BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//132.216.98.100//NONSGML kigkonsult.se iCalcreator 2.20.4// BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20260405T151750EDT-3708ow5RjU@132.216.98.100 DTSTAMP:20260405T191750Z DESCRIPTION:Register Here\n\nWe are delighted to welcome Dr. Jean Accius\, a leading voice in aging policy and population health\, for our upcoming L unch&Learn. Dr. Accius’s work focuses on advancing data-driven approaches to support healthier and more equitable aging societies\, with particular attention to the social and policy conditions shaping wellbeing across the life course.\n\nFor this Lunch & Learn\, Dr. Accius will share insights f rom his work at the intersection of research\, policy\, and practice\, hig hlighting how demographic change\, social determinants\, and evidence-base d policymaking can inform efforts to improve quality of life for aging pop ulations. His talk will offer valuable perspectives on how data and resear ch can support more inclusive and forward-looking approaches to population health and aging policy.\n\n\nItinerary\n\n12:00pm - 12:05pm | Welcome an d introductions\n\n12:05pm - 12:45pm | Lunch&Learn presentation\n\n12:45pm - 12:55pm | Moderated Q&A session\n\n12:55pm - 13:00pm | Closing and upco ming sessions\n\nLocation\n\nThis is an online webinar hosted on Zoom. To receive details to enter the event\, please register.\n\n\nFeatured Speake r\n\nDr. Jean Accius\n\nPresident and CEO\, Creating Healthier Communities (CHC)\n\n \n\n \n\nDr. Jean Accius is a transformational executive\, stra tegist\, and thought leader with more than 25 years of experience driving systemic change at the intersection of business\, health\, and social impa ct. He has dedicated his career to breaking down barriers to health\, adva ncing access and opportunity\, and building bridges across sectors so ever y person can live a longer\, healthier\, more productive life.\n\nAs Presi dent & CEO of CHC: Creating Healthier Communities\, Dr. Accius leads an or ganization that partners with 650+ businesses and 5\,000 nonprofits\, reac hing 17 million employees and families. Under his leadership\, CHC has exp anded its reach\, deepened its mission impact\, and earned global recognit ion—including being named one of The Silicon Review® '50 Best Companies to Watch' in 2023 and a Top Impact Company by Real Leaders in 2026\, joining Patagonia\, Ben & Jerry's\, and Johnson & Johnson.\n\nRecognized as a dyn amic and visionary leader\, Dr. Accius is a two-time Influential Marylande r (2019\, 2025)\, a Next Avenue Influencer in Aging (2020)\, a 2025 Baldri ge Executive Fellow\, and recipient of the 2024 President's Lifetime Achie vement Award. Most recently\, Dr. Accius was selected to be a 2026 Preside ntial Leadership Scholar\, sponsored by the presidential centers of George W. Bush\, Bill Clinton\, George H.W. Bush\, and Lyndon B. Johnson.\n\nA r espected authority on health policy\, financing\, and delivery reform\, Dr . Accius previously served as Senior Vice President of International Affai rs and Global Thought Leadership at AARP and as a senior policy leader at the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services. He is a frequent voice in Th e New York Times\, TIME Magazine\, Forbes\, The Boston Globe\, and Politic o\, and has facilitated sessions at the World Economic Forum in Davos and the United Nations. Under his leadership\, the signature program Growing w ith Age was recognized as part of Fast Company's World Changing Ideas.\n\n Dr. Accius brings extensive governance and fiduciary experience\, having s erved on AARP's $4.7B Investment Committee\, as Trustee for the Archstone Foundation and Stillman College\, and on boards including the American Uni versity School of Public Affairs\, Leadership Maryland\, Justice in Aging\ , and Strathmore. He is also a member of the AAMC Center for Health Justic e multisector partner group\, advancing national collaborations to elimina te health inequities.\n\nHe is a certified director with the National Asso ciation of Corporate Directors\, a Fellow of the Executive Leadership Coun cil\, and a graduate of the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health's He alth Reform Program\, Stanford University's Corporate Innovation Program\, the Black Corporate Board Readiness Program at the Leavey Executive Cente r\, Santa Clara University\, and the Director Development Initiative throu gh UNC Law School. He holds bachelor's and master's degrees from Florida S tate University and a Ph.D. from American University.\n\n \n\n\nSuggested Readings\n\n\n \n Our Collective Future: The Economic Impact of Unequal Life Expectancies\n \n \n Economic cost of health disparities | Deloitte Insights \n \n \n Life\, Liberty and the Pursuit of Health | US News Opinion\n \n\n\n\n What are Lunch&Learn's?\n\nThe CAnD3 Lunch&Learn series is designed to int roduce our Fellows\, team members\, and partners to emerging research on t opics related to population dynamics and population aging. These modules w ill cover the  Four CAnD3 Population Aging Axes: (1) family and social inc lusion\; (2) education\, labour and inequality\; (3) migration and ethnici ty\; and (4) wellbeing and autonomy.\n\n\nCAnD3 Newsletters\n\nSign up for our newsletter to keep up to date with CAnD3 events.\n DTSTART:20260409T160000Z DTEND:20260409T170000Z LOCATION:CA\, QC\, Online via Zoom SUMMARY:April Lunch&Learn: When Data Describes Inequity but Decisions Susta in It: Evidence\, Premature Death\, and Aging Societies URL:https://www.mcgill.ca/cand3/channels/event/april-lunchlearn-when-data-d escribes-inequity-decisions-sustain-it-evidence-premature-death-and-371731 END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR