September 12-13, 2006
Bedford Hotel & Congress Centre— Salon Armstrong
Rue Du Midi 135
Brussels 1000
Belgium
Contact AARP Global Aging Program at: intlaffairs@aarp.org
Confirmed Speakers
Jan Andersson
Chairman, Committee on Employment and Social Affairs
European Parliament
Dennis Byars
State Senator
Nebraska
Josefina G. Carbonell
Assistant Secretary for Aging, Department of Health and Human Services
United States
Mars Di Bartolomeo
Minister of Social Security and Health
Luxembourg
Marion Caspers-Merk
Parliamentary State Secretary at the Federal Ministry of Health
Germany
Georg Fischer
Head of Social Protections Unit
European Commission
Patrick Flood
Commissioner, Department of Disabilities, Aging, and Independent Living
Vermont
Françoise Forette
Co-chair, Alliance for Health & the Future
President, International Longevity Centre – France
Robert B. Friedland, Ph.D
Director, Center on an Aging Society
Georgetown University
Jennie Chin Hansen
AARP President-Elect
Toni Nathaniel Harp
State Senator
Connecticut
Dr. Kimmo Leppo
Director General, Ministry of Social Affairs and Health
Finland
Éamon McInerney
Training and Professional Development, DG for Employment, Social Affairs and Equal Opportunities
European Commission
Richard T. Moore
State Senator
Massachusetts
Jørgen Mortensen
Senior Associate Fellow
Centre for European Policy Studies (CEPS)
Elias Mossialos
Professor of Health Policy, Department of Social Policy
London School of Economics and Political Science
Anne-Sophie Parent
Director
AGE - European Older People's Platform
John Rother
Group Executive Officer of Policy and Strategy
AARP
Peter Scherer
Counsellor to the Director of the Employment, Labour and Social Affairs Directorate
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)
Vladimir Špidla
Commissioner for Employment, Social Affairs & Equal Opportunities
European Commission
Robyn I. Stone, DrPH
Program Director, Better Jobs Better Care
Executive Director, Institute for the Future of Aging Services
Nikolaus G. van der Pas
Director General for Employment, Social Affairs and Equal Opportunities
European Commission
Jérôme Vignon
Director General, Employment, Social Affairs and Equal Opportunities
European Commission
Line Vreven
Director, Office of International Affairs
AARP
Elisa Willame
Vice Chairperson, Social Protection Committee
European Union
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