International Centenarian Consortium:
Public Program
Date: Thursday, May 15th, 2014 Time: 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m
Place: Humaine Hall, School of Human Sciences, Osaka University
Date: Sunday, May, 18th, 2014 Time: 1:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m.
Place: MO Hall, Convention Center, Osaka University
Hosted by Gerontology Consortium,
Osaka University

Supported by Tokyo Metropolitan
Institute of Gerontology

Program for Promoting the Enhancementof Research Universities by the MEXT

Jointly Hosted by Graduate School of
Human Sciences, Osaka University &Center for Supercentenarian Research,Keio University

Funded by Osaka University Grant forInter-University International
Symposiums (FY2014) as part of theBrief description: Two days of panels withshort presentations and discussion oncentenarian studies in various parts ofthe world.

Day1:May15thCentenarianStudyShowCase(9:00a.m.)
1. ExceptionalLongevityinRuralEnvironments:
TheIowaCentenarianStudy.PeterMartin
2. GeorgiaCentenarianStudy.
MaryAnnJohnson
3.NewYorkandHeidelbergCentenarianStudies.
DanielaJopp
4.PortugalCentenarianStudy.
OscarRibeiro
5.SardiniaCentenarianStudy.
GianniPes
6. 5-COOP-acommonresearchenterpriseon
centenariansinDenmark,France,Japan,SwedenandSwitzerland. JeanMarieRobine
7.HongKongCentenarianStudy.
KarenCheungSL
8. SummaryoftheCentenarianStudiesofYamaguchiPref.University.WilsonAmy
9.JapaneseSemi-super-centenarianStudy.
NobuyoshiHirose
10.EastMeetsWest:AnIntroductiontothe
StudyofCentenariansinOkinawaandHawaii.
CraigWillcox
11. SONICasasubstructureofacentenarianstudy.
YasuyukiGondo
Psycho-SocialPerspective(1:30p.m.)
1. Healthcorrelatesofpsychologicalwell-beingamongChinesecentenariansinHongKong:
Themediatingroleofsubjectivehealthand
functionaldependence. KarenCheungSL
2. Life-satisfactioninUSandGerman
Centenarians:Meanlevelsandpredictors.
DanielaJopp
3. GenderdiíerencesinPortuguesecentenarians.
OscarRibeiro
4. Predictorsofsubjectivewell-beingamong
Japanesecentenarians.TakeshiNakagawa
5. QualityoflifeandpersonalityinJapanese
community-dwellingcentenarians:
Relationshipofcare,activityand
personality.YukieMasui
6. Frailtyincentenarians:apsychosocial
approach. ConstançaPaúl
7. Resourcesandself-ratedmentalhealthamongoldest-oldadults:FindingsfromtheGeorgia
CentenarianStudy.
JinmyoungCho

EnvironmentalPerspective
1.Findingsfrom5-COOP.
JeanMarieRobine
2.SardinianBlueZoneforlongevity.
GianniPes
3. Individualenvironmentalinteractionfor
survivorshipofcentenarians.YasuyukiGondo
4.Healthyat100:GenesvsEnvironment.

CraigWillcox
5.Socialrelationshipsofcentenarians
SaoriYasumoto
6. Japan,KoreaandHawaiiJointCentenarianStudies:TowardsActiveAging.WilsonAmyDay2:May18th
BiomedicalPerspective(1:00p.m.)
1. Theassociationbetweenocclusalforceand
walkingspeedmediatedbyanimalprotein
intake.TadashiOkada
2.Glucosemetabolismincentenarian.
ChikakoNakama
3. FunctionalstatusofsupercentenariansinJapan.YasumichiArai
4.NutritionandHealth.
MaryAnnJohnson
5. Demographiccharacteristicofcentenariansall
overtheworld.
JeanMarieRobineandYasuhikoSaito
6. EíectsoftheAPOEŃε4alleleandeducationon
cognitivefunctioninJapaneseCentenarians.
YoshikoIshioka
7. Cultureandlongevity.
PeterMartin
GeneralOverview(4:00p.m.)International
Centenarian
Consortium