The guest speakers, Prof. Tippelt and Dr. Schmidt-Hertha, gave an interesting lecture about the CiLL-study which focuses on the measurement of competencies of people aged between 66 and 80 years. The CiLL-study (Competencies in Later Life) is a joint project delivered by the DIE (German Institute for Adult Education) in cooperation with the Ludwig-Maximilian-University Munich (LMU) Institute for Pedagogy led by Prof. Dr. Rudolf Tippelt, Prof. Dr. Dieter Gnahs and Dr. Bernhard Hertha-Schmitt. The study is funded by the Federal Ministry of Education and Research of Germany (BMBF).