2025 Speakers Page

MANCHESTER

List of Speakers

Amal Abou Rafeh

Head of Aging, United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs

Bio

Juan Mari Aburto

Mayor of Bilbao City Council, Spain

Bio

H.E. Abdulaziz Al-Wasil

Permanent Representative to the United Nations of Saudi Arabia

Bio

Dr. Jane Barratt

Global Advisor, former Secretary General, International Federation on Ageing (IFA)

Bio

John Beard

Irene Diamond Professor of Epidemiology and Health Policy and Management, and Director, International Longevity Center-USA, Columbia University

Bio

Andy Burnham

Mayor of Greater Manchester

Bio

Siobhan Casey

Commissioner for Older People, Northern Ireland

Bio

Catherine Collinson

CEO and President, Transamerica Institute

Bio

Shannon Conway

Co-Founder, Picture This

Bio

Toby Cousens

Commercial Lead for RSV, Int’l Commercial Office, Pfizer

Bio

Councillor Bev Craig

Leader, Manchester City Council

Bio

Dame Sally Davies

UK Special Envoy on AMR

Bio

Mike Devoy

EVP, Chief Medical Officer of Bayer AG

Bio

Neil Dsouza

CEO, Get Set Up

Bio

Nick Eberstadt

AEI Scholar on Economic Demography, AEI

Bio

The Honorable Wang Fengchao

Mayor of Chengdu, China

Bio

Frances Fitzgerald

Former Tánaiste (Deputy Prime Minister) and Minister for Justice and Equality

Bio

Mike Geary

CEO, City in the Community, Manchester City Football Club

Bio

Margaret Gillis

Founding President, International Longevity Centre Canada

Bio

Hans Groth

Chairman, World Demographic & Aging Forum

Bio

Navid Hanif

Assistant Secretary-General for Economic Development, Department of Economic and Social Affairs (DESA), United Nations

Bio

Robin Hiley

Artistic Director/CEO, Charades Theatre

Bio

Michael Hodin

CEO, Global Coalition on Aging

Bio

Sydney Hughes

Founder & CEO, SeniorProof™

Bio

Martin Jones MBE

CEO UK & International Home Instead

Bio

Alison Kay

VP, Managing Director Amazon Web Services UKI

Bio

The Honorable Jang Ho Kim

Mayor of Gumi City, South Korea

Bio

Terris King

Pastor, Liberty Grace Church, and former Senior Executive Director of Minority Health, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services

Bio

Surya Kolluri

Head of TIAA Institute

Bio

Yuji Kuroiwa

Governor of Kanagawa Prefecture

Bio

Heidi Larson

Founding Director, the Vaccine Confidence Project, former head of Global Immunisation Communication at UNICEF

Bio

Pam Mangat

Head of Creative, BBC Storyworks Commercial Productions

Bio

Eleanor Mills

Founder Noon.org.uk, Journalist, Author

Bio

Melissa Gong Mitchell

Executive Director, Global Coalition on Aging

Bio

Cesar Rafael Garcia Morales

Silver Economy Specialist, IFC/WorldBank

Bio

Daniel Murphy

Insurance & Asset Management Industry Specialist, World Economic Forum

Bio

Joseph Musgraves

Chief Executive Officer, Home and Community Care Ireland (HCCI)

Bio

Vivienne Parry OBE

Writer, Broadcaster

Bio

Michiel Peters

Head of Advocacy Initiatives, Global Coalition on Aging

Bio

Ian Philp

Founder and CEO, AgeCare Technologies

Bio

Alan Pitcher

Commercial Director, Nuance Audio, UK

Bio

Bill Pullman

Actor, Director, Producer & Voice Artist

Bio

Lynne Ridsdale

Chief Executive, Bury Council

Bio

Steve Rotheram

Mayor of the Liverpool City Region

Bio

Minoru Sasaki

Principal Deputy Director, Healthcare and Industries Div., Ministry of Economy Trade & Industry (METI), Japan

Bio

David Sinclair

Chief Executive, ILC-UK

Bio

Elaine Unegbu

Chair, Age Friendly Manchester Older People’s Board

Bio

Pol Vandenbroucke

Chairman, Global Longevity Council, World Demographic and Aging Forum, and Vice President, Global Government Affairs, Shionogi

Bio

Connie Weaver

Chief Marketing Officer, Equitable, Board Member, National Council on Aging

Bio

Dr. Dai Yamawaki, CFA

Vice President (Equities) Nomura Asset Management, UK

Bio

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