Presentations 2011

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Below you will find all the presentations for the 2nd Business of Ageing Conference. Please feel free to download them.

The Business Opportunity in an ageing global economy
  • Chair: Don Thornhill -Chair National Competitiveness Council and Chairman of the Ageing Well Network
  • George Magnus - Senior Economic Advisor UBS International Investment Bank and author of “The Age of Ageing”

           - Presentation: The Age of Ageing: How demographics are changing the global economy and our world

  • Dick Stroud - Founder and CEO of 20plus30, Author of The 50-Plus Market

           - Presentation: Segmenting the 50+ Market

Behaviours and Preferences of the Older Consumer
  • Chair: Gary Joyce - MD Genesis
  • Gerard O’Neill - Amarach Consulting

           - Presentation: Findings from the National Consumer Survey presented.

  • Orlaith Blaney - MD McCann Erickson

           - Presentation Coming Soon

  • David Sinclair - Head of Policy and Research, International Longevity Centre – UK (ILC –UK)

           - Presentation: The Golden Economy:the consumer marketplace in an ageing society

Parallel Session: Marketing and Selling to 50+
  • Geraldine O’Leary – Commercial Director, RTE
  • George Ames - Forster AGEncy UK

           - Presentation: Considering differing attitudes to age amongst the older market

  • Hein Kuiper - Director Heinsight International Ltd

           - Presentation: The Over 50's General Insurance Model

Parallel Session: World of Work and beyond Retirement
  • Chair: Anne Connolly - Director, The Ageing Well Network
  • Prof. Des O’Neill - Consultant Geriatrician, Tallaght Hospital, Dublin, Ass. Professor Gerontology, TCD, Aois agus Eolas, the Centre for Ageing, Neuroscience and the Humanities, Adelaide and Meath Hospital.

            - Presentation: Ageing, the Demographic Dividend and Work

  • Peter Bennie - Director of Operations, Prime - 50+ self employment and enterprise

            - Presentation: Employment and Self-Employment for 50+

Parallel Session: Health Products and Services
  • Chair: Frances Ruane - Director, The Economic and Social Research Institute (ERSI)
  • Prof. Rose Anne Kenny - Professor and Head of Department of Clinical Gerontology, Trinity College and Director of Mercers Institute for Successful Ageing, St James Hospital.

           - Presentation Not Available

  • Muireann McCormack - Marketing Manager Flora Pro.activ

           - Presentation Not Available

Parallel Session: Universal Design
  • Chair: Niamh Scannell - European Director Health Research & Innovation Intel Labs  Industry Director, TRIL Centre
  • Rama Gheerawo - Deputy Director, Helen Hamlyn Centre, Royal College of Art

           - Presentation Not Available

  • Gus Desbarats - The Alloy, UK

           - Experience Led Innovation

Plenary Session
  • Chair: Maureen Gaffney - Adjunct Professor of Psychology and Society, UCD, Irish Times Columnist.
  • John Purcell - CEO KCLR

           - Presentation Not Available

  • Anne Lise Kjaer - Global Futurist

          - Presentation: The No Age Society

Closing Address
  • Frank Ryan - CEO Enterprise Ireland

          - Innovation Ireland

  • Anne Connolly - Director, The Ageing Well Network

          - Presentation to the Business of Ageing Conference