DATE: 2 May 2022 (Monday)
TIME: 13:00 - 14:00 CEST
The ICTs and Older Persons special track addresses the role and use of information and communication technologies in several areas, including healthy ageing through remote care and artificial intelligence, age-friendly environments, digital skills for older adults, digital financing and protection of older persons online.
In support of the United Nations Decade of Healthy Ageing (2021-2030), this special track highlights the benefits of information and communication technologies (ICTs) as powerful enablers to ensure that older people can live a fuller life with dignity and equality – and in a healthy environment.
This opening session will discuss stakeholders' contributions towards healthy ageing and strengthen collaborations to the creation of age-friendly digital environments for all.
Panellists
- Mr Malcolm Johnson - Deputy Secretary-General, ITU
- Dr Anshu Banerjee - Director, Department of Maternal, Newborn, Child and Adolescent Health and Ageing, WHO
- Dr Michael W. Hodin - CEO, Global Coalition on Aging
- Thomas Kamber - Founder and Executive Director, Older Adults Technology Services (OATS)
- Dr Shantu Watt - Chair, NGO Committee on Ageing, United Nations, Vienna
- Prof Raymond Saner - Titular Professor, International Management & Organisation; Director, Diplomacy Dialogue, Centre for Socio-Eco-Nomic Development
- Dr Cynthia Stuen, PhD - Chair, UN Main Representative, NGO Committee on Ageing New York; International Federation on Ageing
- FanMan Tsang - Director of Capacity Bridging and Technology, CDAC Network
- Miri Yaacobi Horowitz - Director, Collective Impact Initiative, Quality of Life and Loneliness of the elderly population, Sheatufim, Civil Society Organization, Israel
- Ms Gitanjali Sah (Moderator) - Strategy and Policy Coordinator, ITU