Subject to change

 
October 31, 2024

8:00-9:00 AM
Registration and Breakfast 

9:00-9:15 AM
Welcome Remarks 

9:15-10:00 AM
Keynote Speaker: Robert C. Merton, PhD ‘70, Alfred Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences Laureate (1997); School of Management Distinguished Professor of Finance, MIT Sloan

IMAGINING WELLBEING FOR LONGEVITY 

10:00-10:20 AM
Speaker: Dr. Freddy Nguyen, Research Fellow, MIT

10:20-11:20 AM
Panel: Healthcare Practitioner Perspective

  • Moderated by Dr. Freddy Nguyen, Research Fellow, MIT

  • Anjali Sastry, Senior Lecturer, Global Economics and Management, MIT Sloan  

  • Dr. Weerasak Muangpaisan, Geriatrician, Faculty of Medicine, Siriraj Hospital  

11:20-11:50 AM 
Coffee Break 

DESIGNING THE CONTEXT FOR LONGEVITY 

11:50 AM-12:50 PM
Speaker: Miho Mazereeuw, Associate Professor of Architecture and Urbanism; Director, Urban Risk Lab, MIT 

12:50-2:00 PM
Networking Lunch  

2:00-3:00 PM
Speaker: John Fernandez, SB ‘85, Professor of Building Technology; Director, Environmental Solutions Initiative and Urban Metabolism Group, MIT 

3:00-3:30 PM
Coffee Break/Transition to Breakout Sessions 

3:30-4:30 PM
Breakout Sessions

  • How We Live: Family and Community

    • Moderated by Dr. Sorapop Kiatpongsan, Visiting Professor, Sasin School of Management

    • Anjali Sastry, SB ‘86, PhD ‘95, Senior Lecturer, Global Economics and Management, MIT Sloan 

    • Piyachart Phiromswad, Associate Professor; Deputy Director, Learning Solutions, Sasin School of Management 

    • Dr. Wanviput Sanphasitvong, VitalLife Scientific Wellness Center; Bumrungrad International Hospital

  • Where We Live: Urban Planning, Green Cities, Accessibility

    • Moderated by John Fernandez, SB ‘85, MIT, and Miho Mazereeuw, MIT

    • Kristian Toivanen, Executive Director, The Aspen Tree at The Forestias

  • Health and Medicine

    • Dr. Freddy Nguyen, Research Fellow, MIT

    • Zen Chu, Senior Lecturer, Technological Innovation, Entrepreneurship, and Strategic Management, MIT Sloan; Faculty Director, MIT Hacking Medicine  

4:30-4:45 PM
Transition to Main Room  

4:45-5:00 PM
Day 1 Closing Remarks 

5:00-6:00 PM 
Reception  

November 1, 2024

8:00-9:00 AM 
Breakfast 

9:00-9:15 AM 
Report Out: Recap of Day 1, Framing of Day 2 


FINANCING LONGEVITY 

9:15-9:30 AM
Speaker: Macroeconomic/Policy Perspective on Longevity 

9:30-10:30 AM
Panel: Gov’t Policy Perspective on Longevity

10:30-10:45 AM
Coffee Break 

10:45 AM-12:00 PM 
Panel: Finance/Business Perspective on Longevity

  • Moderated by Roberto Rigobon, PhD ‘97, Society of Sloan Fellows Professor of Management; Professor of Applied Economics, MIT Sloan

  • Joseph Cherian, SB ‘86, Deputy CEO and Practice Professor of Finance, Asia School of Business

  • Chi-Won Yoon, SB ’82, SM ‘86, Chairman, EQONEX; Chairman, MIT Sloan Dean’s Asian Executive Board

12:00-12:10 PM 
Wrap Up and Closing Remarks 

12:10-1:00 PM 
Networking Lunch