MelbPC Monthly Meeting March 2024

Topic: The Future is Silver - are we ready?
It is time to rethink ageing. We are ageing very differently from our parents and grandparents. People are working longer, staying healthier and are more educated, tech-savvy and affluent than ever before. Our futures are built on the advances we have made in medicine and technology to personalise our healthcare and extend our health span. How do we best unlock the potential of our older selves to live longer, healthier contributing lives? In this presentation, Rachel will question the status quo, rouse us to think differently and help us imagine a better silver future for us all. Rachel Slattery is a creative leader who has been instrumental in guiding and nourishing communities of curious minds in Australia around frontier tech and better ways of working. Starting her career in book publishing she was enticed by the Internet into the technology arena and established her own business, Slatterys, 20-odd years ago and over that time has collaborated with leading ICT industry associations, government agencies and leading tech companies to help them better gather and connect to their communities. Slatterys is the mastermind behind leading conferences, including the Agile Australia (AgileAus) Conference established in 2009 and Tech23 - celebrating Australian deeptech startups, that Slatterys managed for 14 years before successfully handing over to new custodians, Cicada Innovations.
Rachel is passionate about reinventing ageing and encouraging new thinking and innovations to unlock the potential of our later lives through her latest venture, Silver Futures. Silver Futures is poised to help people rethink how we approach the second half of their lives to ensure a longer, healthier, contributing life.