MaRS (a Toronto-based inno­va­tion cen­ter) has just announced the Ontario Inno­va­tion Sum­mit: The Busi­ness of Aging to “fea­ture some of the world’s top experts focused on the many issues that the aging of the global pop­u­la­tion poses for com­mu­ni­ties, gov­ern­ments, aca­d­e­mic and health­care insti­tu­tions, and businesses.”

Top­ics:

- Inno­va­tion in an Age Friendly Soci­ety: Inter­con­nected Chal­lenges and Oppor­tu­ni­ties
– Rethink­ing Tech­nol­ogy & Com­mu­nity: Opti­miz­ing our Eco­nomic Con­tri­bu­tions and Enhanc­ing Qual­ity of Life
– Main­tain­ing Auton­omy: The Brain Fit­ness Move­ment
– Pub­lic Pol­icy Impact: Putting Inno­va­tion to Work across the Con­tin­uum of Aging
– Com­mit­ment to Action

The con­fer­ence will host spe­cial keynote appear­ances by the Hon. Dal­ton McGuinty, Pre­mier of Ontario, and Dr. Buzz Aldrin, Apollo 11 Astro­naut. Other con­firmed speakers:

- Dr. Jane Bar­ratt, Sec­re­tary Gen­eral, Inter­na­tional Fed­er­a­tion on Age­ing
– Dr. John Beard, Direc­tor, Depart­ment of Aging and Life Course, World Health Orga­ni­za­tion
– Dr. Adal­steinn (Steini) Brown, Assis­tant Deputy Min­is­ter, Health Sys­tem Strat­egy Divi­sion, Ontario Min­istry of Health
– Alvaro Fer­nan­dez, Co-Founder, Sharp­Brains
– Saul Kaplan, Chief Cat­a­lyst, Busi­ness Inno­va­tion Fac­tory
– Dr. David Nay­lor, Pres­i­dent, Uni­ver­sity of Toronto
– Dr. Bill Reich­man, Pres­i­dent and CEO, Baycrest

To learn more, click Here.

Will make sure to blog about the event — what Ontario is doing, includ­ing its $10m invest­ment in Bay­crest last year (see my inter­view with Bay­crest CEO, Bill Reich­man), is truly enlight­ened and stimulating.

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