BBC World Service News Hour Extra on “Living Longer Lives: Blessing or Curse?”
In July, Dr Alex Kalache, President of ILC-Brazil and Co-President of the Global Alliance, participated in a debate with Dr Anne Karpf, author of 'How to Age' and Prof Lynda Gratton, author of 'The 100 Year Life' for the BBC World Service.
21 August 2017
On June 28, 2017, Senior Planet in New York held an all-day session titled “Hack Aging.” The event, designed by Debbie Galant, was attended by approximately 80 persons. Muriel Beach led a group focused on the problem of negative concepts of aging (which Dr. Robert Butler called ageism) and won the First Place for the group and a special award, “Personality Plus” for herself.
14 August 2017
Liveable Communities at Americas Summit of Aging 2.0
Aging 2.0 brought together a number of start-ups, investors and experts on ageing at its Americas Summit in Toronto.
12 July 2017
Valdivia to turn centre for gerontology in Chile
Foundation Oportunidad Mayor launches Valdivia as a Chilean centre for gerontology. Dr. Alex Kalache delivered the keynote of the event.
10 July 2017
World Bank organizes workshop on ageing and health and social care in Brazil
ILC-Brazil participates in World Bank Workshop on “Population Aging and the organization of health and social care in Brazil”
03 July 2017
Dutch-Brazilian knowledge exchange on ageing and health
ILC-Brazil President gives keynote at the Fernando Henrique Cardoso Foundation together with Dutch Vice-Minister of Health
30 June 2017
The Longevity Revolution in the context of the 4th Industrial Revolution
ILC-Brazil President gives keynote presentation to the Federation of Industries of the State of Santa Catarina (FIESC)
29 June 2017
ILC Israel’s Semi-annual conference
On April 19th, 2017, ILC Israel and The Center for Multidisciplinary Research in Aging of Ben-Gurion University of the Negev held its semi-annual conference. This year’s conference topic was “Innovations and challenges in gerontology and geriatrics: The effects of the Holocaust on the health and well-being of survivors and their offspring (children, second, and third generation).”
28 June 2017
Two New Publications from Columbia Aging Center Faculty, Dr. Esteban Calvo
Faculty member Esteban Calvo has two new publications. The first is “Retirement Sequences of Older Americans: Moderately Destandardized and Highly Stratified Across Gender, Class, and Race” in The Gerontologist and "Rural pension reform in China: A critical analysis" also co-authored by Esteban Calvo appears in the Journal of Aging Studies.
25 June 2017
New Research Suggests: Don’t Lose Your Brain at Work
“Don’t Lose Your Brain at Work – The Role of Recurrent Novelty at Work in Cognitive and Brain Aging,” relates new findings about how work can affect brain aging. (February 6, 2017 issue of Frontiers in Psychology)
25 June 2017
