Longevity Plus: Understanding Evolving Lifespans in a Rapidly Changing World
We are in an exciting era where global investors are making big bets on the scientific exploration of how to advance human longevity.
We know that what emerges will not operate in isolation but intersect with the most pressing health and economic issues of our time.
In 2023, AARP and Social Innovation Summit are partnering to bring you Longevity Plus, a series of conversations with renowned experts and industry leaders aimed at helping you understand how longevity is changing and what it means for the most important questions facing businesses and organizations both now and in the future.
Together we will explore how to tap into the opportunity of longer life and support those who may be missing out.
EVENT #1 | APRIL 27, 2023
Longevity, Interrupted: Life Expectancy in Flux
Over the past one hundred years, life expectancy around the world has been on a steady trend upward. Innovation centers are promising new scientific approaches to continue this progress, however the past decade has brought an unfortunate decline in life expectancy in the United States. How can we celebrate the long-term advances that brought us to this moment while also exploring the current state of affairs and acknowledging a growth in disparities? On April 27, 2023, AARP and the Social Innovation Summit hosted “Longevity, Interrupted: Life Expectancy in Flux,” where thought leaders and experts discussed what’s up with life expectancy going down.
EVENT #2 | JULY 18, 2023 | 12:00PM – 1:00PM ET
Longevity, Extended: Where Will Advances in Life-Extending Measures Take Us?
Recent advances across health, science, and technology have set out to create unprecedented gains in lifespans and healthspans. As the investment, innovation, and R&D landscape for longevity-tech continues to grow, big questions are emerging around accessibility and scalability, downstream economic, social, and political implications, and the equity and fairness of it all. Join us for the second event in the AARP and Social Innovation Summit virtual series, Longevity Plus, as we explore the cutting-edge frontiers of longevity and healthy aging and dissect the directions and disparities surrounding these life-extending measures.
EVENT #3 | SEPTEMBER 2023
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EVENT #4 | DECEMBER 2023
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