Aims & Focus:
The SIG on Ageing, Business & Society aims to forge that connection by generating a constructive, outcomes focused dialogue among social gerontologists, business and third sector leaders by focusing on three key areas:
- To foster the career development of social gerontologists through collaboration with businesses or though pursuing a career in business while retaining a connection with the gerontology community.
- To support businesses to better understand older people and ageing to help with business development.
- To contribute to the WHO Decade for Healthy Ageing and the UN Sustainable Development Goals for Health and Wellbeing and Reducing Inequalities.
Members:
Leadership Team
Chair - Ian Philp, Founder, Age Care Technologies®
Deputy-Chair - Rob Walton, Independent Consultant
Emerging Researchers - Alison Benzimra, BSG ERA Committee Member (Treasurer)
International Affairs - Mario Barbagallo, President IAGG-ER
Innovation Policy - George MacGinnis, UKRI Challenge Director, Healthy Ageing
Knowledge Exchange - Debbie Keeling, University of Sussex
Social Gerontology - Paul Clarkson, University of Manchester
Catherine Foot, Phoenix Insights - Director
David Sinclair, ILC - Director
Eric Kihlstrom, Aging 2.0 - UK Ambassador
Jemma Mouland, Centre for Ageing Better - Senior Innovation & Change Manager
Laura Walker, The Longevity Forum - Programme Director
Natalie Elmitt, Home Instead - Communications and Advocacy Manager
Susan Wile Schwarz, Global Coalition on Aging - Director of Communications
Tim Shakespeare, Zinc - Research & Innovation Design Manager
Tina Woods, All Party Parliamentary Group on Longevity, and Business for Ageing - Co-Founder and CEO
Joining the SIG:
Membership of the Ageing, Business & Society SIG is open to all. Please click the link below and complete the form with your details to be added to our membership list. Please indicate if you are simply joining a member or are a part of the British Society of Gerontology or related organisations.
Our team is developing a report of our Year 1 findings and plans for our Year 2 work programme, including initiatives that we will lead.
Become a member to keep up to date with the work the Ageing, Business and Society Special Interest Group is doing.
Complete the membership form: https://bit.ly/BecomeAnSIGMember
If you would like to contact the Ageing Business Society SIG team, please email abs-sig@britishgerontology.org.
Opportunities:
To be involved in speaking opportunities with the Ageing, Business and Society Special Interest Group please email abs-sig@britishgerontology.org.
Events:
Workshop: ‘Empowering Social Gerontology to work effectively with and in business’
Date and time: 27th January 2022, 16:00 – 18:00 GMT
In this workshop Gerontology experts discuss experiences of working with Business and gather insights to better realise opportunities in ageing.
Speakers:
Ian Philp, CBE, Chair BSG Special Interest Group, Ageing, Business & Society: Founder, Age Care Technologies®
Dr Paul Clarkson, Senior Lecturer in Social Care, University of Manchester
Alison Benzimra, BSG ERA Committee
Professor Stephen Page, Hertfordshire Business School, University of Hertfordshire
Ian Sherriff BEM, Academic Partnership Lead for Dementia Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry University of Plymouth
Sharon Rose, Wisdom Associates
Watch the workshop recording here: https://bit.ly/AgeingBites
Workshop: ‘How can gerontologists and business work together for mutual benefit?’
Date and time: 23rd February 2022, 16:00 – 18:00 GMT
In this workshop we explored what it will take to forge closer links between gerontologists, business and older consumers. Can this enhance impact from research and help businesses succeed in the market for services and products that enable people to remain active, productive, independent and socially connected across the generations for longer?
Speakers:
Prof. Debbie Keeling, University of Sussex (co-chair)
George MacGinnis, UK Research and Innovation (co-chair)
Dr. Catherine Foot, Phoenix Insights
Sanjay Lobo, Be on Hand
Suzanne Noble, Startup School for Seniors
Marianna Recchia, Tonus Tech
Colum Lowe, Design Age Institute, Royal College of Art
Watch the workshop recording here: https://bit.ly/AgeingBites
Workshop: ‘Enabling the WHO Decade for Healthy Ageing.’
Date and time: 18th May 2022 May, 16:00 – 18:00 BST
In this workshop we described the global policy goals for the UN Decade of Healthy Ageing and how these will translate into extending healthy active life. We provided examples about how gerontologists and businesses are contributing to delivering these policy goals and will explore how gerontologists and business can contribute more by working together.
Speakers:
Mario Barbagallo - President, IAGG-ER
David Sinclair - Director, International Longevity Centre
Susan Wile Schwarz - Director of Communications, Global Coalition on Aging
Ian Philp - Founder, Age Care Technologies®
Natalie Elmitt - Home Instead
with Catherine Foot, Director of Phoenix Insights, leading as Principle Discussant
Watch the workshop recording here: https://bit.ly/AgeingBites