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WELCOME TO CONVERGENCE!! 

Find our Registration Form at the bottom of this page.

Email: convergence@agingbetternetwork.com with questions.

In your email, please indicate which morning Speaker Session(s) you plan to attend: Saturday morning—Oct. 7th, Sunday morning—Oct. 8th, Monday Morning—Oct. 9th. Please indicate the number of attendees that you are registering.

Each Speaker Session is only $10. This minimal amount will help to cover venue and promotional costs of morning sessions.

Read about the Speakers when you click on the “Speakers” tab at the top of the Convergence website home page. Notice the topics and which mornings each speaker will give their presentation when you click on the “Schedule” tab at the top of the Convergence website home page. 2023 is the FIRST annual event of its kind. Professionals and entrepreneurs (in the areas of aging, care, and longevity) will come together with students, local community members, caregivers, ‘Persons of Longevity,’ leaders, owners, and visitors from around Oregon. Enjoy becoming better informed during interactive sessions with these expert speakers.

Seating is limited to 50 attendees for this 2023 event being held at the Independence Civic Center (555 S. Main Street, Independence, Oregon 97351) . You can interact and collaborate with the speakers and other attendees from 8:30-11:30am each morning that you attend.

Email: convergence@agingbetternetwork.com for registration and tickets

“Until there’s a cure, there’s community.”—Kitty Norton, filmmaker & daughter (“She’s been there … and back.”)

SPECIAL SINGLE SCREENING IN POLK COUNTY as part of CONVERGENCE (hosted by Aging Better Network): The triple film-festival award-winning film—“WINE, WOMEN, AND DEMENTIA”—is privately screening for ticket-holders only! Seating is limited to 150. This exclusive, one-time screening includes an IN-PERSON interaction with the filmmaker after the full-length 87-minute film concludes.

In your email, please indicate the number of Movie Tickets that you will be purchasing from me. Tickets are available in the lobby at my table before the film begins at 6:30pm. Exclusive in-person Q&A with the filmmaker will follow the screening.

The movie ticket is only $5. This minimal amount will help to cover venue and promotional costs of this film presentation.

MOVIE NIGHT is Sunday, October 8th, 6:30 – 8:30pm, at the Independence Cinema (450 S. 2nd Street, Independence, OR 97351). The documentary “Wine, Women, and Dementia” is available ONE NIGHT ONLY in a private screening followed by an EXCLUSIVE, IN-PERSON Q&A with the filmmaker: Kitty Norton (aka Lickety Glitz). Discounted concessions are available for “WW&D” ticket-holders.

SEE THE TRAILER https://www.winewomenanddementia.com/

Email: convergence@agingbetternetwork.com for registration and tickets

RESERVED TICKETS MUST BE CLAIMED BY 6:25pm. ARRIVE EARLY TO PURCHASE YOUR TICKETS THAT ARE BEING HELD UNDER YOUR NAME AT MY TABLE. THIS IS A PRIVATE SHOWING. THE CINEMA DOES NOT SELL TICKETS FOR VIEWING THIS INDEPENDENT FILM.

I’m Christine A. Smith, Independence resident, previously an in-home caregiver for nearly 100 families, and LIVEstreamer for Aging Better Network website: agingbetternetwork.com ABN is hosting CONVERGENCE to promote an ‘Age-FRIENDLIER’ Monmouth-Independence. Please contact me by email for all clarifications. I’ll register you for morning sessions and answer your questions about when and how to pay.

I will confirm ALL of your selections (morning sessions, number of attendees, movie tickets, and method of payment) by email personally!! Share about CONVERGENCE with those you care about when they visit https://www.convergence-experience.com/ and Email convergence@agingbetternetwork.com for registration and tickets.