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AgeTech Collaborative™ from AARP and Primetime Partners are proud to present the first Founders Summit on Thursday, April 20th in New York, NY.
Meet with and learn from passionate AgeTech innovators and longevity experts. This is your opportunity to attend workshops and join inspiring speaker sessions with industry leaders from healthcare, pharmacy, retail, investment management, and more at this one-day conference.
Located at 360 Madison Ave, New York, NY 10017, the Founders Summit is invite only and exclusive to AgeTech Collaborative™ from AARP and Primetime Partners startup founders. This is a free event.
10:00 – 10:30 a.m. Rethinking Aging
Arianna Huffington is the founder and CEO of Thrive Global, the founder of The Huffington Post, and the author of 15 books, including Thrive and The Sleep Revolution. In 2016, she launched Thrive Global, a leading behavior change tech company with the mission of changing the way we work and live by ending the collective delusion that burnout is the price we must pay for success. (Via Zoom)
Dr. Donna Shalala, former U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services, President of Hunter College, Chancellor of University of Wisconsin, and President of the University of Miami
Ashton Applewhite, Internationally recognized anti-ageism advocate, Author of This Chair Rocks: A Manifesto Against Ageism, Co-founder of the Old School Anti-Ageism Clearinghouse
Moderated by Alan Patricof, Chairperson and Co-Founder of Primetime Partners
10:45 – 11:15 a.m. | 11:15 – 11:45 a.m. Workshop 1: Opening the Channel
Attendees have the choice of attending two workshops with executives below:
12:00 – 12:30 p.m. Insider Scoop: Priorities and White
Space in AgeTech
Lorraine Cortés-Vázquez, Commissioner NYC Department of the Aging
Dr. Tony Sun, Regional Chief Medical Officer & National Medical Director at UnitedHealthcare
12:30 – 1:15 p.m. 1:1 Networking Meet Ups/Lunch
1:15 – 1:45 p.m. Marketing to Older Adults: Lessons Learned
2:00 – 2:45 p.m. Workshop 2: Growth
Attendees can attend one workshop with experts representing the following topics:
3:00 – 3:30 p.m. From Zero to $100mm
Seth Sternberg, CEO and Co-Founder, Honor
Interviewed by Dr. Archelle Georgiou, former Chief Medical Officer, United Healthcare
3:30 – 4:00 p.m. Unlocking Your Team’s Talent
Deborah Di Sanzo, President, BestBuy Health, former General Manager, IBM Watson Health and CEO of Philips Healthcare
Interviewed by Jacqueline M. Baker, Author of The Unexpected Leader and Leadership Consultant
Confirmed Speakers Include:
Chianoo Adrian, Managing Director, Financial Wellness Solutions, TIAA
Chianoo is a Managing Director leading the development of new advice and financial wellness solutions, which come to fruition via TIAA build and/ or via integration with external partners. Chianoo also leads an innovation, experimentation and fintech sensing support function within TIAA’s Digital & Customer Experience Division. Her responsibilities include designing, manufacturing and managing solutions for B2B and B2B2C.
Ashton Applewhite, Internationally recognized anti-ageism advocate, Author of This Chair Rocks: A Manifesto Against Ageism, Co-founder of the Old School Anti-Ageism Clearinghouse
Ashton Applewhite is the author of This Chair Rocks: A Manifesto Against Ageism and of Cutting Loose: Why Women Who End Their Marriages Do So Well. A co-founder of the Old School Anti-Ageism Clearinghouse, Ashton is at the forefront of the emerging movement to raise awareness of ageism and to dismantle it. She speaks widely at venues that have included the TED mainstage and the United Nations, has been recognized by the New York Times, the New Yorker, National Public Radio, and the American Society on Aging as an expert on ageism; and is the voice of Yo, Is This Ageist? In 2022 the UN named Ashton one of the Healthy Aging 50: fifty leaders transforming the world to be a better place to grow older.
Jacqueline Baker, Leadership Consultant, Speaker, and Author
From podcast producer and author, to founder and leadership advocate, Jacqueline occupies many spaces. She’s committed to helping others embrace their inner leader, and believes that we all have the power to take charge in our own unique ways. She has helped over 20,000 people with her work and has been recognized in Essence, Medium, Ambassador Magazine, and on NBC, CBS, and several other networks.
Mel Barsky, Director, Centre for Aging and Brain Health Innovation (CABHI)
Mel is the Director of Business Development for CABHI, a unique private/public collaboration that helps innovators develop, disseminate, scale, and promote adoption of promising innovations in the aging and brain health sector. Previously, Mel co-founded and served as President and COO of INTERVENT Canada, a healthtech company which has served over 2.5 million patients globally.
Andrew Boyd, Vice President at Sandbox Healthcare & The Blue Venture Fund
Andrew supports the Blue Venture Fund’s investments in Bluestone, Insight In Health, ZeOmega, Healthify, Oncology Analytics, Alacura and Upward Health. Prior to Sandbox, Andrew was a Principal at ABS Capital Partners, and he started his career as an officer in the US Army.
Lorraine Cortés-Vázquez, Commissioner NYC Department of the Aging
As Commissioner to the Department for the Aging, Lorraine works to create equity and increase diversity around the older adult centers across the city. Prior to her work in the Mayor’s Office, she served as Senior Vice President of Corporate Relations and Government Affairs at EmblemHealth. Lorraine was also the Executive Vice President for Multicultural Markets and Engagement at AARP, where she spearheaded a five year strategic plan to increase both diversity in membership and AARP’s involvement in multicultural communities.
Patty David, Vice President, Consumer Insights, AARP
Patty oversees Consumer Insights teams working on health security, financial security, loneliness, social connections, and technology as well as family, home, and community issues. She has more than 30 years of research experience in a number of industries and with many Fortune 500 companies on both the client and vendor side.
Deborah Di Sanzo, President, BestBuy Health
Deborah oversees Best Buy Health’s three focal areas of wellness at home, aging at home, and care at home. She also leads the incubation, strategy and corporate development teams focused on scaling health initiatives at Best Buy. She’s an innovative, strategic leader with more than 30 years of experience at the intersection of healthcare and technology.
Neil Dzousa, CEO, GetSetUp
Expanding on his passion to enable human potential through learning, Neil partnered with his co-founders Lawrence Kosick and Deval Delivala to create GetSetUp, a platform to bring live virtual education to older adults to help them live healthier, happier, and more connected lives.
Ric Edelman, Founder and CEO, Edelman Financial Services
Ric is a #1 New York Times bestselling author of 12 books on personal finance, including his newest, The Truth About Crypto, an Amazon bestseller. The host of The Truth About Your Future podcast is known as the industry’s top financial educator.
David Finkelstein, Chief Information Officer, RiverSpring Living
David is a seasoned IT professional with over 30 years of healthcare IT experience, primarily in Long Term / Post-Acute Care (LT/PAC). As CIO, he is responsible for the oversight of all Riverspring Living’s enterprise-wide IT, Cyber Security, and Telecommunications functions, and administering grant funding for interesting technology projects to best serve staff as well as residents.
Dr. Archelle Georgiou, Author, “Healthcare Choices”; Health Expert, KSTP-TV
Archelle was board-certified in Internal Medicine and practiced for five years before moving on to a series of leadership roles: Chief Medical Officer and senior executive at UnitedHealth Group, healthcare advisor for TripleTree, and Chief Health Officer at Starkey Hearing Technologies. Since 2007, she has also shared her expertise with viewers on ABC affiliate KSTP, covering more than 2000 health topics.
Todd Haim, Director, NIH/National Institute on Aging
Dr. Haim leads the development of initiatives that foster and accelerate the commercialization of innovative products addressing aging and Alzheimer’s Disease. He oversees several efforts to elevate the impact of the NIA’s small business seed funding and career development programs and always looks to support the career development of aging researchers.
Ana Handshuh, Consultant to Medicare
Ana is a government programs executive with 18 years of experience in creating and implementing corporate programs for the healthcare industry. She’s currently the Principal at CAT5 Strategies, and is the founder of TRACSCOUT, a SaaS platform for managed care processes.
Arianna Huffington, Founder and CEO of Thrive Global, the founder of The Huffington Post, and the author of 15 books, including Thrive and The Sleep Revolution
Arianna Huffington is the founder and CEO of Thrive Global, the founder of The Huffington Post, and the author of 15 books, including Thrive and The Sleep Revolution. In 2016, she launched Thrive Global, a leading behavior change tech company with the mission of changing the way we work and live by ending the collective delusion that burnout is the price we must pay for success.
Tom Kamber, Founder and Executive Director, OATS and Senior Planet
Tom is a leading expert on aging and technology. Under his leadership, OATS and Senior Planet have developed award-winning programs for older adults across America and are now charitable affiliates of AARP. Tom has taught courses on technology, urban studies, and philanthropy at Columbia University, is widely published in professional and academic journals, and has presented his work on five continent
Christine Leo, Vice President, Senior Products, Cigna
Christine is an expert in the Medicare industry, where she has been integral in advancing innovation throughout her 25+ year career. She joined Cigna Medicare in 2015 where she is responsible for innovation, new product development, and the implementation and performance of Cigna’s Medicare Advantage plans.
Joshua Newman, Director of Marketing at TriNet
Joshua Newman is the executive director of product marketing at TriNet, a provider of HR, payroll and benefits solutions to small and medium sized businesses. Josh has been with TriNet for 10 years and in his role focuses on the areas of go-to-market, market research, positioning & messaging, competitive intel, sales enablement, and product launches. Prior to TriNet Josh led product management and marketing at Ambrose, a start up in the HR space that was acquired by TriNet. Josh is a proud New Yorker where he lives with his wife and two daughters.
Greg Olsen, Director, NY State Office for Aging
Greg is responsible for overseeing the administration of federal and state funded programs that assist more than 4.6 million older adults and 4+ million informal caregivers across New York State. Under his leadership, the State of New York has launched many innovative projects to improve the lives of the aging population.
Jim Rosenthal, CEO, Caring.com
Caring.com is a leading senior living referral service and the nation’s top site for senior care reviews. Caring’s trusted, nationwide team of Family Advisors works with seniors and their families to help them understand and connect with the most appropriate services and support for their specific situations.
Donna Shalala, Ph.D., Former United States Secretary of Health and Human Services
Dr. Shalala is one of the most honored academic leaders of her generation and currently serves as a trustee professor at the University of Miami. In addition to being named to seven national academies like the National Academy of Medicine, Dr. Shalala also served as the Secretary of the US Department of Health and Human Services in the Clinton administration, and in 2008 was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom from George W. Bush.
Seth Sternberg, CEO and Co-Founder, Honor
Seth Sternberg is the Co-Founder & CEO of Honor. Prior to Honor, Seth was the Co-Founder and CEO of Meebo, which brought instant messaging to the web and reached close to half the internet population in the United States. Meebo was
acquired by Google, where Seth became a Product Director working on the Google Identity Platform, and then within GoogleX. Seth started his career with IBM’s Corporate Development group after graduating from Yale. In his free time, he enjoys cycling, working with entrepreneurs, and spending time with his wife and two children.
Dr. Tony Sun, Regional Chief Medical Officer & National Medical Director at UnitedHealthcare
Before joining Unitedhealthcare, Dr. Sun held a leadership role within the CMS quality programs and led many state and national initiatives to improve population health from his positions at LSU, Tulane, UMKC, Ochsner Health, and most recently, The University of Kansas Department of Health Policy. He also serves on many state and national boards and has over 25 years of experience in clinical practice, graduate medical education, population health, and health plan leadership.
Dr. Adele Towers, Director of Risk Adjustment UPMC Enterprises
Dr. Towers is the Director of Risk Adjustment for UPMC Enterprises, where she is a member of the Digital Solutions team. Her focus has been on the development of Natural Language Processing tools to assist healthcare providers and health insurance companies with value- based payment models. She also serves as the Chief Medical Officer for Curative Health, and previously served as Chief Medical Officer of Health Fidelity, now part of Edifecs. Dr. Towers is a practicing geriatrician and has been on the faculty in the Division of Geriatric Medicine at the University of Pittsburgh for over 25 years. She has received several awards for exceptional patient care and safety
360 Madison Ave is .2 miles from Grand Central Terminal (5 minutes walking).
Hotel Blocks: We have secured two hotel options within walking distance to the Event. All guests can simply click on the link below and enter their dates of stay to secure a room with the special group rate.
April 19 – April 21, 2023 at the Benjamin Royal Sonesta Hotel
The Benjamin Royal- AARP and Primetime Partners Founder Summit
April 19 – April 21, 2023 at the Fifty Sonesta Hotel
Fifty Sonesta-AARP and Primetime Partners Founder Summit
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