ISG World Conference of Gerontechnology 2026

Prof. Liang-Kung Chen obtained his MD from National Yang-Ming University in 1996 and went on to a PhD focused on aging and public policy. In 2005, he was appointed a Visiting Scholar in the Department of Clinical Gerontology at the University of Oxford, UK. In 2006, Prof. Chen became the Director of the Center for Geriatrics and Gerontology at Taipei Veterans General Hospital, where he developed innovative solutions for older people’s healthcare needs. In 2014, he was appointed as the Director of the Aging and Health Research Center at National Yang Ming University, which was later renamed as the Center for Healthy Longevity and Aging Sciences. Prof. Chen has published nearly 450 peer-reviewed articles in leading journals. His research covers frailty and sarcopenia, aging and metabolism, age-friendly healthcare, smart healthcare and artificial intelligence. Prof. Chen is actively engaged in international collaborations for research and healthcare reforms for older people and serves as an editor for several prestigious international academic journals.

Lucien Engelen is the founder and CEO of Transform.Health. As a global public speaker and author on healthcare innovation, digital transformation, and patient empowerment, he shares content, connections, and practical approaches in over 100 sessions annually across continents. He shares his health experience, scars, and bruises with state-of-the-art graphics, humour, and a strong message with over 750,000 followers on his LinkedIn blog, 150,000 subscribers to his newsletter, and in his latest book, “Augmented Health(care)™, the end of the beginning”. As the International Ambassador of Nursing Innovation (Sigma Theta Tau), he strongly advocates for nurses’ inclusion. Over the last 30 years he has assisted many institutions, academia, organizations, corporations, and governments to prepare for healthcare’s future. His goal is to prepare leaders and professionals for tomorrow’s challenges by bringing them to today’s leaders.

Dr. Courtney Genge is a health services and policy researcher specializing in supporting older adults. She holds a PhD in Dementia studies from the University of Bradford, where her work focused on improving the quality and safety of care for people living with dementia. She has worked extensively on innovative models of care, technology augmented care, and health system transformation in Canada and the UK. Dr. Genge serves as Program Advisor for the National Research Council of Canada’s Aging in Place Challenge Program. The program aims to develop new technologies and catalyze the adoption of innovative solutions that support and empower older adults and caregivers to age in place.

Jon Sanford is a Research Professor and Research Director in the Department of Occupational Therapy at Georgia State University. He is the Georgia State Principal Investigator for RERC TechSAge, supported by the National Institute for Disability, Independent Living and Rehabilitation Research (NIDILRR). Previously, he was a Professor of Industrial Design and the Center for Assistive Technology and Environmental Access Director at Georgia Tech. He is one of the few rehabilitation researchers with a design background, and he is internationally recognized for his expertise in universal design, accessible design and design for aging. His research has led to the development of new tools and products to promote aging in place and inform ADA and ANSI accessibility standards. He has over 300 scholarly presentations and publications and is the author of the text: “Design for the Ages: Universal Design as a Rehabilitation Strategy”. He has served on the boards of several organizations, including the American Society on Aging and the Center for Aging Services Technologies. He is a member of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine Forum on Aging, Disability, and Independence. Prof. Sanford received his Master of Architecture from GA Tech and undergraduate degrees in Psychology from Duke University and Architecture from GA Tech.

Ben Shneiderman PhD is an Emeritus Distinguished University Professor in the Department of Computer Science at the University of Maryland. He was the founding director of the Human-Computer Interaction Lab (1983-2000) and a member of the UM Institute for Advanced Computer Studies (UMIACS) http://www.cs.umd.edu/~ben. He is a fellow of the AAAS, ACM, IEEE, NAI, the Visualization Academy, and the U.S. National Academy of Engineering. He has received six honorary doctorates in recognition of his pioneering contributions to human-computer interaction and information visualization. Ben Shneiderman is the lead author of Designing the User Interface: Strategies for Effective Human-Computer Interaction (6 th Edition, 2016). He has published 20+ other books, including most recently, Human-Centred AI (2022), which was the winner of the Association of American Publishers’ award for Computer and Information Systems.