The Art & Science of Aging Conference provides a one-day educational event that focuses on the experiences and realities of aging, and the opportunities and alternatives available to individuals as we age.

We rely on community agencies and university units as sponsors to underwrite the event, enabling us to keep attendee costs low. 

We seek to build a collective understanding of how strength is demonstrated, cultivated, and celebrated in all phases of the aging experience—physical, social, emotional, mental, spiritual, and financial. We will also feature the power of older adult wisdom, resilience, and intergenerational ties.

Date: Friday, February 26th, 2027, 9 am - 4 pm

Location: GVSU Richard M. DeVos Center, 401 Fulton St W, Grand Rapids, MI

Sponsors: Sponsors

Continuing Education

CEU units are being considered for Social Work, Nursing, and Nursing Home Administrators. Each session will be evaluated for CEUs. Typically, a person can gain 5 CEUs for attending this event.

Our goal is to share all available resources from past conferences to enrich the aging-related knowledge base of Grand Rapids community and worldwide. We want to encourage multidisciplinary research, while discovering and presenting evidence-based best practices on healthy aging to the community. Please, see below our archive with conference programs, presentation materials of our speakers, and students' research.

Presentations

Student Posters

Conference Programs