We are excited to present the confirmed speakers for the High-Level Forum on the Silver Economy.
Ann Aerts
Head of Novartis Foundation
Esko Aho
Chairman of the Board, Former Prime Minister of Finland
Ville Alijoki
Executive producer of Yle Factual Web Development & Yle Learning
Phyllis Barkman Ferrell
Chief Commercial Services Officer for Eli Lilly and Company
Jane Barratt
Secretary General of the International Federation on Ageing
Werner Baumann
Chairman of the Board of Management of Bayer AG
John Beard
Former Director of Ageing and Life Course at World Health Organization and Chair of Global Coalition on Aging Advisory Council
Andy Burnham
Mayor of Greater Manchester
Axel Börsch-Supan, Ph.D.
Director of the Munich Center for the Economics of Aging at the Max Plank Institute for Social Law and Social Policy
Camilla Cavendish
Writer and Journalist, Senior Fellow
Cara Courage
Head of Tate Exchange at Tate Museum London
Tom Croce
Vice President of Global Advocacy Relations at Amgen
Dr. Jonathan Cylus
Coordinator of the London Hubs of the European Observatory on Health Systems and Policies
Jim Daly
Minister of the State for Health of Ireland
Jos de Blok
Founder and CEO Buurtzorg
Dr. Mike Devoy
Executive Vice President of Medical Affairs & Pharmacovigilance for the Pharmaceuticals Division and Chief Medical Officer at Bayer AG
Annette Dixon
Vice President for Human Development at the World Bank Group
Jisella Dolan
Global Advocacy Officer for Home Instead Senior Care®
Christoffer Forssell
Head of Localization and Accessibility Services at the Finnish Public Broadcasting Company Yle
Esther George
President and CEO of the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City
Hans Groth
Chairman of the Board of the World Demographic & Ageing Forum, St. Gallen, Switzerland
Jussi Herlin
Vice Chairman of the Board and Senior Business Analyst in the Strategy and Market Intelligence team at KONE Corporation
Martti Hetemäki
Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Finance of Finland
Michael W. Hodin, Ph.D.
CEO of the Global Coalition on Aging and Managing Partner of the High Lantern Group
Jeff Huber
President and CEO of Home Instead Senior Care
Wiking Husberg
Ministerial Adviser on Occupational Safety and Health of Ministry of Social Affairs and Health of Finland
Sara Härmälä
Director of Upgraded
Pentti Itkonen
Chief Executive Officer, The South Karelia Social and Health Care District in Finland (Eksote)
Zsuzsanna Jakab
Deputy-Director, World Health Organization
Katarina Ivanković Knežević
Director for Social Affairs in the General Directorate for Employment, Social affairs and Inclusion at the European Commission
Patrick Kamphuis, Ph.D.
Global Head of Medical and Scientific Affairs for Adult Medical Nutrition at Nutricia
Piia-Noora Kauppi
Managing Director of Finance Finland
Dr Amy Khor
Senior Minister of State for the Ministry of Health and Ministry of the Environment & Water Resources, Republic of Singapore
Kalle Killar
Deputy Secretary General of E-services and Innovation Ministry of Social Affairs in Estonia
Krista Kiuru
Minister of Family Affairs and Social Services of Finland
Kari Kohtamäki
Customer Account Lead, VTT
Reinier Koppelaar
Program Director at the Netherlands Ministry of Health, Welfare and Sports of the Program on Ageing in Place (Langer Thuis)
Kazimierz Kuberski
Deputy Minister of Family, Labour and Social Policy in the Republic of Poland
Jaana Leikas
Principal Scientist at VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland Ltd.
Päivi Luna
Head of Welfare Financing in Finance Finland (FFI)
Robert Madelin
Chairman of Fipra International & Former Director General of the European Commission
Marco Marsella
Head of the “eHealth, Well-being, and Ageing” Unit in the Directorate General for Communications Networks, Content and Technology of the European Commission
David Marsh
General Secretary of the Fragility Fracture Network (FFN)
Finbarr Martin
President of European Geriatric Medicine Society
Ripley Martin
Business Leader for Aging and Caregiving, Philips
Britt Monti
Creative Leader Home Furnishing Range & Design of IKEA of Sweden
Niku Määttänen
Research Director at the Research Institute of the Finnish Economy (ETLA)
Kazumi Nishikawa
Director, Healthcare Industries Division, Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry of Japan
Ryoji Noritake
CEO of Health and Global Policy Institute (HGPI)
Alana Officer
Senior Health Adviser (Ageing and Health) at World Health Organization
Anders Olauson
Honorary President, European Patients' Forum and Chairman, Agrenska Foundation
Anne-Sophie Parent
Secretary General of AGE Platform Europe (AGE)
Tapani Piha
Special Adviser, Former Head of Unit, European Commission
Kirsi Pimiä
Non-Discrimination Ombudsman
Aino-Kaisa Pekonen
Minister of Social Affairs and Health of Finland
Željko Plazonić
State Secretary of the Ministry of Health of the Republic of Croatia
Manoj Pradhan
Chief Economist at the independent macroeconomic research firm Talking Heads
Jussi-Pekka Rantanen
Senior Producer at Yle News
Olli Rehn
Governor of the Bank of Finland and member of the Governing Council of the European Central Bank
Antti Rinne
Prime Minister of Finland
Aisling Ryan
Managing Partner and Global Consulting Principal at The Corporate Practice at WPP
Dave Ryan
General Manager of Health & Life Sciences Business at Intel Corporation
Lorna Sabbia
Managing Director and Head of Retirement & Personal Wealth Solutions at Bank of America
Sinikka Salo
Leader of Change, Ministry of Social Affairs and Health, Finland
Stefano Scarpetta
Director for Employment, Labour and Social Affairs, OECD
Martin Seychell
Deputy Director General for Health at the European Commission
Jane Shaw
Principal of Harris Manchester College
Päivi Sillanaukee
Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Social Affairs and Health of Finland
Janine Small
IDM Vaccines Regional President at Pfizer
Timo Strandberg
MD, PhD, Professor of geriatric medicine at the University of Helsinki and Helsinki University Hospital
Yasuhiro Suzuki
Vice-Minister for Health, Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare, Japan
Anneli Taina
Chair of the Board at the Finnish Association of Retired Persons (EETU ry)
Vappu Taipale
Professor, MD
Sushant Trivedi
Senior Brand Manager at Gillette North America, Procter & Gamble
Jan Vapaavuori
Mayor, city of Helsinki
Liisa-Maria Voipio-Pulkki
Director General of Strategic Affairs & Chief Medical Officer, Ministry of Social Affairs and Health, Finland
George Vradenburg
The Global CEO Initiative on Alzheimer’s Disease; Chairman and Co-Founder of UsAgainstAlzheimer’s
Ninie Yan Wang
Founder and CEO of Pinetree Care Group
Dr. Don Wright
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Health, Department of Health and Human Services, United States
Alex Wynaendts
CEO and Chairman of the Executive and Management Board of Aegon N.V.
