Media Center
Welcome to the Media Center for the 63rd Annual Scientific Meeting of The Gerontological Society of America. This event will be held at the Hilton New Orleans Riverside from November 19 to 23, 2010. On-site, The Press Room serves as a base of operations for reporters covering the meeting. Here media representatives network, conduct interviews, and consult with GSA's communications staff.
About the Meeting
The Gerontological Society of America's Annual Scientific Meeting is the nation's largest interdisciplinary conference in the field of aging. An estimated 3,500 professionals are expected to attend the five-day gathering at the Hilton New Orleans Riverside. The theme for 2010 is “Transitions of Care Across the Aging Continuum” and the program schedule contains more than 500 scientific sessions featuring research presented for the first time.
Media Registration
GSA extends complimentary registration to working working representatives of the media. This includes reporters, editors, publishers, electronic media producers, columnists, bloggers, and other editorial communicators who reach general or specialized audiences on a regular basis with news reports or fact-based analysis.
MetLife Journalists in Aging Fellows Program
GSA has received a generous grant from the MetLife Foundation that will allow journalists to participate in the Annual Scientific Meeting. The resulting MetLife Journalists in Aging Fellows Program will welcome 14 reporters to New Orleans. The 2010 application deadline has passed.
Press Briefings and Resources
At the time of the meeting, this page will contain press briefing schedules and call-in information, press releases, fact sheets, audio clips, presentation slides, and contact information for speakers at the meeting's various press briefings.
Media Coverage
GSA will continuously update its list of stories that are generated about the meeting. Many of them run in syndication on the websites of hundreds of news outlets worldwide.
Meeting Planner
GSA's interactive meeting planner is online. You can browse conference sessions by speaker, title, date, and time or use the search feature to search abstracts by topic areas, presenters’ last names, and keywords.
Media List
To join GSA's regular media list, use our Contact Us form. Provide your name, e-mail, address, and telephone number, and we'll keep you updated with news about our Annual Scientific Meeting and other research projects.
