Webinar and Report Launch - Silver Hues: Building Age-Ready Cities
Date and Time: April 5, 2022, from 9:00 AM to 10:30 AM Eastern Standard Time (EST)
Organized by the Urban, Disaster Risk Management, Resilience & Land Global Practice (GPURL) at the World Bank and the UK National Innovation Centre Ageing (NICA)
At the launch and in the report, we will prompt our panelists to reflect on the question: How can we plan, design, and create age-ready cities and towns for a silver-hued future—one in which older persons will increasingly outnumber younger ones in more and more countries? Given the global pandemic, climate change, and the unique situation of older persons, inclusion has never been more important. Moreover, as the report shows, age-readiness isn’t just for older persons: an age-ready city is a city for all, and has universal benefits.
Speakers
- Sameh Wahba, Global Director, Urban, Disaster Risk Management and Land Global Practice, World Bank
- Maitreyi B. Das, Practice Manager, Urban, Disaster Risk Management and Land Global Practice, World Bank
- Nic Palmarini, Director, UK National Innovation Centre Ageing (NICA)
- Lynne Corner, Director of VOICE and Chief Operating Officer, UK National Innovation Centre Ageing (NICA)
- Tom Kirkwood, Professor of Medicine and Head of the Department of Gerontology, Institute for Ageing and Health, Newcastle University
- Octavio Vergara, Former National Director, National Service for the Elderly, Ministry of Social Development and Family, Chile
- Gustavo C. Demarco, Lead Economist, Pensions Global Lead, Social Protection & Jobs, World Bank
- Yuko Arai, Urban Specialist, East Asia and Pacific Region, World Bank
- Anna Wellenstein, Regional Director, Latin America and the Caribbean, World Bank
Register here: https://worldbankgroup.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_gsNkuEOxQKSf9otQ8eqm9g