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