The Longevity Summit 2018 | EuroFinance | Economist Group | 27 September 2018 | Sofitel Singapore City Centre, 9 Wallich St - Singapore

Asian countries like Japan, Singapore, South Korea and China are facing a demographic crisis. The aged are starting to dramatically outnumber the young, an issue that affects every aspect of society. Businesses are struggling to adapt to the changing nature of their workforces, and health care systems are coming under increasing financial strain. While governments are acting—Singapore has signaled a rise in GST tax and Japan is investing in pension reform and productivity improvements—they may not be doing enough to prepare their societies for the reality of living to one hundred. How can ageing societies get ready for extended life expectancy? And what are the opportunities for those investing in the ‘silver economy’?

2018 Speakers:

Kanwaljit Soin
Founding president, Women’s Initiative for Ageing Successfully

Gary Khoo
Director, healthy ageing division, Health Promotion Board, Singapore

Lam Ching-Choi
Member, Executive Council, Hong Kong and chairman, Elderly Commission, Hong Kong

Alex Zhavoronkov
Founder and chief executive, Insilico Medicine

Brian Kennedy
Director, Centre for Healthy Ageing, National University Health System (NUHS), Singapore

Wilf Blackburn
Chief executive officer, Prudential Singapore

Anne Kim
Founder and chief executive, Alphavita Capital

Penny Wan
Regional vice-president and general manager, JAPAC, Amgen

Nawal Roy
Chief executive, Holmusk

Tan Hwee-Pink
Academic director, SMU-TCS iCity Lab, Singapore Management University

Peggy Liu
Chair, Joint US-China Collaboration on Clean Energy

Janice Chia
Founder and managing director, Ageing Asia

Ferdous Ara Begum
Member, board of trustees, HelpAge International

Dung Le
Researcher, Institute of Social and Medical Studies, Vietnam

Björn Andersson
Regional director for Asia and the Pacific, United Nations Population Fund

Lilian Myers
Managing partner, EconomyFour

Ong Chih-Ching
Executive chairman and executive director, KOP

Carolyn Chin-Parry
Chief digital officer, Prism Group

Tomoko Nishimoto
Assistant director-general and regional director for Asia and the Pacific, International Labour Organization

Priyanka Gothi
Founder and chief executive, Retired Not Out

Helen Lim
Founder and chief executive, Silver Spring

Naoki Takazaki
Senior managing director, Renaissance

Charles Goddard
Editorial director, Asia-Pacific, The Economist Intelligence Unit

Simon Baptist
Global chief economist and managing director, Asia,The Economist Intelligence Unit

Simon Cox
Emerging markets editor, The Economist

Rashmi Dalai
Managing editor, Thought Leadership, Asia, The Economist Intelligence Unit

2018 Sponsors:

PLATINUM SPONSORS:
• PRUDENTIAL

GOLD SPONSOR:
• AMGEN

SUPPORTING ASSOCIATIONS:
• ASIANSCIENTIST
• Alliance
• FLEISHMANHILLARD