Future of Ageing 2019

Keynote: Maximising the economic opportunity of ageing

Speaker: David Sinclair, ILC

Keynote: Ageism and the longevity dividend

Speaker: Ashton Applewhite 

Workshop: The opportunity of the high street

How can older people save the high street?

Chair: Kate Jopling, ILC

Speakers: Luke Walmsley, EE; Ojay McDonald, Association of Town and City Management; Rachael Richardson, Barclays

Workshop: The opportunity of education

Can education help us unlock the longevity dividend?

Chair: Dan Holden, ILC

Speakers: Prof Andrew Scott; Joe Dromey, Learning and Work; Sir Vince Cable; Janine Matho, Pearson 

Workshop: The opportunity of health

Can better health drive a longevity dividend?

Chair: Baroness Sally Greengross OBE, ILC

Speakers: Prof David Bloom, Harvard; Shirley Cramer CBE, Royal Society of Public Health; Arunima Himawan, ILC

Workshop: The opportunity of consumption

Spending the kid’s inheritance

Chair: David Sinclair, ILC

Speakers: Rowena Crawford, Institute for Fiscal Studies; Sophia Dimitriadis, ILC 

Workshop: The opportunity of housing and care

The great housing and care economy

Speakers: John Tonkiss, McCarthy & Stone; Julian Evans, Knight Frank; Henry Elphick, LaingBuisson; Martin Jones, Home Instead Senior Care UK

11.30am

Fireside chat: The value of the longevity economy to UK plc

Chair: Andy Briggs, UK Longevity Council

Speakers: Helena Herklots Older People’s Commissioner Wales; Paul McGarry, Greater Manchester Combined Authority; George MacGinnis, UK Research and Innovation

Open slot: Occupational health and the longevity dividend

Speaker: Prof David Blane, Imperial College London

1.40pm

Keynote: The opportunity for small business

Speaker: Mike Cherry OBE, Federation of Small Businesses

1.55pm

Debate: The global opportunity of ageing

Chair: Baroness Sally Greengross OBE, ILC

Speakers: Prof David Bloom, Harvard; Dr Mike Short CBE, Department for International Trade; Dr Susan Thomas, EY; Dr Jane Barratt, International Federation on Ageing

Open slot: Maximising the longevity dividend – tourism in the Caribbean

Speaker: Rochelle Amour, Caribbean Institute for Health Research

2.55pm

Workshop: Delivering a longevity dividend by communicating better

Chair: Yvonne Sonsino, Mercer

Speakers: Dr Anna Dixon, Centre for Ageing Better; Joyce ‘Grandma’ Williams MBE; Rachel Lloyd, Message House

Workshop: The power of the mid-life MOT

Employer case study

Workshop: Delivering a longevity dividend by protecting vulnerable consumers

Chair: Helen Undy, Money and Mental Health

Speakers: Martin Coppack, Fair by Design; Jeremy Hughes, Alzheimer’s Society; Sarah Porretta, The Money and Pensions Service 

Workshop: Delivering a longevity dividend by focussing on the essentials

Chair: Kate Jopling, ILC

Speakers: Dr Sheila Peace, The Open University; Dr Sarah Jarvis MBE, General practitioner 

Workshop: Delivering a longevity dividend through fashion

Why doesn’t fashion care about older consumers?

Chair: Diane Kenwood, ILC Trustee

Speakers: Tricia Cusden, Look Fabulous Forever; Prof Julia Twigg, University of Kent; Jane Hallam, Esteem

4.15pm

Debate: The investment opportunity

Can longevity deliver the next unicorn?

Chair: Baroness Sally Greengross OBE, ILC

Speakers: Steve Groves, Angel Investor; Kerrigan Procter, Legal & General Capital; Helen Jones, DSG Capital

Open slot: The longevity dividend and climate change

Speaker: Daniel Scharf, Pause for Thought

Closing presentation

Speaker: Andy Briggs