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Middle East and Africa Summit 2023

Longevity Cities: Creating Optimal Environments for Healthy Aging

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Global aging has profound impacts on families, societies, and economies. Despite advances in biomedical research and improved living conditions around the world, age remains the biggest risk factor for diseases like cancer, diabetes, and Alzheimer’s. A multipronged ‘whole life’ approach can address the different but interacting biological and environmental drivers of health and disease. Geroscience targets common internal aging pathways to prevent or reverse these diseases. However, external factors like air pollution, green spaces, diet, and work spaces also interact and greatly influence our aging processes. Longevity Cities aim to optimize the external environment, reducing cumulative negative environmental exposures to improve later-life outcomes. This panel will focus on initiatives in the Middle East and Africa to establish “Longevity Cities” and enhance overall health. 

    Moderator

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    Rajiv Ahuja

    Associate Director, Future of Aging, Milken Institute

    Speakers

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    Jim Mellon

    Co-Founder, Juvenescence
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    Rrajat Pradip Handa

    Founder and CEO, Descrptive Solution Pvt Ltd
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    Tina Woods

    Founder and CEO, Collider Health; Healthy Longevity Champion, National Innovation Centre for Ageing (UK)
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    Sergey Young

    Founder, Longevity Vision Fund