Message from our hosts
Business Leaders, Entrepreneurs and Investors:
The Puerto Rico Chamber of Commerce (PRCC) is pleased to invite you to be part of our “Long Term Health Care Continuum Summit: Responding to our Demographic Challenges – An Aging Society”, taking place on March 14, 2013 at the Conrad San Juan Condado Plaza Hotel. This unique event will be a preamble for the forthcoming 100 Years Centennial Celebration of our Puerto Rico Chamber of Commerce this year.
The United Nations agency has predicted that people aged 60 and over will outnumber the under-15 population in the forthcoming 40 years. This rapid increase in the aging population is a product of a steady increase in human longevity worldwide and represents one of the greatest social, economic and political transformations of our time. These demographic changes will affect every community, family and person. They demand that we rethink how individuals live, work, plan and learn throughout their lifetimes, and that we re-invent how societies manage themselves. They also present daunting challenges as it requires new approaches to health care, retirement, living arrangements and inter-generational relations.
Our Long Term Care Continuum Summit will provide a timely and unparalleled opportunity for a profound discussion that will hopefully stimulate our government, business leaders, civil society and the general public to work together and take immediate steps in order to satisfy the needs of our own aging society in Puerto Rico.
We have prepared a robust agenda that will be delivered by a remarkable line-up of visionary speakers with international standing that will discuss through conferences and panels the socioeconomic implications of demographic trends, multidimensional bio-psycho social needs of the elderly, process of aging, stereotypes and misconceptions, as well as environmental milieu therapy , preventive intervention life course approach models , environments for the life span, and other related topics .
We look forward to your participation on this unique and unparalleled event. To make reservations and/or obtain more information, visit www.camarapr.org or call 787-721-6060 from Monday to Friday from 8:00 am to 5:00 p.m.
Cordially,
Pablo L. Figueroa, Arch., M.A.
Chairman of the Board
Puerto Rico Chamber of Commerce
Aissa Betancourt
Owner & Managing Partner
Snelling & Snelling Medical Professionals and
Chairperson, PRCC Health Care Summit
Bob Leith
Chairman
Puerto Rico Chamber of Commerce Centennial Committee