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The 10th Measurement and Evaluation Symposium:
Measurement Issues and Challenges in Aging Research

The symposium, held October 16-18, was attended by more than 150 registrants, faculty, guests, and sponsors. In addition, 65 abstracts were accepted and were displayed during two poster presentation sessions. Chaired by Weimo Zhu, Ph.D., FACSM, the program featured world-renown experts in the field of measurement. The symposium began with a special pre-conference, "SEM: Progress and Future Direction," with Roderick McDonald and "Improving the Analysis of Longitudinal Data", with John Willet. There were numerous conference highlights, including a special session "Measurement Challenges in Alternative Medicine: Qi and Aging", offered by Ping-Zhang Chen, Shan S. Wong, with Weimo Zhu. The symposium closed with a banquet and closing presentation given by Stephen Silverman who addressed "The Changing Face of the Measurement Specialist in Kinesiology."