Conference Programme

Programme now live!

We are pleased to announce that the full programme for the BSG2021 50th Anniversary Conference is now available to view online.

This year’s programme is shaping up to be the most innovative and engaging yet, and we are excited to finally share it with you.

The programme can be accessed through Oxford Abstracts through this link.

Please note: if you have registered for the conference, you should have received the information here via email. If you have registered for the conference and have not received an email, please get in touch with us at bsgconference2021@britishgerontology.org.

Some instructions on using the online programme:

• At the top level you can see and browse the various programme sessions. You can also search by name or keyword in the search function.
• Parallel session groups are designated by letter (e.g. Parallel Session 1C is the third group in Parallel Session 1).
• All submissions are named according to their position in the programme and their type; symposiums are listed with the title and individual papers are listed with author name.
• Where there are multiple authors, we have used the name of the first presenting author followed by ‘et al’ for brevity.
• The majority of parallel paper sessions are made up of four presentations, but in some cases there are less than four per session. We suggest that in these sessions presenters stick to the presentation guidelines and use any extra time for discussion. In each session there will be a chair on hand to advise presenters and guide proceedings. Please familiarise yourself with the presenter guidelines in the right hand panel of this page.
• The poster sessions are made up of four to six posters each. Guidelines for poster presenters are available in the right hand panel of this page.
• All oral and poster presentation sessions will be held on Microsoft Teams. Links to all sessions will be accessed through Socio (the conference hub).
• User guides and joining instructions will be made available to delegates in advance of the conference. The programme book will be made available to delegates in PDF format in advance of the conference, and will contain the information from the online programme.

If you require any further assistance with accessing the conference programme or attending conference sessions please do get in touch with us on bsgconference2021@britishgerontology.org.

We look forward to welcoming you (virtually) to the BSG2021 50th Anniversary Conference!

Summary information about the programme

• The conference will be on line using Microsoft Teams and the Socio events tool.
• We will have a Teams Live Event for each of the plenaries, but a Teams Meeting for each other session.
• We will use Socio for posters, exhibition and socialising, plus potentially other social tools.
• We will have two Lancaster hosts for every event, both to ensure backup in case of one person’s internet failure, and for one person to manage the chat while the other chairs where necessary, although individual symposia will still have their own chairs.
• Parallel sessions will be shorter than usual at 60 mins. This means each session will have a maximum of 4 talks of 10 minutes each, with 5 minutes for questions and changeover. Symposia leads are, of course, welcome to organise their 1 hour sessions as they wish.
• There will be more breaks.
• There will be 6 parallel sessions. Number of choices within those will be decided by how many submissions there are, but we anticipate a minimum of 6. We may add more choices in each parallel session to accommodate more submissions.
• There will be specific poster sessions, again held in Teams meetings with 4-5 poster presenters allocated to each meeting. Poster presenters are expected to informally present their posters to visitors to their teams meeting. Posters will also be uploaded so that people can view them at other times too.