Ageing Asia 2021 - World Ageing Festival (The Hybrid Edition) by Ageing Asia Pte Ltd

Ageing Asia 2021 – World Ageing Festival will take place in a hybrid format, virtually from 1-20 October. The festival presents the BIGGEST international ageing month in Asia Pacific. In making the 2021 Festival even more affordable, to enable wider access to our programmes, the lowest tickets starts from S$350 for group purchase with unlimited replays till 30 Nov and S$150 for Future of Active Ageing Tickets. Singapore organisations in social services can get up to 90% funded. For more information, contact us sylwinang@ageingasia.com

Featured talks

Not sure what to watch? Here are some talks you won't want to miss.

Theme of the Day

Break | Virtual Exhibition Highlights
Ms Janice Chia & Ms Sylwin Ang

Welcome Chat with Team Ageing Asia
Ms Janice Chia Founder & Managing Director, Ageing Asia Pte Ltd

Speaker Interview: Ms Janice Chia, Founder & Managing Director, Ageing Asia Pte Ltd, Singapore
Mr Jeff Galloway Former Olympian

Speaker Interview: Mr Jeff Galloway, Former Olympian, USA
Mr Paul Sadler National Chief Executive Officer, Aged & Community Services Australia (ACSA)

Speaker Interview: Mr Paul Sadler, National CEO, Aged & Community Services Australia (ACSA), Australia
Mr Jason R. Cronk President & CEO, Immanuel Lutheran Communities

Speaker Interview: Mr Jason R. Cronk, President & CEO, Immanuel Lutheran Communities, USA
Mr Steven Ho Managing Director, Radiance Medical Systems

Speaker Interview: Mr Steven Ho, Managing Director, Radiance Medical Systems, Singapore
Ms Angjolie Mei Founder, The Life Celebrant

Speaker Interview: Ms Angjolie Mei, Founder, The Life Celebrant, Singapore

World Ageing Festival Speakers

Our speakers will be sharing their experiences, insights and knowledge from eldercare models all around the world.

Minister Edwin Tong

Minister for Culture, Community & Youth Second Minister for Law

Ms Cheryl Chan

Member of Parliament for East Coast GRC, Singapore Vice-Chairman of East Coast Town Council

Ms Janice Chia

Founder & Managing Director Ageing Asia Pte Ltd

Mr John Collyns

CEO, Executive Director Retirement Villages Association

Ms Anne Doyle

Vice President, Lasell University President, Lasell Village, Inc.

Mr Ardi Hardjoe

Chief Executive Officer Thye Hua Kwan Hospital

Mr Jim Hazel

Non-executive Chairman Ingenia

Mr Takuma Inamura

Director, Healthcare Industries Division Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI)

Mdm Mui Lang Low

Executive Director The Salvation Army Peacehaven

Mr Ben Myers

Executive Director, Retirement Living Property Council of Australia

Ms Julianne Parkinson

CEO Global Centre for Modern Ageing

Mr Jason R. Cronk

President & CEO Immanuel Lutheran Communities

Mr Paul Sadler

National Chief Executive Officer Aged & Community Services Australia (ACSA)

Mr Nick Sanderson

CEO Audley Group

Dr Jun Sasaki

Founder & Chairman Yushoukai Medical Corporation

Dr The Honourable Lam Ching-choi SBS, JP

Elderly Commission, Hong Kong SAR, CEO, Haven of Hope Christian Service, Hong Kong SAR Member of the Executive Council, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, People’s Republic of China

Dr Päivi Sillanaukee

Ambassador for Health and Wellbeing Ministry for Foreign Affairs, Finland

Mr Kwang Cheak Tan

CEO Agency for Integrated Care, Singapore

Dr Mary Ann Tsao

Vice Chairwoman, Tsao Holdings, Chairwoman & Founding Director, Tsao Foundation

Mr Antti Vänskä

Ambassador of Finland to Singapore

Mr Michael Voges

CEO Associated Retirement Community Operators (ARCO)

Ms Ninie Wang

Founder and CEO of Pinetree Care Group Standing Committee Member of the China Association of Gerontology and Geriatrics

Mr Ian Yates

Chief Executive COTA

Dr Maliki

Director, Population Planning and Social Security Ministry of National Deveopment Planning National Development Planning Agency (BAPPENAS)

Ms Kaai Akimoto

CEO Blanket Co.

Ms Rachel Argaman

CEO Opal Healthcare

Ms Jane Ashcroft, CBE

Chief Executive Anchor Hanover Group

Dr Katie Avery

Education Manager The Salvation Army Jade Circle Acaredemy

Ms Norah Barlow

CEO Heritage Lifecare

Ms Honor Barratt

Managing Director Birchgrove

Dr John Beard

Subject Matter Expert Global Centre for Modern Ageing

Prof Justin Beilby

Chairman Global Centre for Modern Ageing

Prof Patrick Bonnett

Chief Development Officer UK National Innovation Centre for Ageing

Ms Jo Boylan

Director of Operations "Southern Cross Care SA & NT "

Mr Tony Bridge

Managing Director Bridge Advisory Group

Ms Jennene Buckley

Director Aged Care IT Council

Mr Jamie Bunce

CEO Inspired Villages

Ms Natasha Chadwick

CEO New Direction Care

Mr James Yum-Min Chan

CEO Hong Kong Housing Society

Ms Su Yee Chan

CEO NTUC Health

Prof Eric Chan

Dean, School of Health Sciences Caritas Institute of Higher Education

Mr Yu Che Chen

Senior Executive Officer, Department of Health New Taipei City Government

Dr Ran-Chou Chen

Commissioner Department of Health, New Taipei City Government

Dr Su-Lin Chong

CEO IMU Healthcare

A/Prof Colm Cunningham

Director of the Dementia Care Hammond Care

Mr S Devendran

CEO Sree Narayana Mission (Singapore)

Mr David Eglin

Healthcare Lead - Australia & New Zealand Google Chrome Enterprise

Mr Tony Estrella

Managing Director Taliossa

Mr Nathaniel Farouz

Chief Executive Officer ORPEA, Singapore and China

Dr Nart Fongsmut

Board Member, Thailand Elderly Fund Director, LivWell Com Ltd, Medical Director, Chiva-Som International Health Resort

Ms Junie Foo

CEO MWS (Methodist Welfare Services)

A/Prof Alfredo Franco-Obregón

Research Associate Professor, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine NUS

Mr Jeff Galloway

Former Olympian

Mr Jan Garde

Founder & Chairman The Embassies of Good Living AG

Mr Luke Greive

General Manager Care & Clinical Australian Unity

Mr Ankur Gupta

Co-Founder & Chairperson, ASLI and Joint Managing Director, Ashiana Housing

Mr Takeshi Haeno

Partner, Monitor Deloitte Strategy, Healthcare Strategy Deloitte Tohmatsu Consulting LLC.

Mr Mike Hamilton

Patient Access and Policy Roche Singapore Pte Ltd

Ms Meria Heikelä

Director, Health Business Finland

Mr Steven Ho

Managing Director Radiance Medical Systems

Ms June Park Hye

President The Aspen Tree Corporation Limited (a subsidiary of MQDC)

Mr. Satoshi Ide

Founder and Executive Director Dementia Friendship Club

Dr Rodney Jilek

Managing Director Community Home Australia

Mrs Saowapa Jongkitipong

Director of International Health Division, Department of Health Service Support Ministry of Public Health, Thailand

Prof Dr Matthew Kaplan

Penn State University - University Park, PA Penn State University - University Park, PA

Ms Lena Karjaluoto

Executive Vice President HUR Oy

Mr Tadasuke Kato

Founder Aoi Care

Dr Ryuta Kawashima

Director, Institute of Development, Aging and Cancer (IDAC), Tohoku University Neuroscientist, Executive Director, Smart-Aging Research Center (S.A.R.C.)

Dr Heeyoung Kim

PhD graduate, Institute of Textiles and Clothing The HK Polytechnic University

Dr Kalyani Kirtikar Mehta

Chairman Silver Caregivers Co-operative Limited (SCCL)

Mr Danta Kitazawa

Area Manager, Sales Department FRANCE BED CO.,LTD

Mr Melvin Kong

Area Sales Manager (ASIA) wissner-bosserhoff

Mr Wachirachai Koonamwattana

Head of Service Solution Business SCG Building Materials

Mr Arthur Koumekelis

Partner Thomson Geer

Mr Stian Lavik

Chief Business Officer Motitech

Mr Kia Wei Law

Product Manager IDSmed Systems

Dr Jane Lee

Director Hong Kong Sheng Kung Hui Welfare Council

Mr Teng Lit Liak

Health Advocate and Environmentalist

Mr Laurence Lien

Chairman, Asia Philanthropy Circle Chairman, Lien Foundation, Singapore

A/Prof Jeremy Lim

Director for Global Health, Saw Swee Hock School of Public Health National University of Singapore

Mr Takayuki Maeda

CEO DAYS BLG! and 100 BLG!

Mr Riku Mäkelä

Counsellor Embassy of Finland

Ms Angjolie Mei

Founder The Life Celebrant

Mr Colin Milner

CEO International Council on Active Ageing

Mr Atsushi Nakanishi

Founder & CEO DFree

Ms Ornruedi Na-ranong

CEO NYE Estate Co., Ltd

Prof Wai Hoe Ng

CEO Changi General Hospital

Dr Carmen Ng

General Manager (Elderly Service) Hong Kong Housing Society

Ms Joanna Ng

Head of Senior Care Centre & Home Care Sree Narayana Mission (Singapore)

Dr Marketta Niemelä

Principal Scientist VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland Ltd

Dr Christy Nishita

Gerontologist, University of Hawaii Thompson School of Social Work and Public Health, Coordinator, Age-Friendly Honolulu, USA

Ms Julie Ockerby

Principal Creative Director Meli Studio

Mr Patrick Ong

Principal | Seniors Living FMSA Architecture

Mrs Pauline Ong

Active Ageing Ambassador ASPIRE55

Ms Hui Ming Ong

Deputy Chief Executive Officer ECON Healthcare Group

Dr Chee Chung Ow

CEO Kwong Wai Shiu Hospital

Mr Simon Owen

CEO Ingenia Communities Group

Mr Jussi Peltonen

Founder and CEO of Hovi Group Ltd Chairman of the Board, Hovi Group

Ms Cuifen Pui

Co-creator Food Citizen

Mrs Noor Quek

Founder & CEO, NQ International Co-Founder & Former President, Breast Cancer Foundation Singapore

Mr Tony Randello

CEO AVEO Group Ltd.

Mr Daniel Reingold

President & CEO RiverSpring Living

Ms Solfrid Sagstad

Executive Market Manager Motitech

Mr Joe Sakai

Founder & Chief Strategy Officer Lyxis Inc.

Mr Bradley Schurman

Founder and CEO The Super Age

Adj A/Prof Eugene Shum

Chief Community Development Officer, Changi General Hospital Director, Community Partnerships, SingHealth Office of Regional Health

Mr Ajit Singh

Former Olympian

Dr Ira Sobel

CEO & Founder Fintech 4Longevity

Dr Kanwaljit Soin

Author, Orthopedic Surgeon and Former Member of Parliament Soin Orthopaedic, Spine & Hand Surgery Pte Ltd, Singapore

Mr Gustav Strandell

Managing Director Asahi Care - Kohitsujikai Group

Dr Daniel Su

Senior Consultant, Eye & Retina Surgeons Visiting Consultant, Singapore National Eye Centre (SNEC)

Ms DY Suharya

Regional Director Asia Pacific Alzheimer’s Disease International

Ms Katja Taalas

Business Director Verso Vision AI

Dr Kelvin Tan

Senior Lecturer (Master/PhD in Gerontology Programme)/Mentor (Venture Builder Programme) Singapore University of Social Sciences

A/Prof Kenny Tan

CEO St Luke's Eldercare Ltd

Dr Tina Tan

Consultant Psychiatrist, Better Life Clinic Visiting Consultant (IMH)

Mr Marcus Tan

Chief – Sports Development Group Sports Singapore

Dr Weng-Mooi Tan

Director (Programmes, In-Health) / Co-Head (Integrated Health Promotion) MOH Office for Healthcare Transformation (MOHT), Singapore

Ms Staphnie Tang

President Breast Cancer Foundation

Dr Carol Tan Yean Eng

Geriatrician The Good Life Medical Center

Mr Daniel Teo

Director, Tong Eng Group of Companies Chairman and Managing Director, Hong How Group of Companies

Mr Xin Kai Tham

Design Director, Hortian Consultancy Co-Founder, Hortherapeutics

A.Prof Dr Leng Leng Thang

Department of Japanese Studies, Co-Director of the Next Age Institute Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, National University of Singapore

Dr Yin Leng Theng

Executive Director, Ageing Research Institute for Society and Education (ARISE) Director, Centre for Healthy & Sustainable Cities (CHESS), Nanyang Technological University (NTU)