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5th International Longevity Forum

27/03/2017

The theme of our 5th International Longevity Forum will be resilience. Any sudden, highly impactful event that forces inexorable change upon society is a revolution. We are being impacted by two unprecedented and concurrent revolutions today – the Longevity Revolution and…

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The voices of older people in Brazil – 3rd review of the Madrid International Plan of Action on Ageing

25/03/2017

The Madrid International Plan of Action on Ageing (MIPAA) is now being reviewed for a third time. The guidelines for the review and appraisal process, provided by the United Nations, foresee a bottom-up approach with substantial and very active participation…

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American Chamber of Commerce for Brazil discusses impact of population ageing on business

20/03/2017

On March 15th, Alexandre Kalache delivered the keynote of the event “Longevity – impact on the private sector” organized by the American Chamber of Commerce for Brazil (Amcham-Brasil). After his keynote, he moderated an expert panel “Senior professionals: advantages and…

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Inspiring young entrepreneurs at Shell’s LiveWIRE weekend

19/03/2017

“You have heard a lot about population growth and just now that by 2050, there will be 10 billion people on this planet. But have you thought about how many of them will be older people and who will be…

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Environmental health across the life course

25/01/2017

For the third consecutive year, ILC-Brazil President Alexandre Kalache presented at the Emerging Markets Symposium (EMS) at Oxford University, UK (12-15 January, 2017). As in previous years, the event was convened by Green Templeton College, where Kalache was based for…

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United Nations’ Open-Ended Working Group (OEWG) in New York

18/12/2016

In his capacity as Co-President of the ILC Global Alliance (ILC-GA), Alexandre Kalache participated in the 7th Session of the OEWG at the United Nations in New York in December 2016. The Working Group is part of the on-going negotiation…

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Age-friendly City of Buenos Aires

20/11/2016

In Buenos Aires in November, Alexandre Kalache was special guest at the launch of the new Buenos Aires Age-Friendly Cities initiative. He presented on a panel together with Silvia Gáscon of iSalud; Claudio Romero, Secretary of the Third Age; and…

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Age-friendly Cities in Brazil

26/10/2016

About the Age-friendly Cities movement The Age-friendly Cities movement, initiated by the World Health Organization’s (WHO) global programme on ageing, started in 2007 and now encompasses over 300 cities across 33 countries, with hundreds more informal initiatives. The movement was…

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User-led design – the central theme of the 4th International Longevity Forum

25/10/2016

On October 6 and 7, 2016, the International Longevity Centre Brazil (ILC-Brazil) held the 4th International Longevity Forum with Bradesco Seguros being the main sponsor. The Forum also counts on the support of Galderma and other institutional partners (SBGG, UnATi/UERJ…

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New Urban Agenda adopted by UN member states

25/10/2016

Last week (17th to 20th of October) we participated in the third United Nations Conference on Housing and Sustainable Urban Development (UN Habitat III) in Quito, Ecuador. The conference successfully concluded with the adoption of the New Urban Agenda. At…

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5th International Longevity Forum

The voices of older people in Brazil – 3rd review of the Madrid International Plan of Action on Ageing

American Chamber of Commerce for Brazil discusses impact of population ageing on business

Inspiring young entrepreneurs at Shell’s LiveWIRE weekend

Environmental health across the life course

United Nations’ Open-Ended Working Group (OEWG) in New York

Age-friendly City of Buenos Aires

Age-friendly Cities in Brazil

User-led design – the central theme of the 4th International Longevity Forum

New Urban Agenda adopted by UN member states

News

Save the date – 6th International Longevity Forum

Addressing inequalities

Online platform “Viva a Longevidade”

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