The main theme of the conference is

"Sustainable futures in an ageing world"

The sub-themes are

• Sustainable communities

• Housing and later life environments

• Income maintenance in later life

• Families and inter-generational support

• Long term and community care

• Health and wellbeing

• Research methods

The 37th Annual Conference of the British Society of Gerontology is hosted by the University of the West of England, Bristol and the University of Bristol, from 4th-6th September 2008.