Science and Technology for Aging Research Institute
NEW SFU STAR INSTITUTE REPORT: ICE-TEA
Hot off the press! A new report on SFU STAR Institute's ethics & AgeTech project titled ICE-TEA: International Consortium on Ethics in Technology and Aging maps acheivements over the first year of the initiative, and exciting future directions. This project is funded by the AGE-WELL Catalyst Funding Program on Healthy Aging.
AgeTech Events and Opportunities
AGE-WELL and Waterloo Region Age-Friendly Network Webinar: Exploring Technologies Supporting Older Adults at Home and in the Community
March 20, 2025
British Society of Gerontology
June 25-27, 2025
envisAGE Forum 2025
October 2025 - Dates and details to come
AGE-WELL Annual Conference 2025
October 2025 - Dates and details to come
Canadian Association on Gerontology 2025
October 2025 - Dates and details to come
Gerontological Society of America (GSA) Annual Scientific Meeting 2025
November 12-15, 2025
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STAR Institute News Highlights
New SFU STAR Report: ICE-TEA: International Consortium on Ethics in Technology and Aging
Check out our new report on SFU STAR's ethics & AgeTech project, funded through AGE-WELL. Read about this exciting initiative on addressing ethical challenges in AgeTech.
New AGE-WELL Book: Extended Reality Solutions to Support Older Adults
Hot of the press! New book in AGE-WELL's AgeTech book series in partnership with Springer Nature and supported by SFU STAR. AGE-WELL's book series is comprised of short, accessible, state-of-the-art books featuring transformative technologies for health, wellness, and independent living
New AGE-WELL Topical Collection: Ethical and Societal Implications of AgeTech
AGE-WELL and SFU STAR collaborated with the Journal of Science and Engineering Ethics to produce a new topical collection on ethics and agetech.
New Research Project: Music & Dementia Care
SFU STAR and Canadian partners received funding from UoE - UoE - AGE-WELL Institutional Strategic Initiative to carry out a project on music-based interventions to support dementia care.
New AGE-WELL Book: Supportive Smart Homes
Hot of the press! New book in AGE-WELL's AgeTech book series in partnership with Springer Nature and supported by SFU STAR. AGE-WELL's book series is comprised of short, accessible, state-of-the-art books featuring transformative technologies for health, wellness, and independent living
2024 AGE-WELL Annual Conference
SFU STAR attended the AGE-WELL Annual Conference in Edmonton this year from October 23-24, 2024. Learn more about the conference and SFU STAR's involvement.
New Research Project: Collective of Older Adult Researchers (COAR)
SFU STAR, in partnership with 411 Senior Centre Society, received funding from SFU's Community Engagement Initiative to create a model for building a Collective of Older Adult Researchers (COAR).