Conferences

UCBRC hosts a biennial retirement conference featuring interesting speakers and relevant topics. To stay up to date with conference developments, send your email address to ucbrc@berkeley.edu and ask to join the UCBRC email list.

Be sure to review our online Events Calendar regularly for upcoming educational programs, workshops, and luncheons.

2014 Conference: An Aging America

Living, loving, learning... The UC Berkeley Retirement Center's 2014 biennial conference had it all!  See below for resources from An Aging America - Challenges and Opportunities.

Keynote, Cracking the Code: Creating Good Jobs in America in a Global Economy, Professor Jennifer Granholm
Professor Granholm’s website

Care Partners: The Journey of Caregiving and Carereceiving
Care Partners Slides
Caregiver Self Assessment

Creative and Dramatic Options
http://stagebridge.org/

Living Arrangements & Aging in Place: Options, Costs, Resources
Housing Options Slides
Aging Together - Ashby Village Slides

Technology and Aging: Tablets and Twitter and Google, Oh My!
Technology Slides
Community Technology Network Handout 

Sexuality, Intimacy and Aging
Sexuality and Intimacy Slides
BMJ - Sex, health, research survey 

The Future of Aging and Alzheimer’s Disease
Alzheimer's Slides
10 Signs Checklist 

Writing One’s Story
Writing Slides
Prompts for Home Use
Writing Resources
How to Write a Memoir
Selected Examples

2012 Conference Program

2012 Conference Program

2012 Conference: Passion and Purpose

Passion and Purpose: Transforming Retirement, held May 24, 2012 at UC Berkeley, was an outstanding success! In order to allow all interested retirees to learn from the conference, we have assembled available conference materials, below.

Keynote Speech - The Baby Boomer Bomb, Professor Robert Reich
The Baby Boomer Bomb (video)
Professor Reich's website 

Plenary Session - Human Memory, Aging and the Brain or Where Did I Put Those Keys?, Professor Arthur Shimamura
Human Memory, Aging and the Brain or Where Did I Put Those Keys? (video)
Professor Shimamura's lecture slides

American Medicine - What You Need and How to Get It
Dr. Buchman's lecture slides

Finding Your Passion: Explore Your Talents and Expand Your Network
Lecture slides - The New Retirement
Employment Resources HandoutLecture slides - Volunteering

How to Make Sure That Your Estate Plan Does What You Want
Misconceptions About Estate Planning Documents and Procedures Handout

The Journey of Aging
Reflection Questions Handout
Suggested Readings

Nurture Your Passions: Lifelong Learning
UCBRC's Learning in Retirement Program
OLLI @Berkeley (Osher Lifelong Learning Program)
Berkeley Adult School

Retirement Income Concerns & Strategies
Fidelity Investment Courses
Taking Care of Tomorrow Guide to Long Term Care