Dr. Joseph F. Coughlin, Founder and Director of the MIT AgeLab
A global authority on aging, technology, and consumer behavior, he has authored 250+ academic papers and teaches in MIT's Urban Studies and Planning and Supply Chain Management programs.
About Dr. Joe
An author of over 250 academic papers, he teaches in MIT's Urban Studies and Planning Department as well as in MIT's Supply Chain Management Program. His bestselling book, The Longevity Economy: Unlocking the World's Fastest-Growing, Most-Misunderstood Market (Public Affairs, 2017), serves as a blueprint for business leaders navigating the global longevity market.
His new book, with MIT's Luke Yoquinto, Longevity Hubs: Regional Innovation for Global Aging (MIT Press, 2024), explores how regions and public-private collaboration around an aging marketplace is driving regional competition worldwide. A highly sought after advisor and compelling speaker, Dr. Coughlin engages audiences from Fortune 500 boardrooms to convention halls of 40,000, distilling complexity into insights and humor.
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A captivating speaker known for transforming complex demographic insights into engaging storytelling, has commanded global audiences from Fortune 500 boardrooms to convention halls of 40,000, making social and technological trends fun and fascinating.
