High-Level Forum on the Silver Economy 2019

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Speakers

The inaugural Silver Economy Forum attracted over 70 distinguished speakers from around the world to engage in thought-provoking and action-oriented dialogue. Collectively, these policymakers, academics, NGOs, and private sector business leaders illuminated the progress and challenges inherent in the global demographic changes related to aging.

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List of Speakers

Ann Aerts

Head of Novartis Foundation
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Ville Alijoki

Executive Producer of Yle Factual Web Development & Yle Learning
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Jane Barratt

Former Secretary General, International Federation on Ageing
Bio

Werner Baumann

Chairman of the Board of Management of Bayer AG
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Jos de Blok

Founder and CEO Buurtzorg
Bio

Andy Burnham

Mayor of Greater Manchester
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Axel Börsch-Supan

Executive Director of the Survey of Health, Ageing, and Retirement in Europe (SHARE), Munich Research Institute
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Camilla Cavendish

Writer and Journalist, The Financial Times
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Cara Courage

Head of Tate Exchange at Tate Museum London
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Jim Daly

Minister of the State for Health of Ireland
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Mike Devoy

Chief Medical Officer, Bayer
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Annette Dixon

Vice President for Human Development at the World Bank Group
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Jisella Dolan

Chief Global Advocacy Officer, Home Instead, an Honor Company
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Phyllis Barkman Ferrell

Global Advisor, Davos Alzheimer's Collaborative
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Christoffer Forssell

Head of Localization and Accessibility Services at the Finnish Public Broadcasting Company Yle
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Esther George

President and CEO of the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City
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Hans Groth

Chairman of the Board, World Demographic & Ageing Forum
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José Ángel Gurria

Secretary General, OECD
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Jussi Herlin

Vice Chairman of the Board and Senior Business Analyst in the Strategy and Market Intelligence team at KONE Corporation
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Martti Hetemäki

Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Finance of Finland
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Michael Hodin

CEO, Global Coalition on Aging Managing Partner, High Lantern Group
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Jeff Huber

CEO Emeritus, Home Instead / Chief Brand Officer, Honor
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Wiking Husberg

Ministerial Adviser on Occupational Safety and Health of Ministry of Social Affairs and Health of Finland
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Sara Härmälä

Director of Upgraded
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Pentti Itkonen

Chief Executive Officer, The South Karelia Social and Health Care District in Finland (Eksote)
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Zsuzsanna Jakab

Deputy-Director, World Health Organization
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Patrick Kamphuis

Global Head of Medical and Scientific Affairs for Adult Medical Nutrition at Nutricia
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Piia-Noora Kauppi

Managing Director of Finance Finland
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Amy Khor

Senior Minister of State for the Ministry of Health and Ministry of the Environment & Water Resources, Republic of Singapore
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Kalle Killar

Deputy Secretary General of E-services and Innovation Ministry of Social Affairs in Estonia
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Krista Kiuru

Minister of Family Affairs and Social Services of Finland
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Katarina Ivanković Knežević

Director for Social Affairs in the General Directorate for Employment, Social Affairs and Inclusion at the European Commission
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Kari Kohtamäki

Customer Account Lead, VTT
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Reinier Koppelaar

Program Director at the Netherlands Ministry of Health, Welfare and Sports of the Program on Ageing in Place (Langer Thuis)
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Kazimierz Kuberski

Deputy Minister of Family, Labour and Social Policy in the Republic of Poland
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Christine Lagarde

Chair and Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund
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Robert Madelin

Chairman of Fipra International & Former Director General of the European Commission
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Marco Marsella

Head of the “eHealth, Well-being, and Ageing” Unit in the Directorate General for Communications Networks, Content and Technology of the European Commission
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David Marsh

General Secretary of the Fragility Fracture Network (FFN)
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Finbarr C. Martin

Emeritus Consultant Geriatrician and Professor of Medical Gerontology, Division of Health and Social Care Research, King’s College London
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Ripley Martin

Business Leader for Aging and Caregiving, Philips
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Britt Monti

Creative Leader Home Furnishing Range & Design of IKEA of Sweden
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Niku Määttänen

Research Director at the Research Institute of the Finnish Economy (ETLA)
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Kazumi Nishikawa

Director, Information Technology Industry Division, Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry of Japan
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Ryoji Noritake

CEO of Health and Global Policy Institute (HGPI)
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Alana Officer

Unit Head, Demographic Change and Healthy Ageing, WHO
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Anders Olauson

Honorary President, European Patients' Forum, and Chairman, Agrenska Foundation
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Anne-Sophie Parent

Secretary General of AGE Platform Europe (AGE)
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Aino-Kaisa Pekonen

Minister of Social Affairs and Health of Finland
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Kirsi Pimiä

Non-Discrimination Ombudsman
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Željko Plazonić

State Secretary of the Ministry of Health of the Republic of Croatia
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Manoj Pradhan

Chief Economist at the independent macroeconomic research firm Talking Heads
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Jussi-Pekka Rantanen

Senior Producer at Yle News
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Olli Rehn

Governor of the Bank of Finland and member of the Governing Council of the European Central Bank
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Antti Rinne

Prime Minister of Finland
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Aisling Ryan

Managing Partner and Global Consulting Principal at The Corporate Practice at WPP
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Dave Ryan

General Manager of Health & Life Sciences Business at Intel Corporation
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Lorna Sabbia

Managing Director, Head of Workplace Benefits, Bank of America
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Stefano Scarpetta

Director for Employment, Labour and Social Affairs, OECD
Bio

Martin Seychell

Deputy Director General for Health at the European Commission
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Jane Shaw

Principal of Harris Manchester College
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Päivi Sillanaukee

Special Envoy for Health and Wellbeing, Ministry of Social Affairs and Health Finland
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Janine Small

IDM Vaccines Regional President at Pfizer
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Timo Strandberg

MD, PhD, Professor of geriatric medicine at the University of Helsinki and Helsinki University Hospital
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Yasuhiro Suzuki

Vice-Minister for Health, Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare, Japan
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Vappu Taipale

Professor, MD
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Sushant Trivedi

Senior Brand Manager at Gillette North America, Procter & Gamble
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Jan Vapaavuori

Mayor, city of Helsinki
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George Vradenburg

The Global CEO Initiative on Alzheimer’s Disease; Chairman and Co-Founder of UsAgainstAlzheimer’s
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Ninie Wang

Founder and CEO, Pinetree Care
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Don Wright

Deputy Assistant Secretary for Health, Department of Health and Human Services, United States
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Alex Wynaendts

CEO and Chairman of the Executive and Management Board of Aegon N.V.
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