2015 National Academy of Kinesiology Conference
85nd Annual Meeting
Active Aging: From Cells to Environment
September 17-19, 2015
Philadelphia, PA
-------------------------------------------- Working Program ---------------------------------THURSDAY – September 17, 2014
10 am – 2 pm
Executive Committee Meeting
5:30
Registration
6:30
Opening
6:45 Keynote – Ann Newman, Univ. of Pittsburgh, Healthy Aging and the Prevention of Disability: Opportunities and
Challenges
8:00
Reception
FRIDAY – September 18, 2014
7:00
New Fellows Breakfast/Breakfast
Session 1 – Cells, Tissues, Systems, PA & Aging
Moderator – Waneen Spirduso, U. Texas
8:30
Variability across the lifespan
(Karl Newell, U. Georgia)
9:00
Complexity in aging
(Nick Stergiou, U. Nebraska Omaha)
9:30
Functional control of stance in older adults
(Tom Stoffregen, U. Minnesota)
10:00 Break
10:15 Neural complexity, exercise and cognitive function
(Jennifer Heisz, McMaster University)
10:45 Skeletal muscle work efficiency across the lifespan: A complex story
(Russ Richardson, U. Utah)
11:15 Discussion - (Waneen Spirduso, U. Texas)
12:00 LUNCH
Session 2 – Interpersonal Factors, PA, & Aging
Moderator – Steven Hooker, ASU
1:20
Social factors and healthy aging
(Katie Cherry, Louisiana State University)
1:40
Group-mediated cognitive interventions, PA, and aging
(Larry Brawley, U. Saskatchewan)
2:00
Behavioral interventions to increase physical activity in older adults
(Sara Wilcox, U. South Carolina)
2:20
Discussion – (Steven Hooker, Arizona State U.)
SPECIAL EVENT – McKenzie Art Exhibit - The Inn at the University of Pennsylvania
3:00
Depart for University of Penn
3:30-5:00 Tour of McKenzie Artwork and Reception with Cash Bar – Sponsored by Magaret J. Safrit (Fellow #254)
5:00
Depart for Hotel & Dinner on Own
SATURDAY – September 19, 2014
7:00 Breakfast
7:00 Kinesiology Review Editorial Board Breakfast Meeting
Session 3 – Societal Factors, PA & Aging
Moderator – Dixie Thompson, U. Tennessee
8:30
The Future of Aging Research: Should the focus be on not growing old or growing old better?
(Debbie Rose, CSU Fullerton)
8:50
Believing Satchell Paige: Historic Sport Performances, Age, and ‘Mind over Matter’
(Jan Todd, U. Texas)
9:10
I am woman, see me (sweat)?!: Older women and physical activity
(Maureen Smith, CSU Sacramento)
9:30
Discussion – (Dixie Thompson, U. Tennessee)
Session 4 – Environmental/Behavioral Factors, PA & Aging
Moderator – David R. Bassett, U. Tennessee
10:20 VENDIEN LECTURE: Changing patterns of physical activity and sitting time in mid-age and older women:
implications for health and function.
(Wendy Brown, U. Queensland, Australia)
10:40 Older adults’ walking behaviors and the factors that shape them
(Catrine Tudor-Locke, U. Massachusetts)
11:00 Discussion (David Bassett, U. Tennessee)
11:30 Wrap-up (Wojtek Chodzko-Zajko, U. Illinois)
12:00 LUNCH
1:30
Business Meeting
3:00
Executive Board Meeting
6:00
Banquet Reception
7:00
Banquet Dinner