Ageing: Looming crisis or booming opportunity?

Mar 18, 2021

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By 2050, the number of adults over the age of 65 globally will double. Image: Photo by Claudio Schwarz | @purzlbaum on Unsplash

Arathi Sethumadhavan

User Research Scientist, Technology and Society, Google

Megan Saunders

Vice President, Microsoft Connected Care

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