New Old: How do you want to grow old? New Old: How do you want to grow old?

Developments in elderly care are occurring at a rapid pace. That is not only because we live longer but also because new technologies allow us to monitor our own health and enable care workers to respond efficiently and adequately to situations that affect our health. But these new developments present us with important choices. How do we deploy data and clever networks? To what extent do we want technology to take over our care? And what role does the government play as we grow older? All these questions lead back to one fundamental question at the core of this debate: how do we want to grow old?

During Dutch Design Week Het Nieuwe Instituut invites you to discuss with designers, care specialists and politicians the question "How do we want to grow old?" Professionals from the field, among them DDW ambassador Arne Hendriks, will share their views on this issue, and everybody present can also give their opinion.

Rob Hebing - artist, among others STRP SENIOR
Arne Hendriks - designer, ambassador DDW
Hetti Willemse - founder Zorgvisite
Fabrizio Greidanus - programme Innovation Workspace at ZuidZorg
Renate Richters - chairman GroenLinks Eindhoven: care, culture and innovation

_New Old: How do you want to grow old _offers a foretaste of New Old, a collaboration between the city of Eindhoven and Het Nieuwe Instituut. New Old involves a close study of the practice of healthcare for the elderly in Eindhoven. With the municipality, Het Nieuwe Instituut will explore the contribution of culture by revealing the ethical and social dimensions of innovation and making them a subject for discussion. New Old starts in November 2014.

Date: Friday 24 oktober
Time: doors open at 12:30, programme starts at 13:00 pm (till 14:30 pm)
Location: City Hall Eindhoven, De Raadzaal Stadhuisplein 1, 5611 EM Eindhoven
Entrance: free, register here