By 2050, over 1 billion people will be aged 65 and older, with the majority of them living in low- and middle-income countries. To ensure countries are prepared for this demographic shift, leaders and policymakers must equip themselves to meet the needs of their growing aging population, said Lina Walker, senior vice president of global thought leadership at AARP. “Countries and populations are aging, and this is something to celebrate. This is an opportunity. But for us to realize those opportunities, we need to plan,” she said.
AARP, a U.S.-based nonprofit and a nonpartisan organization dedicated to empowering people 50 and over to choose how they live as they age, will hold their Annual Global Thought Leadership Conference on Wednesday, Oct. 25 in Washington, D.C., and virtually everywhere. Speaking to Devex ahead of the conference, Walker shared examples of promising strategies and age-friendly policies from countries such as Singapore, Colombia, India, and Thailand that will be explored in depth.
Some of the headline speakers audiences can expect to hear from include U.N. Deputy Secretary General Amina J. Mohammed; Singapore’s Ambassador to the United States Lui Tuck Yew; President of Global Affairs for Google and Alphabet Kent Walker; Vice President for Human Development at the World Bank Mamta Murthi; President and Chief Operating Officer of the Skoll Foundation Marla Blow; and former U.S. Ambassador to the U.N. Susan E. Rice, the Biden administration’s former chief domestic policy adviser.
“We see the global conference as a platform to urge institutions throughout the world to embed an aging lens in their work in fundamental ways,” Walker said.
Click here to register to attend AARP’s global conference “The power of global aging in an interdependent world” on Oct. 25 in Washington, D.C., or virtually.
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