatives, technology innovators, business support organisations, experts and academia, international organisations and media. The objective is to strengthen trade and investments between Norway and Asia, and enhance cross border cooperation between leading institutions, companies and technology clusters.

Nordic Centre will be represented at this year’s event, as programme manager Magnus Jorem is moderating two sessions on Friday, November 1, one on intellectual property rights (IPR), the other on sustainable food production in the oceans. The overall theme of NABS this year is ocean tech.

Read more at https://norway-asia.com/