Scientific Programme Committee

Chair - Professor Dawn Skelton
Professor Neil Alexander, Director, Mobility Research Center, University of Michegan, USA
Dr Claire Ballinger, Dept Medicine, Southampton University
Dr Nina Beyer, Sports Medicine Research Unit, Bispebjerg Hospital, Copenhagen, Denmark.
Dr Michael Brach, Institut für Sportwissenschaft, Münster, Germany.
Professor John Campbell, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand.
Dr Sebastien Chastin, School of Health & Life Sciences, Glasgow Caledonian University
Dr Richard Ferguson – School Sports & Exercise Sciences, Loughborough University
Dr Ellen Freiberger - Senior Lecturer, Institute for Sport, Erlangen, Germany
Professor Malcolm Granat, School of Health & Life Sciences, Glasgow Caledonian University
Dr Carolyn Greig – Dept. Geriatric Medicine, Edinburgh University
Professor Marijke Hopman-Rock, TNO Quality of Life, Department of Physical Activity and Health, Leiden, Netherlands.
Dr Shanthi Johnson, Assoc. Dean, Faculty of Kinesiology and Health Studies, University of Regina, Canada.
Assoc. Professor Gareth Jones, Canada Centre for Physical Activity and Aging, Ontario, Canada.
Professor C Jessie Jones, California State University, Fullerton, CA, USA
Professor Abby King, Stanford University School of Medicine, USA
Dr Gladys Pearson, Exercise and Sports Science Department, Manchester Metropolitan University
Professor Taina Rantanen, University of Jyväskylä, Finland
Professor Roberta Rikli, California State University, Fullerton, CA, USA
Dr Cormac Ryan, School of Health and Social Care, Teesside University
Associate Professor Cody Sipe, Harding University, Searcy AR, USA
Professor Catherine Ward Thompson, University of Edinburgh
Associate Professor Marek Zak, University School of Physical Education, Kraków, Poland
Associate Professor Wiebren Zijlstra, Center for Human Sciences of the University Medical Center, Groningen, The Netherlands

8th World Congress on Active Ageing - Glasgow 13th-17th August 2012