The number of seniors in the U.S. is estimated to increase
from over 33 million today, to 53 million in 2020, to 77 million by 2040.
By 2023, the demographic profile for the whole nation will be similar to the
profile in Florida today. Technologies that help to meet the challenges of
aging, both for individual Americans as well as for the entire nation, will
be increasing valuable as the shift in demographics continue this century.
The goal of the Forum is to identify collaborative, technology
transfer, and technology development and deployment opportunities for government,
industry and academic communities that help to improve the independence, mobility,
security, and health of aging Americans.
In support of a unified goal, participants will work to identify
current and prospective barriers to those opportunities, mechanisms of support,
and areas where additional research is needed.
The Forum will focus these potential opportunities and barriers,
and identify and prioritize recommendations that can be articulated as a set
of near-term opportunities as well as several long-term (five- to ten-year
out) "grand challenges" to federal policymakers.