Author, journalist and international voice for a movement mobilised against age discrimination.

Facing the Future:
2 DAY CONFERENCE – Mon 15 & Tue 16 MAY 2023
A wave of older people is heading our way.
According to the World Health Organisation, by 2030, one in six people in the world will be aged 60 years or over.
So, we’re bringing together the best and sharpest minds from across the aged care ecosystem to set a new vision for how this growing population of Baby Boomers can live their life well in the future.
Facing the Future: Aged Care 2030 and Beyond presents two days of inspiring debate and conversation with innovators and futurists who want to make a real impact on positive ageing.
Facing the Future: Aged Care 2030 and Beyond will feature the best and sharpest minds from several sectors across the aged care ecosystem for two days of inspiring debate and conversation.
If you are an aged care sector CEO, manager or worker, or provider of products, services, or digital technology, or a researcher, architect, robotics engineer, scientist, advanced manufacturer, allied health clinician, lifestyle coordinator, community support worker, nurse, family carer, aged care consumer, or simply want to make a difference to the future, then this is an opportunity not to be missed.
A big thank you to all our attendees, speakers, contributors and sponsors for a terrific inaugural conference.
We are collating content from the event and will be sharing it online via this website soon.
Hear from the best and sharpest minds from across the aged care ecosystem

Prof David Brown
Highly regarded Professor of Management Accounting at the Sydney University of Technology
Ita Buttrose AC OBE
Ita Buttrose AC, OBE – A truly exceptional Australian: Media trailblazer, businesswoman, best-
selling author, committed community and welfare contributor and 2013 Australian of the Year.
Ross Dawson
Leading Australian futurist, keynote speaker, entrepreneur, and authority on business strategy.
Stan Grant
Australia’s multi-award-winning journalist and host of ABC’s popular Q+A current affairs program.
Prof Yun-Hee Jeon
Director of Step Up and recognised for her significant contributions to person-centred care.
Dr Fiona Kerr
Founder of the NeuroTech Institute , and expert in human connectivity and synchronisation
Prof Alex Mihailidis
Scientific Director of AGEWELL, Canada’s unique technology and healthy ageing network.
Susan Ryan
CEO of the Greenhouse Project, leading creator of radically non-institutional eldercare environments in the USA.
Bernard Salt AM
Australia’s leading business and demographics analyser, author, social and cultural commentator and futurist.
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