46th session of the Commission for Social Development
Side-event on
EVIDENCE-BASED POLICY MAKING TO IMPLEMENT THE
MADRID INTERNATIONAL PLAN OF ACTION ON AGEING
Conference room C, 8 February 2008 (1.15 -2.45 pm)
Speakers:
Dr Vusi Madonsela
Director-General of Social Development
Government of South Africa
(representing: H.E. Mr Zola Skweyiya,
Minister of Social Development, Government of South Africa and President of the
Management of Social Transformations (MOST) Programme)
Dr Rogelio Fernandez-Castilla
Director
Technical Support Division
UNFPA
Dr Stephen Kidd
Director of Policy and Communication
Help Age International
Dr Richard Suzman
Director
US National Institute on Ageing (TBC)
Prof. Joe Boufford,
President,
New York Academy of Science (TBC)
Dr Astrid Stuckelberger,
International Association of Gerontology and Geriatrics
Chair, NGO Committee on ageing, UN Geneva
Moderator:
Dr Sergei Zelenev, Chief, Social Integration Branch, UNDESA