*NEW* Listen to audio recordings and view slides from the conference

Early bird registration is now open until Jan. 21, 2011 for the UBC Centre for Health Services and Policy Research's (CHSPR) 2011 health policy conference: "Boomerangst: Myths and realities about health care for an aging population." The event is hosted in partnership with the Canadian Institutes of Health Research Institute of Aging.

Selected Topics:
Demographics and the Media
Is aging a disease?
Will aging bankrupt the health care system?
Is it possible (or sensible) to differentiate health and social care?
Aging in (what) place?
Whose death is this anyway?

Confirmed Speakers:
Patricia Baird, Jay Olshansky, Alan Cassels, Matthew Farrer, Ross Upshur, John Sloan, Adalsteinn Brown, Jon Glasby, Carole Estabrooks, Tine Rostgaard, Neena Chappell, Hsien Seow, Dr. Michael Dolan, Hon. Sharon Carstairs, Steven Lewis.

For more information and to register, visit the CHSPR website.