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Agenda

September 8, 2023

at the USC Leonard Davis School of Gerontology Auditorium

3715 McClintock Ave
University Park Campus, Los Angeles, CA 90089
Registration is free and attendees will receive complimentary parking. 

On-site Registration / Check-in: 8:00am
Symposium: 9:00am – 4:00pm
Networking Event: 4:00pm

8:00am – 9:00am: Breakfast and registration

9:00am – 9:30am: Welcome

  • Dr. Pinchas Cohen, USC Leonard Davis School of Gerontology
  • Dr. Geoffrey Garrett, USC Marshall School of Business
  • Abby Fifer Mandell, USC Lloyd Greif Center for Entrepreneurial Studies

9:30am – 10:30am: The Business Case for Innovation in Aging

  • Chris Farrell, Marketplace NPR
  • Dr. Katy Fike, Generator Ventures and Aging 2.0
  • Paul Irving, Center for the Future of Aging, Milken Institute
  • Facilitated by Park Cofield, USC Lloyd Greif Center for Entrepreneurial Studies

10:45am – 11:45am:  Representation, Bias, and the Marketplace

  • Dhaval Patel, Lotus Labs
  • Brent Taylor, Perennial
  • Dr. Kalinda Ukanwa, USC Marshall School of Business
  • Facilitated by Dr. Caroline Cicero, USC Leonard Davis School of Gerontology

11:00am – 2:00pm: Ideas Marketplace

12:00pm – 1:00pm: Lunch

  • Check out the Ideas Marketplace during lunch
  • Building our Movement with Patrick Corbin, USC Glorya Kaufman School of Dance

1:00pm – 2:35pm: Deploying Venture Capital for Innovation 

Part One: 1:00pm – 1:45pm
  • Daniel Kaplan, Generator Ventures
  • Dr. Alice Liu, ID8 Innovation
  • Julie Wroblewski, Magnify Ventures
  • Facilitated by Dr. Pinchas Cohen, USC Leonard Davis School of Gerontology
Part Two: 1:50pm – 2:35pm
  • Ori Birnbaum, Global Impact Ventures
  • David Krane, Google Ventures (GV)
  • Abby Miller Levy, Primetime Ventures
  • Paul Scibetta, 22Health Ventures
  • Facilitated by Dr. Pinchas Cohen, USC Leonard Davis School of Gerontology

3:00pm – 4:00pm: Ethics, the Future, and Telling a Different Story about Aging

  • Shadee Malekafzali, May Mobility
  • Dr. Justin Mutter, University of Virginia
  • Dr. Paul Nash, USC Leonard Davis School of Gerontology
  • Facilitated by Abby Fifer Mandell, USC Marshall School of Business

4:00pm – 5:30pm: Networking reception