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Conference Programme

Date: 10-11 January 2008 (Thursday - Friday)
Venue: Suntec International Convention & Exhibition Centre
  1 Raffles Boulevard, Suntec City, Singapore 039593
www.suntecsingapore.com

Theme: Turning Silver into Gold - Opportunities in Asia

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Day 1 - Thursday, 10 January 2008

Programme subject to change

0800 – 0930

Registration

0930 - 1030

Welcome Remarks
Mr Philip Yeo, Chairman, Silver Industry Committee, Singapore

Opening Address
Guest-of-Honour - Mr Lim Boon Heng, Minister, Prime Minister’s Office, Singapore

Keynote Address
Financing a Successful Long Life

Nobel Prize Laureate Prof Robert Merton, Harvard Business School, USA

1030 – 1100

Tea Break

1100 – 1230

Opening Plenary Session – Enhancing a Silver Lifestyle

Using Technology To Enhance Your Golden Years
Dr Joseph Coughlin, MIT Agelab, USA

Eating to a Long and Healthy Life
Prof Willem van Gelder, Global Director Research, Numico, Netherlands (Download slides) 

The Silver Lifestyle: Golden Opportunities for Business
Mr Ho Kwon Ping, Executive Chairman,
Banyan Tree Holdings, Singapore
(Download slides)

Facilitator: Mr David Lim, Advisor to Silver Industry Committee, Singapore

1230 – 1400

Lunch

Concurrent Sessions

1400 – 1515

Breakout Session  – Financing Longevity: Challenges and Opportunities

Transfer of Longevity Risk to Capital Market Mr Guy Coughlan, Managing Director, JP Morgan Securities UK

The Impact of Government Regulations on Retirement Savings Across Several Markets - Opportunities for Industry
Mr David Richardson, Director, PWC Asia Actuarial Practice (Download slides)

Global Innovation Retirement Products
Mr Paul Hancock, Regional Head of Pensions, Prudential Asia
(Download slides)

Facilitator:
Prof Robert Merton,
Harvard Business School, USA

Breakout Session – Riding the Technology Wave

Infocomm Solutions for the Ageing Market: Gaps and Opportunities
Mr Chak Wong, Director, APAC Enterprise Solution Sales & Intel World Ahead Program, Intel Asia Pacific, Singapore


Bio-monitoring Systems: Where Is the Demand? What are the Challenges?
Dr Ting Choon Meng,
Chairman & CEO,
HealthSTATS International, Singapore (Download slides)

Human Interactive Robot for Psychological Enrichment and Robot Therapy
Dr Takanori Shibata, Senior Research Scientist, Advanced Industrial Sciene & Technology (AIST), Japan

Facilitator: Dr Joseph Coughlin, MIT Agelab, USA

1515 – 1600

Tea Break

  Concurrent Sessions

1600 – 1715

Breakout Session –  Healthy Longevity

Healthcare Trends and Demand in Asia
Mr Jim Plouffe, Editor-in-Chief, Reader's Digest Asia
(Download slides)

Healing or Cure: Alternative Approach to the Search for Longevity and Quality of Life

Mr Richard Eu
Group CEO, Eu Yan Sang International,
Singapore

Refocusing Healthcare Delivery: Wellness-centric, Senior-centric and Community-based Care
Mr Liak Teng Lit, CEO, Alexandra Hospital, Singapore (Download slides)

Facilitator: Prof Willem van Gelder, Global Director Research, Royal Numico, Netherlands

Breakout Session – Silver Life

Insights into the Lucrative Silver Travel Segment
Mr Don Birch, President & CEO, Abacus International

Marketing to the Asian Baby Boomer Tourist
Mr Asad Shiraz, Director, Marketing, Island Leisure (International)

How Baby Boomers are Redefining Leisure in the USA - Business Insights for Asia
Ms Ladan Manteghi, President, AARP Global Network, USA

Facilitator: 
Dr Andy Nazarechuk, Dean, University of Nevada Las Vegas (UNLV) Singapore Campus, Singapore

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