Name: Panel on “Connecting Generations: Family Dynamics, Dependency and Integrated Care“ (Marble Hall)
Start: 2025-06-05T09:45:00+0200
End: 2025-06-05T11:00:00+0200

We present to you the 2025 (eng)aging! – 8th International Conference on Aging & Technology Fair held on June 5 – 6, 2025, in Prague. The event took place as an in-person meeting in Česká spořitelna Palace in Prague (Rytířská 29, Praha 1) and also was streamed online for those who could not physically attend.

This year’s edition will focus on Intergenerational Cohesion. Additionally, it will showcase technologies and solutions that enhance the quality of life for older adults at the technology fair.

The event was co-financed by International Visegrad Fund, Czech-German Future Fund, Centre of Expertise in Longevity and Long-term Care, Contact office of the Free State of Saxony in Prague, and Česká spořitelna.

The program can be also browsed on the Sched phone app, search for 2025engaging.

(eng)aging! project is run by Active Aging Center (AAC), a non-governmental organization, which develops
projects focused on improving life of older people - “Happy Senior” and “Good Investment”, in cooperation with KEYNOTE, a well- established consultancy.

Updated program as of May 22.

Thursday June 5, 2025 9:45am - 11:00am CEST

Marble Hall

Moderators

Alexandre Sidorenko

Expert in International Policy on Ageing, Chairman of (eng)aging! Steering Committee

Speakers

Mariana Buciuceanu-Vrabie

Research Associate Professor, National Institute for Economic Research, ASEM

Mariana has extensive research experience in social and demographic issues, such as social services for vulnerable groups (children, the elderly), the reconciliation of professional and parental roles, active aging, and youth policies. Since 2008, she has been working as a Research... Read More →

Mareike Bünning

Senior Researcher, German Centre of Gerontology

Mareike Bünning is a sociologist and senior scientist at the German Centre of Gerontology (DZA), working on the German Ageing Survey (DEAS). Her research focuses on families, social integration, social support and social inequality. She is also interested in survey methodology.

Betti Bayer

Intern, German Centre of Gerontology (DZA)

Betti Bayer is currently an intern at the German Centre of Gerontology. She holds a B.A. in Philosophy and Economics from Bayreuth University, where she wrote her thesis titled „Tracing the Impact of Public Policy on Unpaid Domestic Work – A Reweight of the Global Care Policy... Read More →

Merril Silverstein

Professor, Syracuse University, Department of Sociology, Department of Human Development and Family Science, Aging Studies Institut

Silverstein holds the Marjorie Cantor Chair in Aging Studies at Syracuse University where he is Professor in the Departments of Sociology and Human Development and Family Science. His research focuses on aging in the context of family life, with an emphasis on intergenerational relations... Read More →

Thursday June 5, 2025 9:45am - 11:00am CEST
Marble Hall Česká spořitelna Palace

Panel Discussion, MArble room

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2025 (eng)aging! Conference