Institute For The Future

Rod Falcon and Philips on the Future of Aging Well

How do we age well? It's a challenge each of us will face as individuals someday, if we're not doing so already. But all over the globe, we're seeing average population age increase, and, in the future, we'll have to address this shift collectively. That's why Health Horizons Program Director Rod Falcon helped to lead Philips Center for Health and Well-being's Technology Social Jam last week—an open online conversation around the question, "how can technology realize its potential with regard to supporting aging well?"—Wednesday, Feb. 22nd through Friday, Feb. 24th.

Population aging has long been on IFTF’s radar as a major global issue we will face in the coming decade. And this jam—one of a series that the Philips Center for Health and Well-being’s Aging Well Think Tank will host throughout 2012—is an exciting opportunity for thousands of interested stakeholders from around the world to pool their knowledge and experiences in an open way to help create solutions.

Rod, a member of the Aging Well Think Tank, led this jam with Laurie Orlov, Industry Analyst at Aging in Place Technology. Rod and Laurie moderated the discussion, contributing their own ideas and replying to others’ for the entire three days. Once the jam session ended, the findings from these sessions will be discussed and debated by Rod, Laurie, and the rest of the think tank. Keeping with the spirit of openness that generated the ideas, the results of the jam will be made public and shared directly with the discussion’s participants.

The Technology Social Jam was active from Wednesday, Feb. 22nd through Friday, Feb. 24th, and was completely open to the public through the LinkedIn group Creating Healthy, Livable Cities.

 

More Information

Visit the Philips Center for Health and Well-being website to learn more about these social jams.