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Final Report to President and The Congress White House Conference on Aging

Final Report to President and The Congress White House Conference on Aging

Quote from the Final Report to President and The Congress White House Conference on Aging “While many experts, popular pundits and the press have made predictions about how the aging of the baby boomers will affect the United States, in actuality, no one really knows with any certainty what will happen. What is clear is that the policy implications and ramifications are unprecedented in history. America’s graying will transform politics, retirement systems, health care systems, welfare systems, labor markets, banking and stock markets. It will force a re-thinking of social mores and prejudices, from issues of age/gender discrimination in the job market to end-of-life care. Whether that transformation is positive or negative will depend on planning and preparation that must begin today.” Paul Hodge President of The Global Generations Policy Institute LIVING YOUNGER LONGER: BABY BOOMER CHALLENGES Expert Testimony of Paul Hodge, JD, MBA, MPA Chairperson, Global Generations Policy Institute Director, Harvard Generations Policy Program I. INTRODUCTION Chairperson Hardy and members of the Policy Committee of the 2005 White House Conference on Aging, I am Paul Hodge, Chairperson, Global Generations Policy Institute, Director, Harvard Generations Policy Program and Founding Editor, Harvard Generations Policy Journal. Thousands of the seventy-five million American baby [...]

Oxford Baby Boom Longevity Initiative

The Global Generations Policy Institute’s (GGPI) Baby Boomer Longevity Initiative is a “first-of-its-kind”, multi-dimensional venture which creatively challenges the boundaries of current thought and examines the impact extended human longevity will have on our country and the world. To stimulate and encourage informed policy development, think tank GGPI conceived and initiated through its Chair & Founder Paul Hodge a unique collaboration with Oxford University’s internationally renowned scientist, science policy expert and futurist Baroness Susan Greenfield. As a Distinguished Visiting Fellow at Oxford for the last year, Mr. Hodge has raised the awareness of both the United States’ and the international scientific and policy communities as to the transformational changes which will be wrought by increased human longevity. Through GGPI’s proactive initiative and co-sponsorship, on March 14 – 17, 2006, Oxford’s James Martin Institute for Science and Civilization hosted its inaugural World Forum: Tomorrow’s People: The Challenges of Technologies for Life Extension and Enhancement. The Forum examined the range of technologies offering lives that will be longer, stronger, smarter and happier. Many critical questions were examined such as: what is radical evolution and what does it mean for humanity, what are the realistic prospects for radical life extension, how will humans [...]