The Silver Workers Institute organises, co-organises and supports a wide range of activities in the following areas:

• Information;
• Research and publications;
• International networking;
• Seminars and conferences;
• Consultancy services to companies and public agencies.

Research and publications

• Among other research projects:
  Cooperation with Mr. Steffen Haas, Erfahrung Deutschland Gesellschaft für Expertenwissen mbH (www.erfahrung-deutschland.de): Investigation of work motivations and framework conditions of experienced retirees who continuing working on a freelance or part time basis. For further information, please contact Ms. Leena Maxin ( This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it ).

Seminars and conferences

The team of the Silver Workers Institute regularly gives presentations on Silver Workers and policy actions. It contributes to a number of symposia, conferences and invited addresses, e.g.

International

• National Conference on Positive Aging, Eckerd College, St Petersburg, Florida. Presentation by Prof. Deller.

• World Ageing and Generations Congress, University of St. Gallen, Switzerland. Organisation and Chair of three sessions by The Geneva Association and the Silver Workers Institute: Silver Workers—Individual and Policy Perspectives, with speakers from Germany, the Netherlands, the U.K. and France. Presentations: Silver Workers: Key Issues and Policies in Europe; Silver Workers—Meeting Company Challenges, with speakers from the U.K., Switzerland and Belgium; Silver Workers—Coordinating Public Policies and Key Factors, with speakers from Switzerland, France and Australia.

• XIXth World Congress of Gerontology, Paris, 5-10 July 2009

• Gerontological Society of America’s 61^st Annual Scientific Meeting, National Harbor, MD, USA, 21-25 November 2008

• Lucas Global Leadership Symposium, Lucas Graduate School of Business, San José State University, San José, CA, U.S., 13-14 April 2008
• 13th European Congress on Work and Organizational Psychology, Stockholm, Sweden, 9-12 May 2007

Germany

• 6. Fachsymposium des Roman Herzog Instituts, Munich, 18 September 2008 
• Initiative der Bundesregierung "Erfahrung ist Zukunft", Industrie- und Handelskammer Magdeburg, 24 January 2008

• Sitzung des Ausschusses Betriebliche Personalpolitik der Bundesvereinigung der Deutschen Arbeitgeberverbände (BDA), Berlin, 26 November 2007

• Beiratssitzung der Pawlik Sales Consultants AG, Hamburg, 16 October 2007

• 5. Tagung der Fachgruppe Arbeits- und Organisationspsychologie in der DGPs, Trier, 19-21 September 2007

• Wissenschaftliche Hochschule Lahr, 19 July 2007

• Deutsche Hochschule der Polizei, Münster, 27 February 2007

• Round-Table-Gespräch BertelsmannStiftung, Gütersloh, 16 February 2007

The Silver Workers Institute’s team also attended other international and national conferences, e.g. 

• Active Labour Market Policy – Learning from international experiences, Lausanne, Switzerland, 23-24 October 2008

• 4^th World Ageing & Generations Congress, St. Gallen, Switzerland, 28-30 August 2008
• AARP International Forum on The Future Workforce – New Strategies for New Demographics, Brussels, Belgium, 23-24 June 2008
• The Future of Research in Ageing in the UK, Institute of Gerontology, Kings College London, U.K., 3 June 2008
• Démographie et emploi: quelle place pour les seniors dans l’entreprise de demain?, Geneva, Switzerland, 29 May 2008

Consultancy services to companies and public agencies 

The Silver Workers Institute provides links to consultancy services for companies and public agencies in terms of business cooperation. Please contact This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it for further information.