In conjunction with the World
Economic Forum Global
Agenda Council on Ageing
Managing ageing and cognitive
impairment: challenges and
opportunities for financial services
Symposium Guide
Wednesday 3 February 2016, London
#AgendaForAgeing
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Contents
Practical arrangements
Practical arrangements
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Background and context 2
Programme
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Speaker information
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Exhibitors
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Floor plan
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Fire procedures
On hearing the alarm, please leave the building via the nearest emergency exit and make your
way to the assembly point in Tavistock Square. There will be Fire Stewards around the building
who will be directing everyone to safety.
Please note that some emergency exits may remain locked but can be readily opened by
operating the adjacent break glass buttons (green box).
Exhibition
A small exhibition is located in the Snow Room and can be visited throughout the day.
Lunch
Lunch will be served in the Snow Room from 13.00–14.15. If you have notified us of any special
dietary requirements in advance, please make yourself known to a member of the catering team.
Parallel sessions
After lunch, the symposium will split into three parallel sessions. Please do try to attend the session
that you selected in advance as the rooms have been set up for these numbers. Session locations can
be found on the programme page.
Join in the discussion online
Get involved with the debate online by following @age_uk and @WEFGAC on Twitter and
using the hashtag #AgendaForAgeing
Post event information will also be uploaded to www.ageuk.org.uk/global-ageing
Wi-fi
Wireless internet is available throughout the venue.
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Password: Roll on Spring (note: this password is space and case sensitive)
Photography
Please note there will be a photographer present. If you prefer for us not to photograph you
during the event please speak to the events team on the reception desk.
Wine and canapés reception
A wine and canapés reception, to which all attendees are invited, will take place from
17.00–19.00 in the Garden Room. The reception is kindly sponsored by AARP.
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Welcome from Tom Wright CBE
Group Chief Executive, Age UK and Age International
Age UK is delighted to be hosting this symposium for the World Economic Forum Global Agenda Council
on Ageing.
With the global population aged 60+ forecast to increase from 895 million today to 1.3 billion by 2030,
the issues of ageing and brain health are moving rapidly up the global financial services agenda. As
underlined by the recent World Health Organization World Report on Ageing and Health, it is important
to avoid outdated stereotypes in responding to population ageing. Many people remain fit, well and
cognitively alert right to the end of their lives. While cognitive decline among older customers can be
a challenge for financial service providers, the prevalence of dementia only reaches 5 per cent at the
age of 80, before rising to peaks of 20 per cent for men and 30 per cent for women aged 95–99.
About Age UK and Age International
Age UK is a charity and Community Interest Company that aims to inspire, enable and support
people to make the most of later life through our information and advice, services, campaigns,
products, training and research.
In the UK we work closely with our partners Age Cymru, Age NI, Age Scotland and many local
Age UKs and older people’s groups. We provide charitable services at a local and national level,
including information and advice that reaches well over 5 million people every year.
Age UK’s Community Interest Company also provides financial and other paid-for services to
over a million older people.
Age International works overseas as the UK affiliate of HelpAge International and is a member
of the Disasters Emergency Committee (DEC).
We seek to play a constructive role in debates around ageing and older people’s issues, drawing
on the views, experience and expertise of older people, paying particular attention to the voices
of disadvantaged and vulnerable older people.
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These positive observations are important, because the risks associated with ageing are real, but
should not be exaggerated. They are tractable and manageable – and it is good news that the financial
services industry is increasingly recognising this and looking to develop services that are age-friendly
and appropriate to the individual. Nationally, the UK’s Financial Conduct Authority is working on the
implications of population ageing, the British Bankers’ Association has set up a Vulnerability Taskforce,
and the Financial Capability Strategy for the UK includes the needs of older people in its programme.
Globally, this is the second in a series of three Global Agenda Council symposia, and on page 5 you will
read more about the other two.
One of the Global Agenda Council on Ageing’s aims is encouraging age-friendly practice. Recently,
Age UK has also been working with AARP to highlight good practice. AARP is a non-profit, non-partisan
US organisation with a membership of nearly 38 million, dedicated to the needs and interests of
Americans aged 50+. Last year, AARP and Age UK launched the Global Council on Brain Health to bring
together the world’s expertise and knowledge in this area.
This symposium will share some of that good practice, with contributions from the financial services,
health and research sectors. We hope that the event will be a forum for organisations to come together,
share challenges, find solutions – and opportunities – and cultivate best practice. Papers relating to the
event will be shared at www.ageuk.org.uk/global-ageing
On behalf of Age UK, I want to thank you for attending and contributing to this important agenda,
and a special thank you also to our guest speakers for their time, insights and expertise.
Tom Wright CBE
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Welcome from Dr Derek Yach
Chair, World Economic Forum Global Agenda Council
on Ageing and Chief Health Officer, The Vitality Group
Increasing longevity represents a triumph of development, and creates what is sometimes called
a ‘longevity dividend’.
For us to reap the benefit of that dividend and capitalise on the intrinsic value of a world in which life
expectancy is approaching 90 years, we require deeper insights into how we can ensure that the quality
of people’s lives improves as the length increases. Sober data from the latest work of the Institute of
Health Metrics (reported in August 2015 in The Lancet) highlight how commonly-accumulated health
risks with advanced age and other age-related conditions can affect mobility and cognitive function in
ways that undermine independence.
About the Global Agenda Council on Ageing
The Global Agenda Council on Ageing is part of the World Economic Forum – a not-for-profit
foundation formed to strategically shape global, regional, national and industry agendas.
The Forum helps political, business and other leaders of society to improve the state of the
world, serving as an independent and impartial partner and acting as the officially recognised
International Institution for Public-Private Cooperation.
Over the next four decades, rapid ageing of populations will be one of the most powerful
transformative forces affecting society. Although this demographic shift first started in
developed economies, it is fast becoming a global challenge.
It is vital that key actors fully understand the current and upcoming transformations, as well
as the potential risks and opportunities they bring.
The World Economic Forum Global Agenda Council on Ageing recognises that increased longevity
represents a profound transformational change that will impact on many aspects of society – financial
security and health security being two that the World Economic Forum highlights in its current work.
In response, the Global Agenda Council has launched a series of three symposia about how best to
address the nexus between health and wealth, and the role of private and public sector solutions
derived from social and innovative technological progress to address areas of concern.
The first of these symposia took place at Keio University, Tokyo, Japan in October 2015 and you can
read its report on the online platform for the London event at www.ageuk.org.uk/global-ageing.
I am delighted that the conversation is now continuing at this present meeting hosted by
Age UK in London. The series will conclude in Philadelphia in May.
Our focus is sharply on a reality that exists for most developed countries: wealth accumulates with age
but, for maybe a quarter of older people, cognitive function declines with age. The consequences of these
opposing trends for health and financial security are already being felt in terms of costly errors in financial
decisions and fraud at precisely the time of life when complex financial decisions impacting retirement
and health need to be made.
Our intention is that the combined leadership of the many leading thinkers and organisations
represented at these events will turn the perceived threat into an opportunity that will benefit
generations of older people.
The Global Agenda Council on Ageing aims to explore how stakeholders across sectors and
geographies can capitalise on the economic opportunities presented by an ageing population
and encourage business and governments to adopt age-friendly practices.
Dr Derek Yach
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Programme
Programme
09.30–10.00 Snow Room
Registration, refreshments and exhibition
10.00–10.05 Paget Room
Chair’s welcome
Dr Derek Yach, Chair, Global Agenda Council on Ageing, World Economic Forum and Chief Health
Officer, The Vitality Group
14.15–15.45
Parallel sessions 1, 2, 3
1.‘Changing technologies in financial services: opportunity or threat for people living with
cognitive impairment?’ Paget Room
Financial services technology changes fast and changes constantly – and last year, for the first time,
the majority of payments in the UK were not made with cash. New technologies such as contactless
payments systems can make life much easier, but they can be challenging for some people to adopt.
As our financial lives are increasingly carried out ‘at a distance’ and not on the High Street, how can we
ensure that technology works in the interests of people who are living with cognitive impairment, and
that those who are digitally or socially excluded are not left behind?
• Chair: Tom Wright CBE, Group Chief Executive, Age UK and Age International
10.05–10.15
• Speaker 1: Angela Wakelin, Managing Director of Operations & Control, Santander
Opening speech
• Speaker 2: Phillip Mind, Principal Adviser, Payments UK
Tom Wright CBE, Group Chief Executive, Age UK and Age International
2.‘Financial planning for an uncertain future’ Anderson Barnes Suite
10.15–10.30
Keynote: Cognitive vulnerability and resilience in later life
Retirement can last 30 years, or even longer. As circumstances change over time, in some respects
you can never stop planning ahead. But uncertainties in life, like the economy, your health and family
circumstances, mean that planning ahead may seem well-nigh impossible and too many people leave
it too late. This session will consider whether it is possible to develop a new approach to financial
services that will help people to remain resilient. It will also look at the financial products and services
available to help people whose cognitive function is changing.
Professor Ian Deary, Director of MRC Centre for Cognitive Ageing and Cognitive Epidemiology,
University of Edinburgh
• Speaker 1: Otto Thoresen, Chairman, NEST Corporation
Report back from Tokyo symposium
Dr Hiroki Nakatani, Professor for Global Initiatives, Keio University
10.30–11.15
11.15–11.30 Snow Room
Refreshment break and exhibition
11.30–12.00 Paget Room
Keynote: How does dementia affect our capacity to manage our money?
Dr Daniel Marson, Professor of Neurology, Director of the Division of Neuropsychology, and
Co-Director of the Alzheimer’s Disease Centre, University of Alabama at Birmingham (USA)
12.00–13.00
• Chair: Caroline Abrahams, Charity Director, Age UK
• Speaker 2: Tish Hanifan, Founder and Joint Chair, Society of Later Life Advisers
3.‘Can people living with cognitive impairment remain financially included?’ Murell Room
There is a constant tension between ‘keeping people safe’ and ensuring that we all maintain the
autonomy and dignity we would want – and this is a particular challenge in financial services where there
is a real risk of fraud and abuse. This session will look at where we draw the line, and discuss practical
solutions. We will hear from Joanna Elson OBE about the work of the Financial Services Vulnerability
Taskforce, and from Professor Mary Gilhooly about her work bringing together financial, social care and
health professionals to identify best practice in the detection and prevention of abuse of older people.
Panel Discussion ‘Managing ageing and cognitive impairment: challenges and opportunities
for financial services’
• Chair: Toby Porter, Chief Executive, HelpAge International
• Dr Debra Whitman, Chief Public Policy Officer, AARP
• Speaker 2: Professor Mary Gilhooly, Professor of Gerontology and Health Studies, Brunel University
• Steven Cooper, CEO, Personal Banking, Barclays Bank
15.45–16.00 Snow Room
• Daniel Ryan, Head of Life and Health R&D, Swiss Re Services Limited
Refreshment break and exhibition
13.00–14.15 Snow Room
16.00–17.00 Paget Room
Lunch and exhibition
Closing Plenary
• Speaker 1: Joanna Elson OBE, Chief Executive, Money Advice Trust
Panel Discussion: ‘International perspectives: building resilience and reducing risk’
• Ninie Wang, Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Pinetree Care Group (China)
• James Appleby, Executive Director and Chief Executive Officer, Gerontological Society of America
• Baroness Sally Greengross OBE, Chief Executive, International Longevity Centre – UK
17.00–19.00 Garden Room
Wine and canapés reception, sponsored by AARP
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Number of people aged 80+ worldwide in 2013, 2025 and 2050
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Dr Derek Yach, Chair, World Economic Forum Global Agenda Council
on Ageing and Chief Health Officer, The Vitality Group
Dr Derek Yach has focused his career on advancing global health. He is
currently the Global Chief Health Officer for Vitality, and for the past two
years has served as Executive Director of the Vitality Institute.
Dr Yach serves on several advisory boards including those of the Clinton
Global Initiative, the New York Academy of Sciences, the NIH’s Fogarty
International Centre, and the Mass General Global Health Board. He is
Chairman of the Board of Cornerstone Capital and sits on the Lancet
Commission for Planetary Health. He is Chair of the World Economic
Forum Global Agenda Council on Ageing.
Tom Wright CBE, Group Chief Executive, Age UK and Age International
Source: World Population Ageing 2013, United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs Population Division
Growth in numbers of people with dementia in high-income
and low and middle-income countries
120 million
Tom was appointed CBE in 2007.
High-income countries
Dr Hiroki Nakatani, Professor of Global Initiatives, Keio University
Source: World Health Organization and Alzheimer’s
Disease International, Dementia: A Public Health Priority
(Geneva, 2012).
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Tom also chairs the Richmond Group of Charities, which is a coalition
of ten of the leading health Charities, and is chair of the Fuel Poverty
Advisory Group (FPAG), a non-departmental public body within the
Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC), focussed on advising
the government on warmer homes and fuel poverty. Tom is also a
Trustee of Go ON UK, the cross-sector digital skills charity established
by Baroness Lane-Fox.
Low and middle-income countries
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Tom Wright is Group Chief Executive of Age UK and Age International.
Age UK is the leading charity and social enterprise supporting people
in later life.
Dr Hiroki Nakatani is presently Professor for Global Initiatives at Keio
University. He served as Assistant Director-General of WHO from
March 2007 to May 2015. He led the largest technical cluster comprising
HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis, Malaria and Neglected Tropical Diseases.
Before joining WHO, he worked at the Ministry of Health, Labour and
Welfare of Japan. During a long career at the Ministry, he acquired
extensive technical experience in public health including noncommunicable diseases, health promotion, management of national
hospitals and health workforce development.
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Symposium speakers
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Professor Ian Deary, Director of MRC Centre for Cognitive Ageing
and Cognitive Epidemiology, University of Edinburgh
Professor Ian Deary is a graduate of Psychology and Medicine at
the University of Edinburgh. He practised psychiatry in London and
Edinburgh before moving to academic psychology. His principal
research interests are: human mental abilities, the effects of ageing
and medical conditions on mental skills, and the impact of cognitive
differences on people’s lives.
He is Professor of Differential Psychology at the University of
Edinburgh, and Director of the MRC/BBSRC-funded University of
Edinburgh Centre for Cognitive Ageing and Cognitive Epidemiology.
He is Director of the Lothian Birth Cohort studies. He is a Fellow of
the British Academy, the Royal Society of Edinburgh, and the
Academy of Medical Sciences.
Dr Daniel Marson, Professor of Neurology, Director of the Division
of Neuropsychology, and Co-Director of the Alzheimer’s Disease
Centre, University of Alabama at Birmingham (USA)
Daniel Marson, JD, PhD is a clinical neuropsychologist, licensed
attorney, and tenured full professor at the University of Alabama at
Birmingham, Department of Neurology, where he directs the Division
of Neuropsychology and UAB Alzheimer’s Disease Centre.
Dr Marson’s work on financial capacity in later life has appeared
in the New York Times, USA Today, BBC, Kiplinger Report, and
on NPR. Dr Marson is past president of the National Academy of
Neuropsychology. Dr Marson regularly testifies as an expert witness
in civil and criminal cases.
Steven Cooper, CEO of Personal Banking, Barclays Bank
Steven is the Chief Executive of Barclays Personal Banking for both
UK and Europe, responsible for all aspects of retail banking for over
17 million customers. This can range from the most basic of banking
services to sophisticated products, from branch banking to the latest
digital technology, often in partnership with others. Of particular
importance to Steven is how to help people become comfortable
with changing technology and how to use and protect data.
Prior to his current role, Steven led UK Business Banking for Barclays
and held senior Retail and Commercial banking roles in the UK, Africa
and India.
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Dr Debra Whitman, Chief Public Policy Officer, AARP
As AARP’s chief public policy officer, Debra Whitman leads policy
development, analysis and research, as well as global thought
leadership supporting and advancing the interests of individuals
aged 50+ and their families. She oversees AARP’s Public Policy Institute,
Research Centre, Office of Policy Integration, Thought Leadership and
AARP International.
Dr Whitman is an authority on ageing issues with extensive experience
in national policymaking, domestic and international research, and the
political process. An economist, she is a strategic thinker whose career
has been dedicated to solving problems affecting economic and health
security, and other issues related to population ageing.
Daniel Ryan, Head of Life & Health R&D, Swiss Re Services Limited
Daniel has an MA in Medical Sciences from Cambridge University, and
was on the World Economic Forum’s Global Agenda Council on Ageing
for four years. Daniel is Head of Life and Health R&D at Swiss Re Services
Limited. He was previously Head of Mortality Consulting and Research
at Towers Watson, and was the founder and principal investigator for
eight years of an innovative research group for insurers and reinsurers
that addressed key issues on mortality and morbidity risk.
Daniel leads a multi-disciplinary group that is engaged in research
collaborations on such topics as pandemic risk modeling, behavioural
economics, genetic testing and the relative importance of risk factors
and treatments in different diseases in driving further increases in
life expectancy.
Angela Wakelin, Managing Director of Operations & Control, Santander
Angela joined Santander in 2008 to help set up its Corporate Banking
business as its Chief Operations Officer responsible for developing and
implementing the operational, risk and service frameworks. In 2011
Angela was appointed Director of Product Oversight and Control,
responsible for reviewing all new product approvals and managed a
UK wide project to establish core elements of Conduct Risk Framework.
In 2012 Angela was appointed Transformation Director in the Retail
Division responsible for managing a number of key change programmes
in the Telephone Distribution business. In 2013 Angela was appointed as
Managing Director of Operations and Control; managing the risk
assurance and control environment across the bank. This includes
management and organisation of the first line of defence including
specialist supervision, quality assurance and remediation oversight.
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Symposium speakers
Symposium speakers
Phillip Mind, Principal Adviser, Payments UK
Toby Porter, Chief Executive, HelpAge International
Phillip is currently employed as Principal Adviser to Payments UK, the
trade body for the payments industry, where he focuses on the user
experience of payments systems.
Toby Porter is the Chief Executive of HelpAge International, a global
network of organisations working to help older women and men claim
their rights, challenge discrimination and overcome poverty. Toby has
dedicated his career to humanitarian and development assistance.
Toby joined HelpAge in October 2013, overseeing the development
and approval of their new 2020 Strategy.
Before joining Payments UK, Phillip worked at the Local Government
Association and HM Treasury in a variety of policy roles, including leading
policy reviews (the Independent Commission on Local Government
Finance and Russell Commission on Youth Volunteering). On secondment
from the Treasury, he was Director of the Giving Campaign, a national
campaign to encourage charitable giving.
Phillip has a degree in Economics from the London School of Economics
and a Master’s degree from Loughborough University.
Toby is a member of the World Economic Forum’s Global Agenda
Council on Ageing for 2014–16 and has represented HelpAge
International at the WEF meeting in Davos at the Annual Meetings
in 2014, 2015 and 2016.
Joanna Elson OBE, Chief Executive, Money Advice Trust
Otto Thoresen, Chairman, NEST Corporation
Otto has extensive experience in pensions, financial services
and consumer issues across a range of private and public sector
organisations. He was director general of the Association of British
Insurers (ABI) until the end of January 2015.
Previously he was chief executive with AEGON Group from 2005–2011
and chief finance officer.
Tish Hanifan, Founder and Joint Chair, Society of Later Life Advisers
Tish is a barrister and Founder and Joint Chairman of the Society of Later
Life Advisers (SOLLA). She has worked extensively in the areas of policy
development, financial training and advice delivery in relation to older
people and is involved in the delivery of national standard setting and
accreditation for financial and legal advisers in the older client sector.
Her areas of expertise encompass the retirement market and how policy
impacts on retirement and care.
Tish has worked with government departments and a variety of third
sector and private organisations in developing and supporting good
practice in relation to older and vulnerable clients.
Joanna is Chief Executive of Money Advice Trust, which helps over
1 million people across the UK each year tackle their debts and manage
their money wisely.
In 2010, Joanna was awarded an OBE for services to people in debt.
Joanna advises H M Treasury’s Home Finance Forum, the Chartered
Banker Professional Standards Board and Birmingham University’s
Centre on Household Assets and Savings Management and chairs the
BBA’s Vulnerability Taskforce. She is a director of the Friends Provident
Foundation, a school governor and a Chartered Director.
Professor Mary Gilhooly, Professor of Gerontology and Health Studies,
Brunel University London
Professor Gilhooly is the principal investigator on a study funded by the
Dawes Trust on financial abuse of people lacking mental capacity. This
research follows on from a project on elder financial abuse funded by
the ESRC which was part of the New Dynamics of Ageing programme.
She is also currently a co-investigator on ‘Seeing what they see:
Compensating for cortical visual dysfunction in Alzheimer’s disease’,
a large ESRC/NIHR funded project.
Recognition of her contribution to the social sciences, and gerontology in
particular, led to her election in 2006 as an Academician in The Academy
for the Social Sciences. The British Society of Gerontology honoured her
contribution to the Society with the Award of BSG Founding Fellow.
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Caroline Abrahams, Charity Director, Age UK
Caroline Abrahams is Age UK’s Charity Director. A barrister by training she
has spent her career in the voluntary and public sectors, mostly on
children and families’ issues, social care and education. She has worked
in a senior capacity at the children’s charity Action For Children and at
the Local Government Association, and she has also been a policy
adviser to Ministers and Shadow Ministers, and a senior civil servant.
Caroline’s policy interests include social care, the role of the voluntary
sector and public service reform.
Ninie Wang Yan, Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Pinetree
Care Group
In 2004 Ninie founded Pinetree Care Group, China’s largest professional
home health provider for the aging population, focusing on business
model innovation, professional service and talent development.
Ninie is a China National Silver Industry Advisory Committee Member
as well as a Standing Committee Member of the Chinese Association
of Geriatric Research. She has a BA in Economics from UIBE, China,
and MBA from INSEAD in France and Singapore. She is a Young Global
Leader and member of the Global Agenda Council on Ageing World
Economic Forum. In 2014 she received one of the China Association of
Gerontology and Geriatrics’ first ‘Excellent Young Scholars’ awards.
Baroness Sally Greengross OBE, Chief Executive, International Longevity
Centre – UK
Baroness Sally Greengross has been a crossbench (independent) member
of the House of Lords since 2000 and co-chairs five All-Party Parliamentary
Groups: Dementia, Corporate Social Responsibility, Intergenerational
Futures, Continence Care and Ageing and Older People. She is the Vice Chair
of the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Choice at the End of Life, and is
Treasurer of the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Equalities. Sally is Chief
Executive of the International Longevity Centre – UK; Co-President of the
ILC Global Alliance; and was a Commissioner for the Equality and Human
Rights Commission from 2006–12.
Baroness Greengross was Director General of Age Concern England from
1987 until 2000. Until 2000, she was joint Chair of the Age Concern
Institute of Gerontology at Kings College London, and Secretary General
of Eurolink Age.
Baroness Greengross is Chair of the Advisory Groups for the English
Longitudinal Study on Ageing (ELSA) and the New Dynamics of Ageing
(NDA). She is President of the Pensions Policy Institute and Honorary Vice
President of the Royal Society for the Promotion of Health.
Baroness Greengross is Patron of the National Association of Care Caterers
(NACC) and Patron of Care and Repair England. She holds honorary
doctorates from eight UK universities.
James Appleby, Executive Director and Chief Executive Officer,
Gerontological Society of America
James C. Appleby, BSPharm, MPH, is Chief Executive Officer of The
Gerontological Society of America. He’s an innovator and entrepreneur
adept at transforming organisational cultures. Since joining the staff in
2008, he has focused the organisation on advancing innovation in
ageing, and has built multiple new campaigns in the areas of adult
immunisation, detecting cognitive impairment and pain management,
as well as several new publications. James is also the chief staff member
leading the development of the 21st IAGG World Congress of
Gerontology & Geriatrics, which GSA will host in San Francisco in 2017.
Prior to joining GSA, James had a 17-year career with the American
Pharmacists Association where he served most recently as Chief
Operating Officer.
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Barclays would like you to join us to explore and share knowledge
around managing ageing and cognitive impairment. Barclays is
committed to having the right services to support older customers and
we are delivering a number of key initiatives to support them, including
those with dementia and cognitive impairments.
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The Disconnected Mind research project
Losing our thinking skills in later life is one of the greatest fears about
ageing. It also has
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Research led by Keynote speaker Professor Ian Deary at the University of
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and why our thinking skills change with age. Visit our stand to find out
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Generation R: risk, resilience, ready for ageing?, our detailed research
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includes expert chapters on financial and other resources. You can also
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Age International is the only UK charity focusing on the needs and rights
of older people in developing countries. It is a charitable subsidiary of
Age UK and a member of the HelpAge global network and the Disasters
Emergency Committee (DEC).
Age International supports older people in developing countries by
improving livelihoods, health and healthcare; providing age-friendly
emergency relief; and by challenging attitudes, influencing decisionmakers and changing policies. Its vision is of a world in which women
and men everywhere can lead dignified, healthy and secure lives as
they grow older.
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