Professor Higgs’ attendance is being sponsored by the ARC/NHMRC Research Network in Ageing Well, which organisation also provides travel bursaries for students to attend the ERA conference each year.  This year’s conference will be held at Rydges, Melbourne, on the 22nd and 23rd October, and will be hosted by Professor Colette Browning, Monash Research for an Ageing Society (MonRAS).