Presentation by David Wilcox at Digital Age Networking event July 28 2015

• Started with a brief from Nominet Trust
• Carried on with Age Action Alliance
• A mix of events and online activity
• No specific funding
• Aiming to find main storylines and opportunities
• Details of the exploration

• Enormous opportunities for personal use - but much support is formal
• Local services and communities needs digital enabling - but little leadership
  * Ageing industry largely ignoring digital opportunities - and very competitive
• No evident policy lead in government

• Think social ecologies and ways to understand and animate them - maps, apps, stories
• Look to consumers, independents, industry for energy
• Use creative co-design methods
• See “age” as a testing ground that provides insights for everyone

• Age Action Alliance groups in September
• Talking to Centre for Ageing Better
• Working in Croydon
• Proposal to BIG

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