Silver Longevity Business Association - SLBA

10/12/2026

💙 The greatest gift a community can receive is people who care enough to show up.

🤝 People who give their time without expecting anything in return. Who share a lifetime of wisdom. Who open doors for others, welcome new faces, and believe that every generation deserves to feel valued and included. ❤️

At Silver Longevity, we've had the privilege of experiencing that generosity throughout the year. 🥰

To our older adults, volunteers, community partners, businesses, friends, and families, thank you for the trust, kindness, and heart you bring to everything we do. 🙏💙

🌱 You are helping build a community where growing older means continuing to belong, contribute, connect, and thrive.

This Thanksgiving, we're grateful for every one of you. ❤️

🍁 Wishing you and your loved ones a beautiful Thanksgiving filled with warmth, laughter, love, and togetherness! 🧡

10/03/2026

A little look at today’s live recording of The Dementia Collective at the Silver Tech Summit 🎙️

We had some great conversations about aging, technology, caregiving, and what it really means to build solutions with older adults, not just for them.

Full episode coming soon!

And if you want the behind-the-scenes look at how we pulled this one together, make sure to subscribe on Patreon. We’ll have an exclusive BTS video there too 👀

https://www.patreon.com/cw/blueBellVillage

10/02/2026

We saved this thank-you for last. Because Westend Seniors Activity Centre was there from the beginning. 💛

Before the speaker spotlights, the introductions and the program came together, there were people willing to help make SilverTech happen.

WE Seniors was there for SilverTech 1.0. And they have helped make SilverTech Summit 2.0 possible again.

Without them, both would have been almost impossible.

Spend a little time listening to Dr. Haidong Liang and Jay Pritchard, and you understand why this partnership means so much.

They talk about older adults finding purpose. About people at home who are still waiting for connection. About bringing researchers, businesses and older adults together to turn everyday needs into something people can actually use.

And they want technology to help us get closer to one another.

As Haidong puts it: “Nothing should replace the human connection. Nothing should replace the real human touch.”

That belief belongs at the heart of SilverTech.

To Haidong, Jay and everyone at WE Seniors: thank you for your trust, your commitment and everything you have helped make possible. From Karen and all of us at SLBA and SilverTech, we are so grateful to be doing this with you.

Jay gives us the perfect words to carry into today:

“I dreamt this at SilverTech 1.0. I’m dreaming it harder in 2.0.”

“So let’s do it. Let’s get it done.”

Today, we come together. 💛

📍 Westend Seniors Activity Centre Edmonton
📅 October 2, 2026
https://silvertechsummit.ca/

10/02/2026

What happens at the summit - doesn't stay at the summit..

Last week I made a cryptic post asking for someone to help shoot some BTS footage for a secret project, and since then I’ve had a bunch of calls and messages asking what I’m up to.

Well, now I can finally share it.

Tomorrow, The Dementia Collective has the distinct pleasure of recording a podcast LIVE at the Silver Tech Summit!

We spent the evening getting everything set up and ready to go. Huge shoutout to Hasti Karamdel for all your help today!

And if you look closely at the photo, you’ll also get the first look at our newly upgraded Dementia Collective logo 👀

Big thank you to the SLBA - Silver Longevity Business Association for giving us the chance to take on this ambitious project.

More details tomorrow!

10/01/2026

Sometimes, one conversation opens a much bigger door. 💜

For Karen and Rafael, it started with Voiced Memories. That connection grew into a wider relationship, and now we’re celebrating Zero Defect as a SilverTech Summit 2.0 sponsor and exhibitor.

Rafael has something worth hearing if a website has ever made you feel like YOU were the problem.

Tiny text. A button you can barely tap. A form that erases your answers because you took a moment to find your health card.

Zero Defect’s view? “That’s not a user error; it’s a software defect.”

Their approach asks businesses to test for real life: different devices, internet connections, vision, dexterity and levels of digital confidence. Accessibility belongs in the work from the beginning.

Clear warnings. More time when you need it. Saved progress. Small details that can make a big difference when you’re managing your health or finances online.

That’s a conversation we’re proud to bring together through SLBA and SilverTech, with older adults helping shape what better looks like.

Thank you, Rafael and Zero Defect, for being part of it. And Karen, for the connection that helped this relationship grow.

Have a business or organization website?
Bring your URL to Zero Defect’s exhibitor table for a free 5-minute accessibility and usability audit. Meet their Edmonton team to talk about AI-driven testing, software quality and inclusive design.

A fresh pair of eyes might spot something your visitors have been struggling with.

📅 October 2, 2026
📍 WE Seniors, Edmonton
https://silvertechsummit.ca/

09/30/2026

Sometimes it’s a familiar voice, a favourite story or a few minutes of someone’s attention that changes your whole day.

Those small moments are what Zoran Kovacevic wants to make easier to create through Pace Pet, a conversational companion for older adults and their families.

And he’s clear about its purpose: “It should support human relationships, not replace them.”

At SilverTech, Zoran will share an early look at Pace.
He wants to hear what feels useful, comforting or fun, and what you would change.

So bring your curiosity and your honest opinions. “I’d love that” and “That wouldn’t work for me” both belong in this conversation. 💬

We’re delighted to thank Pace Pet, our Prototype Lab Sponsor (Build With Us), for supporting SilverTech Summit 2.0. Zoran will also present the prototype winner’s certificate.

Come meet him at the Pace Pet exhibitor table. You don’t need to be a technology expert to know what would make something feel right in your life.

📅 October 2, 2026
📍 WE Seniors, Edmonton
🔗 https://silvertechsummit.ca/

09/29/2026

You know the part of getting care that makes you think, “There has to be a better way”?

That experience belongs in the conversation.

Health Cities starts with a healthcare need: where people struggle to get care, what could work better, and who needs to be involved in finding a practical solution.

That’s why their support of SilverTech means so much to us. They see the value in bringing older adults, healthcare, community organizations and innovators together while ideas are still taking shape.

As Lisa Laferriere puts it: “For me, inclusive innovation starts with listening early.”

Thank you, Health Cities, our Gold Innovation Sponsor, for bringing that commitment to SilverTech Summit 2.0. 💚

And at the exhibitor tables, discover Health Innovation Network of Canada (HIN), a new Health Cities initiative. Explore membership, share your perspective and learn how you can contribute to future programs and approaches to care.

Bring your curiosity. Your experience could help someone see what they’ve been missing.

📅 October 2, 2026
📍 Westend Seniors Activity Centre , Edmonton
🔗 https://silvertechsummit.ca/

09/29/2026

You know that family photo that starts a whole debate? Who was there, what year it was, and who *actually* remembers it properly?

That conversation is worth keeping, too. ❤️

The laughter. The little details. The familiar voice telling a story you’ve heard a hundred times, or one you never knew.

For Karen Murdock, founder of Voiced Memories, those moments are at the heart of her work.

She told us about a gentleman who shared a childhood memory of his school bus journey. Afterwards, he took her arm and said:

“Thank you. Thank you so much for making me feel seen and heard.”

An everyday memory. Someone willing to listen. And a thank-you that stayed with her.

We’re honoured to celebrate **Voiced Memories, our Platinum Presenting Sponsor and exhibitor**, and Karen, the creator of SilverTech Summit. Her belief in bringing people together runs through both.

You don’t need the perfect question. Sit beside someone you love, open a photo album together, and let them take you into the story.

You might discover a whole chapter of someone you thought you knew by heart.

Come meet Karen at SilverTech Summit 2.0 and explore how photographs, voices and stories can bring us closer.

📅 October 2, 2026

📍 WE Seniors, Edmonton

🔗 silvertechsummit.ca

09/28/2026

What’s one everyday challenge you wish someone would help solve?

Bring it to SilverTech. John Sutherland and Colin McDonald from NAIT want to hear about it.

“I want to learn from … the people that come to our table.”

That’s how Colin McDonald from NAIT’s Mawji Centre describes what he’s looking forward to. Hearing about the challenges people face can help students discover where their ideas could make a difference.

For John Sutherland and NAIT’s Centre for Advanced Medical Simulation, that same connection matters: technology needs to work for the people using it, in their everyday lives.

We’re honoured to have NAIT CAMS and the Mawji Centre supporting SilverTech Summit 2.0 as sponsors and exhibitors, and bringing their curiosity and expertise to The Pitch Room.

And yes, their patient simulator may make you look twice. Last year, some visitors thought it was a real person! 👀

Come meet John and Colin. Bring your questions, your experiences and that thing you wish someone would find a better way to do. They want to hear it.

📅 October 2, 2026

📍 Westend Seniors Activity Centre , Edmonton

🔗 silvertechsummit.ca

09/27/2026

An idea needs someone willing to give it a chance.

For Trixie Rowein, that’s what supporting the SilverTech Pitch Room is about: helping the next generation develop ideas and solutions they might not be able to pursue without support.

“So for us, sponsoring is really supporting the future.”

Trixie and PAX Portfolio Advisory of Raymond James are returning to SilverTech for a second year as our Gold Innovation Sponsor and Student Attendee & Pitch Room Sponsor.

We’re grateful for what that commitment means: backing young people while helping bring generations together around the future of aging.

And Trixie has a wonderfully direct reason for caring about that future:

“If we’re lucky, we’re all going to get to the silver stage.”

Thank you, Trixie and PAX, for giving emerging ideas your support and coming back to help this community grow.

Come meet Trixie at SilverTech. If there’s a financial question you’ve been meaning to ask, write it down and bring it along. She’d love that conversation.

📅 October 2, 2026

📍 Westend Seniors Activity Centre Edmonton
https://silvertechsummit.ca/

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