Name: The City of Longevity: making cities champions of prevention
Start: 2024-09-20T09:00:00-0400
End: 2024-09-20T11:00:00-0400

SCIENCE SUMMIT 2024: 17 - 27 September, New York

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Friday September 20, 2024 9:00am - 11:00am EDT

Science Summit venue (12th floor)

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In light of the transition from a rural to an urban society, as stated in 2008, the city - now more than ever - has a decisive role in triggering and guiding the determinants that influence our health. After the various and continuous crises the world has gone through, cities can do more than implement emergency actions and policies, which are often lists of recommendations that have to be made in haste but do not go deep into the thinking about the logic of implementation or are ancillary to the policies. Considering the transition to a society of longevity, cities can and must amplify the "champion of prevention" role and be the partner and facilitator of citizens on the path to their longevity.

Communities can only be improved if we address all the determinants of health and work to ensure behavioural change and provide good quality care. We have learnt that it is meaningless to treat people for a health condition merely if we do not address the causes of that condition and actively try not only to counteract them but also, above all, to prevent them. The city is the avant-garde ecosystem that implements this action. Cities of longevity are proactive instead of reactive – looking at and promoting long-term longevity – impacting early and mid-life and emphasising cross-generational exchange. The City of Longevity programme aims to enable cities to become active actors in providing longevity and nudging and delivering healthier behaviours to residents, visitors, and tourists of a city.

The programme is designed to intersect several SDGs: from Sustainable cities and communities (11), to Good health and well-being (3), Climate action (13), Reduced inequalities (10), Decent work and economic growth (8), industry innovation and infrastructure (9), Responsible Consumption and production (12) and suggest how to design and develop actions to impact multiple domains. At the core of the programme, there is the City of Longevity toolkit, which aims to educate and provide awareness to citizens and policymakers about healthy longevity and how to achieve it in cities, to create a shareable system of coding actions, to help design interventions and actions practically.

Speakers

Joachim Rautter

Geschäftsführer, Berlin Innovation Center for Ageing and Longevity (BiCAL).

Dr. Joachim Rautter is an investment professional with a broad technology background ranging from physics to molecular biology. As an investor he is active for more than 20 years financing, consulting, and coaching a variety of start-up companies in the life science industry. He is... Read More →

Yochai Shavit

Stanford Center on Longevity’

As the Stanford Center on Longevity’s Director of Research since August 2022, Yochai leads a diverse team of researchers working to advance our understanding of human flourishing across the entire life span. Yochai is passionate about providing empirical evidence to support initiatives... Read More →

Elisabeth Steinhagen-Thiessen

Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin

Elisabeth holds a Senior Professorship at Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin, where she also plays a key role as the Deputy Director of the Friede Springer Cardiovascular Prevention Center. In addition, she leads the Lipid Metabolism Clinic at the University Hospital Rostock... Read More →

Lars Hartenstein

McKinsey Health Institute

Lars Hartenstein is a co-founder and co-leader of the McKinsey Health Institute (MHI), an enduring, non-profit-generating institute within McKinsey & Company. MHI’s mission is to catalyze actions needed across continents, sectors, and communities to make material advancements in... Read More →

Lynne Corner

Director, UK's National Innovation Centre for Ageing

Professor Lynne Corner is Deputy Director at the UK National Innovation Centre for Ageing (NICA) – established by UK Government to help businesses bring to market products and services needed for healthier, happier longer lives - and also the Director of VOICE. VOICE is an international... Read More →

Horacio Terraza

Senior Environmental Specialist

Horacio has more than 30 years of professional experience in the urban-environmental field, having worked both in the private sector and in multilateral development organizations.He was until June 2024 the Lead Urban Specialist for the South Asia Region and before for the Latin... Read More →

Nic Palmarini

Director, National Innovation Centre for Ageing (NICA)

Professor Nic Palmarini is one of the leading experts in innovation on ageing and longevity and the Director of UK's National Innovation Centre for Ageing (NICA) – a global organisation supported by an initial investment from the UK Government and Newcastle University to help co-innovate... Read More →

Friday September 20, 2024 9:00am - 11:00am EDT
Science Summit venue (12th floor) 345 Park Avenue South, New York, NY, USA

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Science Summit 2024

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