ICAA Conference

ICAA conference

Keynote speakers

Bill Walton

Bill Walton was introduced to basketball in the fourth grade. He later became the first and only high school player to make the USA Senior Men’s National Basketball Team and play in the World Championship and/or Olympics. In the early 1970s, Walton played center for John Wooden’s Varsity team at the University of California, Los Angeles, and was a member of two National Collegiate Athletic Association championship teams. During his time at UCLA, the athlete-scholar received numerous accolades, including Academic All-American honors three years in a row. He graduated with honors with a BA in history. Walton’s professional career began when he was the number one overall pick in the1974 National Basketball Association Draft by the Portland Trailblazers. A member of the Trailblazers championship team in 1977, he earned another championship title in 1986, this time with the Boston Celtics. Walton was in-ducted into the Basketball Hall of Fame in 1993. He remains active in basket-ball today through clinics, camps, coaching and television commentary.

Keynote session: Climbing back to the top of the mountain–one more time

Friday, December 2, 2011

12:00 p.m.–1:30 p.m.

A basketball superstar and member of the Basketball Hall of Fame, Bill Walton has made sports history and received in-numerable awards. But to get to the top of his career in basketball, broadcasting and business, he has had to face adversity head on and overcome tremendous obstacles—none more challenging than his 2008 surgery to repair a debilitating back injury. Walton shares the personal journey that forced him to refocus the direction of his life and take into ac-count what really matters. Mixing comic anecdotes with practical steps toward achievement, he uses his own story along with the powerful lessons of his legendary coach and mentor John Wooden to show how teamwork, the ability to over-come adversity, hard work, discipline, the fundamentals and a positive attitude combine to create success in both business and life.

Faculty: Bill Walton, National Basket-ball Association great and former basketball analyst, ABC and ESPN.

CEUs awarded

(Note: Includes presentation of Athletic Business Facility of Merit awards and Na-tional Alliance for Youth Sports Excellence in Youth Sports awards.)

colin milner

Colin Milner

Colin Milner, founder and chief executive officer of the International Council on Active Aging® (ICAA), is one of the world’s visionaries on the health and well-being of the older adult. For the past four years, the World Economic Forum has invited Milner to serve on its Network of Global Agenda Councils, recognizing him as one of “the most innovative and influential minds” in the world on aging-related topics. Milner has been involved in the health and wellness industry since 1982. He managed large and small fitness clubs before founding Canada’s first national fitness trade magazine, Club Direct, in 1990. Milner went on to become vice president of sales and marketing at Keiser Corporation, where he also served as chief operating officer of the Keiser Institute on Aging. Prior to establishing ICAA in 2001, he was president of IDEA Health and Fitness Association.

Keynote session: The future of active aging and its impact

Saturday, December 3, 2011

10:15 a.m.–11:45 a.m.

Are you ready for 2020? Over the next few years there will be millions of Boomers transitioning into a new stage of life. This transformation will reshape all aspects of our industry and active aging as a whole. In this must-attend keynote address, Colin Milner, CEO of the International Council on Active Aging, offers thought-provoking ideas and insights into the future—not only for active aging, but also for industries in general. Milner’s forward-looking session will help you to prepare your vision, budgets, programs and developments to better accommodate the burgeoning older-adult population.

You’ll learn how to:

Identify the future needs of Boomers.
Comprehend how the active-aging industry may need to adapt to accommodate this market.
Prepare to rethink your vision, bud-gets, programs, developments, and more.

Faculty: Colin Milner, CEO and Founder, International Council on Active Aging.