Anticipating the Special Needs of the 21st Century Silver Economy:
from Smart Technologies to Services Innovation

Wednesday 12 September 2012

Welcome remarks and introduction : Purpose of the joint workshop

• Toshio Obi, Waseda University
• Mr. Ogasawara,Vice Minister for MIC, Japan
• Mr. Imabayashi, Deputy Director General for IT Strategy for METI, Japan
• Yuko Harayama, Deputy Director, Directorate for Science, Technology and Industry, OECD

Keynote presentations

Keynote 1: Anticipating the 21st century demographic transition : Economic opportunities and challenges

• Mark Beatson, Director, Economics Practice FTI , Consulting

Keynote 2: ICT applications for ageing society

• Satoshi Miura, Chairman, NTT

Plenary Session 1: Seizing the benefits of ICTs for services innovation: Pushing local innovation production and creating growth and market potential

Chair:

• Jørgen Abild Andersen, (Director General Telecom, Danish Business Authority /
  Chairman of the OECD's Committee for Information, Computer and Communications
  Policy (ICCP))

Applying ICT and Innovation for the Aged – enabling better health and enhanced
participation to create economic and societal multiplier effects

• Mehdi Khaled, Chief Medical Officer, Oracle

Leveraging the Potential of Disruptive Innovations for the Aging Society: A Technology and Innovation Management Perspective

• Florian Kohlbacher, German Institute for Japanese Studies, Tokyo

Accelerating Innovation with Open Source Platforms

• Joe Gorman, Sintef, Norway

User driven innovation methods – for Health IT that works

• Mads Stampe Frederiksen, KMD Health Care, Denmark

Co-creation of e-services

• Alberto Sanna, Director, e-Services for Life and Health, Scientific Institute San Raffaele, Italy

Bringing Assistive Robotics to the Market

• Adam Hagman, Head of Research-Robotdalen, Sweden

Plenary Session 2: On the road for smart, age-friendly cities

Chair:

• Alex Ross, Director, WHO Kobe Center
• Ruth Finkelstein, Senior Vice President for Policy and Planning, The New York Academy of Medicine, United States

The WHO Age-Friendly Cities Network

• Alex Ross, Director, WHO Kobe Center

Smart services for a 21st century age-friendly New York City

• Ruth Finkelstein, Senior Vice President for Policy and Planning, The New York Academy of Medicine, United States
• Humphrey Chen, Executive Director, Verizon Wireless (by video-conference)

Smart buildings for an ageing society

• David Lane, Senior Partner, International Strategy and Business Development, Thomson Adsett Group, Australia

The Manchester Age-Friendly City Initiative (overcoming budget silos and business opportunities)

• Paul McGarry, Senior Strategy Manager Valuing Older People, VOP, United Kingdom

Plenary Session 3: Expanding opportunities for public-private partnerships and social entrepreneurship – business market opportunities

Chair:

• Andrew Barnett, Gulbenkian Foundation, United Kingdom

Public services innovation in an ageing society and social productivity

• Henry Kippin, 2020psh, United Kingdom

Social entrepreneurship for the age sector, older people and communities

• Hannah McDowall, UnLtd, United Kingdom

Overcoming Barriers to entry, sustainability and profitability of age-friendly ventures

• Patrick Shine, The Shaftesbury Partnership

Accelerating a Network Model of Care: Taking a Social Innovation to Scale

• Vickie Cammack, President and CEO, Tyze

Parallel sessions

Parallel session 1: Preventing loneliness and building resilience and preparedness for emergencies in a silver society

Parallel session 2: Financing innovation for an ageing society

Parallel session 3: OECD-APEC Business Forum: Smart technologies for ageing societies

Chair:

• Annabel Davidson Knight, Gulbenkian Foundation

We can do better: Preventing loneliness and its consequences in an ageing society

• Janet Morrison, Chief Executive Independent Age, Campaign to End Loneliness, United Kingdom

Social networks for active ageing: The Korean Silver Net

• Tai M. Chung, KISA, Professor, Sungkyunkwan University, Korea

Lessons learnt from the 2011 flood disaster in Thailand

• Jantima Sirisaengtaksin and Surapol Navamavadhana, Thailand

Usability of ICT applications for older people in disaster reduction

• Naoko Iwasaki, Waseda University

ICT for disaster preparedeness

• Makoto Yokozawa, Senior consultant at Center for Knowledge Exchange & Creation of Nomura Research Institute

Chair:

• Yitzhak Brick, Director General, JDC-ESHEL, Israel
• Lawrence Greenwood, Metlife Alico

Financing services innovation

• Yitzhak Brick, Director General, JDC-ESHEL, Israel

Procurement: the VINNOVA experience

• Jenni Nordborg, VINNOVA, Sweden

Financing innovation for an ageing society: Lessons learnt in Ireland

• Eoin Gahan, Head, Trade, Environment, and Survey Analysis, Forfás, Ireland

Financing Innovation: the role of technology assessment and evaluation

• Luca Buccoliero, Bocconi University, Italy

Accelerating a Network Model of Care: Taking a Social Innovation to Scale”

• Juha Teperi , Director, Finpro, CEO Office Sendai-Finland Wellbeing Center

Chair:

• Risaburo Nezu, Senior Executive Fellow, Fujitsu Research Institute

ICT and innovation from hospital to home: Case studies of innovative solutions

• Mr. Masatsugu Tsuji, Professor of Economics at University of Hyogo
• David Ryan Global Director, Health Business Innovation, Intel
• Masanori Yoshino, Director Chief of Social Infrastructure Business (SIB), Hitachi Consumer Electronics

Policies and business practices that enable ICT and Innovation in the silver economy

• Takashi Shimada, President, Medtronic Japan K.K., Chairman of American Medical Devices and Diagnostics Manufacturers’ Association (AMDD)
• Mr. Yoshio Tanaka, Professor of Tokyo University of Science, Emeritus Councillor at National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST)

18:30 Cocktail

 Thursday 13 September 2012

Plenary Session 4: Meeting the global challenge of Alzheimer’s disease and cognitive decline in the silver economy - Converging technologies, big data and new research platforms

Chair:

• Misha Pavel, Program Director, US-NSF

Dementia: A global health priority

• Michael Hodin, Executive Director, Global Coalition on Ageing

Advancing Alzheimer's Research and Innovation: Current Review and Future Needs"

• Yoko Fujimoto, Head of Neurology and Alzheimer’s Research for Pfizer in Asia

Model-based Approaches to Assessment of Cognitive Functions

• Vimla Patel, Columbia University, United States

Smart solutions for Alzheimer’s patients

• Zaven S. Khachaturian, President, The Campaign to Prevent Alzheimer’s Disease by 2020

Plenary Session 5: Perspectives from Japan and China

Chair:

• Toshi Obi, Director, E-Government Research Center, Waseda University

Keynote: ICT innovation in an ageing society, President of the International University on Health and Welfare

• Masaki Kitajima, President and Professor International University of Health and Welfare (IUHW), Keio University School of Medicine, Japan

Critical factors for a healthy ageing society in Japan

• Atsushi Seike, President, Keio University; Chair, Prime Minister’s Taskforce on Ageing

Innovation and change for the elderly in China

• Xiao Caiwei, Vice President, China National Committee on Ageing (CNCA)

Round Table Debate: Turning ideas into practice and pilots into business models that work at scale - Key messages and recommendations for an international roadmap

Chair:

• Jørgen Abild Andersen, Director General Telecom, Danish Business Authority / Chairman of the OECD's Committee for Information, Computer and Communications Policy (ICCP)

Panelists:

• Peter Wintlev-Jensen, DG-INFSO, European Commission
• Richard A. Johnson, BIAC
• Misha Pavel, Program Director, US-NSF
• Alex Ross, Director, WHO Kobe Center

Concluding remarks

• Jørgen Abild Andersen, Director General Telecom, Danish Business Authority / Chairman of the OECD's Committee for Information, Computer and Communications Policy (ICCP)
• Toshi Obi, Director, E-Government Research Center, Waseda University

PART II: APEC Workshop

ICT Applications for People with Special Needs (Disabilities) and Ageing

Thursday 13 September 2012

Lunch session: Innovative e-government in silver economy

Moderators:

• James Kang, CIO of Singapore government
• Prof. Suhono, Bandung Institute of Technology, Indonesia

Opening session - Welcome remarks:

• President, Waseda University
• Kenji Tanaka, Chair, APECTEL

Plenary Session 1: Lessons learnt from best practices - Japanese models of a super-ageing society

Speakers:

• Satoshi Seino, Chairman, Japan Railway East
• Kunio Ishihara, Vice-Chairman, Japan Business Federation and Chairman, Tokio Marine Insurance
• Toru Yamashita, ex-President and chief adviser, NTT Data

Japan-China-Korea roundtable discussion

Speakers:

• Chen Jinyu, Minister of Counsellors Office of State Council, China
• Hwang Moonyearn Vice Minister, President Council of Future and Vision, Korea
• Kuniko Inoguchi, ex-Minister, Member of Parliament, Japan

Plenary Session 2: Roundtable discussion by policy makers on perspectives on digital inclusion

Speakers from:

• Australia
• Singapore
• Thailand
• Russia
• Phillipines
• Chinese Taipei (tbc)

Friday 14 September 2012

Parallel sessions: Discussion

1.Silver innovation

Facilitators:

• Prof. Gerald Goh, National University of Singapore (Singapore) and Prof. Yang, Peking University (China)

2. ICT applications

Facilitators:

• Prof. Magno, LaSalle University (Philippines)
• Maxim, President of Russia CIO Association

3. Capacity building

Facilitators:

• Dr. D. Ishmatova, St. Petersburg State University (Russia)
• Elena Bellio Research Fellow, Bocconi University (Italy)

Speakers:

• President, Thamasat University (Thailand)

Plenary Session 3: Sharing information and experiences from international organisations

Speakers:

• Yuko Harayama, Deputy Director, Directorate for Science, Technology and Industry, OECD
• Svetana Axelrod, Chairperson, APEC Health Working Group, Ministry of Health, Russian Federation
• Masahiko Kawai, Dean, Asian Development Bank
• Arturo Pesigan, Director, Center for Health development, WHO
• Toshio Obi, Special Envoy of the ITU Secretary General and Chair of UNESCO UNITWIN
• Representative from ABAC (APEC Business Advisory Committee)

Academia lunch session: The new role of universities in an ageing society

Facilitators:

• J.P. Auffret, Professor, George Mason University (USA) and Jirapon Thamasat University (Thailand)
• Prof. Hyiao, Taiwan Chenchi University

Plenary Session 4: The role of NGOs and VWOs in helping people with special needs (seniors and people with disabilities)

Speakers:

• Hiroshi Kawamura, Former President, DAISY (Digital Accessible Information System) Consortium
• Jirapon SG, International Academy of CIO
• KohMeng, Vice-President, Senior Volunteers RSPV (Singapore)
• Hans Groth, Chairman, World Demographic and Ageing Forum (Switzerland)
• Yasunbu Ishii, Deputy Director, Nippon Foundation

Keynote speaker

• Mr. Okamura, Chair, Japan Chamber of Commerce and Industry

Plenary Session 5: Smart communities; observations from local and international perspectives

Speakers:

• Masaaki Yokouchi, Governor, Yamanashi Prefecture (Japan)
• Vice-President, Intel

Roundtable discussion

Panellists:

• Kodaira, EVP Toyota Motor
• Govenor of Makhonnayok, Thailand
• Dr. Rob Petrel, Professor, Family Medicine, Rehabilitation, Kinesiology and Cardiology (Canada)
• Vietnam
• Indonesia

Closing remarks

Co-Chairs (PO):

• Prof. Toshio Obi
• Mr. James Kang