CENTURY SUMMIT


The 2021 Century Summit, held virtually on December 7th, 8th and 9th once again brought together leaders across business, research, culture, and government to discuss the impact of people living longer lives. Convened in collaboration with the Stanford Center on Longevity, the Century Summit offered leaders an opportunity to present new visions on rethinking care, promoting and maintaining intergenerational relationships, and rethinking the second half of life in the new age of longevity.

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Tuesday, December 7:

Rethinking Care

Aging in Place, a Conversation with Senator Brian Schatz

Care and the New Map of Life 

  • Laura Carstensen

  • Ken Stern

Conversation with Ai-jen Poo 

  • Paula Span (moderator)

  • Ai-jen Poo

Rethinking Care Panel 

  • Paula Span (moderator)

  • Richard Cho

  • Lauren Miller Rogen

  • Jennifer Olsen 

Innovation in Caregiving Spotlight

  • Alan Goldstein (moderator)

  • Fereydoun Taslimi

  •  Lindsay Jurist-Rosner

  • Brian Park 

Storytelling and Caregiving

  •  Kitty Eisele (moderator)

  • Max Linsky

  • Sian-Pierre Regis

  •  Richard Lui 

Next Avenue Influencers in Aging 

  • Richard Eisenberg (moderator) 

  • Special Guests, 2021 Influencers in Aging

Wednesday, December 8  

The Intergenerational Compact 

The New Map of Life and the Intergenerational Compact 

  • Laura Carstensen

  • Ken Stern (moderator)

A Conversation with Norman Lear and Eli Bergthold

  • Ken Stern (moderator) 

  • Norman Lear

  • Eli Bergthold

Intergenerational Innovation Spotlight

  • Chris Farrell (moderator)

  • Jake Rothstein

  • Dana Griffin

Intergenerational Workplaces

  • Laura Carstensen (moderator)

  • Andy Briggs

Intergenerational Cities

  • Ken Stern (moderator)

  • Mayor Francis Suarez

  • Cinny Kennard (moderator)

  • Mayor Juan Mari Aburto

New Map of Life and the Intergenerational Compact 

  • Karen Breslau (moderator)

  • Karen Fingerman

  • Alison Gopnik

  • Trent Stamp 

 Thursday, December 9 

Reinventing the Second Half of Life  

New Map and the Second Half of Life 

  • Ken Stern (moderator)

  • Laura Carstensen

A Conversation with Bryan Pinsky of AIG

Conversation: Funding Longer Life 

  • Martha Deevy (moderator)

  • C. Eugene Steurele 

  • Sita Slavov

9:40am: Financing the Second Half of Life: Leveraging Housing Assets and Reverse Mortgages 

  • Richard Eisenberg (moderator) 

  • Craig Lemoine

  • Wade Pfau

  • Anna Rappaport 

10:10am: The Second Half of Life Begins at Birth  

  • Ramsey Alwin (moderator)

  • Melissa Boteach

  • Starsky Wilson

  • Tom Robinson

10:40am: A Conversation with Ranjita Chakravarty

  • Ken Stern (moderator)

  • Ranjita Chakravarty

10:55am: Entrepreneurship Starts at 50

  • Maria Thomas (moderator) 

  • Lawrence Kosick

  • Mary Rawley

  • Rick Terrien

11:35am: Social Entrepreneurship in the Second Half of Life 

  • Carol Hymowitz (moderator) 

  • Ximena Abogabir

  • Sergio Serãpio

  • Anne Basting 

12:05pm: Rethinking the Stages of Life 

  • Marc Freedman (moderator)

  • William Damon

12:30pm: Closing