The European expert conference Active Ageing and Intergenerational Dialogue – a Challenge for the Danube Countries in a Common Europe”, Ulm/Neu/Ulm, took place on 8-10 July 2012 in the Congress Centre Edwin-Scharff-Haus, Neu-Ulm in the frame of the 8th International Danube Festival Ulm/Neu/Ulm and the European Year of Active Ageing and Intergenerational Solidarity. It was the 6th conference of the European Network „Learning in Later Life“ (LiLL) and the first conference in the which currently initiated network “Danube-Networkers” introduced itself. Over 200 scientists, representatives from the fields of culture, adult and seniors’ education as well as seniors with disseminator function from 24 countries focused on the subject “new directions in seniors’ education” handled in lectures, workshops and a poster exhibition from intergenerational and intercultural perspectives.
