AGE-WELL Annual Conference Program

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The 2026 AGE-WELL Annual Conference, From Innovation to Impact: Powering Canada’s AgeTech Ecosystem, will bring together researchers, innovators, industry leaders, healthcare professionals, policymakers, older adults, and caregivers to explore the latest developments shaping the future of aging and technology in Canada. 

Through inspiring keynotes, plenary sessions, concurrent presentations, and interactive exhibits, attendees will discover cutting-edge research, innovative solutions, and emerging opportunities across the AgeTech sector.

Beyond the sessions, the conference offers valuable opportunities to connect, collaborate, and build partnerships through networking events, poster presentations, showcases, and social programming.

 

November 2: Pre-Conference Symposia and Workshops 
 

AGE-WELL Pre-Conference Symposium: The Ethics of AI in AgeTech / EPIC-AT Annual Meeting 
AI is reshaping how older adults live, connect, and receive care–and it’s raising urgent questions our sector can’t afford to ignore. Who benefits? Who gets left behind? And who decides?

Join researchers, trainees, industry leaders, and community voices for a highly interactive symposium at the intersection of AI, ethics, and aging. Participants will dig into the issues that matter most: consent, privacy, equity, and inclusion in AI-enabled AgeTech, and help set the agenda for what comes next by informing the work of the AI and Aging Council convened by AGE-WELL, and the AgeTech Futures Institute. 

  • Keynote Address: Designing with Dignity and Care: AI, AgeTech, and the Ethics of Technology for Aging, Dr. Rita Orji
  • Workshop 1: Consent, Autonomy, and Agency in AI-Enabled Aging Research, Dr. Jennifer Boger
  • Workshop 2: Invisible Risks of AgeTech: Privacy, Dependence, and Manipulation in the Age of AI, Dr. Shane Saunderson
  • Workshop 3: Equity and Inclusion in AI-Enabled AgeTech: Applying the EDAI Framework Across the AgeTech Lifecycle, Dr. Samira Rahimi 

 

November 2-4: AGE-WELL Annual Conference Program 


Keynote Speakers

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Concurrent Sessions

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