בשם העמותה אנחנו שמחים לבשר כי עמותת “ותק” עברה שינוי שם. במקום השמות הקודמים – “המבוגר האחראי (ע”ר)” ו”ותק – תנועת האזרחים הוותיקים (ע”ר)” כעת אושר השם הרשמי החדש:

ותק – התנועה לאיכות ואריכות חיים (ע”ר)

כמו כן, אושרו מטרות חדשות לעמותה והן:

 – לפעול וליזום פעולות להארכת תוחלת החיים של האדם המבוגר.

 – לפעול וליזום פעולות לשיפור איכות החיים של האדם המבוגר.

– לממן וליזום מחקרים להארכת תוחלת החיים של האדם המבוגר ולשיפור איכות חייו.

כולנו תקווה כי העמותה תפעל בהתאם לשם החדש כתנועה אמתית למען אריכות ואיכות חיים, ותקדם את המטרות של הארכת תוחלת חיים בריאים באמצעות קידום מחקר ופיתוח, לאדם המבוגר ולמעשה לכול אחד.

עמותת ותק תמשיך בשיתוף פעולה הדוק עם העמותה הישראלית להארכת חיים (ע”ר) וארגונים אחרים בארץ ובחו”ל בעלי מטרות דומות.

In the name of the association, we are happy to announce that the association has officially changed its name. Instead of the previous names – Hamevugar Haachrai (The Responsible Senior) and Vetek (Seniority) Association – The Senior Citizens Movement, the new certified name is:

Vetek (Seniority) – the Movement for Longevity and Quality of Life

In addition, new goals were approved for the association, namely:

– To act for the extension of life expectancy for the older persons.

– To act for the improvement of the quality of life of older persons.

– To initiate and fund scientific research for the extension of life expectancy of older persons and for the improvement of their quality of life.

It is our hope that the association will act in accordance to its new name and become a true movement for the sake of longevity and quality of life, for the extension of healthy life expectancy through scientific research and technological development, for older persons and in fact for everyone.

The Vetek association will continue its strong strategic partnership with Israeli Longevity Alliance and other organizations in Israel and abroad, acting for the similar goals.

Quantified Longevity Guide (QLG) is an on-going project of the Israeli Longevity Alliance (ISRLA) in cooperation with Vetek (Seniority) Association – the Senior Citizens Movement (Israel)

http://www.longevityisrael.org/quantified-longevity-guide/

This is a dynamic multidisciplinary research and development project dedicated to mathematical diagnostic modeling of aging and aging-related diseases, for the purposes of their early preventative and personalized therapy.

Quantified Longevity Guide develops a practically applicable and at the same time sophisticated expert software system for indication of physiological age, for early diagnosis of aging-related ill health and personalization of aging-related and healthspan extending treatments. The system will facilitate early detection and corresponding preventive early treatment of major aging-related diseases (such as cancer, Alzheimer’s disease, heart disease and diabetes), based on the assessment of physiological age.

The main advantage of the proposed system is in terms of methodology: Providing an integrated approach that takes into consideration the non-linear interrelation of a multitude of parameters – biomarkers and intervention factors, using information theoretical measures, such as entropy and mutual information, rather than linear statistical measures.

The resulting analytical software system will use the methodology of information theory that will uniquely allow the selection of the most beneficial and economical individual factors and factors’ combinations for combating chronic age-related diseases and increasing the health span, indicating physiological age as a cost-effective method of preclinical diagnosis for a variety of chronic age-related diseases, while enabling long-term evaluation and prediction of effectiveness of individual and combined therapies.

The QLG project is a recognized commitment at the European Innovation Partnership on Active and Healthy Aging (EIP-AHA) within the action group: A3 Lifespan Health Promotion & Prevention of Age Related Frailty and Disease

https://ec.europa.eu/eip/ageing/commitments-tracker/a3/quantified-longevity-guide-qlg_en

The results of this project have been presented in numerous scientific publications, in journals such as Progress in Neurobiology (impact factor – 14.1), Aging and Disease, Cancer Detection and Prevention, Mechanisms of Aging and Development, Geroscience and other journals.  

http://www.longevityisrael.org/quantified-longevity-guide/

The results of this project have also been presented at international conferences on aging and diseases of the International Society on Aging and Disease (ISOAD) in Beijing, China, in 2014, Stanford, US, in 2016, and Nice, France, in 2018 and other conferences. 

http://www.isoad.org/Data/List/Conference

Now the project has received a strong boost with Mr. Alon Braun joining the project leadership team as an operation and research advisor. With Mr. Braun joining the team, the project will be able to employ advanced management and decision-making techniques as well as place a stronger emphasis on cognitive evaluation (such as short-term memory) in its panel of diagnostic and predictive markers of aging and aging-related diseases.

Alon Braun is an entrepreneur and online marketing guru and business accelerator strategist. Alon is best known for identifying growth strategies using technology and data. He was recently named #1 among Top 30 international entrepreneurs in the world by Entrepreneur Magazine. 

Alon Braun started his career as a programmer in the Israel Defense Forces. During this time, he built his first startup, Webstare, which was founded by Apple Israel.

After his service, Braun joined the Hebrew University faculty of earth sciences where he received his master’s degree in oceanography. From there, he specialized in plant molecular biology, marine microscopy, and paleontology.

Alon is a master at decision making, especially helping people make difficult decisions. One of the ways he helps is by understanding cognitive hacks that allow persons to maximize their cognitive load capacity, such that people who have to make complex long-range decisions involving factors which are difficult to measure, can make those decisions optimally and simply using his techniques.

Welcome aboard Alon and looking forward to the successful development and implementation of the Quantified Longevity Guide project!