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Program Schedule


This schedule is tentative and subject to change. 

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Friday, May 2, 2008  
5:30 p.m. - 8:00 p.m. Reception at the Michigan League, Vandenberg Room
   
Saturday, May 3, 2008  
8:00 a.m. - 9:00 a.m.  Registration and continental breakfast, outside of 2760 Wyly Hall
   
9:00 a.m. - 11:45 a.m. Conference sessions, 2760 Wyly Hall

9:00 a.m. - 9:15 a.m.

Opening remarks

 

9:15 a.m. - 10:00 a.m.

Cognitive psychology and neuroscience of aging

Angela Gutchess, Brandeis University and Massachusetts General Hospital

10:00 a.m. - 10:15 a.m.

Break

10:15 a.m. - 11:00 a.m.

Consumption across the lifespan

Michael Hurd, RAND

Susann Rohwedder, RAND

11:00 a.m. - 11:45 a.m.

Decision making

Ellen Peters, Decision Research and University of Oregon

   
11:45 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. Lunch, 0750 Wyly Hall
   
1:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. Conference sessions, 2760 Wyly Hall

1:00 p.m. - 1:45 p.m.

Retirement planning and evidence for rationality

Gary Burtless, The Brookings Institution

1:45 p.m. - 2:15 p.m.

Health and medical decisions

Judith Ann Shinogle, University of Maryland

2:15 p.m. - 2:45 p.m.

Break

2:45 p.m. - 3:30 p.m.

Aging, cognitive ability, and financial literacy

Tyler Shumway, University of Michigan

Robert Willis, University of Michigan

3:30 p.m. - 4:15 p.m.

Intergenerational transmission of possessions and disposition of possessions

Eric Arnould, University of Wyoming

Linda Price, University of Arizona

4:15 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.

Seniors in advertising

Lori Bitter, JWTBoom

   
6:00 p.m. Dinner at Zanzibar (for conference speakers)
   
Sunday, May 4, 2008  
7:45 a.m. - 8:30 a.m. Continental breakfast, outside of 2760 Wyly Hall
   
8:30 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. Conference sessions, 2760 Wyly Hall

8:30 a.m. - 9:15 a.m.

Vulnerability to deceptive advertising

Catherine Cole, University of Iowa

9:15 a.m. - 10:00 a.m.

Age branding

H. Rick Moody, AARP

10:00 a.m. - 10:15 a.m.

Break

10:15 a.m. - 11:00 a.m.

Brand loyalty

Gilles Laurent, HEC Paris

Raphaëlle Lambert-Pandraud, ESCP-EAP

11:00 a.m. - 11:45 a.m.

Designing products for older consumers: A human factors perspective

Neil Charness, Florida State University

11:45 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.

Concluding remarks

 

12:00 p.m. Conference ends