Keynote Speaker: Kris Krasnowski Director of Communications & Community Relations at Wisconsin Institute for Healthy Aging Ageism: Its Effect on Your Health and What We Can All Do About ItYour beliefs about aging can have a dramatic effect on your health. The good news is that once we recognize ageist thinking and how it impacts us, we can begin to change our perceptions—and our lives. This session will reveal the research and insights into the extent and underpinnings of ageism—in everyday encounters, in the media, and in ourselves—and will discuss how ageist perceptions affect self-image and orientation toward and beliefs about how we can improve their own health. Leave with strategies to combat ageism and help yourself and your community age well