Programme

• Prof. Univ. Dr. Doru Buzducea, Dean, Faculty of Sociology and Social Work, University of Bucharest
• Prof. Univ. Dr. Conţiu Şoitu, Dean, Faculty de Philosophy and Social-Political Sciences, “Alexandru Ioan Cuza” University of Iaşi
• Representative of the Ministry of Labor and Social Justice  
• Representative of the Ministry of Health
• Mrs. Malgorzata Grzymowicz, Export Director, TZMO SA, Poland
• Mr. Lucian Bala, General Manager, TZMO România SRL

Conferences in plenary

Moderators:

• Prof. Univ. Dr. Daniela Şoitu, “Alexandru Ioan Cuza” University of Iaşi
• Lect. Univ. Dr. Aurelia Curaj, University of Bucharest

Conferences:   

1. Dr. Radha Murthy, India (Co-founder and Managing Trustee Nightingale Medical Trust, Vice-President    Alzheimer & Related Disorders Society of India, Bangalore Chapter) - Challenges and Solutions. Sharing of experience in age care from Indian perspective
2. Nobumasa Ohmori, Japan  (Chairperson - Medical & Social Welfare Corporation Tatsuoka Group) -    Change Mind for 100-year life
3. Walter Coffey, USA (Managing Partner -WD International Consulting) - Non-Medical Approaches to Improving Quality of Care
4. Akhmeteli Ramaz Otarovich, Russia (Member of the European Association of Directors of Long-term Attendance Services for Senior Citizens, Director of the Department of Medical and Social Programs of the All-Russian Public Organization) - System of complex concern of the senior generation as the sole result of adaption of long-term attendance to the realities
5. Sharashkina Natalya Viktorovna, Russia (Geriatrician, Scientific Researcher, Laboratory of General Geriatrics and Neuro-Geriatrics, Candidate of Medical Sciences) – Aspects of Long-Term Care and factors determining the loss of autonomy in older adults in Russia

6. Lect. Univ. Dr. Aurelia Curaj - Faculty of Sociology and Social Work, University of Bucharest, President Geron Foundation – Multidisciplinarity and Longevity
7. Pr. Bogdan Chiorean – President, “Sfântul Nectarie” Association, Cluj-Napoca – Palliative Care Services - Need, Variants and Challenges
8. Anca-Diana Maftei Păvălucă, Director of Care for old and disabled people. Project manager for AMIC: Multiple and Integrated Actions for Community, Diocesan centre Caritas, Iaşi – Prospects for the Development of Home Care Services
9. Iuliana Manasiea – Director, UAMS Hunedoara, PhD. UBB Cluj – Strategies for optimizing the quality of life of Institutionalized Persons in the Medical-Social Assistance Units
10. Liana Rada Borza - Honorary Clinical Senior Lecturer - Centre for Psychiatry, Imperial College London; Independent Expert - European Commission, Brussels – Organizational features of the psychogeriatric services in NHS England

WP5.9.5. European training projects and current problems of long-term care centers in Romania

Coordinator: Prof. Univ. Dr. Daniela Şoitu

Conferences in plenary

Moderators:

• Prof. Univ. Dr. Florin Lazăr, University of Bucharest
• Conf. Univ. Dr. Theofild Lazăr, West University of Timişoara

16. Prof. Dr. Karl Johansen, Norvegia (Norwegian University of Science and Technology) - Trends, challenges and solutions in the Systems of Long-term Care in Norway
17. Edgar Fuhrer, Austria (former President of EDE ) – The digitization and the integrated System in Long-Term Care in the future
18. Dr. Anthony Blenn - Germany (Manager of 4 home care institutions) – Sharing experience of the main problems of the elderly care system in Germany with proposal of further possible development
19. Paul Teodor, Hărăguş, Conf. Univ. Dr., Dean, Faculty of Sociology and Social Work; Mihaela Hărăguş, Reasercher, “Babeş Bolyai” University of Cluj – The effect of good economic status on intergenerational support relationships

Plenary session

Moderators:

• Prof.univ.dr. Daniela Şoitu, “Alexandru Ioan Cuza” University of Iaşi
• Conf. univ. dr. Adina Rebeleanu, “Babeş Bolyai” University Cluj

20. Mihaela Ghența, Dr., scientific researcher II, National Scientific Research Institute for Labour and Social protection, Bucuresti; Aniela Matei, Dr., scientific researcher II, Chief of Social Policy Department National Scientific Research Institute for Labour and Social protection Bucuresti: Perceptions and attitudes of ageing and older people: a qualitative approach
21. Luise Mladen-Macovei, Dr. scientific researcher II, National Scientific Research Institute for Labour and Social protection, Bucureşti; Bertha Sănduleasa, Dr. scientific researcher II, National Scientific Research Institute for Labour and Social protection, Bucureşti:  Informal care of dependent older people - support services and funding schemes
22. Aurora Carmen Bărbat, Conf. Univ. Dr., Faculty of Psychology and Sociology, West University, Timişoara – Ars moriendi: end-of-life challenges and the request for communitarian therapy
23. Simona Maria Stănescu, PhD, senior researcher I, Research Institute for Quality of Life, Romanian Academy; Mariana Bălan PhD senior researcher I, Research Institute for Economic Forecasting, Romanian Academy: Public-private partnership in providing long-term care of elderly in Romania
24. Mihaela Zamfir (Grigorescu), Lecturer PhD Arch., Department „Synthesis of Architectural Design”, Faculty ofArchitecture, „Ion Mincu” University of Architecture and Urbanism, Bucharest, Romania; Zamfir Mihai, Assist. Prof. PhD Md. Geriatrics-Gerontology, Psychiatry, Physiology II-Neuroscience Division, Faculty of Medicine, „Carol Davila” University of Medicine and Pharmacy; Medicover, Bucharest, Romania; Moglan Maria, Psych. PhD, Vice-President of Romanian Alzheimer Society, Bucharest, Romania - Thinking the nursing home outdoor space as therapeutical garden for elderly with dementia. Interdisciplinary design principles

• Prof. Univ. Dr. Doru Buzducea, Dean, Faculty of Sociology and Social Work, University of Bucharest
• Prof. Univ. Dr. Conţiu Şoitu, Dean, Faculty de Philosophy and Social-Political Sciences, “Alexandru Ioan Cuza” University of Iaşi
• Conf. Univ. Dr. Teodor Paul Hărăguş, Dean, Faculty of Sociology and Social Work, “Babeş Bolyai” University of Cluj
• Conf. Univ. Dr. Theofild Lazăr, Vice-decan, Faculty of Sociology and Psychology, West University of Timişoara
• Dl. Lucian Bala, General Manager, TZMO Romania