Hackathon judges award $20,000 in prizes, with a grand prize still up for grabs.  NEW YORK (March 29, 2017) – Four innovation teams took top prizes at the inaugural Nestlé Skin Health SHIELD Hackathon on March 10th and 11th, 2017. Judges awarded $5,000 to each winning team for their innovative proposals to address challenges in…

Startups promising to reinvent how we deliver care, perform procedures, or fight disease have fallen short — sometimes disastrously so.

PARIS AND NEW YORK (1 March 2016) – The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) and Global Coalition on Aging (GCOA) released a joint report on the insights gathered during an expert consultation co-organized in partnership with the Harris Manchester College at Oxford University on 1-2 September 2015. The report titled, “Promoting Active Ageing…

OXFORD, ENGLAND (23 September 2015) – The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) and the Global Coalition on Aging (GCOA) convened on September 1-2 an expert consultation on Active Ageing in the Digital Economy in partnership with the Harris Manchester College, Oxford University. International experts from industry, ageing, technology and public policy mapped strategies…

In our days increased longevity is achieved not only in developed countries such as the U.S., but also across the globe. This trend will drive tremendous changes in retirement, economy, workplace, social norms and more. Longevity brings opportunities but challenges as well. expectation of our generation far beyond anything possible in the past.