Expand your wellness horizions at the ICAA conference 2008

Sixth Annual International Council on Active Aging Conference
December 4–6, 2008
Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center, San Antonio, Texas
Mature Market Experts: Designed to develop your business
Whether you are a CEO, manager, wellness director or personal trainer, there is something for you at the International Council of Active Aging Conference 2008. Leave the conference with cutting-edge information, resources and [...]

Focalyst Executive Forum - October 2-3, 2008 - NYC

Insights for marketers targeting boomers and seniors
 
At 125 million strong, Boomer and Mature consumers spend over $3 trillion annually and represent one of the biggest business opportunities of the 21st century. As this multifaceted group redefines what it means to “grow old”, their behaviors and attitudes are having a profound effect on retirement, health, finance, [...]

I’ll be there. Will you?

This just in, I’ll be one of the keynote speakers at the International Council on Active Aging’s 6th Annual Conference. This year the conference will be held in sunny San Antonio, December 4-6th. I promise to write more about this wonderful organization at a later date (when I can line up an interview with founder [...]

Upcoming Event - OlderRicherWiser?

Older, richer, wiser? Hear what our speakers had to say on the topic of senior marketing in an article in Marketing this week. Kevin Brennan from Kellogg’s, Jo Kenrick from B&Q and Fiona Hought from Millennium discuss their vision, strategy and approach to engaging with the 50+ consumer. Read their views by downloading the PDF [...]

Upcoming Lunch Event - New England 50+ Housing Council

Northland Residential Experts Show How To “Upgrade Your Sales!”
    

Jack Dawley and Susan DiLorenzo of Northland Residential Corp. will join design professional Mark Haddad of Haddad Hakkanson to kick off the 2008 program year with a lunch event on May 1. With the market continuing to challenge New England builders and developers, Dawley and his team [...]

Upcoming Event - Can’t Remember What I Forgot: Good News in Memory Research

Date:              Monday  Evening, May 12, 2008
 
Speaker:        Sue Halpren, PhD, Journalist and Author                 
 
Moderator:    Eric Mann – Vice President, Posit Science
 
Location:       Wilson Sonsini – 950 Page Mill Road, Palo Alto   
Time:              6:00PM Registration, Hors d’oeuvres and Networking
                        7:00PM Presentation and Panel Discussion
 
Registration in advance: http://www.mitcnc.org/Events_Single.asp?eventID=1412
 
$15.00 in advance on the website,  $20.00 [...]

Upcoming Event - Silvers Summit

Currently there are about 78 million boomers in the US (450 million worldwide) — born between 1946 and 1964 – hitting their peak earning and spending.  One of the main catalysts is technology. Whether they’re playing brain games for fun, monitoring their homes, visiting the grandkids via video conferencing, or navigating the back roads in [...]

Upcoming events

2008 Building for Boomers & Beyond: 50+ Housing Symposium
Conference: May 19-21, 2008
Sheraton New Orleans Hotel
Topic: “The Marriage of Resort Active-Adult Communities & Service-Enriched Housing”
For more info: http://www.nahb.org/conference_details.aspx?conferenceID=60§ionID=121   
 
JWT Boom, LiveWire: The Summit, Reaching the 40+ Consumer
(formerly Beyond The Numbers)
Conference: June 2 - 3, 2008
Topic: “ Reaching the 40+ Consumer”
For more info: [...]

An Insight from the Boomer Summitt

Look forward to being a periodic contributor at Mature Market Experts, although I’m not very mature and to label myself an expert is probably a bigger stretch than Manute Bol’s wing span. 
In my daily life, I’m vice president of communcications and public affairs at Ecumen, which is one of the country’s largest non-profit senior housing, [...]

When Old is New – Review of the Boomer Summit

It’s nice to run into excellence. That’s why the WHAT’S NEXT BOOMER BUSINESS SUMMIT was such a pleasant surprise. Unfortunately, most of the conferences I have attended on the 50+ market have been a complete waste of time, so it was nice to finally attend one with topics and companies of some weight. My hat [...]