Boomer Venture's Movers-and-Shakers

This year's Silicon Valley Boomer Venture Summit held a Business Plan Competition where entrepreneurs and leading venture capitalists met with one thing in common: they invest in or serve the 45 year-old boomer consumer.

The Summit is a good place to learn where and why VCs are investing heavily in the boomer market and to learn from key analysts about how they segment the market and evaluate opportunities.

Client Gilbert Guide sponsored the sponsor and speaker dinner last night at Santa Clara University in Silicon Valley.

Below a sample of shots I took at the gathering, which brought together vendors, VCs and service providers for all things related to the aging market.

Leading authority on the Baby Boom generation Mary Furlong speaks to the crowd

Aging in Place Laurie Orlov, SilverRide's Jeff Maltz, Gilbert Guide's Jill Gilbert and Renee Blodgett

Caring.com's Andy Cohen, Elisa Camahort, Jill Gilbert, Laurie Orlov, Jeff Maltz, Mary Furlong, Safa Rashtchy and AARP's Jody Holtzman

Foodie Mollie Katzen, AARP's Jody Holtzman and Mary Furlong

Jill Gilbert and Elisa Camahort

Dinner keynote speaker Safa Rashtchy

firstStreet's Bud Myers

Jill Gilbert and Andy Cohen

In addition, I connected with SilversSummit's Susan Ayers Walker and Michael Sarfatti - they run the SilversSummit at CES every year.

I also had a chance to see a demo of MyGait's new GO, senior computing made easy and chat with Christopher Carbajal about the market.

Others in the mix included speakers and finalists Karen Routt of Magnolia Prime, HeartMath's Catherine Calarco, TravelingHealth's Deanna Burnett-Keeper, and MarchFriday's Marfrisa Geronimo Gipner, to name a few.