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Now is the time for a global movement toward healthy longevity.

All countries are aging, and some are aging rapidly. In recent decades, the population of people over age 65 has grown more quickly than other age groups due to longer life spans and declining birth rates, and this growth is expected to continue into the future.

Between 2000 and 2019, the human lifespan increased globally, with low-and-middle income countries seeing life expectancy gains. But, the number of years in good health has stayed roughly the same, so people are living more years in poor health.

Recognizing the need to take action in the face of demographic change, the National Academy of Medicine formed an international commission of experts from multiple domains to develop an evidence-based roadmap to advance healthy longevity around the globe.

The commission defines healthy longevity as the state in which years in good health approach the biological life span, with physical, cognitive, and social functioning — enabling well-being across populations. According to WHO, health is a state of complete physical, mental, and social well-being.

With an all-of-society effort to improve healthy longevity, based on the evidence, the commission concluded that the future of aging societies could be optimistic, with older people contributing to family, community, and society and living lives with meaning and purpose. Societies could thrive with a strong social compact, intergenerational cohesion, and strong economies with plentiful work and volunteer roles for people of all ages.

Evidence suggests that the cost of inaction is more people living in poor health, suffering, and dependence; financial burdens on individuals and families; lost opportunities for people of all ages; gross domestic product that is lower than it would be with better health and full inclusion of older people; and increased fiscal burdens on government for supporting unnecessarily high levels of illness and disability.

The commission identified principles for achieving healthy longevity as:
  1. People of all ages, particularly older adults, reach their full potential to live life with good health, function, meaning, purpose, and dignity.
  2. Societies enable the best health and functioning that individuals at all ages are capable of attaining.
  3. Societies reduce disparities and enhance equity within and among countries to realize the well-being and contributions of all people, including those of older ages.
  4. The human, financial, and social capital of older people is realized for the benefit of all of society.
  5. Societies use data and meaningful metrics to track the achievement of outcomes and guide decision making.

Every country will have a different path to healthy longevity within its current context; no single approach will work globally. To initiate needed change, governments will need to establish calls to action to develop and implement datadriven all-of-society plans for building the organizations and social infrastructure needed to enable healthy longevity.

Lives of good health, function, meaning, purpose, and dignity are achievable — now is the time to begin working toward this better future for all.

Thursday, AUGUST 25, 2022
8.30 – 9.00am

Registration

9.00 – 10.00am
Opening by Guest of Honour
Mr. HENG Swee Keat
Deputy Prime Minister and Coordinating Minister for Economic Policies
Introduction: Global Roadmap for Healthy Longevity
Dr. Victor DZAU
President, National Academy of Medicine, USA
Vision 2050
Professor Linda FRIED, Co-Chair

Dean and DeLamar Professor, Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health

Director, Robert N. Butler Columbia Aging Center

Complex Systems Approach
Professor John Eu-Li WONG, Co-Chair

Isabel Chan Professor in Medical Sciences

Senior Vice President (Health Innovation and Translation), National University of Singapore (NUS)

Senior Advisor, National University Health System (NUHS)

10.00 – 10.30am
Morning Break
Venue: NUHS Tower Block, Level 1
10.30 – 12.00pm
SESSION I: Global Roadmap for Healthy Longevity Report
Topic: Presentations on the Global Roadmap for Healthy Longevity
Social Infrastructure
Professor John PIGGOTT
Director, ARC Centre of Excellence in Population Ageing Research (CEPAR)
Physical Environment
Professor John Eu-Li WONG, Co-Chair

Isabel Chan Professor in Medical Sciences

Senior Vice President (Health Innovation and Translation), National University of Singapore (NUS)

Senior Advisor, National University Health System (NUHS)

Public Health, Health Systems, and Long-Term Care
Professor Hiroki NAKATANI
Keio University
Professor John BEARD
ARC Centre for Excellence in Population Aging Research,
University of New South Wales
The Longevity Dividend
Professor ZHAO Yaohui
China Center for Economic Research of Peking University
Professor Linda FRIED, Co-Chair

Dean and DeLamar Professor, Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health

Director, Robert N. Butler Columbia Aging Center

Q&A
Facilitators:
Professor Linda FRIED, Co-Chair

Dean and DeLamar Professor, Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health

Director, Robert N. Butler Columbia Aging Center

Professor John Eu-Li WONG, Co-Chair

Isabel Chan Professor in Medical Sciences

Senior Vice President (Health Innovation and Translation), National University of Singapore (NUS)

Senior Advisor, National University Health System (NUHS)

12.00 – 1.00pm
Lunch
Venue: NUHS Tower Block, Level 1
1.00 – 1.15pm
SESSION II: Symposium
Introduction: Healthy Longevity – The Asian Perspective
Speaker: Professor John PIGGOTT
Director, ARC Centre of Excellence in Population Ageing Research (CEPAR)
1.15 - 2.45pm
Panel Discussion
Topic: Population Health, Healthcare, Science and Technology
Moderator:
Professor TAN Chorh Chuan

Chief Health Scientist, Ministry of Health (MOH)

Executive Director, MOH Office for Healthcare Transformation (MOHT)

Speakers:
Professor John BEARD
ARC Centre for Excellence in Population Aging Research, University of New South Wales
Professor GUAN Cuntai

President’s Chair Professor in Computer Science and Engineering

Director, Artificial Intelligence Research Institute (AI.R)

NTU Co-Lab Director, S-Lab for Advanced Intelligence

Professor Hiroki NAKATANI
Keio University
Professor Brian KENNEDY

Distinguished Professor, Department of Biochemistry and Physiology, National University of Singapore (NUS)

Director, Centre for Healthy Longevity (CHL), National University Health System (NUHS)

Director, Healthy Longevity Translational Research Programme (HLTRP)

2.45 - 3.20pm
Keynote Lecture (Asia)
Focus: Asia’s response to an aging population: a successful, all-of-society approach
Speaker: Dr. Srinivas TATA
Director, Social Development, UNESCAP
Introduction by: Dr. Mary Ann TSAO
Chairman, Tsao Foundation, Singapore
3.20 - 3.50pm
Afternoon Break
Venue: NUHS Tower Block, Level 1
3.50 - 5.20pm
Panel Discussion
Topic: Social Infrastructure and Physical Environment
Moderator:
Dr. Mary Ann TSAO
Chairman, Tsao Foundation, Singapore
Speakers:
Dr. Eduardo KLIEN
Regional Director East Asia and Pacific, HelpAge International
Mr. TAN Meng Dui
Chief Executive Officer
Housing & Development Board (HDB)
Dr. Wendy WALKER
Chief of Social Development Thematic Group
Sustainable Development and Climate Change Department
Asian Development Bank
Professor ZHAO Yaohui
China Center for Economic Research of Peking University
5.20 - 5.55pm
Keynote Lecture (Singapore)
Focus: Singapore’s action plan for tackling issues presented by an aging population: the actors and actions
Speaker: Professor CHAN Heng Chee
Ambassador-at-Large & Professor
Lee Kuan Yew Centre for Innovative Cities
Introduction by: Professor John Eu-Li WONG

Isabel Chan Professor in Medical Sciences

Senior Vice President (Health Innovation and Translation), National University of Singapore (NUS)

Senior Advisor, National University Health System (NUHS)

5.55 - 6.00pm
Closing
GUEST OF HONOUR
...
Mr. HENG Swee Keat
Deputy Prime Minister
and Coordinating Minister
for Economic Policies
OPENING REMARKS
...
Dr. Victor DZAU
President, National Academy of Medicine, USA
...
Professor Linda FRIED

Dean and DeLamar Professor, Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health

Director, Robert N. Butler Columbia Aging Center

...
Professor John Eu-Li WONG

Isabel Chan Professor in Medical Sciences

Senior Vice President (Health Innovation and Translation), National University of Singapore (NUS)

Senior Advisor, National University Health System (NUHS)

PANEL MODERATORS
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Professor TAN Chorh Chuan

Chief Health Scientist, Ministry of Health (MOH)

Executive Director, MOH Office for Healthcare Transformation (MOHT)

...
Dr. Mary Ann TSAO
Chairman,
Tsao Foundation, Singapore
NAM COMMISSIONERS
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Professor John BEARD
ARC Centre for Excellence in Population Aging Research, University of New South Wales
...
Professor Hiroki NAKATANI
Keio University
...
Professor John PIGGOTT
Director,
ARC Centre of Excellence in Population Ageing Research (CEPAR)
...
Professor ZHAO Yaohui
China Center for Economic Research of Peking University
KEYNOTE SPEAKERS
...
Professor CHAN Heng Chee
Ambassador-at-Large & Professor
Lee Kuan Yew Centre for Innovative Cities
...
Dr. Srinivas TATA
Director, Social Development, UNESCAP
Panellists
...
Professor GUAN Cuntai

President’s Chair Professor in Computer Science and Engineering

Director, Artificial Intelligence Research Institute (AI.R)

NTU Co-Lab Director, S-Lab for Advanced Intelligence

...
Professor Brian KENNEDY

Distinguished Professor, Department of Biochemistry and Physiology, National University of Singapore (NUS)

Director, Centre for Healthy Longevity (CHL), National University Health System (NUHS)

Director, Healthy Longevity Translational Research Programme (HLTRP)

...
Dr. Eduardo KLIEN
Regional Director East Asia and Pacific,
HelpAge International
...
Mr. TAN Meng Dui
Chief Executive Officer
Housing & Development Board (HDB)
...
Dr. Wendy WALKER
Chief of Social Development Thematic Group
Sustainable Development and Climate Change Department
Asian Development Bank

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