HEiKA Symposium "Healthy and active ageing"

Program

9:15 - 10:00 Welcome
Prof. Dr. Bernhard Eitel, Rector Heidelberg University
Prof. Dr. Holger Hanselka, President Karlsruhe Institute of Technologie (KIT)

10:00 – 12:00 "Ageing and Biology"  (Chair: Prof. Dr. Thomas Rausch)
Prof. Dr. Andreas Simm, President Deutsche Gesellschaft für Gerontologie und Geriatrie, Berlin
Prof. Dr. Andreas Meyer-Lindenberg, Chairman Zentralinstitut für Seelische Gesundheit, Mannheim

12:00 – 13:00  Lunch break – HEiKA Postersession

13:00 – 15:00 "Ageing and Medical Technology" (Chair: Prof. Dr. Hans-Ulrich Kauczor)
Prof. Dr. Erich R. Reinhardt, Chairman Medical Valley EMN e.V., Nürnberg
Prof. Dr. Tamim Asfour, Institute for Anthropomatics, KIT, Karlsruhe

15:00 - 16:00  Coffee break – HEiKA Postersession

16:00 – 18:00  "Ageing and Resposibility" (Chair: Prof. Dr. Caroline Kramer)
Prof. Dr. Wolfgang H.-H. von Renteln-Kruse, Zentrum für Geriatrie und Gerontologie, Hamburg
Prof. Dr. Andreas Kruse, Director Institute for Gerontology, Heidelberg University

18:00 - 19:00  Dinner break - HEiKA Postersession

19:00 - 20:30  Evening Talk
Prof. Dr. Karlheinz Meier will present the Human Brain Project and provide an insight into this amazing project.