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Engage in a fun game to discover shared experiences and bridge generational gaps. Explore common travels, reads, movies, and more to foster understanding and connection. Who will win the most points?
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Suhler Generationengespräch 2013 Suhler Generationengespräch 2013 Herzlich Willkommen! Welcome! Suhler Generationengespräch 2013 26.09.2013 3rdMilleniumFamily-Generation 2012-1-ES1-GRU06-53396 4
Bounce Your task: discover as many experiences as possible that you and your partner both have in common! Each answered question gives you 1 point. Winner is the team with the most points.
What is something you both have made with your own hands? • What is a place that you both have visited? • What book have both of you read? • In which country do both of you have a friend, family member or aquaintance? • What strange animal have both of you encountered once? • What movie have both of you watched in the cinemas? • What song can both of you sing?
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Suhler Generationengespräch 2013 The oldest woman on Facebook Source: Facebook, 2012 Florence Detlor, LA
Suhler Generationengespräch 2013 So, what‘s the problem with an aging society?
Suhler Generationengespräch 2013 The optimism of Politics Körber-Stiftung
Suhler Generationengespräch 2013 The pessimism of everybody else? „The best predicted crisis that I know about.“ Herwig Birg, German demographer responding to an interview question about the demographic change
Suhler Generationengespräch 2013 According to EuroStat projections for the year 2060 between 27-29% of the European population will be over 65 years old (from 17.4% in 2011) Source: http://epp.eurostat.ec.europa.eu/statistics_explained/index.php/Population_structure_and_ageing/de
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Suhler Generationengespräch 2013 Why demography matters!?
Suhler Generationengespräch 2013 Growing life expectancy, decreasing population and an aging democracy changes the social structure of our societies and will define the political agenda of tomorrow.
Suhler Generationengespräch 2013 And what‘s in the news today? How does demographic change relate to intergenerational conflicts?
Suhler Generationengespräch 2013 Failing connections of lifestyles and exchange between old and young? Growing generational gaps? Social attitutes towards aging and old people Biased associations and prejudices of youngers towards aging and elders Shifting democratic powers towards a „Gerontocracy“? Psychological and economic challenges that start to affect allready present generations
Suhler Generationengespräch 2013 Age and Technology
Suhler Generationengespräch 2013 Is Technology the answer to the challange of aging? Care Robots … and Ambient Assisted Living (AAL) Our Smart Seniours of Tomorrow? …
Suhler Generationengespräch 2013 Leon Trotzky, Diary in Exile “Youth is wasted on the young.” Oscar Wilde “I truly believe that age - if you're healthy - age is just a number.” Hugh Hefner
Suhler Generationengespräch 2013 Suhler Generationengespräch 2013 We can‘t leave the intergenerational challenges to Politics and Technology. And at least of all to the Demographers themselves. If there are conflicts, we‘ll need a dialog in our civil society. Cross-generational Forward looking Reconnecting young and old
Suhler Generationengespräch 2013 What do you think? Is there an intergenerational conflict? And if so, how are we going to solve it?