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Invitation to Book Launch

The Impact of Ageing
– A Common Challenge for Europe and Asia

Date and hour: January 28 12:30 - 13:30
Place: Room L-821,
8th floor of Central Library
Sophia University

Both developed and developing countries are currently facing a number of problems related to aging.

To deal with such problems, interdisciplinary collaboration between European and Asian experts is necessary.

This book is a product of the unique, interdisciplinary conference “The Impact of Aging – A Common Challenge for Europe and Asia,” which took place in Vienna from 7-9 June, 2006. In it nearly 50 authors draw our attention to the latest findings and data in demography, economy and society, law and social welfare, as well as biomedicine. Unique is their description of both mutuality and divergence in the progress of ageing in Europe and Asian population trends that will transform the world in fundamental way by 2050.

Program

Opening remarks
      Michael Haider, Cultural Attaché, Austrian Embassy

Introduction by
     Dr. Gabriele Sinigoj,
     Global Diplomatic Historian, Vienna Austria

Special comment by
     Prof. Naohiro Ogawa
　 Population Research Institute, Nihon University

Comment from Biomedical Area by
     Professor Emeritus Katsuiku Hirokawa
     Tokyo Medical & Dental University
     Institute for Health Life Science