Over the past 30 years, Ken Dychtwald, PhD, has emerged as North America's foremost visionary and original thinker regarding the lifestyle, marketing, and workforce implications of the "age wave." He is a psychologist, gerontologist, and author of fourteen books on aging-related issues, including Bodymind, Millennium: Glimpses into the 21st Century, Healthy Aging, Age Wave, and Age Power: How the 21st Century will be Ruled by the New Old. He has recently completed three new books, The Power Years: A User's Guide to the Rest of Your Life, Leaving a Legacy, and Workforce Crisis: How to Beat the Coming Shortage of Skills and Talent. His two next books are Gideon's Dream: A Tale of New Beginnings (children's book) and From Success to Significance. His article in The Harvard Business Review "It's Time to Retire Retirement," was awarded the prestigious McKinsey Award tying for first place with the legendary Peter Drucker.

Ken's strikingly accurate predictions and innovative ideas are regularly featured in leading print and electronic media worldwide, including: including The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, USA Today, The Financial Times, Fortune, Time, Newsweek, Business Week, Inc., U.S. News and World Report, 60 Minutes, Good Morning America, ABC World News Tonight, PBS, NPR, BBC, and Yahoo. In the past two years,Ken Dychtwald and his work have received 500 million media impressions worldwide.

In 1986, in partnership with his wife, Maddy Dychtwald, Dr. Dychtwald became the founding President and CEO of Age Wave, a firm created to guide Fortune 500 companies and government groups in product/service development for boomers and mature adults. In recent years, he has served as a fellow of the World Economic Forum and is the recipient of the distinguished American Society on Aging Award for outstanding national leadership in the field of aging. American Demographics Magazine honored him as the single most influential marketer to baby boomers over the past quarter century.

During his career, Dr. Dychtwald has addressed more than two million people worldwide in his speeches to corporate, association, social service, and government groups, and his strikingly accurate predictions frequently receive prestigious national media coverage. His explorations and innovative solutions have fertilized and catalyzed a broad spectrum of industry sectors, from vitamins and cookies to automotive design and retail merchandising to mutual funds and health insurance. A highly sought-after public speaker and consultant, he is consistently praised for his unique ability to blend cutting-edge social science and marketing wizardry with world-class presentation showmanship.

Through his sought-after presentations, his breakthrough research and consulting initiatives, and his leadership within both the social science and business communities, Ken Dychtwald has dedicated his life to battling ageist stereotypes while promoting a new and vital image of maturity.

• The Longevity Revolution: The Future of the Marketplace, the Workplace and Our Lives - A mind-expanding journey into the future of medicine, genomic-technologies, nano-technologies, pharmaceuticals, cosmeceuticals and nutraceuticals. How enhanced longevity will transform every aspect of our lives - from work and family to intergenerational politics and financial planning.
• How the Age Wave Will Drive the Investment Marketplace - This presentation offers a sweeping view of how rising longevity, the aging of the population, and the personality style of the boomer generation are converging to transform nearly every aspect of the investment marketplace. Examine which sectors and products will shrink and which will grow in the decades ahead and how to profit from the new "silver market."
  
  
• Reinventing Retirement - Based on research findings from numerous highly acclaimed studies of retirement conducted by Age Wave, this presentation provides an illuminating overview of the current state of retirement and a vision of tomorrow's new retirement dreams.
  
  
• Financial Wake-Up Call: The Future of Financial Services - No industry stands to gain more from understanding the wants and needs of boomers as they rise up into an age wave than financial services. This illuminating presentation will shed light on boomers and their retirement-related needs, worries, and aspirations.
  
  
• The New Power Consumer : A compelling and comprehensive portrait of the new power demographic: boomers in middlescence and beyond. An examination of how this generation's antiauthoritarian and rule-breaking behaviors have reshaped our culture, our society, and our lives-and will continue to do so in the decades ahead as they migrate out of youth into the most powerful years of their lives.
  
  
• Optimizing Age Diversity in the Workplace - Within a decade, millions of boomers will begin to retire. At the same time, declining birth rates will mean fewer younger workers. As a result, companies worldwide are about to experience a "brain drain," as competition for talent and worker loyalty mounts. Learn the new rules for orchestrating the special contributions-and limits-of the new multigenerational workforce.
  
  
• The Global Age Wave - The massive demographic shifts creating the age wave are not isolated to the United States. These profound trends are transforming every region of the world. Based on the largest international study on aging to date, The Future of Retirement in a World of Rising Longevity, conducted by Age Wave, this mind-boggling presentation offers cutting-edge insights into the global population shifts that are occurring and what they mean for business and society.