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High-Level Forum on the Silver Economy 2026

Healthy Longevity for Economic Growth

Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

2026 Silver Economy Forum:

Healthy Longevity for Economic Growth

SEF 2026 will feature high-level business, government and MLO’s as well as academicians and KOL’s in our successful format of keynote speeches, intimate one-to-one conversations, and panel discussions.

This year’s main Forum will be held in the Kuala Lumpur Convention Center, in the heart of Kuala Lumpur.

SPEAKERS LIST IN FORMATION

Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

List of Speakers

YB Datuk Seri Dr. Haji Dzulkefly Ahmad

Minister of Health, Malaysia
Bio

Dr. Somsak Akksilp

Executive Director, ASEAN Centre for Active Ageing and Innovation (ACAI)
Bio

Tunku Alizakri Alias

Former CEO, Employees Provident Fund (EPF)
Bio

Kenichiro Asano

Representative Director, Social & Health Strategy Research Institute, Japan
Bio

Myo Nyein Aung

Professor, Department of Global Health Research, Graduate School of Medicine, Juntendo University, Tokyo, Japan
Bio

Eduardo Bazon

Dir., Health Practices, Human & Social Dev. Dept., Asian Development Bank
Bio

John Beard

Irene Diamond Professor, Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health;Director, International Longevity Center — USA
Bio

Dr. Maria Borentain

VP and Head of Cardiovascular and Renal Clinical Development, Bayer AG
Bio

Annavittoria Leteo Cameli

Global Series Lead, BBC Storyworks
Bio

Dr. Aiqing Chen

Co-Founder and COO of ACT-Good
Bio

Janice Chia

Founder & Managing Director, Ageing Asia, Singapore
Bio

Joan Collar

Chief Commercial Officer, Marsh Asia
Bio

Graham Cookson

CEO, Office of Health Economics (OHE)
Bio

Lynne Corner

Deputy Director, UK National Innovation Centre for Ageing (NICA)
Bio

Ambra Debernardi

Head of Employee Benefits & Corporate Relationships APAC, Zurich Insurance Group
Bio

Neil Dsouza

CEO, GetSetUp
Bio

Dr. Wayne Duan

Co-Founder, Act-Good China
Bio

Mitsunori Fukuda

Director of the Healthcare Industries Division, Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI), Japan
Bio

Frederico Guanais

Deputy Head, Health Division, OECD
Bio

Kate Hashey

Head, Product and Pipeline Advocacy, Global Communications and Government Affairs, GSK
Bio

Teiji Hayashi

Ambassador for Global Health and Executive Director for Healthcare Policy in the National Healthcare Policy Secretariat of the Cabinet Office, Japan
Bio

Pham Vu Hoang

Deputy Director General, Viet Nam Population Authority
Bio

Michael Hodin

CEO, Global Coalition on Aging
Bio

Ryuichiro Iwanami

Head of Public Policy and Government Relations, Uber Japan
Bio

Professor Emeritus Dato' Dr. Adeeba Kamarulzaman

President and Pro Vice-Chancellor, Monash University Malaysia
Bio

Dr. Shahrul Bahyah Binti Kamaruzzaman

Deputy Dean, Faculty of Medicine, Universiti Malaya
Bio

Ravindran Kanesvaran

Chair, Oncology, NCC Singapore
Bio

Eric Kihlstrom

CEO, MiiCare Europe
Bio

Gretchen Kunze

Director, Health and Life Sciences, US-ASEAN Business Council
Bio

Dato’ Dr. Joon-Kiong Lee

Deputy Medical Director and Consultant Orthopedic Surgeon, Beacon Hospital, Petaling Jaya, Malaysia
Bio

Liu Dechun

Director-General, Department of Social Development, NDRC
Bio

Andrea Britta Maier

Founder, Director, The National University of Singapore (NUS) Academy for Healthy Longevity, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, Singapore
Bio

Emiko Masaki

Principal Health Specialist, Asian Development Bank
Bio

Jasmine Millman PhD

Chief of Staff NUS Academy for Healthy Longevity Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore
Bio

Tomonori Misono

Director General, Department of Policy and Planning, Osaka Prefectural Government, Japan
Bio

Melissa Gong Mitchell

Executive Director, Global Coalition on Aging
Bio

Sri Nadarajah

Founder and Chairman of the Venus Group
Bio

Cynthia Ng

Journalist and Emcee
Bio

Liem Nguyen

Programme Manager for Social Welfare, Economic Research Institute for ASEAN and East Asia (ERIA)
Bio

Ryoji Noritake

CEO of Health and Global Policy Institute (HGPI)
Bio

Prof. Dato’ Seri lr. Dr. Noor Azuan Abu Osman

Vice Chancellor, University of Malaya
Bio

Du Peng

Dean, School of Population and Health, Renmin University of China
Bio

Ian Philp

Founder and CEO, AgeCare Technologies
Bio

Prof. Dr. Tan Maw Pin

Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Universiti Malaya
Bio

Vaikunthan Rajaratnam

Senior Consultant, Khoo Teck Puat Hospital, Singapore
Bio

Simon Rosof

Region Head, Asia Pacific, Bayer Pharmaceuticals Division
Bio

YB Dato’ Sri Azalina Othman Said

Minister, PM’s Department of Law and Institutional Reform, Malaysia
Bio

Minoru Sasaki

Director, Nippon Life Global Investors Americas
Bio

Takuko Sawada

Director and Vice Chairperson of the Board, Shionogi
Bio

Susan Schwarz

Head of Health Programs, Global Coalition on Aging
Bio

His Royal Highness Sultan Nazrin Muizzuddin Shah

Ruler of the State of Perak, Malaysia
Bio

Noriyuki Shikata

Ambassador of Japan to Malaysia
Bio

YB Dato’ Sri Hajah Nancy Shukri

Minister of Women, Family & Community Development, Malaysia
Bio

Shruti Singh

Senior Economist, Ageing and Employment Policies, OECD
Bio

Kantha Ruban Sivalingam

Doctor, Malaysian Healthy Ageing Society (MHAS)
Bio

Keizo Takemi

Former Health Minister, Japan
Bio

Pol Vandenbroucke

Vice President, Global Government Affairs, Shionogi
Bio

Hans Vriens

Co-founder and Managing Partner, Vriens & Partners
Bio

Prof. Nathan Vytialingam

President, Malaysia Healthy Aging Society
Bio

Tetsuya Watanabe

President of ERIA (Economic Research Institute for ASEAN and East Asia)
Bio

Dr. Wong Teck Wee

Consultant Interventional Cardiologist ¡HEAL Medical Centre
Bio

Prof. John Wong

Emeritus Professor, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, National University of Singapore
Bio

Sam Yang

Co-Founder and CEO, Xander Kardian
Bio

YB Puan Hannah Yeoh

Minister, PM’s Department (Federal Territories), Malaysia
Bio

Tan Sri Michael Yeoh

Founding President, Chairman, World Digital Chamber, ICC Malaysia
Bio

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