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&#160;Our next WeberWorldCafé will take place on February 28th, 2 pm - 6:30 pm in the city-hall of Dortmund (Dortmunder Rathaus, Friedensplatz 1, 44135 Dortmund).Please register via wwc@maxweberstiftung.dePosterMany modern societies are increasingly confronting demographic change, i.e. the ageing and shrinking of population. This is particularly true for Japan and Germany, which are the worldwide “front-runners”. The social, economic and political implications are most strongly and directly felt at the level of local communities.The idea of the WeberWorldCafé on “Demographic Change - Challenges and Answers for Local Communities” jointly conceived and organized by the German Institute of Japanese Studies (Tokyo) and the Institute of Gerontology at the Technical University of Dortmund is to bring together researchers, policy makers and civic society representatives with proven expertise in local demographic policies from Germany, the EU and Japan, to discuss how local communities can best prepare to cope with the demographic challenge. The discussions will take place on four tables representing different dimensions of the demographic challenge and accounting for the broad scope of the issues involved.&#160;First round of discussion: Actors and their rolesTable 1: Local politicsTable 2: Families and generationsTable 3: BusinessTable 4: Civic Society and NGOs&#160;Second round of discussion: Cross-sectional issues – areas of collaborationTable 1: Care – where, how and by whom?Table 2: Compatibility of family and workTable 3: Social Inclusion of elderlyTable 4: Financing models