Conference Themes
At Responsible AgeTech 2025, five core questions will serve as the foundation for all regional sessions. These carefully crafted questions address the most pressing challenges at the intersection of AI, aging, and caregiving:
Privacy Protection: How can AI tools help older adults without risking their privacy?
Trust Dynamics: What makes people trust—or distrust—AI in caregiving?
Human-AI Boundaries: When should a machine step in, and when should a human take over care?
Collaborative Frameworks: How can care groups and tech start-ups work together to follow fair-AI rules?
Cultural & Economic Impacts: What local customs or money issues could harm seniors if AI is not built fairly?
Beyond passive listening, Responsible AgeTech 2025 offers an opportunity to join small groups, hear panelists explore key issues in depth, and contribute via audio or chat. Each geo-session features breakout rooms centered on our five core themes, where expert-led discussions include dedicated time for direct participant questions and perspectives.
In these facilitated spaces, you will:
Engage directly with panelists and fellow attendees through open audio/video and chat participation
Contribute your unique perspective to solutions-oriented discussions
Connect with potential collaborators across disciplines and regions
Help shape the emerging ethical frameworks for AI in aging care
The Value of Global Comparison
By exploring these identical questions across Asia-Pacific, Europe/Africa, and the Americas, we create a unique opportunity to:
Identify Universal Patterns: Discover shared challenges and solutions that transcend geographical boundaries
Highlight Regional Innovations: Showcase how different regions are developing unique approaches based on their specific contexts
Bridge Cultural Perspectives: Understand how cultural values shape attitudes toward AI in aging care
Address Economic Disparities: Compare how different economic realities influence AI adoption and implementation
Create a Common Language: Establish shared terminology and frameworks for continued global dialogue
This approach allows us to move beyond siloed regional discussions toward a truly global understanding of responsible AI in aging care. By systematically comparing regional responses to identical questions, we can identify best practices that respect cultural diversity while establishing universal ethical principles.
The resulting insights will help stakeholders—from seniors and caregivers to developers and policymakers—work together more effectively to ensure AI serves aging populations equitably and responsibly across all cultural and economic contexts.
Asia–Pacific Session
Family caregiving traditions meet some of the world's most advanced tech hubs in Asia–Pacific. East Asian nations are aging faster than any region in history, while South and Southeast Asian countries still have large rural areas with limited digital access.
This session will explore the conference's guiding questions through regional perspectives, examining AI privacy considerations in diverse cultural contexts with varying digital literacy. Participants will discuss how traditional respect for elders influences trust in caregiving technologies, where the boundaries between human and AI care should be drawn, and how care organizations and tech startups can collaborate effectively.
Special attention will be given to how local customs and economic disparities across this diverse region might impact equitable AI deployment for seniors from Tokyo's high-tech apartments to rural villages in Southeast Asia.
Europe / Africa Session
Europe faces a 'silver tsunami,' with one in five citizens already over 65; Africa, by contrast, is the world's youngest continent—yet its older adult population will triple by 2050.
This session will address the conference's guiding questions through the contrasting contexts of highly regulated European frameworks and Africa's innovative mobile-first solutions. Discussions will examine privacy approaches across different regulatory environments, factors affecting trust in AI caregiving in aging versus younger societies, and appropriate human-machine boundaries in both resource-rich and resource-limited settings.
Participants will explore collaborative models between care providers and tech developers bridging these vastly different markets, while considering how economic factors and cultural traditions might shape equitable AI adoption.
Americas Session
From universal care to insurance-driven markets to community-based elder programs, the Americas span every model of health delivery. Infrastructure ranges from cloud-ready hospital networks to remote regions where smartphones are the only link to care.
This session will approach the conference's guiding questions through Americas-specific contexts, examining privacy approaches across diverse healthcare systems and cultural backgrounds. Discussions will explore trust factors among Indigenous, Hispanic, Afro-descendant, and other communities, appropriate divisions of human and automated care across varying digital infrastructures, and effective collaboration models between caregivers and technologists.
Participants will consider how local customs and economic disparities might affect responsible AI implementation from urban tech hubs to rural communities where traditional caregiving practices remain central.
Session Times
| Session | Duration | Start (UTC) | Beijing (CST) | Delhi (IST) | Dubai (GST) |
Hong Kong (HKT) | Jakarta (WIB) | Manila (PHT) |
Seoul (KST) | Singapore (SGT) | New York (EDT) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Asia-Pacific | 2 hours | 05:00 | 13:00 | 10:30 | 09:00 | 13:00 | 12:00 | 13:00 | 14:00 | 13:00 | 01:00 |
| Session | Duration | Start (UTC) | Berlin (CEST) | Cairo (EET) | Istanbul (TRT) |
Johannesburg (SAST) | Lagos (WAT) | London (BST) |
Madrid (CEST) | Paris (CEST) | New York (EDT) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Europe-Africa | 2 hours | 12:00 | 14:00 | 14:00 | 15:00 | 14:00 | 13:00 | 13:00 | 14:00 | 14:00 | 08:00 |
| Session | Duration | Start (UTC) | Bogotá (COT) | Buenos Aires (ART) | Caracas (VET) |
Chicago (CDT) | Lima (PET) | Los Angeles (PDT) |
Mexico City (CDT) | New York (EDT) | São Paulo (BRT) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Americas | 2 hours | 15:00 | 10:00 | 12:00 | 11:00 | 10:00 | 10:00 | 08:00 | 10:00 | 11:00 | 12:00 |