Press Release
17th January, 2018
For Immediate Release
Golden Age Expo and Summit
We Engage. We Create. We Share.
26-28 January, 2018 HK Convention & Exhibition Centre
Organized by Golden Age Foundation, the 3rd “Golden Age Expo and Summit” is scheduled to be held from 26th to 28th January (Friday to Sunday) at the Hong Kong Convention & Exhibition Centre. This is the first large-scale event in Hong Kong for the Golden Age population (i.e. people aged 45 and above, retirees and seniors), empowering and supporting them to live a positive and healthy life. Besides showcasing local and imported quality products, the Expo & Summit is an important interactive platform for participants to experience and learn about challenges and opportunities in an ageing society. The Chief Secretary, Mr Matthew Cheung, will officiate at the Opening Ceremony where hundreds of VIPs, retired officials, business and social leaders will gather.
Mrs. Rebecca Choy Yung, Founder of Golden Age Foundation, states that under the theme of “We Engage. We Create. We Share.”, the Foundation has engaged leading professionals from different cities and sectors, including the civic, business, government, academic and R&D sectors, to create an inclusive Smart Ageing City.
The Major Expo & Summit on Ageing
Initiated by the Golden Age Foundation in 2016, the 3rd Golden Age Expo will assemble over 100 booths to showcase thousands of innovative products, technology and services from around the world for people aged 45 and above. The followings are some highlights of the exhibits:
Established in 2013, HOHOLIFE is a stylish artisanal shop offering innovative and lifestyle products to the active senior citizens. Its’ collections are carefully handpicked from around the world - striving to deliver quality choices for users to enable them to stay socially active and enjoy their lives joyfully with style and dignity. The company is a social enterprise that aims to break stereotypes towards ageing and to create a more accepting and a positive age-embracing environment for our community.
Cisco Systems HKintroduces the latest technology of Smart Parking Solution which can help service providers to improve the efficiency on Rehabus service. Passengers can use dedicated mobile app to check and reserve the available parking location and timeslot for Rehabus. The system will detect the motion sensor on the road and trigger the gate lifting up for successful reservation via LoraWan. Smart Parking Solution is not just one system but provides in the long term a Big Data Analysis for the Government to achieve better planning on Hong Kong's roads.
Culture Homes introduces a meal thickener from Japan, “Suberakaze” and “SuberakazeMeat”, in order to provide elders who are suffering from dysphagia with an alternative to blended porridge. “Suberakaze” is an Enzyme Gellant that eliminates stickiness in starchy food, while it retains the original taste. When blended with “Suberakaze” and cooked over heat, the food mixture will solidify into jelly-like substances that are safe for elders with dysphagia to swallow. Culture Homes is committed to improving the quality of life and delivering wellness among all elders with the introduction of “Suberakaze” soft meal diets into their everyday live.
Other innovative exhibits include:
- Systems that improves safety of the elderly, intelligent robots, multifunctional wheelchairs and mobile healthcare sensor;
- Health care products and services, for instance, products for elderly cognitive assessment and improvement; on-site health screening;
- Smart home design for senior citizens, iHome and other specially designed daily necessities to present how intelligent technology enhances home safety and living quality of the matured adults;
- Trendy fashion with special features, such as antibacterial and GPS tracker;
- Mental wellness including counseling, assessment & report;
- Chinese & Western medical and health care services;
- Organic and health food;
- Retirement planning, wealth management, leisure activities, cultural and educational training, on-site health test.
Thought- Provoking Summit
The Summit will highlight leading transformational global trends on the future of economic, social, technological, well-being, and cross generation cohesion developments. These will form the framework for us to develop smart ageing cities in Asia. Such framework will guide the development of government policies and investment from the private sectors to enhance the readiness of societies to meet the challenges of population ageing. Over 80 renowned international and local speakers from 10 countries will gather at the 3-day summit, including Professor Neena Chapell, Emeritus Professor, University of Victoria; Mr David Lane, Group Director Seniors Living/ Partner, Thomson Adsett. The speakers will cover topics in the area of finance, technology, housing, active ageing etc. Local celebrities such as Jasper Tsang, Helena Law and Kenneth Tsang etc will meet and share with the audience also.
Online registration is available at the following link:
Ticket Registration: http://goldenage.foundation/expo-2018/
Summit Registration: http://goldenage.foundation/summit-registration-2018/
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For more information, please visit http://goldenage.foundation/ or contact:
Ms. Milla Wong Tel: (852) 2561-5566 Fax: (852) 2811-9156
E-mail：publicaffairs@goldenage.foundation