Presenter

oseph Coughlin, PhD, is founder and Director of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology AgeLab. He teaches in MIT's Department of Urban Studies &Planning and the Sloan School's Advanced Management Program. Joe researches the impact of global demographic change and technology trends on consumer behavior and business strategy. He advises a wide variety of global firms in financial services, healthcare, leisure and travel, luxury goods, real estate, retail, technology, and transportation. Joe was appointed by President George W. Bush to the White House Advisory Committee on Aging and was recognized as one of 15 World Minds by the Zurich-based World Minds, a select community of global leaders in science, arts and business. Investment News listed him among its ‘2019 Icons & Innovators’ in the business of financial and retirement advice. Fast Company magazine named him one the ‘100 Most Creative in Business’ and by the Wall Street Journal as inventing the future of retirement. His book, The Longevity Economy: Inside the World's Fastest Growing, Most Misunderstood Market is one of CEO READ’s Business Bestsellers.