Overview

This year's conference is centred around the theme of: Lifespan lessons: Empowering emerging psychologists in an ageing world.

Schedule:

• Friday 28/11/2025 08:30AM - 04:30PM AEST
• Saturday 29/11/2025 08:30AM - 12:30PM AEST

Please see the final conference program below in the Downloads. 

Dinner Registration:

The Psychology and Ageing Interest Group Committee warmly invites you to register for the Conference Dinner here.

Presenter(s)

About the presenter(s)

The Keynote presenters for this year's PAIG conference include:

Dr. Nancy A. Pachana is Professor of Clinical Geropsychology in the School of Psychology at the University of Queensland. She is co-director of the UQ Ageing Mind Initiative, and Program Lead of UQ’s Age Friendly University Initiatives. Her main research interests include anxiety in later life, early assessment of dementia and driving safety, and healthy retirement strategies. She has published over 350 peer-reviewed articles, book chapters and books on various topics in the field of ageing. She is also an avid birdwatcher and traveller.

Dr. Jessica Strong (she/her), Ph.D., ABPP, is a licensed and Board Certified clinical geropsychologist and Associate Professor of Psychology, working at the University of Prince Edward Island in Charlottetown, PEI since 2019. She received her Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology from the University of Louisville, specializing in Aging and Neuropsychology. Dr. Strong completed her clinical psychology residency and a clinical followed by a research post-doctoral fellowship at the Boston VA Healthcare System, affiliated with Harvard Medical School. Dr. Strong’s research program focuses broadly on 1) aging and cognition, in particular how life experiences impact the cognitive aging process, 2) program development and evaluation of late life interventions for mental health and well-being, and 3) factors that influence students' likelihood to pursue a career working with older adults.

She is involved in clinical training and supervision at UPEI within the Doctor of Clinical Psychology program, completing neuropsychological assessments and providing mental health interventions to older adults. She supervises both undergraduate honours and graduate student dissertations on research projects with older adults.

Notes

Registration includes attendance at both days of the conference and lunch, morning tea and afternoon tea

Target Audience

This event is aimed psychologists and academics who work with older adults.

CPD

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