The Longevity Challenge: Rewiring Economies for Longer Lives

May 3, 2023
13:30–14:15 (Europe/Paris time zone)

About this session

In the next 30 years the number of people over the age of 80 will triple to more than 420 million. What are the financial implications of this extraordinary accomplishment in health outcomes, and what policies are needed to design a retirement system that ensures financial resilience and longer, healthy lives?

Speakers

GJ
Gog Soon Joo
Chief Skills Officer
Skills and Workforce Development Agency (SWDA)
LG
Lynda Gratton
Professor of Management Practice
London Business School
CK
Christian Keller
Head, Economics Research
Barclays
JM
Juliet Mann
TV Host
China Global Television Network (CGTN)
GP
Graham Pearce
Senior Partner, Global Defined Benefit Segment Leader
Marsh People and Investments 

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