2020 Silver Economy Forum - China
Engine for Economic Growth and Healthy Aging
Actions For Healthy Development, Demographic Dividend & Old Age Security
September 22 & 23, 2020
Silver Economy Forum Symposium - NYC
Linking Long Lives, Workplace Benefits & the Silver Economy
September 30, 2020
¥5 .7
Trillion
Projected scale of China’s Silver Economy by 2021
61
Million
Number of WeChat users aged 55-70 by the end of 2018
11
Million
Number of “sandwich” caregivers providing unpaid care to an adult while also caring for children living in their home
2020 Silver Economy Forum – China was a virtual event with the first two sessions held on September 22nd and 23rd. Click below to watch the China 2020 Kick Off Event.
GCOA would like to thank the China Association of Gerontology and Geriatrics (CAGG), The Finance Branch of CAGG, and Pinetree Care Group for their partnership. Special recognition to the Founding Sponsor of the event, Home Instead Senior Care and to Amgen for its role as a Supporting sponsor.
Agenda for July 29 "Kick-Off" Event:
Times listed EDT
8:00 – 8:05 am
Introduction to Silver Economy Forum
Michael W. Hodin, PhD, CEO, Global Coalition on Aging
8:05 – 8:15 am
China’s Approaches to Its Unique Silver Economy Challenges
Professor BA Shusong, Deputy President, China Association of Gerontology and Geriatrics; Executive Dean, HSBC Financial Research Institute, Peking University
8:15 – 9:00 am
Expert Panel: Business and Government Roles to Power the Silver Economy
Innovations and Best Practices from COVID-19
Professor DU Peng, Vice President, Renmin UniversityLearning from China’s Silver Economy and Health Wealth Development Index (CSE&HWI)
Professor YANG Yansui, Director, Tsinghua Center for Employment and Social Security and Professor, School of Public Policy and Management at Tsinghua UniversityAgeism and the Healthcare Gaps in Plain Sight: Connecting the Conditions of Aging and Economic Growth
John Beard, ARC Centre of Excellence in Population Ageing Research, University of New South Wales; Adjunct Professor, Peking University, Beijing; Former Director, Department of Ageing and Life Course, WHOPenny Wan, Regional VP and General Manager, JAPAC at Amgen
The Essential Role of Caregiving to Silver Economy Growth
Jisella Dolan, Chief Global Advocacy Officer, Home Instead Senior CareWomen and Aging: Fueling Healthy Aging, Economic Growth, and Social Value
Professor JIA Yunzhu, President, Beijing Synergy Institute of Population & Social DevelopmentScaling Remote Care and Telehealth to Transform Healthcare as We Age
Dave Ryan, General Manager, Health & Life Sciences Business, Intel Corporation
09:00 – 09:30 AM
Questions, Discussion, and Insights for September
Ninie WANG, Founder and CEO, Pinetree Care Group
Michael W. Hodin, CEO, GCOA
Silver Economy Forum Symposium - NYC
>50%
Of employees plan to continue working, in some form, past traditional retirement age
$1,055,000
Gap in wealth accumulation between men and women of retirement age, due in part to women’s time spent out of the workforce to provide care
5
Generations in the workforce for the first time ever
Organized by GCOA, Bank of America, and Home Instead, this Symposium helped to usher in the WHO and UN’s Decade of Healthy Ageing (2020-2030). Building on the success of GCOA’s first-ever Silver Economy Forum in Helsinki in 2019, this 2020 Symposium gathered stakeholders and a foremost group of leaders from across the aging, financial, and public health arenas, aiming to unleash the opportunities brought about by healthy aging and the growing Silver Economy.