The Silver Economy Forum 2022 launches new ideas and explores unique collaborations and discoveries that impact healthy aging for older people, and everyone. Highlighting the roles of governments, businesses, NGO’s and academia on the rich topics of the future of the workforce, care-giving, investing in the silver economy, and much more, this exciting Agenda is packed with powerful new perspectives from leaders across the globe.
The Silver Economy will enable a shift from the costly, inefficient, and less effective acute care model of healthcare to a predict-and-prevent model with earlier detection, better treatment, and valued prevention strategies. On this panel, we will show how transforming healthcare is fiscally sustainable and supports healthier aging. The panel will focus on prevention and early detection as models for progress.
Arno Rutte
Public Affairs and Strategy Consultant and former Member of the House of Representatives, the Netherlands
Mary Bussell
RN, BSN, MPH, MPhil, PhD Associate, Health Policy, Economist Impact | Lead, The Economist Group’s Vaccine Ecosystem Initiative
Neil Johnson
Chief Executive, Croí, the West of Ireland Cardiac & Stroke Foundation & National Institute for Prevention and Cardiovascular Health; Executive Director, Global Heart Hub
Finbarr C. Martin
Emeritus Consultant Geriatrician and Professor of Medical Gerontology, Division of Health and Social Care Research, King’s College London
Christine O'Kelly
Age-Friendly University Global Network Coordinator, Age- Friendly University Office, Dublin City University
Adult immunization is one of the most promising, proven, and cost-effective preventive tools to support healthy aging and health system sustainability, yet the uptake of vaccines among adults remains both slow and uneven. In this session, experts from the private and public sectors will share insights from the latest research and pilot studies to support more widespread uptake of vaccines among adults, particularly older adults, including best practices from Covid-19 vaccination.
Mike Mansfield
Chief Executive Officer at ProAge
Meral Akçay
DVM, PhD, Global Influenza Expert, Sanofi
Shalini Desai
Medical Officer, Immunization, Vaccines and Biologicals Department, World Health Organization
To address the needs and value of the growing older population as consumers and customers, businesses around Ireland have become age friendly. Age Friendly Ireland will share some of the key building blocks for creating an age-friendly country and how public private collaborations are helping to drive change.
Orlaith Carmody Duffy
Principal Advisor, Age Friendly Ireland's Business Recognition Program
Ciara Doherty
SEF Dublin Host, “The Tonight Show” on Virgin Media One
Bill Glover showcases his journey and passion to be a caregiver for aging adults. He showcases the importance of soft skills such as relationship building are the key to making a difference.
Everywhere around the world, the caregiving sector is one of the fastest growing segments of the economy, due to the aging of society and resulting increased demand for care. The potential of the care economy is unlimited, creating opportunities for job growth while contributing to more efficient and more personalized care. The caregiving workforce is a critical linchpin in the future of long-term care systems, healthy aging and the sustainability of the Silver Economy, but policies, practices and perceptions need to change to achieve this potential.
Michael Wright
Director of Corporate Operations, Home Instead Ireland
Simon Bottery
Senior Fellow, Social Care at The King's Fund
Teena Gates
Family caregiver and former journalist
Stefania Ilinca
Technical Advisor on Long-term Care, WHO European Office, World Health Organization
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