Ignat C. Petrov is a physician with specialties in Psychiatry, Gerontology and Geriatrics. His Ph thesis was on the mental health and self-evaluation of aged rural people. He has worked at the Centre of Gerontology and Geriatrics and the Psychiatric Clinic at the Medical University of Sofia. Currently he is a consultant at the Clinical Centre of Endocrinology and Gerontology at the same university. Most of his research relates to mental health in ageing and old age, including self-evaluation, depression, sources of subjective well-being in later life, cognitive ageing and dementia. He is an associated professor, corresponding member of the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences and Arts, a Member of the Council of the International Association of Gerontology and Geriatrics, President of the Bulgarian Association on Ageing, Honorary Member of the Romanian Association of Gerontology and Geriatrics, etc.

Psychiatry, Gerontology, Geriatrics, Mental health in ageing and old age, Including self-evaluation, Depression, Sources of subjective well-being in later life, Cognitive ageing and Dementia

Leon (Lee) Albert Hyer is a Professor, Mercer Medical School at Georgia Neurosurgical Institute and Department of Psychiatry and Health Behavior. Dr. Lee completed his graduation and Internship from Lehigh University during 1970 and Post-Doctoral Education/Training, Clinical Training from Brooke Army Hospital, San Antonio, TX during 1970-1971. Post-Doctoral Clinical Training: Lyons, Veterans Administration Medical Center, Lyons, NJ, 1972-197, School and Training: Alfred Adler Institute, New York, NY, 1972-1974 and Certificate. School and Training: New Jersey Academy of Group Psychotherapy, NJ, 1974-1976, Certificate. Post-Doctoral Fellowship: Center for the Study of Aging and Human Development, Duke University Medical Center, 1979-1982. Institute for Advanced Studies in Personality and Psychopathology: Board of Advisors and Senior Fellow Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) Coordinator and Special Instructor. Lee involves in several Administrative Responsibilities/Appointments and Committees. He secured many awards/honors and serves as editorial member and also reviewer for the following journals Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, Journal of Clinical Psychology, Journal of Applied Gerontology, Journal of Aging Studies, Journal of Gerontology, The Gerontologist, Journal of Traumatic Stress, Journal of Personality Disorders, Journal of Personality Assessment, Psychological Reports and Professional Practice. Lee also published many research papers in highly reputed journals.

Clinical Psychology, Applied Gerontology, Aging Studies, Traumatic Stress, Personality Disorders, Personality Assessment etc.

Marlene Rosenkoetter has been a nurse researcher for 35 years with over 300 publications and national/international presentations. She has been a consultant to 50 hospitals and health care systems as well as universities. She is the former Dean of Nursing at the University of North Carolina at Wilmington and the Medical College of Georgia. She has traveled to 30 countries and is widely sought for her expertise in nursing research and geriatric nursing. She has been a clinical practitioner, nurse administrator and academician. She is a member of Sigma Theta Tau and a Fellow of the American Academy of Nursing. She is a Professor Emerita of Augusta University (formerly Georgia Health Sciences University).

Geriatric Nursing, Elderly Care, Mental Health Nursing, Retirement Communities.

Frieder R. Lang is chair of psycholoy and gerontology, and director of the Institute of Psychogerontology at the Friedrich-Alexander University of Erlangen-Nuremberg (FAU). Prof. Lang received his Ph.D. in 1993 from the Free University of Berlin and the Max-Planck-Institute for Human Development in Berlin. He is currently Editor-in-Chief of "GeroPsych - The Journal of Gerontopsychology and Geriatric Psychiatry, and serves as Editorial Board Member for several journals in the field (e.g., Psychology and Aging, European Journal of Ageing). Frieder R. Lang has published more than 120 articles and several monographs. His major research areas are health behavior and healthy aging, future cognition, social relationships, and gerotechnology.

Health behavior and Healthy aging, Future cognition, Social relationships, and Gerotechnology

Professor Sheying Chen received his doctoral and master’s degrees from the University of California at Los Angeles, a postdoctoral certificate in Higher Education Management & Leadership from Harvard University, and a graduate degree and an undergraduate diploma from two major universities in China. He has served as Professor and Associate Provost at Pace University in New York and was previously Associate Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs and Professor with tenure at Indiana University (Southeast), responsible for advancing strategic agenda in the key areas of faculty development, academic publications and grants support, alternative delivery and instructional technology, equity and diversity, student access and success, institutional planning, and local and international outreach. Prior to IU. Dr. Chen was Professor and Dean of Professional Studies at the University of Guam (a major U.S. land-grant institution), overseeing three schools (formerly Colleges of: Business & Public Administration; Education; Nursing, Health Sciences & Social Work) and several institutes and centers. He also held tenure as Professor and Chair at the City University of New York (College of Staten Island), where he headed a large unit housing sociology, anthropology, psychology, social work, disability studies, women's studies, aging, and a number of interdisciplinary initiatives. He worked at the University of California at Los Angeles, California State University, and the University of Hong Kong and was involved in major research projects as a Research Scientist or Associate collaborating with research teams at UC Berkeley etc. Prior to his relocation to the United States, he was a permanent faculty member of Sun Yat-sen (Zhongshan) University, Guangzhou, in one of the first sociology departments re-established in China, until 1992. He received and administered numerous research and other grants and was the founder of IU Southeast Academy for Leadership and Diversity. He is currently Editor-in-Chief of Springer Book Series on International Perspectives on Social Policy, Administration, and Practice, and editor/co-editor for major international book series and journals, including International Perspectives on Aging. He is frequently invited as a keynote speaker; his publication records include the world’s first comparative book on community care in China, works on mental health and social support for the aging, articles and books on general public policy (GPP) (especially social policy of a changing “economic state”), projects on higher education management/academic administration, and volumes on research methods and measurement/analysis issues.

Sociology, Aging, Anthropology, Psychology, Social work, Disability studies, Women's studies.

Vigdis Abrahamsen Grøndahl works at Østfold University College in Norway. She has experiences from medical wards and intensive care units. She has worked as a nursing teacher for 25 years, including 6 years as head of bachelor in nursing, 1 year as prorector and the last 9 years as both teacher and researcher. Her PhD degree concerned health care quality from the patients’ perspective, and her special interest in research concerns person centered care both in community health care and hospital, elderly care and healthcare quality from the patients’ perspective.

Person centered care, Elderly care and Healthcare Quality

Alexander Khalyavkin is the Academic Secretary of Gerontological Society of RAS (Moscow Branch), Senior Researcher of the Emanuel Institute of Biochemical Physics of RAS and Senior Researcher of the Institute for Systems Analysis of FRC CSC RAS. His Alma Mater was the Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology (the Russian MIT). His postgraduate training was at the Gamaleya Institute for Epidemiology and Microbiology (Moscow). He has completed his PhD in Immunology at 1980. He is author and lecturer of “Introduction to Biogerontology” for the Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology (1991-2000). He cooperated with the Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research (2001-2009). His research interests include theoretical aspects of biomedicine, biogerontology, biodemography, an effect of environmental factors on the rate of aging, and some aspects of the regulation of reproduction of normal and malignant cells. He studied non-canonical (growth control) function of the immune system and mechanism for a switching of symmetric to asymmetric mitosis in stem cells.

Theoretical aspects of Biomedicine, Biogerontology, Biodemography, an effect of environmental factors on the rate of aging and some aspects of the regulation of reproduction of normal and malignant cells.

Ricardo Salinas- Martinez received medical degree from Universidad de Monterrey, Speciality in Internal Medicine from University Hospital, Universidad de Nuevo León, Mexico. (1979- 1983) Fellow in Geriatric Medicine from the Long Island Jewish Medical Center (1983-1986) USA attending physician at Jewish Institute for Geriatric Care (1986-88) USA. Professor of Internal and Geriatric Medicine University Hospital, Universidad de Nuevo León, Mexico. (1989 to date), Chief Geriatric Medicine, University Hospital, Universidad de Nuevo León, Mexico (2003 to date), 50 Scientific peer reviewed publications on Cognition, Geriatric Assessment and Sarcopenia. Member of the “Mexican Aging Network” Clinical research in Cognition, Sarcopenia and Frailty.

Internal Medicine, Geriatric Medicine, Geriatric Care, Geriatric Assessment, Cognition, Sarcopenia and Frailty

Fabio Monzani serves as a Professor at the Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Director of the Section of Geriatrics and Gerontology at University Hospital of Pisa, Italy. Fabio serves as a referee for several international scientific journals. He is the Editorial Board Member for “European Journal of Internal Medicine”, “Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism”,“The Open Autoimmunity Journal”; “Journal of Endocrinological Investigation”. Monzani also serves as an Associate Editor for journals like “Recent Patents on Endocrine, Metabolic & Immune Drug Discovery”; “Frontiers in Endocrinology of Aging”; “Clinical CNS Drugs”. He is an ordinary member at Italian Society of Endocrinology, Italian Thyroid Association (member of the Group for coordination of “Scientific Research Protocols”), Italian Society of Gerontology & Geriatrics (President of the Tuscany Section), European Thyroid Association; Italian Society of Psyco-Geriatrics; Italian Society of Geriatric Cardiology, European Thyroid Association. Fabiois the member of the Scientific Board of the PhD School of “Medical and Pharmacological Physiopathology“, University of Pisa and of “Biomedical Technology in Clinical Medicine” University of “La Sapienza”, Rome. He is the Coordinator of several national and international research projects supported by MIUR (Ministero Istruzione Università e Ricerca, Rome, Italy) and by European Community Research Agency. Fabio’s main scientific fields of interest include physiopathology of endocrine disorders, thyroid autoimmune disorders, diagnosis and treatment of thyroid nodules, clinical and molecular aspects of thyroid cancer, thyroid dysfunction of the elderly, neurological disorders in the elderly, osteoporosis and traumatic fractures in the elderly, clinical aspects of acute disorders in the elderly. The scientific production includes more than 150 original papers published in International peer reviewed scientific journals: h-Index 32 (Thomson Reuters, Web of Knowledge).

Physiopathology of endocrine disorders, Thyroid autoimmune disorders, Diagnosis and treatment of thyroid nodules, Clinical and molecular aspects of thyroid cancer, Thyroid dysfunction of the elderly, Neurological disorders in the elderly, Osteoporosis and traumatic fractures in the elderly, Clinical aspects of acute disorders in the elderly

S.Asha Devi is Professor of Zoology and Co-ordinator of UGC-CPEPA Program at Bangalore University, India. She completed her postdoctoral studies from Hiroshima University, Japan (1988); University of Texas Medical Branch, USA (1993); and Tulane University Medical Centre, USA (1994). Her interest includes Exercise, Nutrition and Aging. She is a recipient of Commonwealth Fellowship, Aberdeen (2007) and INSA-JSPS visiting Fellowships, University of Tokyo (2005 and 2012). Dr. Asha has published several papers/chapters and is a referee for journals of high repute. She is member of SFRR, IABS, IAN, IAGG (India) and has received research grants from UGC, DST, DRDO and ICMR.

Exercise, Nutrition and Aging.

Frieder R. Lang is chair of psycholoy and gerontology, and director of the Institute of Psychogerontology at the Friedrich-Alexander University of Erlangen-Nuremberg (FAU). Prof. Lang received his Ph.D. in 1993 from the Free University of Berlin and the Max-Planck-Institute for Human Development in Berlin. He is currently Editor-in-Chief of "GeroPsych - The Journal of Gerontopsychology and Geriatric Psychiatry, and serves as Editorial Board Member for several journals in the field (e.g., Psychology and Aging, European Journal of Ageing). Frieder R. Lang has published more than 120 articles and several monographs. His major research areas are health behavior and healthy aging, future cognition, social relationships, and gerotechnology.

Health behavior and Healthy Aging, Future Cognition, Social relationships, and Gerotechnology.

Anthea Tinker has been Professor of Social Gerontology at King’s College London since 1988. She has been on the staff of three Universities and three Government Departments and has been a Consultant to the WHO, EU and OECD. She chaired the College Research Ethics Committee from 2001 – 2011. The sole author of 11 books, co-author of 21 and over 300 articles she has carried out a wide range of research on ageing. She was awarded the CBE in 2000, elected a Founding Member of the Academy of Learned Societies for the Social Sciences in 1999, a Fellow of King’s College London in 1998 and was President of the Section of Geriatrics and Gerontology, Royal Society of Medicine 1998-2000. She was awarded the title of Fellow of the British Society of Gerontology in 2008. She was one of the Women of the Year in 2002. In 2010 she was awarded the Alan Walker prize by the British Society of Gerontology for her significant and lasting contribution to Social Gerontology.

Social Gerontology, Geriatrics, Ageing

Stephen Jacobs (PhD, Dip Tchg, BA) is a senior lecturer in the School of Nursing, the Faculty of Medical and Health Sciences, The University of Auckland. He lectures on Health Services for Older People and Leadership and Management for Quality Healthcare. Stephen is also co-director of the Institute of Healthy Ageing which is based in Hamilton. He is co-ordinator of the five research streams: workforce, mental health, best practice, community, and rehabilitation. His own research is focused on two areas: 1) dementia services, in particular a current programme for the co-design of community services involving five regional Alzheimer’s organisations; and 2) The adaptive leadership and empowerment of nurses. Stephen was convenor of the 2013 NZ Association of Gerontology Conference and the 2016 8th Annual Elder Law for the Health Sector conference. His previous history includes 6 years from 2000 till November 2006 at the Ministry of Health as a Senior Advisor in the Health of Older People Team in the Sector Policy Directorate, and then as Team Leader, Primary Health Care Implementation and Delivery in the Clinical Services Directorate. Prior to working at the Ministry of Health, he was for five years Manager, Services for Older People, Wesley Wellington Mission, managing a community service, a home care service, two rest homes, and two continuing care hospitals.

Older people, Home care service, Mental Health

Yoshiro Fujii DDS, maneger of Shin-Kobe Dental Clinic, completed his Ph.D. from Aichi Gakuin University Graduate school. A fellow of the International College of Acupuncture and Electro-therapeutics, 100 next era CEOs and 100 Next era Leaders in Asia by Japan Times (2013,14,15), an editorial board member on three international jouranals. He is also an authorization doctor of two Japanese associations, and published thirteen international academic articles. Special session speaker and organizing committee member in 5th International Conference and Exhibition on Metabolomics.

Dementia, Dental Care, Geriatrics

Komal Chauhan is an Associate Professor in the Department of Foods and Nutrition, Faculty of Family and Community Sciences at The Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda, Vadodara, India and also Associate Director, Post Graduate Diploma in Food Service Management. She has teaching experience of 24years for under graduates and 16 years for Post graduates. Dr. Komal Chauhan has research experience for about 16 years through which she guided 23 Masters Dissertations and 4 doctoral students. Her research interests include Geriatric Health & Nutrition (specific), Sports Nutrition and Foods and Nutrition (general). Her research publications are National - 15, International – 12 and Project Reports – 2. Dr. Komal’s articles had published in 5 books and she is also serves as Co-author for a book titled Ageing, Nutrition and Health. She got recognized as International Faculty for conducting workshop on Nutritional Assessment of Elderly at International Conference on Gerontology and Geriatric Medicine, 2012 at Delhi.

Geriatric Health & Nutrition, Elderly Care, Ageing, Gerontology