Conferences and Events
Events
The 2022 Annual Meeting will be held on Friday October 14th on Zoom. Please email roybal@brandeis.edu for the Zoom link to the conference.
Please find the schedule and topics here.
June 4, 2021
The 2021 Annual Meeting was held on Friday, June 4th, 2021 and Monday, June 7th, 2021, on Zoom.
Keynote Address: Angela Duckworth, PhD, Rosa Lee and Egbert Chang Professor, CEO and Founder Character Lab, University of Pennsylvania
Watch Angela Duckworth's Keynote Address on Behavior Change
Watch the Pilot Presentations from Day 1: Completed and Ongoing
Watch the Pilot Project Presentations from Day 2: Ongoing and New
Pilot investigators discussed their completed, ongoing, and newly funded projects. Attendees also participated in open discussion about the progress and future of the Boston Roybal Center.
June 8, 2018
The 2018 Annual Meeting was held on Thursday, June 7, 2018, at Northeastern University, co-sponsored by the Bouvé College of Health Sciences.
Keynote Address: Arthur Kramer, PhD, Senior Vice Provost for Research and Graduate Education at Northeastern University
The Year 4 pilot investigators discussed their progress after one year of funding, and the Year 5 PIs discussed their newly accepted proposals for the upcoming year. Attendees also participated in round table discussions about the progress and future of the Boston Roybal Center.
September 9, 2017
Brandeis University Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (BOLLI)
June 15, 2017
The 2017 Annual Meeting was held at Boston College on June 15, 2017. This year the event was co-sponsored by the Boston College Institute on Aging.
Pilot project investigators presented their work with time for feedback and discussion about ways to promote healthy aging.
Keynote Address: Nancy Morrow-Howell, MSW, PhD, Bettie Bofinger Brown Distinguished Professor of Social Policy and Director, Harvey A. Friedman Center for Aging, Washington University of St. Louis
May 24, 2016
This event was held at Brandeis University.
October 1, 2015
Professor and former dean, Paul Baerwald School of Social Work & Social Welfare, Hebrew University of Jerusalem presented: "The Evolving Potential of SHARE: The Survey of Health, Ageing and Retirement in Europe" at Boston College.
July 30, 2015
This event was held at the Greater Boston YMCA. Carmen Sceppa was on the healthcare leader panel.
May 19, 2015
This event was held at Brandeis University.
Keynote Speaker: Becca Levy, PhD, Yale University
April 16, 2015
Hazel Rose Markus, PhD, Davis-Brack Professor in the Behavioral Sciences, Stanford University presented: "Inequality, Social Class and Self" at Brandeis University.
December 18, 2014
This event was held at Northeastern University.
"The Discovery of the Finite Proliferative Capacity of Normal Human Cells" was presented at Northeastern University.
"Verification of the Daily Activities of Older Adults: A Simple, Non-Intrusive, Low-Cost Approach" was presented at Northeastern University.