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Mike Milken
Mike Milken, chairman of the Milken Institute, has been at the forefront of successful initi
atives in medical research, education, public health and access to capital for more than four decades.
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Financing the Control of Tuberculosis
As of 2015, roughly one third of the world’s population, mostly in poorer countries, carried tuberc
ulosis bacteria in their system. Given the characteristics of airborne diseases like tuberculosis, coordination among national and international age
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Financing Urban Resiliency: Coastal Resiliency in Lower Manhattan
Cities across the US, particularly those along the coasts, are facing mounting threats from climate
change and sea-level rise. In New York City, Lower Manhattan was hit particularly hard by Hurricane Sandy in 2012.
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panel
Asia's Geopolitical Chessboard: Avoiding Checkmate
Geopolitical risk has become an ever-more important consideration for businesses with global sup
ply chains and multinational operations.
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panel
The Roundtable: Strategies for a New Demography--Linking Healthy Longevity and Productivity (Invite only)
The inevitability of demographic change requires fresh thinking and new priorities by businesses
, governments, and social institutions. Attitudes and institutionalized barriers to participation by older adults must be broken.
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The Power of Prediction: How Business & Society Can Benefit from a World of Data (Invite only)
Leveraging the latest breakthroughs in predictive capabilities has the potential to further tran
sform industries and improve lives around the world.
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Diabetes and Obesity: An Urgent Global Health Crisis
Despite many treatments and technological advances, the health of the US and global populations co
ntinues to decline. Chronic disease continues to increase and have a detrimental effect on personal health and health-care costs.
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Can America Afford to Retire?
America's pension shortfall for defined benefit plans alone is estimated to be as high as $7.5 tri
llion across government and corporate pensions. And the outlook for the alternative of defined contribution plans is equally dire.
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The Power of Online Learning to Scale the Future of Behavioral Health
My life’s work has taken me down a path where I’ve learned and witnessed the incredible power of onl
ine education, and how it can be scaled to improve the future and quality of health care.
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Global Conference and Other Highlights from the Center for the Future of Aging
In this issue:
The Business of Aging »
Healthy Longevity »
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Aging in the Future of Health
When the Senate Aging Committee was first established in 1961, 9 percent of Americans were over age
65.
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