Blog Archives
Event summary – Healthy ageing and longevity in Europe: How do we prepare for the 100-year life?
In partnership with ILC-UK, the ILC Europe Network hosted its inaugural conference in Brussels on 6 March 2024 to explore the challenges and opportunities associated with an ageing European society. Other ILC Global Alliance members in attendance included ILC-Czech Republic, ILC-France and ILC-Netherlands.
March 2024
Redefining lifelong learning: Lessons from across the globe
Join ILC-UK at this webinar for the launch of the upcoming report Redefining lifelong learning: Lessons from across the globe, on Wednesday 28 February.
2nd February 2024
Future of Ageing 2023: An age of possibilities
In the run-up to the next UK General Election, what happens next is vital for the Future of Ageing. We need our politicians to have long-term solutions for prosperous and healthy longevity and for the next Government to act on these.
25th September 2023
Silver Empowerment: a book on empowerment of elderly people
See ageing as a source of power instead of as a sign of decline and vulnerability, is the message of the newly published book “Silver Empowerment”, in which scientists from various disciplines discuss ways of improving self-reliance of elderly people. Promoting an age-friendly society is the main topic.
21 Abril 2023
ILCs reunited at the IFA’s 16th Global Conference on Ageing in Bangkok
Members of the ILC Global Alliance got together at the IFA’s 16th Global Conference on Ageing in Bangkok, Thailand, last June. Representatives of ILCs from Canada, Singapore, United Kingdom, South Africa and Australia, as well as ILC GA Secretariat Silvia Perel-Levin, attended the conference.
June 2023
Dr. Linda P. Fried, the Director of the Robert N. Butler Columbia Aging Center and the Dean of the Mailman School of Public Health at Columbia University, delivered an Expert Reflection at the event titled "The UN Decade of Healthy Ageing: Health for All by Adding Life to Years." She spoke in her capacity as the Co-chair of the US National Academy of Medicine’s Global Roadmap for Healthy Longevity Commission.
May 2023
Evolution and future of technologies serving older people
ILC France announces the launch of a series of webinars aimed at raising awareness among political and public health decision-makers on issues related to longevity.
“Evolution and future of technologies serving the elderly” by Prof. Alain Franco, is the first webinar in this series.
22nd February 2021
Healthy Ageing at very old ages
Professor Julie Byles, Head of ILC-Australia presents on ‘Healthy Ageing at very old ages – perspectives of women from the Australian Longitudinal Study on Women’s Health, at the 53rd Annual Australian Association of Gerontology (AAG) Conference in 2020.
29th January 2021
Over 700 people participated in the 1st Regional Forum on Active and Sustainable Ageing of the Médio Vale do Itajaí in the southern State of Santa Catarina. The keynote on “Active Ageing and the Longevity Revolution” was delivered by Alexandre Kalache.
21st June 2018
What comes to your mind when you think of “ageing”?
ILC-BR Technical Director Ina Voelcker spoke about longevity and population ageing in an event aimed at inspiring 700 employees of the Brazilian Federal savings bank Caixa Econômica.
21st April 2018
