Dear colleague, ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ APOLOGIES FOR ANY CROSS-POSTINGS ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ This is the first call for contributions to a symposium being held as part of the annual meeting of the British Society of Gerontology being held this year on 17-19 September in Bournemouth . The theme for the conference is 'Tradition and Transition: Ageing into the Third Millenium' and papers submitted for inclusion in the symposium must address this main theme but be focussed around European Social Policy issues and concerns. If you are interested in submitting a paper, please submit your abstract of not more than 250 words before 31st March 1999 and send it to the symposium convener, Tony Maltby BSG c/o Department of Social Policy and Social Work University of Birmingham Birmingham B15 2TT or to [log in to unmask] Further details about the British Society of Gerontology and the Conference is located at http://www.soc.surrey.ac.uk/bsg/ Sincerely, Tony Maltby. ******************************* Dr Tony MALTBY Dept. of Social Policy & Social Work University of Birmingham Edgbaston BIRMINGHAM B15 2TT UK Tel: (44) 121 414 5730 Fax: (44) 121 414 5726 E-Mail: [log in to unmask] URL: http://www.bham.ac.uk/SPSW/ 'The only person able to get anything done by Friday was Robinson Crusoe' ======================================== %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%