Health Care

The New Old Age

September 13, 2016
New York City

What would you do if you had an extra 30 years to live? Since the turn of the 20th century, average life expectancy has been rising steadily. In the United States, we can now expect to live an average of three decades longer than our great-grandparents. As we collectively age, our societal understandings of the rhythms of an average lifespan has been slow to adapt.

With nearly 10,000 baby boomers moving into retirement every day, The Atlantic examined the shape of the new old age and its impact on society. What will the new patterns of our life span look like? How will our youth-centered culture reflect new societal realities? How will retirement and work shift as Americans live longer? What role will technology and design play in facilitating the new opportunities and mitigating the challenges of the new old age?

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Speakers

Gretchen Addi Co-Lead, The Powerful Now; Portfolio Lead IDEO
Vincent Alvarez President New York City Central Labor Council
Geri Brin Editor and Founder FabOverFifty.com
Ellen Burstyn Actress
David Edelstein Film Critic New York Magazine
June M. Fisher, MD Clincal Professor, School of Medicine University of California, San Francisco
Ed Friedman Executive Director and Co-Founder Lifetime Arts, Inc
Teresa Ghilarducci, PhD Director, Schwartz Center for Economic Policy Analysis The New School @tghilarducci
Lindsay Goldman Director, Healthy Aging The New York Academy of Medicine
Christian González-Rivera Senior Researcher Center for an Urban Future
James Hamblin, MD Senior Editor The Atlantic @jameshamblin
Yolangel Hernandez Suarez, MD Vice President and Chief Medical Officer, Care Delivery Organization Humana
Jason Karlawish, MD Professor of Medicine, Medical Ethics and Health Policy, and Neurology University of Pennsylvania @jasonkarlawish
Rosanne Leipzig, MD, PhD Ritter Professor and Vice Chair, Education Mount Sinai School of Medicine
Kyu Rhee, MD Chief Health Officer IBM and Watson Health @KyuRheeMD
Deirdre Scott Executive Director Bronx Council on the Arts
Alana Semuels Staff Writer The Atlantic @AlanaSemuels
Stacy L. Smith, PhD Founder and Director The Media, Diversity, & Social Change Initiative at USC Annenberg @MDSCInitiative
Joan Tucker Director, Pace Encore Transition Program Pace University @joan55ny
Alex Wagner Senior Editor The Atlantic @alexwagner

Agenda

Note: All times are ET

Tuesday, September 13
9:00 a.m.WelcomeMargaret Low, President, AtlanticLIVE
9:05 a.m.Live Longer, Retire Later? Vincent Alvarez, President, The New York City Central Labor Council
Teresa Ghilarducci, Director, Schwartz Center for Economic Policy Analysis, The New School
Joan Tucker, Director, Encore Transition Program, Pace University
With Alana Semuels, Staff Writer, The Atlantic
9:30 a.m.Aging and Alone in Manhattan's Chinatown Video Presentation
9:35 a.m.City Living Never Grows OldLindsay Goldman, Director, Healthy Aging, New York Academy of Medicine
Christian González-Rivera, Senior Researcher, Center for an Urban Future
Deirdre Scott, Executive Director, Bronx Council on the Arts
With Alana Semuels, The Atlantic
10:00 a.m.Watson, Aging and Technology Kyu Rhee, Chief Health Officer, IBM and Watson Health
With James Hamblin, Senior Editor, The Atlantic
10:25 a.m.Growing Old on the Big Screen Ellen Burstyn, Actress
David Edelstein, Film Critic, New York Magazine
Stacy Smith, Founder and Director, The Media, Diversity, & Social Change Initiative, Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism, University of Southern California
With Alex Wagner, Senior Editor, The Atlantic
10:55 a.m.Reflections on Aging and Inspiration for a Healthier Future
Produced by our underwriter Humana Geri Brin, Founder and Editor, FabOverFifty.com
Ed Friedman, Co-Founder and Executive Director, Lifetime Arts
Yolangel Hernandez Suarez, Vice President and Chief Medical Officer, Care Delivery Organization, Humana
11:05 a.m.How the Health Care System Treats the ElderlyJason Karlawish, Professor of Neurology and Medicine, Medical Ethics and Health Policy, University of Pennsylvania
Rosanne Leipzig, Ritter Professor and Vice Chair, Education, Mount Sinai School of Medicine
With James Hamblin, The Atlantic
11:35 a.m.Better Living through Design [via Skype]Gretchen Addi, Associate Partner and Portfolio Lead, IDEO
June M. Fisher, Clinical Professor, University of California at San Francisco
With Alex Wagner, The Atlantic
11:55 a.m.Closing ThoughtsMargaret Low, AtlanticLIVE

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