Name: Panel on “Connecting Generations: Caregiving, Loneliness, and Social Integration“ (Marble Hall)
Start: 2025-06-05T11:15:00+0200
End: 2025-06-05T12:15:00+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 11:15am - 12:15pm CEST

Marble Hall

Moderators

Emilia Kramkowska

Assistant Professor, Department of Sociology, University of Bialystok

sociologist, assistant professor at the Department of Sociology of Knowledge and Education at the University of Bialystok, author and co-author of numerous publications (articles, reports or monographs) in the field of sociological and gerontological issues; the research interests... Read More →

Speakers

Tornike Gavasheli

Senior Laboratory Assistant, Institute of Demography and Sociology, Ilia State University

Tornike Gavasheli has been involved in sociological research related to demography and population aging, as well as in translating articles on socio-demographic issues from Georgian into English. Since 2018, he has worked as a Senior Laboratory Assistant at the Institute of Demography... Read More →

Marcela Petrová Kafková

Assistant Professor, Masaryk University/ Faculty of Social Studies

Marcela Petrova Kafkova, PhD. is a sociologist and specialist at the Faculty of Social Studies, Masaryk University, Brno. She has long been involved in the sociology of ageing and social gerontology, focusing mainly on the topics of active ageing, intergenerational relationships and... Read More →

Lisa Joanne Klasen

German Centre of Gerontology, PhD Student

Lisa Joanne Klasen is a psychologist, a PhD student at Humboldt University Berlin and works at the German Centre of Gerontology (DZA) in the CoESI project “Social Integration of Older People During the COVID-19 Pandemic”, funded by the German Ministry of Education and Research... Read More →

Martin Lakomý

Assistant Professor, Mendel University in Brno

Lakomý employs quantitative methods to examine the situation of older adults in intergenerational family settings and the digitalised labour market. After earning his Ph.D. in sociology from Masaryk University in 2019, he has been working at the Faculty of Business and Economics... Read More →

Thursday June 5, 2025 11:15am - 12:15pm CEST
Marble Hall Česká spořitelna Palace

Papers Presentation 1, MArble room

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