The 2010 Winter Forum on Aging will focus on what People Need over the Lifespan.  Our aim is to understand the complexities of aging and change the community and its institutions to support and encourage rather than constrain and limit.

Interested in a sponsorship for the 2010 Winter Forum?
Contact Suzanne Gregory at sgregory@scopexcel.org or 941-365-8751
Sponsorship Benefits

Dual Speakers:

• Phyllis Moen, Ph.D.: "The Perfect Storm-- The Perfect Opportunity?" 
  Phyllis Moen holds the McKnight Presidential Chair in Sociology at the University of Minnesota.  We will examine, with Dr. Moen, issues of adult development, public engagement, and aging. “What do adults need to feel healthy and happy? What do adults want, need, and how do they existing arrangements lag behind?”  Nevertheless, how can adults customize their own life courses?
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  Mick Smyer, Ph.D.: “The 21st Century Workforce:  Lewis & Clark Meet an Aging America”
  Are you ready for the workforce of the 21st century? Are employers? Are employees?  How should we think about work and retirement in an aging America? 
  Dr. Smyer, a national expert on aging and its ramifications, will draw on his experience as a gerontologist and former co-director of the Sloan Center on Aging and Work to provide initial answers and more food for thought. Smyer will focus on adult development and aging, with special attention to the impact of the contexts of aging and the workplace. Dr. Smyer is currently the Provost at Bucknell University
  
  

Interviewers:

• Nancy Schlossberg, Ed.D.: counseling psychologist is professor Emerita at the University of Maryland and past president of the National Career Development Association.
• Tim Dutton: Executive Director of SCOPE
  
  

Dramatic Solutions:

• “Creative Solutions for Solving Community Challenges”
  A theatrical presentation led by Roz Cramer, Monia Joblin and Linda MacCluggage modeled after the work of a national organization, “Dramatic Solutions.”  The group will present a brief dramatic, interactive session on an issue of paramount importance.. The actors will dramatize a single issue; the facilitator, Gail Golden, will lead the audience in a reaction to the issue presented.  The end result will be asking the audience how they can address this issue, meet the challenge and create change.  See Dramatic Solutions—Interactive Business Theatre.
  
  

Art with Bill Buchman:

• Bill Buchman will open the program with a poem and a lively song.  Bill Buchman’s special edition Winter Forum prints will be available for purchase at the end of the program. Read our interview with Bill Buchman!

Cost: $30
Continental Breakfast and Lunch will be served (included in the cost)