The SilverEco and Ageing Well International Festival, the event for Silver Economy stakeholders, returns to the Palais des Festivals de Cannes on September 12th & 13th, 2022
Improving the quality of life of the elderly, guaranteeing their autonomy for as long as possible and even extending their life expectancy, by new economic needs, technological, and industrial, related to advancing age are the field of innovation in many areas, such as in health, safety, autonomy, housing, services, leisure, etc.
The diversity of players in the Silver economy sector, their dynamism, their innovations, their potential for creating jobs, and their commitment to ageing well, all bear witness to the real economic opportunity of the demographic transition.
Startups, top speakers, investors, major groups and professionals in the medical and social sector, nursing homes, international experts in the Silver economy, not forgetting the seniors themselves, the entire French and international Silver economy ecosystem will be meeting for two days in Cannes at the SilverEco and Ageing Well International Festival to exchange best practices, discover the talents of today and tomorrow, showcase innovations, and promote new offers and innovative services.
Four major events will punctuate the Festival:
- the SilverEco Market Place, with conferences, networking sessions, business meetings and the Expo Forum to discover innovations and major players in the field of good aging. In 2021, more than €1 million in framework contracts were signed during the Festival!
- the SilverEco Trophies, which recognizes the best initiatives, solutions, and best practices of the year by a jury of 50 professionals who will award 10 categories chosen between 100 candidates, but also a public prize, a seniors’ prize and the traditional “Coups de Cœur”!
- the 14th SilverNight, the annual event that brings together more than 1,500 professionals,
- The SilverEco & Ageing Well international Awards for international projects will be presented during SilverNight. After Paris in 2018 and Tokyo in 2019, the event is back in Cannes.
Jérôme Pigniez, organizer of the SilverEco and Ageing Well International Festival, said:
“The SilverEco Festival is an ideal environment to get in touch with all the players in the field of ageing well and to share knowledge and experience in a very easy and friendly way. I want to make the SilverEco and Ageing Well International Festival the biggest global meeting place for the longevity, ageing well and intergenerational society!”
The SilverEco Festival on ageing well and the Silver economy in numbers
• 1,500 players in the aging well field
• more than 200 applications
• 100 candidates
• 50 jury experts from France and abroad
• 15 initiatives rewarded
• 15 countries represented
• 1 major forum and networking exhibition
ABOUT THE WELL-AGING AND SILVER ECONOMY FESTIVAL
Organized by Jérôme Pigniez, a specialist in demographic transition and the Silver economy and creator of the information portal SilverEco.org, the SilverEco and Ageing Well International Festival aims to change the way people look at the aging population and to showcase the sector’s abundant offerings by shining a spotlight on good practices, the best initiatives and solutions for ageing well, and by positively promoting all initiatives.
SilverNight, during which the SilverEco and Ageing Well International Awards are awarded, is the annual, dynamic, and convivial meetings of industry professionals celebrating ageing well.
