60th Anniversary Seoul National University

International Seminar on Aging and Health Policy

When: 2006. 11. 15(Wed) INSERT INTO bbs (uid, fid, code, code_b, id, name, passwd, email, nick, subject_head, subject, cmt, url, signdate, ref, thread, iphost, upfile, upfile2, filesize) VALUES 15:00-18:00

Where: Seminar Rm 3, Faculty Center (Building #65)

Hosted by the BK21 Center for Elderly Health Policy Research, School of Public Health

Invitation

It is our great pleasure to invite you to the International Seminar on Aging and Health Policy, hosted by the BK21 (Brain Korea) Center for Elderly Health Policy Research at the School of Public Health, Seoul National University.

Korea has experienced very rapid population aging, which poses serious challenges for the health and social policy. In this seminar, four experts from Canada, Japan and Korea will present their research on the aging and policy issues in health, long-term care, pension and demographic change. Presenters and discussants will provide diverse perspectives on population aging, based on political science, economics, demography, and public health.

We hope that this seminar provides an opportunity to share experiences of Canada, Japan, and Korea in the area of population aging and its implications on society and government policies. We thank you all for the participation in the seminar.

Seung Wook Lee

Dean, School of Public Health, Seoul National University

Soonman Kwon

Director, BK21 Center for Elderly Health Policy Research

Program

15:00      Welcome Address

             Prof. Seung-Wook Lee (Dean, School of Public Health, Seoul National University)

Session 1           Population Aging and Elderly Health Policies in Korea

Chair: Prof. Seung-Wook Lee (Dean, School of Public Health, Seoul National University)

15:10      Aging and Health Policy in Korea

             Prof. Soonman Kwon (School of Public Health, Seoul National University)

15:40      Population Aging in Korea, not as a Consequence but as a Cause of the Lowest Low Fertility

             Dr. Mijoeng Kim (Health Promotion Center, ASAN Medical Center)

             Prof. Youngtae Cho (School of Public Health, Seoul National University)

16:10      Discussion

             Prof. Seok Jun Yoon (School of Public Health, Korea University)

             Prof. Yun-Suk Lee (Department of Urban Sociology, University of Seoul)           

16:30      Coffee Break

Session 2           Elderly Health and Welfare Policies in Japan and Canada

Chair: Prof. Seung-Wook Lee (Dean, School of Public Health, Seoul National University)

16:40      Subjective Burden of Informal Care Givers and the Rationing in the Long Term Care Insurance Benefits of Japan

             Prof. Seiritsu Ogura (Department of Economics, Hosei University, Japan)

17:10      Retirement Policies for an Aging Society: The Case of Canada

             Prof. Thomas Klassen (Department of Political Science, York University, Canada)

17:40      Discussion      

             Prof. Huck-Ju Kwon (Department of Public Administration, Sungkyunkwan University)

             Dr. Duk Sunwoo (Korea Institute for Health and Social Affairs)

18:00      Closing Remarks

18:10      Reception