Episode 13:7 Jérôme Pigniez on the 2023 SilverEco & Ageing Well International Festival in Cannes

The founder of Silvereco.org talks about the 2023 Silver Eco & Ageing Well International Festival at the prestigious Palais des Festivals de Cannes on September 18th. More than 30 countries are expected to participate in the most comprehensive B2B for aging services in the world. Highlights include the SilverNight International Ageing Awards, expert forums, an expo of aging services and products, and tours of senior housing and home care models in the South of France.

About Jérôme

Jérôme Pigniez is founder and president of On-Medio and SilverEco.org, the silver economy portal that lists all the players in the aging well sector. He is an expert in demographic transition, technologies for autonomy and the Silver Economy; he is invited to speak at conferences, write books and reports, and take part in working groups on the subject of ageing.

Jérôme was the reporter for one of the Silver Economy working groups of the Ministry of the Elderly and Autonomy, which followed the official launch of the Silver Economy branch of the government, and was entrusted with a mission to identify the players in this complex sector. He did so by co-founding several ageing well structures and founding On-Medio through which he supports and advises various companies in this field.

Finally, Jérôme is the producer and organizer of SilverNight, the SilverEco Awards and Aging Well International Awards, whose purpose is to discover and reward the best structures involved in supporting the elderly population. After a great international success in Paris and Tokyo, this annual event has been hosted since 2021 at the Palais des Festivals of Cannes as a part of the SilverEco & Ageing Well International Festival, the worldwide meeting of Silver Economy players. The event has continued to grow, gathering international representatives from all around the globe to build a better ageing well world.

Key Takeaways

• SilverEco Awards and SilverNight Aging Well International Awards are open to innovations in aging around the globe. Applicants pitch directly to a jury of experts on the first day of the Festival.
• The educational program features age-tech, senior living housing models, caregiver support, and marketing and communications to target older adults.
• The post-festival tour includes visits to senior living communities and home health venues in the South of France, including networking with the founders of innovative start-ups and representatives from the French government.