Strong and Vital No 3

Final Report MILAN LONGEVITY SUMMIT The Milan Longevity Summit 14-27 March 2024 orga nized by the Aeon Foundation and coordinated by Viviana Kasam from Brain Circle, reached a broad audience and succeeded in awakening public consciousness for longe vity in modern society. I TAL I A

The Summit exceeded all expectations: over 2 ’ 000 web pages and more than 700 press, radio, and television publications highlighting the event, and 4 ’ 000 hours of streaming views. The event brought together over 60 international leading scientists in the field, provided a comprehensive overview of the longevity sector and its economic and social impli cations with the aim of improving the population ’ s lifestyle and contributing to a healthy, active and efficient old age. Legislators, practitioners and the public had the opportu nity to discuss the current demographic shift and to learn Final report

about the realistic possibility of a longer life to be spent in good health. The Longevity Summit took place in different venues across the city. All conferences were open to the public and free. The legacy is a total of over 40 hours of recordings. Preparations for the second edition to take place in 2025 have already begun, demonstrating the orga nisers ’ long-term commitment. An innovative formula is planned with the participation of top scientists.

Final report

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All of the Summit’s conferences were open to the public through prior online reservation and live streamed and recorded. Simultaneous interpretation into English and Italian was provided for most of them. The legacy is a total of over 40 hours of recordings now available on YouTube. Views are steadily growing.

Goals Achieved Nine days of conferences, meetings, debates and special events shone a light on Milan as the center of the global discourse on healthy longevity. The Summit was attended by scientists, demographers, investors, startup entrepreneurs and mayors of some of the cities that are experimenting with new models of social organization, valorising Milan as a cutting-edge scientific center at an international level on the topics of healthy aging and life extension. The report highlights the remarkable communication impact the Summit had. It’s worth pointing out the long-term effect which the Summit is bound to have and which us already visible due to quality of its content and the active involvement of partners and stakeholders.

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