The IARA Institute for Applied Research on Ageing of the Carinthia University of Applied Sciences (CUAS) is pleased to invite you:

IARA Conference
Rethinking age(ing): Innovative models of regional health care
Wed, 21 May 2025, 16 – 19 CET
Online (in English language)
Thu, 22 May 2025, 10 – 16 CET
In person (in German language)
Carinthia University of Applied Sciences (CUAS)
Europastraße 4, 9524 Villach, Austria
Registration is open until 12.05.2025.
Later registrations subject to availability of places.
Alternatively, you can also register by sending an email to iara@nullfh-kaernten.at, stating your first name and surname (institution if applicable) and whether you would like to attend both days or which one day.
Alternatively register by emailExamples from practice & research in focus
At the IARA Institute for Applied Research on Ageing, we work in an interdisciplinary, applied and participatory manner in collaboration with various stakeholders and individuals. Our aim at this conference is therefore to look at the topic of innovative regional healthcare in old age from different perspectives.

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Presentations from here and abroad
We will start with an international exchange of experiences and presentations in English on the first day of the conference (online). The second day will then be dedicated to personal exchange on site in Villach, Austria, with perspectives from the healthcare system, politics and administration, ageing research from various disciplines and from our partner institutions.
We look forward to thinking, listening and discussing together.
Everyone who is interested in the conference topic is cordially invited. This also applies in particular to students who are or would like to be involved with the topic.
No participation fee.
Registration required.
Programme
IARA Conference 2025
Rethinking age(ing): Innovative models of regional health care
Wed, 21 May 2025 | 16-19 CET | online (English)
16:00 CET | Welcome Birgit Aigner-Walder, Johannes Oberzaucher, Christine Pichler | Scientific Management IARA – Carinthia University of Applied Sciences (CUAS) |
16:15 CET |
Innovative models of regional health care: |
18:00 CET | Final discussion & Closing |
Moderation | Christine Pichler | IARA – CUAS |
Do, 22. Mai 2025 | 10-16 Uhr | in Präsenz in Villach (Deutsch/German)
Fachhochschule Kärnten, Europastr. 4, 9524 Villach, Austria
09:30 Uhr | Registrierung |
10:00 Uhr |
Begrüßung |
10:15 Uhr |
10 Jahre IARA – Meilensteine der interdisziplinären Alternsforschung an der FH Kärnten |
10:30 Uhr |
Konzepte der regionalen Gesundheitsversorgung in Österreich aus pflegewissenschaftlicher und praxisnaher Perspektive |
11:15 Uhr | Wirkungen von aufsuchenden Gesundheitsversorgungskonzepten vor Ort: Soziologische und praxisbezogene Perspektiven Christine Pichler | Professur für Soziologie der Disability and Diversity Studies – FH Kärnten Michaela Miklautz | Projektleitung der Pflegenahversorgung, Abt. 5 Gesundheit und Pflege, Unterabteilung Pflegewesen – Land Kärnten |
12:00 Uhr |
Mittagspause |
13:00 Uhr |
Aspekte der Digitalisierung zwischen Notwendigkeit und Herausforderung |
13:45 Uhr |
Ökonomische Effekte wohnortnaher Gesundheits- und Pflegekonzepte am Beispiel von Community Nursing in Österreich |
14:30 Uhr |
Pause |
15:00 Uhr |
Alter(n) neu denken – Gesundheitsversorgung neu? |
15:50 Uhr |
Resümee und Abschluss |
Moderation |
Marika Gruber & Albert Luger | IARA – FH Kärnten |
If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact our team at iara@nullfh-kaernten.at.