Going for the Longevity Dividend

A Capitol Hill Symposium & Luncheon

September 12, 2006
Hart Senate Office Building, #902 At this international gathering organized by the Alliance for Aging Research, prominent scientists called for governments and health care organizations worldwide to invest in the extension of healthy human life in order to produce a "Longevity Dividend" for nations with aging populations.

Read the statement released by the group of more than 90 scientists.

For more information, read the article from the March 2006 issue of The Scientist, In Pursuit of the Longevity Dividend, by S. Jay Olshansky, Daniel Perry, Richard A. Miller, and Robert N. Butler.

• I. How Soon Before Science Can Slow Aging and at What Cost?
  Opening Remarks from:
  Senator Larry Craig (R-ID),
  S. Jay Olshansky, PhD, University of Illinois at Chicago - SLIDES
  Leonard Guarante, PhD, Massachusetts Institute of Technology - SLIDES


• II. Can Older Populations Make Nations both Healthier and Wealthier?
  Robert N. Butler, MD, Founding Director, National Institute on Aging (NIA)
  Robert Fogel, PhD, Nobel Laureate, University of Chicago Graduate School of Business
  
• III. International Perspectives
  Alex Kalache, Director, Ageing and Health Program, World Health Organization (WHO) - SLIDES
  James Goodwin, PhD, Head of Research, Help the Aged, London, England - SLIDES
  
• IV. View to the Future
  Dr. Alan Leshner, CEO, American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
  
• V. Summary and Concluding Remarks
  Daniel Perry, Executive Director, Alliance for Aging Research

Watch the video from this event.



Read the press release for this event.

This event was supported by a grant from the Florence S. Mahoney Foundation.