The International Federation on Ageing (IFA) 13th Global Conference on Ageing will provide a platform for decision makers, practitioners, researchers, service providers, and community members to share their experiences to support and empower rapidly ageing populations worldwide. The Conference will be among the first to take place after the conclusion of the post-2015 UN Development Goals and the revision of the Hyogo Framework for Action on Disaster Reduction.
The central theme of the 13th IFA Conference will be on natural and human-induced disasters and health emergencies in an ageing world, in a program that will explore approaches to risk reduction (e.g. mass gatherings), readiness, resilience, response and recovery with the goal of understanding how to establish and design more age friendly, disaster prepared communities. Such activities are increasingly part of the daily organisation, planning and delivery of services for older persons, and their engagement in society.
The IFA is interested in innovative approaches in planning and coping with a variety of disasters, health emergencies, and knowledge about disaster planning and response for and by older people in developing countries.
Older people are often vulnerable during and after disasters. This extends beyond psychosocial, physical and functional limitations to the loss of home, family and income, and to reduce long term social integration. Yet, older people are key contributors in society to ensuring better preparedness, resiliency, and to the spirit of recovery, demonstrating natural leadership and survival skills. This specific international platform provides for the exchange of ideas and points of connection for practitioners, policy makers and researchers, many stakeholders working to generate more disaster prepared communities for older people, while also strengthening communities and systems in support of the health, quality of life, and dignity of older persons.
The Conference is of interest to professionals, researchers, and organisations in the fields of ageing, income security, aged rights and aged care sectors, disability, and in emergency management (prevention, preparedness, response, and recovery/rehabilitation) such as, national and international government and non-governmental aid and service organisations, security forces and first responders (military, police, fire-fighters) public health, medical and health care, emergency and humanitarian logistics, urban planning and design, and the IT community.
This Conference aims to explore:
- Impact of disasters on older people
- Building individual and community resilience for older people – new initiatives/programs, preparation, engagement and recovery (e.g. through animals);
- Risk reduction and disaster mitigation for older people
- Planning, designing and caring for older people in disasters
- Working with older people to co-design, plan, prepare and respond to disasters and rebuild their lives and others in their communities
- Role of public health in assisting with disaster response, recovery and resilience for older people’s needs and priorities
- Risk management strategies for facilities, programs and situations to support older people during disasters including the risks management strategies associated with mass gatherings
- Access to affordable insurance for older people
- Technology in disaster response for older people incorporating usability, skill development and social media
- Leadership for and by older people in disasters – planning, preparation, response and recovery
- Volunteers: engagement, training and support with and for older people
- International disasters – learnings about readiness, resilience and recovery for older people in all forms of disaster (e.g. Communicable Diseases, Natural disasters)
- Explore other aged related and more general issues impacting the quality of life of older people.
AgeingFit, Lille – 2nd and 3rd February 2017
A 360° approach to build innovation partnerships for the senior care market
Do not miss AgeingFit, the first international business convention dedicated to innovation in the healthy ageing sector.
For the 1st edition, AgeingFit will gather 600 participants (E-health, medical devices, nutrition industrials, services providers and academic research groups, as well as health insurers and retirement homes) with the aim to connect with potential business, research and financial partners, in order to launch new products and services for the senior market.
AgeingFit combines:
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One-to-one business meetings: A business convention with pre-qualified meetings organised through the business convention platform
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Conferences and roundtable discussions to discuss all the aspects of the healthy ageing sector
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Innovation pitches: Innovative products and services will be presented, showcasing the latest innovations in the 50+ market
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Exhibition: Ideally located at the centre of the event, the exhibition area enables participants to build an effective network, highlight their skills, services and innovations and enhance their visibility
Web site: www.ageingfit-event.com
Registration: www.ageingfit-event.fr/a-propos-ageingfit/inscription/
AgeingFit is the first european business convention dedicated to innovation in the healthy ageing sector.
AgeingFit is the European event dedicated to business partnerships and innovation in the healthy ageing sector. It brings together 600 actors from more than 20 countries, who contribute to identify tomorrow’s market needs and promote today’s innovative products and services for the Senior Market.
Silver Health covers the fields of prevention allowing seniors to be autonomous and in « good health » as long as possible, and also the care of old and sick people staying in hospitals or geriatric homes.
Silver Economy
The sector deals with the heterogeneous and difference of consumption between active retirees and dependent older people, and evolves within a complex financing ecosystem that does not facilitate a clear definition of the sector stakeholders relationships.
In this context, how can we predict that the Silver Economy will become a fully-fledged sector of activity where companies currently involved, would feel included, despite the diversity of their activities? What are the current and future initiatives to be taken in order to make the Silver Economy a clearly established economic and industrial sector?
Key reasons to attend
Because innovating alone has become a real challenge for any organization, regardless of its size or status, engaging in partnerships becomes inevitable to succeed.
Ageingfit offers a constructive framework to meet the needs of all players in regards to innovation in silver economy and health. During the last edition, all stakeholders’ profiles (industrials, retirement and nursing homes, associations, health insurance providers, investors, etc.) registered on the partnering platform to exchange and innovate together.
Ageingfit represents a unique opportunity to develop research and business collaborations, and to promote the innovation to foreign ecosystems, in order to facilitate partnerships in this new and promising sector.
AGEINFIT AT A GLANCE
To best meet the demands of the sector, AgeingFit combines 4 activities:
One-to-one meetings: Meet your future business or innovation partners during one-to-one meetings
Innovation pitches: Discover the services, products and technologies of tomorrow in Silver Economy and Health
Exhibition: Be involved and play an active role in the sector
Conferences and roundtable discussions: Find out about the latest trends and issues of the sector
