The Penn Healthy Brain Research Center is pleased to co-host the fourth and final installment of an international symposium on aging, cognitive decline, and the impact on financial services.
“Aging and Cognition: Maintaining Economic Security in Later Life” will be held May 9 and 10 at the Inn at Penn in Philadelphia. It follows similar symposia held in Tokyo, London, and Toronto.
This event, co-hosted by the World Economic Forum (WEF) Global Agenda Council on Ageing, brings together diverse stakeholders from academia, private organizations, and the public sector to “create a public-private charter to activate greater investment in mitigating issues related to aging and cognitive decline,” organizers said.
Co-organizer Dr. Jason Karlawish, who is also co-director of the Penn Memory Center, will be speaking the first morning of the symposium on what he calls “whealthcare,” the need for the medical and financial industries to collaborate on the care of patients with memory loss.
Working with Dr. Karlawish will be Dr. Derek Yach, chief health officer of The Vitality Group and chair of the World Economic Forum’s Global Agenda Council on Ageing, “a not-for-profit foundation formed to strategically shape global, regional, national and industry agendas.”
This event is invitation-only, but complete coverage will be made available on www.pennadc.org. Live coverage will be available on Twitter using the hashtag #whealthcare.