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Subject:      Work and Aging Science Forum - RSVP today, space is limited

 

 

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** Please pass along to any colleagues, staff and interested parties **

For more information visit:
http://www.fbpcs.org/events/2008_SIOP/

The Federation of Behavioral, Psychological, and Cognitive Sciences 
and
the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology
invite you to attend a Science Forum on:

Work and Aging:
Psychological-Organizational Science Contributions to the 
Management of an Aging and Age-Diverse Workforce

Friday, March 14, 2008, 9:00am - 5:00pm
Union Station, 50 Massachusetts Ave., NE, Washington, DC 20002
Columbus Club Meeting Space
(entrance located on the northeast side of the Main Hall of Union Station, across from Thunder Grill)
Union Station Metro
RSVP at http://www.fbpcs.org/events/2008_SIOP/

The U.S. workforce is growing older and becoming increasingly age-diverse. According to the U.S. Department of Labor, the workforce segment slated for the greatest growth over the next decade is that of persons 55 years or older. According to DOL projections, as the baby boomer generation ages, over 20 percent of the total civilian labor force in 2014 will be comprised of persons 55 years of age or older.  This projection, together with projections that indicate continued slowing and delayed rates of young person entry into the workforce, the improved health status of baby boomers relative to previous generations, and recent legislative trends that discourage early retirement, indicate that today's "graying" members of the workforce (currently aged 45-60) wil! l play a central role in meeting future labor needs across a wide range of occupations.

The graying of the U.S. workforce and spot shortages of young talent pose numerous immediate and long-term challenges for effective human resource management in public, private, and military organizations.  In science and technology fields, current worker competencies must often be retooled to incorporate new advances into existing skill sets.  Organizational changes in the private sector, spurred by economic globalization and competition, are creating new, serial patterns of employment across the lifespan, and increasing the need for worker adaptability.  New work design and incentive systems are needed to promote learning, skill development, behavior change, and to increase organizational capacity for the development of dynamic work role adjustment strategies to ad! dress increasing diversity in worker needs and competencies.

Scientists at this forum will address current research on maintaining competitive advantages in a global environment, managing talent, and promoting work engagement and organizational attachment. Federal agency representatives will discuss research opportunities for scientists and participate in discussions on the future role of industrial / organizational psychology in within their various agencies and the country's workforce as a whole. 

To RSVP for this event, or to learn more, please visit: http://www.fbpcs.org/events/2008_SIOP/ <http://www.fbpcs.org/events/2008_SIOP/> 

 

Agenda

8:30am             Registration; coffee and tea 

9:00am             Barbara Wanchisen, Executive Director, Federation of Behavioral, Psychological and Cognitive                         Sciences
                        Welcome and Opening Remarks

9:10am             Kurt Kraiger, Colorado State University, SIOP President-Elect
                        Moderator and Introductory Remarks

9:20am             Ruth Kanfer, Georgia Institute of Technology
                        The World of Work in the 21st Century: Older Workers, New Work Roles, and Age-Diverse                             Workplaces

10:00am            Jeanette N. Cleveland, Pennsylvania State University
                        Age Diversity and Human Resources Practices

10:40am            Break 

11:00am            Elissa L. Perry, Teachers College, Columbia University
                        Inter-Generational and Age Differences at Work

11:40am            Janet Barnes-Farrell, University of Connecticut
                        Managing Work Role Transitions, Knowledge Transfer, and Retirement

12:20pm            Lunch (complimentary) 

1:20pm             Deborah Russell, American Association of Retired Persons
                       Tapping the Vast Human Capital of Older Workers

2:00pm             Amber Story, National Science Foundation
                        Funding Opportunities at the National Science Foundation

2:40pm             Break 

3:00pm             Jonathan W. King, National Institute on Aging
                        NIA Perspectives and Opportunities on Work and Aging

3:40pm             TBD 

4:20pm             Ruth Kanfer, Georgia Institute of Technology 
General Discussion and Closing

5:10pm             Interested in continuing the conversation initiated during the forum? Join us at Thunder Grill for a social hour! Thunder Grill is located right across the Main Hall from the Columbus Club. We'll be gathering in the bar area.

 


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