Pre-conference events:

• International Caregiver Training Summit
• Lectures by leaders of the International Longevity Centre (ILC) Global Alliance
• International Network for the Prevention of Elderly Abuse Conference
• Braid Conference
• Senior Officials Meeting – Long term care and technology

Senior Government Officials Meeting

Long Term Care and Technology

28th of May 2012, Prague

Invitations have now been sent to over 500 government officials across the globe. The Senior Government Officials meeting will provide the opportunity for government officials to showcase programs, policy, leading practice and to hear first-hand from sector leaders, how older people can retain functioning and independence through the use of enabling technology.

Attendees to the SOM you will hear from technology leaders such as Intel Corporation, BrainPort 2020 and other nhjnnjoted industry presenters such as Professor Greg Tegart (Centre for Strategic Economic Studies, University of Victoria, Australia), Mr. Richard Watson (futurist, writer, speaker, strategist and co-founder of Strategy Insight). Other presenters represent, Bridging Research in Ageing and ICT Development(BRAID) group, and Price Waterhouse Coopers (PWC) Netherlands.

The SOM will be a setting to generate a collective energy and ambition to realize change with a program designed with the input of Officials themselves. The full background paper, together with a draft program and speaker profiles, has been finalized and is now accessible through the following link.

Government officials can register interest in attending by emailing Mr. Greg Shaw at gshaw@ifa-fiv.org or Ms. Aude Meslin at ameslin@ifa-fiv.org