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Keynote Presentations

World-class presentations that educate, stimulate, motivate and entertain.

Presentation Topics

Age Wave’s team of highly sought-after keynote presenters have delivered dynamic, informative and inspiring presentations to thousands of organizations and more than two million people worldwide. These customizable, interactive presentations are built upon 30+ years of landmark research, best-selling books, award-winning articles, and insightful, results-driven marketing and communications initiatives. Continually refreshed and updated presentation content reflects the results of our ongoing seminal research and insights. Each program is designed to meet the needs of our clients across diverse industries. For information on our keynote presentation offerings, click on the links below or contact Elyse Pellman at 510-899-4006 or epellman@agewave.com.

The Future of Retirement: New Timing, New Purpose, New Funding – and New Planning Help Needed

With the convergence of rising longevity, the aging of the massive Boomer generation, and widespread financial insecurity stemming from the COVID pandemic, there is a greater need than ever for trusted, holistic financial guidance. Americans want financial professionals who seek to understand what matters most to them and their families and can help them achieve their goals.

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Presenters: Ken Dychtwald, Maddy Dychtwald

The Rise of History’s Biggest Untapped Market – It’s Hiding in Plain Sight!

Men and women over 50 now make up 33% of the total U.S. population and 44% of the adult population but control more than 70% of total wealth. Due to the combination of rising longevity, declining fertility, and the aging of the Baby Boom generation, this group is now bigger than the entire market of most countries.

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Presenters: Ken Dychtwald, Maddy Dychtwald

The Birth of Life’s Third Age and the Retirement of Retirement

Today there are more than one billion people over the age of 60 worldwide, thanks to steadily rising longevity and the aging of the massive global Baby Boom generation. Most 60-year-olds can expect to live another 20 years or more, and with impending breakthroughs in exponential and precision medicine, living to 100+ will soon become commonplace.

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Presenter: Ken Dychtwald

Ageless Aging: The Art and Science of Living Longer, Better

The quest for long life has fascinated humans since the beginning of time. In the 21st century, it has become both a pressing social issue and big business. Over the last 100 years, life expectancy has skyrocketed from age 47 to nearly 77. While this 30-year “longevity bonus” offers many wonderful opportunities, it also creates an enormous challenge: how do we increase our healthspans to better match our longer lifespans so we can enjoy the many upsides of long life?

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Presenter: Maddy Dychtwald

The Longevity Revolution: Triumph or Tragedy?

History’s greatest accomplishment—increasing longevity—could ironically become civilization’s greatest crisis. Left “uncorrected,” it could cause an economic misalignment of every aspect of society from pensions to playgrounds; global pandemics of degenerative diseases, including a billion humans with dementia; and a gerontocracy that could spark political age wars.

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Presenter: Ken Dychtwald

Women & Money: Funding Our Longer Lives

The growing financial power of women may be the most important demographic trend impacting financial services today. Women live longer than men, with a greater need for long-term financial fortitude. We’re also seeing new generations of women—bolstered by unprecedented levels of education, workforce participation, rising political power, and escalating income and wealth—assume increasingly influential roles in their own and their family’s financial management.

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Presenter: Maddy Dychtwald

The Future of Health, Medicine, and Aging in a Post-COVID World

Due to the combination of rising longevity, declining fertility, the aging of the massive global Baby Boom, and the impact of COVID-19, all dimensions of health and healthcare—as well as aging and longevity—are being transformed.

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Presenter: Ken Dychtwald

50+ Women: The Rising Power of the Consumer Force to Be Reckoned With

The growing strength and empowerment of 50+ women have been hiding in plain sight for far too long. That is about to change. Bolstered by unprecedented levels of education and workforce participation, escalating income and wealth, tech savvy and consumer know-how, and most importantly, rising longevity and vitality, 50+ women are fast becoming the consumer force to be reckoned with.

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Presenter: Maddy Dychtwald

COVID-19’s Impact on Our Lives: New Perspectives on Health, Family, Finances, Community, and Purpose From Five Generations

In this new presentation, created in the wake of the world-changing COVID-19 pandemic, Dr. Ken Dychtwald will present a thought-provoking analysis of how different generations have been impacted in some very different ways. This presentation will explore a wide range of cutting-edge and highly acclaimed new Age Wave research.

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Presenter: Ken Dychtwald

Alchemy of Travel: In Search of Peak Experiences

Amidst our high-tech, high-anxiety, and workaholic culture, there is an awakening appreciation for the immeasurable value of great times with friends and loved ones, the satisfaction of continued personal growth, and the excitement of encountering new people, places, and cultures. Fueled by COVID fatigue as well as the dual Boomer liberations of empty-nesting and retirement—and turbo-charged by Millennial FOMO—hundreds of millions of men and women worldwide are hoping to enjoy more “time affluence” than at any other point in history.

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Presenter: Ken Dychtwald

Radical Curiosity: The Keys to a Meaningful, Magical, and Purposeful Life

In this wide-ranging presentation by psychologist, gerontologist, best-selling author, documentary filmmaker, and “age wave” visionary Ken Dychtwald, he shares life-changing stories and key lessons about the importance of a life fully lived.

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Presenter: Ken Dychtwald