Aging 2.0 - This Isn't Your Grandfather's Elder Care Paradigm

Baby Boomers have changed the world since they were in diapers, so why should it be different as they approach their second childhood?

Now armed with fitbits and living La Vida Boca (at least in the winter months), 60 is the new 40. Here we explore some of the companies and concepts that are transforming how we think about health and aging.

Join us for a discussion with some of the leaders of the movement and companies that make life better for our later years and those of our loved ones. A few new product presentations and a talk by Stephen Johnston of Aging 2.0 will get us up to date and discuss new ideas for old people, also known as the fastest growing market today.

Agenda:

6:30 – 7:00 PM – Meet, Greet, & Tweet (w/some healthy snacks and drinks) Tweetup #H2NYC

7:00 – 7:15 PM – Stephen Johnston - CEO FordCastle, Aging 2.0 (http://www.aging2.com/), LLCWhat is Aging 2.0

7:20 – 7:35 PM – Robert Herzog - CEO, eCaring.com (http://www.ecaring.com), Bringing Digital Records to Home Health Care: CareGiving 2.0

7:40 - 7:55 PM - Russ Graney - Founder / BluePrintHealth Winter 2012 Class - Aidin - MyAidin.com (http://www.myaidin.com/): The Future of Discharge Planning

InterMission - Stretch, Snack, Talk amongst yourselves...

8:05 - 8:20 PM - Patrick O'Brien - Managing Partner, Renawal Care Partners (http://renewalcarepartners.com/): A Holistic Approach to Elder Care

8:20 - 8:45 PM - Panel Discussion led by Mike Monson of VNSNY (http://www.vnsny.org/)

8:30 – 9:00 PM - Networking and after event

Speakers / Panelists

New Speaker!!

http://photos4.meetupstatic.com/photos/event/8/b/d/0/event_88655792.jpegPatrick O'Brien, Managing Partner, Renewal Care Partners (http://renewalcarepartners.com/)

Patrick has served in a variety of roles in the private and nonprofit sectors. Most recently, he was a senior manager at Bridgewater Associates, an investment firm. Previously, he was a management consultant at McKinsey & Company in New York. Prior to that, he was a portfolio strategist at JPMorgan Chase & Co. specializing in high-grade corporate bond markets. He also has worked as a community organizer for the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force, where he advised campaigns in Florida, Michigan, and Oregon. In addition, through a partnership with Hospice Care Rhode Island, he managed an oral history program for people facing end-of-life issues. His other interests include running, meditation, and contemporary fiction. Patrick has completed a Certified Nursing Assistant program in New York, and he is pursuing his Certificate in Geriatric Care Management from the Brookdale Center for Healthy Aging & Longevity. He received an M.B.A. with Distinction from Harvard Business School and an A.B. in History and Classics, magna cum laude, from Brown University. At Brown, Patrick was awarded the Canfield Barker Prize for leadership, athletics, and public service and was elected into Phi Beta Kappa.

http://photos4.meetupstatic.com/photos/event/c/8/0/c/event_86931212.jpegStephen Johnston - Aging 2.0 (http://www.aging2.com), CEO FordCastle, LLC

Stephen is the Editor of Aging2.0, a blog about innovation and startups working in the market for seniors. He is looking to identify promising entrepreneurs and investors looking to save costs and increse the quality of services for this important and growing demographic.

Fordcastle (http://www.fordcastle.com) is a growth-orientated innovation consulting firm working primarily on new growth opportunities in the areas of mobile, health and wellness. Recent clients include Vodafone, Roche Diagnostics, Intercontinental Hotels Group among others, and he is a co-author of Growth Champions, to be published by Wiley in March 2012. Stephen has worked on strategy and business development for Nokia, Bertelsmann, Daimler, BASF, Siebel Systems and the European Commission. He has an MA in Economics from Cambridge University and an MBA from Harvard Business School, where he was a Fulbright Scholar. Follow him on twitter at @fordcastle and @agingtoo.

http://photos1.meetupstatic.com/photos/event/5/0/3/e/event_87080542.jpegRobert M. Herzog, CEO and Founder

Robert has an extensive background in digital media and creative enterprises as an entrepreneur and executive. For several years he was deeply involved in the home and extended care of his mother Grace, which gave him an understanding of the problems eCaring is designed to solve. He has been a pioneer in applying new technologies to business ventures, working as a senior executive with startup companies such as Motionbox, Diva, ON2 Corp, Softcom, Granite Films and City Winery, major corporations including JPMorgan Chase, Cahners Communications and the Sarnoff Research Center, and not-for-profits including New Jersey Appleseed and Ecotrust. In public service, he was the creator and Director of New York City’s Energy Office, and also taught public school. Robert is also an author and filmmaker. He graduated from Williams College and has a Master’s from the New School.

http://photos4.meetupstatic.com/photos/event/c/4/0/6/event_86930182.jpegRuss Graney, Co-Founder Aidin

AidIn provides an online system to manage discharge planning and billing with nursing agencies. Co-founder Russ Graney, who worked at Monitor Clipper Partners, was formerly Director of Operations with Leadership Prep Bedford-Stuyvesant Charter School and also worked with Bain & Co. His partner, Michael Galbo, was an energy services analyst at EnerNOC and earlier co-founded Wigo Technologies, a company that converted waste into hydrogen and was a semi-finalist in MassChallenge. Aidin is part of the first class at BluePrint Health!

Panelist Moderator:

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Mike Monson, Senior Vice President of Performance & Innovation, VNSNY (http://www.vnsny.org)

VNSNY (http://www.vnsny.org), with $1.2 billion in revenue, is the country’s largest not-for-profit home based company providing a variety of homecare and health plan services to the metro New York City marketplace. Performance & Innovation is VNSNY’s internal management consulting group focusing on the core strategic and operational management issues facing the company. At VNSNY, Michael has been involved with a range of issues including developing growth strategies for the overall company, forecasting market trends, leading scenario planning for the health plan, improving the financial and operating performance of the homecare business, and optimizing the sales force. Michael joined VNSNY in 2004 after having spent six years working for McKinsey & Company where he worked primarily with media and nonprofit clients. Michael has a Masters in Public Policy from Harvard’s Kennedy School and a BA from the University of Pennsylvania.

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The Health 2.0 NYC Team, Twitter @H2NYC (http://www.twitter.com/#/H2NYC)

The Team:

Tim Brown, Antidote Solutions (http://www.antidotesolutions.com), Co-Organizer for Hospitals 2.0 Series

Alex Fair, Founder, Founder, FairCareMD.com (http://www.faircaremd.com), The HOPE Network (http://blog.faircaremd.com/hope/), and Organizer

Steve Merahn, MD, CEO Amity Health (http://www.amityhealth.com), Co-Organizer for Doctors 2.0 Series

Lynn Nezin, Ph.D., Co-Organizer for Patients 2.0 Series

Kyle Robertson, Health 2.0 National (http://www.health2con.com), Co-Organizer for Publications

Andrea Spillman, Co-Organizer for Communications and Social Media

Laurie Wheeler, ConferencePlus.com (http://www.conferenceplus.com/) Co-Organizer, Sponsorships