TORONTO – AGE-WELL has launched the 2025 AGE-WELL Nationwide Influence Problem: Implementing Change, a nationwide pitch competitors that spotlights innovators with technology-based options designed to assist wholesome getting older.
This yr’s problem spotlights Canadian startups and small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) whose AgeTech improvements are prepared for real-world implementation.
Whether or not you’re actively partnering with a company that serves older adults and/or caregivers, or promoting on to older adults – with a powerful plan for adoption, that is your probability to showcase how your answer could make a distinction within the lives of older grownup and/or caregivers.
Chosen finalists will pitch reside earlier than a panel of skilled judges on the AGE-WELL tenth Annual Convention, with an opportunity to win not less than $20,000 together with varied in-kind prizes, acquire entry to the AGE-WELL Innovation Studio, and obtain sources to assist drive real-world implementation.
“Implementation is the place affect really begins,” mentioned Bridgette Murphy (pictured), appearing CEO of AGE-WELL, Canada’s know-how and getting older community. “This yr’s AGE-WELL Nationwide Influence Problem is concentrated on advancing AgeTech improvements which might be prepared for real-world implementation – options with the potential to rework properties, communities and care settings.”
Candidates are requested to submit a web-based type and a 2-minute video pitch by August 14, 2025 at 11:59 pm EST. For candidates implementing their answer, try to be concerned in a partnership that locations you at Stage 2 by way of 4 of AGE-WELL’s Implementation Journey Map. On the time of a finalist pitch, challenge actions should nonetheless be ongoing and/or in an lively scale up part collectively along with your adoption associate.
To use or discover out extra concerning the 2025 AGE-WELL Nationwide Influence Problem: Implementing Change, please go to the competitors primary web page.
For a decade, AGE-WELL has served as a catalyst for technological innovation that advances Canada’s AgeTech sector and empowers older adults to reside wholesome, impartial and engaged lives.
AGE-WELL thanks the beneficiant sponsors of this yr’s 2025 Nationwide Influence Problem: Implementing Change: the Ontario Mind Institute (OBI) and SE Well being.
About AGE-WELL:
AGE-WELL is Canada’s Know-how and Getting old Community. As a dynamic pan-Canadian community with international attain, AGE-WELL has mobilized an enormous neighborhood of researchers, older adults, caregivers, associate organizations and future leaders to speed up the supply of technology-based options that make a significant distinction within the lives of older Canadians and their caregivers. AGE-WELL serves as a catalyst for technological innovation that helps wholesome getting older whereas driving Canada’s rising AgeTech sector. AGE-WELL’s groundbreaking applications are funded by the Authorities of Canada by way of Innovation, Science and Financial Improvement Canada, Well being Canada, and the Canadian Institutes of Well being Analysis. Uncover how AGE-WELL is altering the way forward for getting older at: https://agewell-nce.ca.
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