Kansainvälinen konferenssi: 4th Conference on Prolonging Working Life, 15-16 April 2027 Helsinki

About multistate modelling

• Many processes can be represented by the subjects under study being in, and transitioning between, states. Statistical modelling of such processes can be done using multistate models. 
• Multistate models are becoming an increasingly popular tool in public health, demography, and allied fields, as they provide many quantities to describe longitudinal data and life course trajectories. For instance, multistate models are commonly used to estimate healthy working life expectancy; i.e., the average lifetime spent in good health and in work. 

What will you learn?

• In this workshop, we provide an introduction to discrete-time multistate models, their theoretical foundations and assumptions, and their empirical estimation with R and Stata. Participants will be guided through all steps required to generate some of the key outputs of discrete-time multistate models, such as state expectancies.
• This equips the participants with a first overview of the skills and tools needed to use and implement multistate models in their own research.

Programme

• In the morning sessions we concentrate on the theory of the multistate modelling.
• In the afternoon we have parallel sessions on R and Stata and do also exercises. Participants can use also their own data.
• Morning sessions
  • 9:30-13:00 Helsinki time
  • 8:30-12:00 CET
• Afternoon sessions
  • 14:00-17:00 Helsinki time
  • 13:00-16:00 CET

Registration

Registration for the 4th Conference on Prolonging Working Life and the Pre-Conference Workshop is seperate. You may participate in the Pre-Conference Workshop even if you do not attend the Conference itself. 
Register for the Pre-Conference Workshop here.

Lecturers

• Dr. Christian Dudel is leader of the Research Group Labor Demography at the Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research, a fellow of the Federal Institute for Population Research, and member of the Max Planck-University of Helsinki Center for Social Inequalities in Population Health.  His research interests cover demography, statistics, population health, and sociology.
• Dr. Daniel Schneider is a research scientist in the Population Health laboratory at the Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research, Rostock, Germany.  Among his research interests are single and multiple time series analysis and discrete-time multistate models in epidemiology. While he works in several different statistical software environments, his published software contributions have mostly been to the Stata community.

• Work environment factors (ergonomic/mechanical, physical, chemical, biological, psychosocial, organizational) 
• Work ability
• Remote work, non-standard work arrangements
• New technologies, digitalization, artificial intelligence
• Senior policies and practical implementation of good senior practice in workplaces
• Pension reforms 
• Age discrimination
• Working while retired 
• Impact of demographic changes on working life ​
• Future generations–young peoples’ position in working life​
• Migrant workers
• Social and health care sector
• Interventions
• Care responsibilities, work-family balance
• Healthy and unhealthy working life expectancy

Due to demographic changes across Europe, there are strong political interests in maintaining the labour force.  Therefore, it is relevant for PEROSH to pursue collaborative activities in the research field ‘Prolonging working life’. 

This project aims to determine push and stay factors for labour market participation of older workers across different European countries with different regulations and cultures to thereby better guide initiatives for maintaining older workers at the labour market across Europe. 

Read about the Project and its results  

The Conference is organized at THL (Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare),  located about 4 km from downtown Helsinki.  
THL address: Mannerheimintie 166, Helsinki. You can view  the Conference location (THL) on the map provided.

How to get to THL?

You can reach THL e.g. by tram no 10  which runs along the Helsinki's main street, Mannerheimintie.  A single ticket (3,50 euros, zone AB) can be purchased in the HSL app  . 

How to get from the Airport to Downtown Helsinki?

You can take a train from the Airport to Helsinki City Centre. The trip takes about 30 minutes. A single ticket (4,50 euros, zone ABC) can be purchased in the HSL app .  

Local Transportation – HSL

Please note that all local travel is cash free.  We strongly recommend you to download the app HSL in advance of your trip to Helsinki. Using the app, you can check timetables and buy tickets for all public transportation within the Helsinki region. Open the AppStore or GooglePlay on your phone and search for “HSL”.  You can also pay on trams and buses with your credit/debit card (Visa, MasterCard) with contactless payment, as well as Apple Pay and Google Pay.  

Here are a few options for your accommodation close to the Venue THL.  

Valo Hotel
Scandic Hotel Meilahti

Here are a few options for your accommodation in downtown Helsinki.  

For mid-range comfort:
Sokos Hotel Vaakuna 
Marski by Scandic 
Radisson Red Helsinki 

On a moderate budget:
Scandic Kaisaniemi 
Hotel Finn
Hotel Arthur 
CityBox 
Eurohostel 

the Finnish Institute of Occupational Health (FIOH)  
PEROSH network 
LIFECON project 
SustAgeable project 
DEMOGRAPHY Programme.