Ken Dychtwald

Increasing longevity, declining fertility, and the aging of the Baby Boomers are triggering an enormous age wave. This unprecedented demographic transformation is creating tremendous opportunities in the marketplace, the workplace, and our lives – alongside equally pressing social, political, and financial challenges.

In this presentation, Age Wave Founder and CEO Ken Dychtwald, PhD, will explore some of the most urgent questions facing individuals, families, businesses, and governments, including:

• How the emerging—and unprecedented—longevity revolution is altering today’s demographic landscape

• How people will use their newfound “longevity bonus”

• Why a “cyclic” life plan is replacing the traditional “linear” model

• How aging Baby Boomers and Gen Xers are changing the paradigms of health, work, leisure, and retirement

• What are the biggest new market opportunities—many of which are hiding in plain sight?

Conclusion:
In this illustrative, forward-thinking keynote, Ken Dychtwald will shine a light on actionable ways your organization can be better prepared for the changing demographic landscape and the countless opportunities that are emerging.

In this revealing glimpse into the future, Age Wave Founder and CEO Ken Dychtwald, PhD, will provide a wide-ranging preview of how global population aging and increasing longevity will dramatically transform every dimension of health and healthcare.

Topics to be explored include:

• Have we entered a new age of aging, and how long might we live?

• Will our later years be a time of health and vitality or illness and disability?

• What advances are needed in diagnostics, bioscience, and medical/nursing training and skills to ensure that our healthspans and brainspans match our lifespans?

• How do we feel about all of the “longevity inequality” that currently exists?

• Will super-longevity be purchasable on the open or black market?

• How will we spend our “longevity bonus” years, and what will be the new purpose of elderhood?

Conclusion:
This visionary keynote will inspire and motivate attendees to activate medical, social, business, policy, and/or technology strategies to contribute to a far-improved healthcare system.

Retirement is morphing faster than you can imagine, and today’s pre-retirees and retirees are seeking answers to ensure financial security in a new, longer, more dynamic chapter of retirement. This presentation draws on Ken Dychtwald’s 50 years as one of the world’s foremost visionaries on aging and longevity, as well as Age Wave’s most recent cutting-edge research spanning five generations of adults, to explore the most pressing questions in retirement planning today. The forces shaping today’s retirement planning will be explored, along with key strategies for financial professionals to demonstrate greater empathy and provide targeted solutions that safeguard a well-lived retirement in uncertain times.

Topics to be covered include:

• What are the greatest worries for pre-retirees and retirees in achieving a financially secure retirement, and what steps are necessary to ensure financial peace of mind?

• What are the “generational generosity” warning signs, and how can well-intentioned people avoid jeopardizing their future financial security risk?

• How women’s rising longevity, coupled with their growing financial power, is dramatically transforming retirement planning. What new strategies and tactics can financial professionals take to respond to women’s unique needs?

• How the growing demands of caregiving could impact retirement planning. What guidance can financial professionals offer their clients to minimize financial risks?

• How financial professionals can best manage the greatest generational hand-off in history and guide clients to leave their legacy.

Conclusion:
This content-rich and action-packed presentation will inspire and motivate financial professionals on ways to create lasting relationships with clients and their families to ensure financial peace of mind for them while increasing shareholder value for their companies.

Ironically, history’s greatest accomplishment—increasing longevity—could become civilization’s biggest challenge. Without fresh thinking and innovative new solutions, the ensuing age wave could cause a misalignment of many aspects of society from pensions to playgrounds; pandemics of degenerative diseases such as Alzheimer’s; and a gerontocracy that is already sparking political age wars.

In this visionary new presentation, Age Wave Founder and CEO Ken Dychtwald, PhD, draws on his 50 years of leadership in the aging and longevity fields to describe the five “grand challenges” needed to avert these potential tragedies and, by so doing, match our healthspans and brainspans to our lifespans, safeguard financial security for all generations, eliminate ageism while activating a flourishing longevity marketplace, and provide a 21st-century purpose for modern elders.

Ken will also highlight decades of proprietary Age Wave research and insights to explore some of the most urgent questions facing businesses, governments, families, and individuals today, while offering a sweeping blueprint for the revolutionary changes that are needed in the coming years.

Conclusion:
Ken Dychtwald’s bold look into the future stimulates innovation and transformative change to meet the needs of today’s older adults as well as generations to come.