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1 Third International Conference LARNA and Network Meeting LARNA - Third International Conference and Network Meeting Latin America and the Caribbean: Changes in the Structure and Role of the Family, Social Images and a New Agenda for Ageing and Public Policy Oxford Institute of Population Ageing & UNEX Pontificia Universidad Católica del Peru 10 & 11 November 2011 Lima Peru Coordinated by: Mg. Blanca López La Vera & Dr Alejandro Klein Thursday November 10 8:45 to 10:00 Registration P R O G R A M M E 10:30 to 11:00 Welcome Dr. Marcial Rubio Correa, Rector, Pontificia Universidad Católica del Peru Dr. Susana Reisz, Dean, Faculty of Arts and Humanities Dr. Aldo Panfichi, Chair of the Social Sciences Department Mg. Blanca Lopez La Vera, UNEX Co-ordinator Faculty of Arts and Human Sciences 11:00 to 11:40 Opening Plenary Moderator: Dr. Alejandro Klein, Coordinator LARNA Comparing Intergenerational Transfers across Three Regions Latin America, Asia and Europe Professor Sarah Harper, Director of the Oxford Institute of Population Ageing 11:45 to 12:30 Questions and Discussion 1

2 12:30 to 13:00 Presentation and Publication Report from the Second LARNA, UNAM Mexico Meeting 2010 Coordinators - Veronica Montes de Oca, ) Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México and Alejandro Klein, Universidad de Guanajuato Mexico 13:00 to 14:00 Lunch 14:00 to 15:40 First Session: AGEING IN LATIN AMERICA: SIMILARITIES, DIFFERENCES AND CHALLENGES Moderator: Fanni Muñoz (Professor at the Faculty of Social Sciences - PUCP) Epidemiological changes associated with the demographic transition of an ageing population Luis Varela, Vice-Rector for Research of the Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia HelpAge International in Latin America: Lessons Learned and Ways Forward James Blackburn, Regional Representative for Latin America HelpAge International Ageing and Intergenerational Transfers in Peru Walter Mendoza, Officer, UNFPA Population and Development Population ageing and poverty in Latin America Daniel Cotlear, Chief Economist of the Human Development Network, World Bank 15:40 to 16:00 Questions and Discussion 16:00-16:15 Break 16:15 17:40 Second Session: PUBLIC POLICY IN LATIN AMERICA: PROPOSALS FROM THE STATE AND CIVIL SOCIETY Moderator: Juan La Cruz (Professor at the Faculty of Social Sciences - PUCP) Pyscho-gerontological profile of attitudes towards old age based on Fiirav examination of the elderly Fernando Quintanar Olguin (Mexico) Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México Proposal for a National Oral Health Promotion Programme for the Elderly in Costa Rica Ana Cecilia Murillo (Costa Rica) College of Dental Surgeons of Costa Rica Non-contributory pensions and income tax: a proposal to improve pension coverage in Colombia and Peru Javier Olivera Angulo (Peru) (co-author Blanca Zuluaga) - Universidad Católica de Lovaina 2

3 A Case Study: Public policies, bodily practices and social representation of of ageing Debora Paola Di Domizio (Argentina) Universidad Nacional de La Plata. Reinforcing the Rights of Older People Augusto Medina Otazu (Peru), Pontificia Universidad Católica del Peru. 17:40 to 18:00 Questions and Discussion 18:00 to 19:00 Book Presentations "Identity and ageing" Ricardo Iacub, University of Buenos Aires-core group LARNA Comments: Maria del Carmen Ontaneda (UNEX Professor - PUCP) "Ageing and Old Age: Theories, Demography and Policy " Rita de Casia da Silva Oliveira, Universidade Ponta Grossa - Brazil - Core group LARNA Comment: Alejandro Klein (Universidad de Guanajuato Mexico (Core Group) 19:00 to 19:15 Closing session Mg. Blanca López La Vera- PUCP (Core group LARNA) Friday November 11 9:00 to 9:40 Plenary Moderator: Dr. Veronica Montes de Oca, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México. Core Group LARNA "The Importance of Families in Old Age in the Americas" Dr. George Leeson, Director LARNA, Co- Director, Oxford Institute of Population Ageing 9:40 to 10:00 Questions and Discussion 10:00 to 10:15 Break 10:20 to 12:00 Third Session A - (simultaneous group) CHANGES IN FAMILY STRUCTURE AND INTERGENERATIONAL RELATIONSHIPS Moderator: Rosita Kornfeld Matte, SENAMA-Ministerio de Planificación Nacional Chile. Core Group LARNA Higher education and relationships - Intergenerational Project under the Educational Programme for Older Adults (PEAM) in Argentina Alba Cristina Loyo and Marta Susana Schlossberg (Argentina) Universidad Nacional de Rio Cuarto Life-Time Projects and Occupational Roles as Adults Age' Carla da Silva Santana (Co authors: Leonardo Martins Kebbe and Taiuani Marquine Raymundo) (Brazil) Universidade de São Paulo. 3

4 Support and Coping Strategies as Predictors of Well-being in Old Age Sandra Carmona Valdes (Mexico) Universidad Autonoma de Nuevo Leon. Changes in Family Structure and Intergenerational Relationships Maribel León Fernández (Costa Rica) Universidad Nacional de Costa Rica. Upward social mobility and generational change: the case of the Aymara of Unicachi in Lima Juan La Cruz Bonilla (Peru), Pontificia Universidad Católica del Peru 10:20 to 12:00 Third Session B (simultaneous group) CHANGES IN FAMILY STRUCTURE AND INTERGENERATIONAL RELATIONSHIPS Moderator : Rita de Cassia da Silva Oliveira Universidade Ponta Grossa, Brazil - Core Group LARNA Ageing and Family: Support and reciprocity in generations in Mexico Sandra Mancinas (co-author Sagrario Garay) (Mexico) Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León. Family structures and quality of family relationships of older Chileans Maria Beatriz Fernández Lorca (co-authors Maria Soledad Herrera Ponce, and Rosita Kornfield Matte) (Chile) Pontificia Universidad Católica of Chile. Configuration changes in intergenerational households with older adults in Mexico, Sagrario Garay (co-author Veronica Montes de Oca) (Mexico) Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana and Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México. A Comparative Study of Peru and Venezuela: Seniors: Their view of history, education, the life path and transition to old age Gladys Garcia Delgado (Venezuela) Universidad Nacional Experimental "Simón Rodriguez". 12:00 to 12:30 Questions and Discussion (in both tables) 12:30 to 13:45 Lunch 14:00 to 15:15 Fourth Session (Part 1): Core group - LARNA IMAGES AND PERSPECTIVES ON THE ELDERLY IN LATIN AMERICA Moderator: Haydee Alor Luna (Professor at the Faculty of Arts and Human Sciences - PUCP) Knowledge and Mobilisation of the Elderly Marcos Jardim, Universidad Federal de Rio de Janeiro - Brazil Identity and ageing: are we still the same? Ricardo Iacub, Universidad de Buenos Aires 4

5 Programmes for active ageing: Public policy proposals for Chile Rosita Kornfeld Matte, SENAMA- Ministerio de Planificación Nacional Chile Images and stereotypes of ageing in the media. Analysis of advertising of TV Programmes in Peru Blanca Lopez La Vera, Pontificia Universidad Católica del Peru 15:15 to 16:30 Fourth Session (Part 2): Core group LARNA IMAGES AND PERSPECTIVES ON THE ELDERLY IN LATIN AMERICA Moderator: Carmen Rodriguez Daneri (Professor at the Faculty of Science and Communication Arts - PUCP) Images and perceptions of old age in Mexico: A reflection on discrimination, abuse and civil rights Veronica Montes de Oca (Rosa Avalos, Liliana Giraldo and Ruby Gutierrez) Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México Validity of parental and filial obligations in Chile Soledad Herrera (Beatriz Fernández), Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile Social Images of Elderly people in Brazil Rita de Cassia da Silva Oliveira, Universidad Ponta Grossa, Brazil Old age and the question of trans-generational transmission Alejandro Klein, Universidad de Guanajuato Mexico 16:30 to 16:50 Questions and Discussion 16:50 to 17:05 Break 17:15 to 17:55 Conference Closing: Moderator: Mg. Blanca Lopez, Pontificia Universidad Católica del Peru - Core, LARNA group Old age in the course of life: Results of an international study Dr. Julieta Oddone, Director, Ageing and Society Program FLACSO / CONICET (Argentina) 17:55 to 18:15 Questions and Discussion 18:15 to 18:45 Closing of the Meeting LARNA Rita de Cassia da Silva, Marcos Jardim, Ricardo Iacub, Soledad Herrera, Rosita Kornfeld Matte, Carmen Delia Sanchez, Veronica Montes de Oca, Blanca Lopez La Vera and Alejandro Klein. 18:45 to 19:30 Entertainment - Scissor Dancers of Peru (Tijeras del Peru) Participants: Faculty of Arts and Human Sciences (UNEX) Faculty of Social Sciences School of Communication Sciences and Arts 5

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