News Release

Registration Open for 2008 NCCOA Conference

June 04, 2008

The PreProgram & Registration booklet for the 2008 NCCOA conference which will be held at the Greenville Convention Center & Hilton Hotel in Greenville, North Carolina, October 28-30, 2008, is now available on the conference web site at: http://www.aging.unc.edu/nccoa.

This year's Conference theme is "Healthy? Wealthy? And Wise?—Growing Older in North Carolina." A panel of researchers from East Carolina University will present the Opening Plenary. Leah M. Devlin, State Health Director, and Dennis W. Streets, Director of the Division of Aging and Adult Services, will address the attendees at the Closing Plenary. Conference tracks will include: Healthy Aging, Senior-Friendly Communities, Family and Intergenerational Relations, Gender, Race and Class, Elder Rights, and more.

On Wednesday night during the Conference, East Carolina University will host a special evening that includes a bus tour of ECU’s medical and central campus areas, followed by a pig pickin’ in the Club level of Dowdy-Ficklen Stadium featuring New Orlean’s style musical entertainment provided by ECU’s School of Music.

Also available for download on the Conference web site is the 2008 Sponsor, Exhibitor & Advertiser Information. Please consider supporting the Conference in one of these ways.

 

About the NC Conference on Aging
The North Carolina Conference on Aging is a collaborative effort to develop a professional conference to provide educational and networking opportunities for anyone interested in long-term care, vital aging, family issues, work and retirement, leadership, and professional development. Realizing the diverse nature of this task, we have made a deliberate effort to include local, regional and state-level service providers, educators, students, consumers, volunteers, clients, caregivers, policymakers, and administrators.