Annual Meetings

The American Federation for Aging Research currently organizes two annual meetings for grant recipients. Both meetings are by invitation ONLY. For additional information on these meetings contact AFAR at (212) 703-9977 or .

The purpose of the annual AFAR Grantee Conference is to promote scientific and personal exchanges among recent AFAR grantees and experts in the fields of geriatrics and gerontology. The 2009 Conference will be held in Santa Barbara, California at Fess Parker's DoubleTree Resort from September 13 - 15. A draft agenda will be posted as soon as it is available.

The Beeson Annual Meeting is held for Scholars, mentors and other leaders in academic medicine and aging research to review research progress of Scholars, encourage dissemination of their findings, and enhance development of scholarship and leadership. The 2009 annual meeting was held June 11 - 14 at the Grand Geneva Resort and Spa in Lake Geneva, Wisconsin, www.grandgeneva.com. You can view photos from the 2009 meeting here.

The date and location of the 2010 meeting have not been confirmed.

Open Conferences

AFAR also hosts scientific conferences each fall that are free to all researchers and other attendees. Past conferences have focused on imaging and the aging brain, biomarkers of aging and age-related diseases, and aging and cancer. Read more about our most recent conference, Aging and Cancer: Two Sides of the Same Coin? that took place on October 6 and 7, 2008, in New York City.