Dear Korean Association of Gerontology and Geriatrics,
It is pleasure to invite you to attend the 23rd IAGG World Conference in Amsterdam, July 5-9 2026, on behalf of the International Association of Gerontology and Geriatrics, the Dutch Society for Gerontology (NVG-KNOWS), the Netherlands Clinical Geriatrics Society (NVKG), the Dutch Association for Geriatric Physical Therapy (NVFG), and the Dutch professional organization of Nurse Practitioners in Geriatrics and Gerontology (V&VN-GG).
In the coming decades, the aging and quality of life of older adults will be impacted by multiple global developments, such as changes in climate and planetary health, technological applications in care for older adults, and rapid aging of populations in various parts of the world.
We promise a broad conference that provides a platform for contributions from the various disciplines and practices that help to improve the position, health and wellbeing of older populations. Contributions are invited from the biological and health sciences to the social sciences and humanities, and from social policy to nursing home care practice, and from physiotherapy to nursing.
Prof.dr. Martijn Huisman is a professor of Epidemiology of Ageing at the Amsterdam UMC and Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, where he is affiliated with the departments of Epidemiology and Data Science and of Sociology, respectively. Read more..
Esther Cornegé-Blokland
Treasurer
Esther Cornegé-Blokland is president of the NVKG since 2022 and she works as a geriatrician at Jeroen Bosch Ziekenhuis in ‘s-Hertogenbosch. Read more...
Bianca Buurman
Bianca Buurman is a nurse and professor of Acute Geriatric Care at the Amsterdam UMC. Her research focuses on the onset of acute care needs of older adults and ways to organize care differently, so that this leads to better outcomes for the older adults. Read more....
Robbert Gobbens
Robbert J. J. Gobbens (born on 29 January 1963) has a lot of experience as a nurse, lecturer and researcher. Currently, he is affiliated as professor Health and Wellbeing of Frail Elderly to Inholland University of Applied Sciences and Zonnehuisgroep Amstelland, a healthcare organization.Read more..
