A Night to Remember!
Living Best Ageing with Technology
Age-Tech Night! Vol. 1!
A great space (Shibuya’s Parco Rooftop Park), an international group, and business worth doing all came together to make a fabulous, inspirational evening for the first official networking party for our Living Best Professional Community.
This initiative of The Carter Group brings together like-minded businesses (both large and small), academics and government officials in the service of super-charging the ecosystem for age-tech development in Japan.
Oh, what a night! It was a huge success, even if we do say so ourselves. Over 130 signed up and over 100 attending … with both old and new friends joining to network and celebrate with us.
The official program was intentionally brief and included:
Age-Tech Night! Vol. 1! Photo Gallery
An informative presentation from CEO Dominic Carter defining the global opportunity for age-tech and the uptake in Japan; access Dominic’s presentation here:
Age-Tech Night! Vol.1! Presentation (English)
Age-Tech Night! Vol.1! Presentation (日本語)
An introduction from Marketing & Business Development Specialist Rob Purss about the upcoming Independent Ageing Expo & Convention, to be held at the Aichi Sky Expo near Nagoya, Japan, from Oct. 13-15th, 2023 (and for which The Carter Group/Living Best is organizing all age-tech related speakers and programming).
Comments from two of our guests:
Tiziana Alamprese – Founder Camera della Felicita
Janice Chia – Managing Director, Ageing Asia
Door prizes for three lucky winners
Dominik Steiner (Third Place: 3,000 yen Starbuck’s Gift Card)
Geoff Doesser (Second Place: 7,000 yen Amazon Gift Card
Terri Lloyd (First Place: 10,000 yen Head Spa Massage Gift Card
Throughout, our official Living Best Professional Community photographer, Tia Haygood, documented all the fun!
Aside from being packed with useful information, many good connections were made and the atmosphere was charged with joy.
We thank all of our wonderful guests for joining us in our mission to improve the lives of Japanese ageing adults by working to create faster product-to-market flows. THANK YOU!
Intro to Living Best Professional Community Co-Founders Leaders
Dominic Carter
Hi, I’m Dominic Carter, Founder, President and CEO of The Carter Group.
With Covid, we all became more aware of the challenges of ageing and longevity in our various societies around the globe. And over the past five years or so, the uptake in Age-Tech solutions addressing the needs of ageing individuals have been remarkable. But the road to market can be long-and-rocky for product developers!
Recently my own parents in Australia have begun to need much more help, as they’re getting older too. That made me want to be a part of ramping up the speed at which we can bring these solutions to market in a viable manner.
At The Carter Group, we are committed to helping to solve this very important social problem in our world through our Living Bed Professional and User Communities.
We invite you to join us in our quest!
Debbie Howard
Hi, I’m Debbie Howard, Chairman of The Carter Group.
I’ve lived and worked in Japan since 1985, with a front row seat to the rapid aging here for nearly 40 years.
My experience with caregiving for my mom in the US opened my eyes even further to the global challenges of aging and family caregiving and it inspired me to become an advocate in this important space that impacts all of us.
You can hear me talking about it on podcasts, in corporate workshops, and of course here in our Living Best Professional Community, where we seek to supercharge the innovation ecosystem around age-tech products.
We hope you’ll join our mission!
Adam Claydon-Platt
Hi, I’m Adam Claydon-Platt, Head of Ventures at Living Best.
I founded my first business in Japan almost 20 years ago and for the past 5 years, I‘ve been supporting and investing in startups.
One of my main jobs these past few years, is helping international startups collaborate with Japanese corporations – in fields including smart cities, cleantech, healthtech, & age-tech.
I’m passionate about this work, because I believe it’s one of the best ways I can contribute to the much-needed realization of digital transformation, and the UN Sustainable Development Goals, in Japan.
I’m honored to be working with The Carter Group’s “Living Best Professional Community”, curating & supporting age-tech start-ups to help aging adults (and their carers) live healthier, happier lives.
Asako Kurosaki
Hi, I’m Asako Kurosaki, General Manager for The Carter Group.
I’m so excited to be involved in pushing forward the initiatives of our Living Best Professional Communities.
For professionals, we provide networking and opportunities for new product development in the age-tech sector.
For users, we provide the chance to help companies create new age-tech products to improve our daily lives.
Through these two important initiatives, we hope to make a tangible contribution to improving the lives of Japanese aging adults (and naturally, those who care for them, too).
Ready to Join the Community?
We’re excited to have you join us!