Date: 2 December 2010

Pontifical Lateran University
Piazza S.Giovanni in Laterano, 4
00120 Città del Vaticano

Event Program and Speaker Biographies: PDF

Description:

The international conference brought together academics, journalists, healthcare administrators, pension reform advocates, policy-makers, and students from around the world to discuss subjects such as demographic decline, pharmaceutical research for elderly diseases like Alzheimer’s, healthcare infrastructure, insurance and pension reform, as well as forms of “intergenerational solidarity”. The speakers discussed some of the cutting-edge technologies and polices as well as the national and international structures working to provide more dignified heath care, pension and welfare programs for the elderly. Those in attendance posed many challenging questions to the panel of expert speakers, made up of healthcare executives and researchers, economists and aging experts from Europe and the United States.

SPEAKERS: texts and Power Point presentations (download below)

Dr. Martin BEDNAR: Director of Clinical Research, Pfizer Inc.

PRESENTATION

Prof. Philip BOOTH:  Editorial and Program Director, Institute of Economic Affairs

TEXT; PRESENTATION

Dr. Alessandro FALEZ:  President, Health Care Italia 

PRESENTATION

Mr. Greg HADLEY:  Author, “Aging – The Autumn Phase of Life”

TEXT

Dr. Michael HODIN:  Global Coalition on Aging; Adjunct Senior Fellow, Council on Foreign Relations

PRESENTATION

Mr. Oskari JUURIKKALA: Researcher, Institute of International Economic Law, University of Helsinki

PRESENTATION

Br. Thomas KEUSENKOTHEN:  President, Alexian Brothers Health System

TEXT

H.E. Bishop Jean LAFFITTE:  Secretary, Pontifical Council for the Family

TEXT

Prof. Mauro MARÉ: President, MEFOP Pension Development Fund

PRESENTATION

Mr. Paul RIGBY: Medical Affairs Manager, Royal Numico/Danone Medical Nutrition

PRESENTATION

Rev. Robert SIRICO:  President, Acton Institute

TEXT

Dr. Daniel SULMASY: Associate Director, MacLean Center for Clinical Medical Ethics, University of Chicago

PRESENTATION

IN THE PRESS

Television

H20 News: General event coverage; English interviews with Hodin, Laffitte

RomeReports General event coverage; English interviews with Booth, Sirico, Laffitte

Radio

Vatican Radio: English interviews with Hodin; Laffitte; Sulmasy  

Vatican Radio: General event coverage in Hungarian

Acton Radio: English interviews with Laffitte; Hodin; Sulmasy

Newspaper

Lake Oswego Katu: Preconference coverage; comments regarding Hadley

OTHER MEDIA

Event Publicity (PDF)

Press Release (PDF)