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2011-12-02 - Videos: full debate video available

The full debate is now available in our video section.

2011-11-18 - Videos: interviews of speakers available

Visit our video section to view interviews from László Andor, H.E. Jun Yamada and Marko Mrsnik.

2011-11-10 - Photos from the event available

Photos from the event and from the networking reception are now available in the photo section.

2011-10-26 - Experience being old: try the AgeExplorer® suit !

Courtesy of BMW, participants will be able to try the AgeExplorer®, a special age simulating suit designed to make you experience what it feels to be old.
More information on www.age-explorer.de (in German).

2011-10-25 - Standard and Poor's joins the panel

Marko Mrsnik, director, sovereign ratings Europe at Standard and Poor's, will be joining the panel to speak about the implications of the current economic context for the future sustainability of Europe's social model.

2011-10-15 - Registration open !

Registration is now open and free of charge. To secure your place at this event, please use our online registration form!

2011-10-13 - Joining the discussion

Ahead of the European year on healthy and active ageing, László Andor, European commissionner for employment, social affairs and inclusion, will present the Commission's view on how Europe can transform the challenge of ageing into an opportunity.

Stephen Hughes MEP, member of the social affairs committee, and vice-president of the group of socialists and democrats in the European Parliament, will give a perspective from the European Parliament on the Commission's proposals.

H.E. Kojiro Shiojiri, ambassador of Japan to the European Union, will share the Japanese experience and explain what Europe can learn from it.

The issue: a decade to get back on track

Europe's population is ageing fast, and the decline of Europe's working-age population is likely to start in 2012, while the over-60 population will continue to rise by about two million people a year, according to Eurostat figures, a pace twice as fast as before 2007.

These trends are not new, and represent a formidable challenge for EU policymakers...

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2011-12-02 - Videos: full debate video available
The full debate is now available in our video section.
2011-11-18 - Videos: interviews of speakers available
Visit our video section to view interviews from László Andor, H.E. Jun Yamada and Marko Mrsnik.
2011-11-10 - Photos from the event available
Photos from the event and from the networking reception are now available in the photo section.
2011-10-26 - Experience being old: try the AgeExplorer® suit !
Courtesy of BMW, participants will be able to try the AgeExplorer®, a special age simulating suit designed to make you experience what it feels to be old. More information on www.age-explorer.de (in German).
2011-10-25 - Standard and Poor's joins the panel
Marko Mrsnik, director, sovereign ratings Europe at Standard and Poor's, will be joining the panel to speak about the implications of the current economic context for the future sustainability of Europe's social model.
2011-10-15 - Registration open !
Registration is now open and free of charge. To secure your place at this event, please use our online registration form!
2011-10-13 - Joining the discussion
Ahead of the European year on healthy and active ageing, László Andor, European commissionner for employment, social affairs and inclusion, will present the Commission's view on how Europe can transform the challenge of ageing into an opportunity. Stephen Hughes MEP, member of the social affairs committee, and vice-president of the group of socialists and democrats in the European Parliament, will give a perspective from the European Parliament on the Commission's proposals. H.E. Kojiro Shiojiri, ambassador of Japan to the European Union, will share the Japanese experience and explain what Europe can learn from it.
*The issue: a decade to get back on track*
Europe's population is ageing fast, and the decline of Europe's working-age population is likely to start in 2012, while the over-60 population will continue to rise by about two million people a year, according to Eurostat figures, a pace twice as fast as before 2007. These trends are not new, and represent a formidable challenge for EU policymakers... Read more