The first-ever Baltics Conference on Healthy Longevity takes place on Nov. 25 in Riga, Latvia, to address the need to increase the healthy and productive longevity of the aging population.
Organized by the Longevity Alliance Baltic, in cooperation with Vetek Association and International Longevity Alliance, the event will feature some of the leading longevity researchers and advocates in the Baltic area and internationally.
There is an urgent social need to address the vulnerability of aging health, to reverse the negative morbidity and mortality trends by developing and deploying novel medical technologies designed to prevent aging-related diseases and improve the health of the older people, increase the healthy life expectancy. This may also boost the economic development and cooperation, thanks to the burgeoning “healthy longevity industry”. The conference will showcase and share some of the latest promising developments in longevity medicine, data analysis and policies for healthy longevity and prevention of aging-related diseases, especially from the US, EU, China and Israel.
The recently established Longevity Alliance Baltic (LAB) unities representatives of Baltic countries and international experts, and its first conference, aims to increase awareness about aging-related issues, educate the public about healthy longevity research and development, and help build up the longevity community in the Baltic region, catalyzing a further development of the longevity field internationally.
We at Vetek believe that it is very encouraging that this first Baltics Conference on Healthy Longevity takes place, contributing to the promotion of healthy longevity in the region. It is especially encouraging that international cooperation is at the foundation of this activity. We are happy that also our country Israel, is taking a strong part in this cooperation, via the strong partnership between Vetek Association and Longevity Alliance Baltic. Despite the current situation in Israel, we continue to think and work for the future and share our knowledge, continue to create the foundation for future cooperative development that we can build on after the situation improves.
Some press about this conference:
November 19, 2023. In times of war: Continue working for healthy longevity. The Jerusalem Post. Ilia Stambler (opinion article).
As a part of the Longevity Day/Month campaign, the Vetek (Seniority)Association – The Movement for Longevity and Quality of Life (Israel) conducted a demonstration on October 1, at 10.00 am (Israel time), at the Democracy Square (Azrieli-Kaplan intersection) in Tel Aviv. The demonstrationtook place on October 1, the “International Longevity Day”. The official theme of the demonstration is: *Raising awareness for healthy longevity* The topics that we advocated for at the demonstration included: raising the old-age pensions, improving the rights of older persons, as well as enhancing research, development and education for healthy longevity and prevention of aging-related diseases. The demonstration was initiated by the Vetek Association – the Movement for Longevity and Quality of Life, yet additional organizations and individuals have joined. We hope that this demonstration will encourage the struggle for the status and health of older people, not only in Israel, but around the world. And indeed, on October 1, the “International Longevity Day”, with the encouragement of the International Longevity Alliance (ILA), there took place partner demonstrations and events in several other countries: Belgium, Spain, Germany, US. We hope for more initiatives take place. If you organize more demonstrations and other events (live or online) for the Longevity Day/Month, please let us know so we can synergize and publicize together. https://longevityalliance.org/new/organizing-events-for-the-interna‐tional-longevity-day-month-campaign-in-october/ More details about the Tel Aviv demonstration (in Hebrew and English) http://www.longevityisrael.org/demonstration/ https://www.facebook.com/demonstration/ Some press about the Longevity Day demonstration in Tel Aviv (in Hebrew) Davar. 1 October 2023 https://www.davar1.co.il/453091/ Maariv. 1 October 2023 https://www.maariv.co.il/news/israel/Article-1041657
עמותת “ותק” קיבלה אישור לקיים הפגנה ב-1 באוקטובר, בשעה 10.00 בבוקר, בכיכר הדמוקרטיה (צומת עזריאלי-קפלן) בתל אביב.
1 באוקטובר זהו “יום הקשיש הבינלאומי” שגם מצוין ע”י קהילת קידום אריכות החיים הבריאים כ-“יום אריכות החיים הבינלאומי”.
הנושא הרשמי של ההפגנה: *העלאת מודעות לאריכות חיים בריאים*
זאת תהיה ההפגנה הראשונה בנושא ספציפי זה, בארץ ובעולם. הנושאים העיקריים שנקדם בהפגנה הם: העלאת קצבאות הזקנה ושיפור זכויות האזרחים הוותיקים, וכן הגברת מחקר, פיתוח וחינוך לאריכות חיים בריאים ומניעת מחלות זקנה.
ההפגנה מתקיימת ביוזמת עמותת “ותק – התנועה לאיכות ואריכות חיים” אך אנו מקווים כי עוד ארגונים ואנשים פרטיים נוספים יצטרפו.
אנחנו גם מקווים כי ההפגנה תעודד את המאבק לשיפור המעמד והבריאות של האזרחים הוותיקים, לא רק בישראל אלא בכל העולם. ואכן הפגנות שותפות, בעידוד ארגון ILA, שעמותת ותק שותפה לו, מתוכננות להתקיים ב-1 באוקטובר, “יום אריכות החיים הבינלאומי” בעוד כמה מדינות: בלגיה, גרמניה, ספרד. נשמח לעוד יוזמות.
ונשמח לראות אתכם איתנו ב-1 באוקטובר, במאבק המשותף שלנו, לא רק של האזרחים הוותיקים, אלא של כולם, להעלאת מודעות לאריכות חיים בריאים.
ההגעה להפגנה כמובן חופשית, ברוכים הבאים! אך נשמח אם תירשמו כאן, כדי שנדע כמה אנשים צפויים להגיע (התשבות לכל השאלות אופציונליות). תודה!
בתמונה – כיכר הדמוקרטיה (צומת עזריאלי-קפלן) בתל אביב, שם תהיה ההפגנה, ומארגני ההפגנה לשירותכם: מנכ”ל עמותת ותק – חנן טל Hanan Tal ויו”ר עמותת ותק – ד”ר איליה סטמבלר Ilia Stambler
The Vetek Association received the permit to conduct a demonstration on October 1, at 10.00 am, at the Democracy Square (Azrieli-Kaplan intersection) in Tel Aviv.
The demonstration takes place on October 1, the “International Day of Older Persons” which is also celebrated by the Longevity community as the “International Longevity Day”.
The official theme of the demonstration is: *Raising awareness for healthy longevity*
This is the first demonstration with this specific theme, in Israel and in the world. The topics that we will advocate for at the demonstration include: raising the old-age pensions, improving the rights of older persons, as well as enhancing research, development and education for healthy longevity and prevention of aging-related diseases.
The demonstration was initiated by the Vetek Association – the Movement for Longevity and Quality of Life, but we hope additional organizations and individuals will join.
We also hope that this demonstration will encourage the struggle for the status and health of older people, not only in Israel, but around the world. And indeed, on October 1, the “International Longevity Day”, with the encouragement of the International Longevity Alliance (ILA), there are planned partner demonstrations and events in several other countries: Belgium, Spain, Germany. We hope for more initiatives.
Hoping to see you with us, on October 1, in our common struggle, not just for the older persons, but for everyone, for raising awareness for healthy longevity.
We are happy to further promote Israel’s Longevity R&D and Education ecosystem and its cooperation with the world, by launching a joint analytical report and IT platform – “The Longevity Industry Ecosystem in Israel” – a cooperative effort of the Vetek (Seniority) Association – the Movement for Longevity and Quality of Life (Israel), with our international strategic partners – Deep Knowledge Group, Longevity.International (Switzerland), Aging Analytics Agency, ATLAS Advocacy, and Biogerontology Research Foundation (UK).
Wishing for the flourishing and bearing fruit of the Longevity field in Israel and around the world through international cooperation!
See the press release about the IT platform and report launch
“The Longevity Industry Ecosystem in Israel” IT platform, including interactive dashboards, mindmaps and the free report “Longevity Industry in Israel 2023”
Some follow ups and updates about this conference may be forthcoming.
The greatest thanks and kudos go to the top-level speakers, from Israel and internationally, who freely shared their knowledge to advance the education and discussion of the healthy longevity field for all!
We would like also to express the deepest gratitude and appreciation to all the organizations and individuals who joined forces to create and carry through this project. This event brought together, in a common effort, many leading longevity organizations (over 30), as partners and sponsors, to which many thanks are due:
And thanks to many other organizations who helped with the logistics and promotions.
And of course thanks to the many many individuals, variously affiliated, whose volunteering and whose donations made this conference possible and made it a success!
Looking forward to more of such beautiful cooperation for the common goal of healthy longevity for all, and the future joint events and projects to advance this goal!
Ilia Stambler, PhD
Chairman of the Vetek (Seniority) Association – the Movement for Longevity and Quality of Life
Chairman of the Longevity Nation conference organizing committee
First-of-its-kind Longevity Nation conference presented by VETEK Association brought together a critical density of international Longevity thought-leaders and decision makers, resulting in a groundbreaking set of resolutions designed to guide Israel towards its emergence as a pre-eminent international Longevity Industry hub.
Tuesday, March 28, 2023, Tel Aviv, Israel: A landmark Longevity conference, Longevity Nation, was held in Tel Aviv on March 26-27 by Vetek Association, STS-BIU, and the Shlomo Tyran Foundation, which culminated in the drafting of a core set of resolutions by its conference organisers and partners which taken together aim to ‘advance the geroscience and healthy longevity field, nationally and internationally, for the benefit of the elderly and the entire population’, providing a strong foundation for future work towards the emergence of Israel as a pre-eminent full-scope Longevity Hub.
Some of the resolution’s core action items included:
The need to increase resources and investments for the geroscience and healthy longevity field.
The need to increase education in the field of geroscience and healthy longevity, on all levels and for all segments of society.
The need to establish and improve evaluation measures for degenerative aging, early detection and prevention of aging-related diseases and to implement these evaluation measures in preventive health programs for the aging population.
It should be noted that this conference is not just a top-level scientific meeting, but also, and even mainly, a longevity advocacy event. This conference is a revival of many advocacy efforts to advance research, development and education for healthy longevity. This is the first live conference that the Vetek association organized in over 3 years since the International Perspectives on Geroscience conference that we co-organized together with the NIH NIA in Weizmann Institute of Science in 2019. Thus, this is a revival of our live outreach, large scale personal knowledge exchange and massive longevity community building in Israel.
The very theme of the conference: “Enhancing research, development and education for healthy longevity” is a reminder about the program section under this title that was included, at the initiative of the Vetek Association, in the Israel National Masterplan on Aging, published by Knesset in 2019. This conference is an effort to revive that program, to bring it again to the attention and hopefully also to the implementation of the decision makers. In fact, the resolutions that were adopted by the conference are a recapitulation of the recommendations made in that section of the Israel National Masterplan on Aging in support of “Research, Development and Education for Healthy Longevity and Prevention of Aging-related Disease”, such as enhancing funding, educational programs and metrics development. We hope that thanks to this conference, thanks to the amazing demonstration of cooperation and support for the advancement of the longevity field, not just in Israel, but internationally, especially by our partners, such as the Department of Science, Technology and Society of Bar-Ilan University, Shlomo Tyran Foundation, Biogerontology Research Foundation, Aging Analytics Agency, International Longevity Alliance and others, we will succeed in reviving several earlier efforts and starting new efforts to further enhance the longevity advocacy initiatives in Israel and internationally.
The main themes of the conference
The conference brought together a critical mass of Longevity thought-leaders and definitively established Israel’s reputation as a burgeoning Longevity Hub with very strong potential to emerge as a leading international hub of Longevity science, technology, R&D policy and industrialization in the years to come.
Longevity Nation explored the interdisciplinary interrelations of science, technology and society in addressing the challenges of population aging. By bringing together leading voices in the longevity space and public figures, the Longevity Nation conference will strongly contribute to increasing the synergy of science, technology and aging society, and help advance ethical scientific and technological solutions for healthy longevity for the benefit of the entire society. Building on Israel’s strengths in this area, this conference sought to help build the supportive longevity ecosystem in Israel, boost the prominence of the field in Israel and enhance Israel’s international standing and cooperation in the Longevity field.
The full set of conference participants included:
Ilia Stambler, Vetek Association, Bar Ilan University
Aubrey de Grey, LEV Foundation
Nir Barzilai, Einstein College of Medicine, NY
Evelyne Bischof, Jiaotong University, Shanghai
Alexey Moskalev, Longaevus Technologies
Arseniy Trukhanov, ESAAM
Valery Krizhanovsky, Weizmann Institute
Myriam Grunewald, Hebrew University
Gil Atzmon, Haifa University
Natalie Yivgi-Ohana, Minovia Therapeutics
Yaky Yanay, Pluri
Haim Cohen, Bar Ilan University
Marios Kyriazis, National Gerontology Centre Cyprus
Dmitry Kaminskiy, Deep Knowledge Group
Kunlin Jin, International Society on Aging and Disease (ISOAD)
Robert Chunhua Zhao, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences
Stephanie Dainow, Lifespan.io
Alexey Strygin, Gero.ai
Björn Schumacher, University of Cologne
Mario Krause, ESAAM
Fiona Miller, quadraScope Venture Fund
Yael Benvenisti, Mediterranean Tower Ventures
Jose Luis Cordeiro, The Millennium Project
Didier Coeurnelle, HEALES
Anton Kulaga, International Longevity Alliance
Omri Amirav-Drory, Renewal Bio
Jacob Hanna, Weizmann Institute
Noah Efron, STS Bar-Ilan University
Enrico Mairov, New Udai 10.0
Flavio Cabitza, Foundation for the Protection of Identity
Roberto Pili, Comunità Mondiale della Longevità
Grazia Fenu Pintori, University of Sassari
Lisa Fabiny-Kiser, SENS Research Foundation
David Izhaky, EMIT
Longevity Ecosystem in Israel IT Platform and Report, developed in collaboration between Aging Analytics Agency and VETEK (Seniority) Association, was also unveiled at the conference. The platform serves as a central hub for resources and information on Israel’s Longevity Industry and ecosystem.
Further prospects of international cooperation were discussed, in particular between research entities from Israel and Sardinia, Italy.
About VETEK
VETEK (Seniority) Association – the Movement for Longevity and Quality of Life, was founded by former Israeli Minister for Senior Citizens Rafi Eitan. The conference dates were chosen as close as possible to the Memorial Day of Rafi Eitan, and this conference was in Rafi Eitan’s Memory, as the founder of the Senior Citizen’s Movement in Israel, who made ground breaking contributions to bringing the issues of aging, including aging health, to the foreground of Israel public life. The last Vetek conference with his participation took place in October 2017, in the same building in Bar-Ilan University.
Generally, the association acts for the advancement of healthy longevity for the entire population through scientific research, technological development, medical treatment, public health and educational measures, advocacy and social activism.
VETEK has organised and co-organised several national and international conferences on biomedical ageing and Longevity research in Israel, such as the conference in Bar Ilan University in 2017, co-sponsored by the Israel Ministry of Science and Technology, and the conference in Weizmann Institute of Science in 2019, co-sponsored by the US NIH National Institute on Aging. VETEK organised several competitions for research students in the field of ageing research, with dozens of applications from all the universities in Israel. It has produced continuous educational meetings and publications in scientific literature, popular press, and social media.
It has been instrumental for including the subject of “Enhancing research, development and education for healthy longevity and prevention of ageing-related diseases” as a part of the Israel National Masterplan on Aging report, published by Knesset in 2019, created numerous educational materials, and organised national and international public and academic events for the advancement of the longevity field in Israel and internationally.
VETEK Association has been at the forefront of public advocacy for healthy longevity research, development and education for many years, and the success of its recent Longevity Nation conference is the latest output in a long-line of important actions to enable Israel to champion longevity industrialization across science, technology, industry and policy for the mutual benefit of its citizens and its national economy.
Its strategic partnership with the Biogerontology Research Foundation will focus initially on building an effective technological bridge for international Longevity collaboration between the UK and Israel, and will also encompass other aspects of international collaboration across science, policy and industry.
Speaking on the partnership and his new appointment, Ilia Stambler, Ph.D, Chairman and Chief Scientific Officer of Vetek (Seniority) Association – the Movement for Longevity and Quality of Life, commented: “I couldn’t be more delighted to join forces with and work alongside long-standing Longevity investor, philanthropist, technologist and thought leader Dmitry Kaminskiy as a new member of the Biogerontology Research Foundation’s Board of Trustees. As a board member of the International Longevity Alliance (ILA), I was actively involved in the ILA and Biogerontology Research Foundation’s successful joint 2018 initiative to add a new World Health Organization-approved extension code (XT9T) for ‘ageing-related’ during ICD-11, and know first-hand the first-rate work they do. Having known Dmitry for nearly 10 years, I have seen his capacity to turn vision into practical action for the acceleration and stabilisation of Longevity Industrialization many times, and can’t wait to see that same energy applied to the main objectives of VETEK (Seniority) Association’s newly-announced strategic partnership with the Biogerontology Research Foundation, and vice versa. In particular, our joint publication of the analytical report ‘Longevity Industry in Israel’ in 2019 increased the awareness about Israel’s strong capabilities in the longevity space and provided further encouragement for these capabilities. Together, we will create more projects like this.
One early fruit of their collaboration will be the Biogerontology Research Foundation’s support of VETEK’s upcoming Longevity Nation conference at Bar Ilan University, Israel, on 26-27 March 2023, where BGRF Managing Trustee Dmitry Kaminskiy will speak. By bringing together leading voices in the Longevity space and public figures, the Longevity Nation conference will strongly contribute to increasing the synergy of science, technology, and the ageing society and help advance ethical, scientific, and technological solutions for healthy Longevity for the benefit of the entire society. Building on Israel’s strengths in this area, this conference will help build in Israel the supportive Longevity ecosystem, boost the prominence of the field, and enhance Israel’s international standing and cooperation in the Global Longevity Industry. It will help build up Longevity R&D and education support programmes for stakeholders in Israel and international collaborators.
VETEK has organised or co-organised several national and international conferences on biomedical ageing and Longevity research in Israel, such as the conference in Bar Ilan University in 2017, co-sponsored by the Israel Ministry of Science and Technology, and the conference in Weizmann Institute of Science in 2019, co-sponsored by the US NIH National Institute on Aging. VETEK organised several competitions for research students in the field of ageing research, with dozens of applications from all the universities in Israel. It has produced continuous educational meetings and publications in scientific literature, popular press, and social media.
The partnership between the Biogerontology Research Foundation and VETEK will create new, exciting opportunities to extend its existing mandates of supporting a higher degree of cross-sector, cross-border international collaboration for the extension of population-level healthy longevity for the mutual benefit of citizens and national economies. The charity plans to work with them to support and intensify VETEK’s existing involvement with BIRAX Ageing (Britain Israel Research and Academic Exchange Partnership on Ageing), the multimillion-pound initiative of the British Council and the British Embassy for exploring possible applications of regenerative medicine to ageing in order to deliver on the BGRF mandate of creating a technological and industrial triangle between the UK, Israel, and Switzerland.
Speaking on the partnership and new appointment, Biogerontology Research Foundation Managing Trustee Dmitry Kaminskiy said “It is my great pleasure to welcome Ilia Stambler, who I have known for almost a decade as one of the most active community builders and conveyors of international collaboration across science, industry, technology and policy in the entire Longevity ecosystem, as a new member of the Biogerontology Research Foundation Board of Trustees. I am sure that he, alongside the exciting plans we’ve discussed as part of the charity’s strategic partnership with VETEK (Seniority) Association, will go a long way in extending the foundation’s long-standing mandate to promote and support the accelerated delivery of Longevity Industrialization’s major social dividends for the mutual benefit of citizens and national economies.”
About the Biogerontology Research Foundation
The Biogerontology Research Foundation is the UK’s leading charity focused on Longevity, supporting ageing research, and multiple initiatives relating to advancing Healthy Longevity and expediting the coming paradigm shift from disease treatment to personalised precision prevention. It was actively involved in the successful initiative of adding a new extension code for “ageing-related diseases” (XT9T) accepted in 2018 by the World Health Organization during the last revisions of its International Classification of Diseases framework.
About VETEK (Seniority) Association – the Movement for Longevity and Quality of Life
The main aim of VETEK (Seniority) Association – the Movement for Longevity and Quality of Life is to act for the advancement of healthy longevity for the entire population through scientific research, technological development, medical treatment, public health and educational measures, advocacy and social activism. In order to help address the ageing-related health challenges, the Vetek Association is uniquely poised to advance biomedical ageing and longevity research in Israel. It is advised by leading Israeli and international scientists in diverse fields of biomedical ageing and longevity R&D. Since its foundation by Rafi Eitan, it has been supported by noted public figures and advocates, strategically situated and connected in the Israeli and international scientific and civic establishment. Vetek association has been at the forefront of public advocacy for healthy longevity research, development and education. It has been instrumental for including the subject of “Enhancing research, development and education for healthy longevity and prevention of ageing-related diseases” as a part of the Israel National Masterplan on Aging report, published by Knesset in 2019, created numerous educational materials, and organised national and international public and academic events for the advancement of the longevity field in Israel and internationally.
Enhancing research development and education for healthy longevity
March 26-27, 2023
Bar-Ilan University, Nanotechnology Bldg 206, Ramat Gan, Israel
This conference will explore the interdisciplinary interrelations of science, technology and society in addressing the challenges of population aging. By bringing together leading voices in the longevity space and public figures, the Longevity Nation conference will help advance ethical scientific and technological solutions for healthy longevity for the benefit of the entire society. Building on Israel’s strengths in this area, this conference will help enhance the supportive longevity ecosystem in Israel, boost the prominence of the field in Israel and strengthen Israel’s international standing and cooperation in the Longevity Field. It will help build up longevity R&D and Education support programs, for stakeholders in Israel and international collaborators.
The registration is at the link below (the attendance is free, but registration is required). The page also includes information for possible support for Vetek (Seniority) Association – the Movement for Longevity and Quality of Life, Israel, the chief organizer of this conference.
הכנס – LONGEVITY NATION– הגברת מחקר, פיתוח וחינוך לקידום אריכות חיים בריאים
יתקיים ב-26-27 במרץ, 2023
באוניברסיטת בר-אילן, בניין הננוטכנולוגיה 206, רמת גן
הכנס עוסק ביחסי הגומלין הבין-תחומיים של מדע, טכנולוגיה וחברה כדי לטפל באתגרים של הזדקנות האוכלוסייה האנושית. על ידי גיבוש קהילה המפגישה אנשי ציבור עם האנשים המובילים בתחום אריכות החיים, כנס LONGEVITY NATION עוזר לקדם את הפתרונות האתיים, המדעיים והטכנולוגיים לאריכות ימים בבריאות לטובת החברה בכללותה. הכנס בונה על יתרונותיה וחוזקותיה המשמעותיים של מדינת ישראל בתחומים אלה, ומטרתו לשפר את האקוסיסטמה התומכת באריכות חיים בריאים בישראל, להגביר את הנראות והבולטות של התחום בישראל ולחזק את מעמדה ושיתוף הפעולה הבינלאומי של ישראל בתחום אריכות החיים הבריאים. הכנס יסייע לבנות תוכניות תמיכה למו”פ וחינוך לקידום אריכות חיים בריאים עבור בעלי עניין בישראל ויצירת שיתוף פעולה עם גורמים בינלאומיים.
הקישור להרשמה לכנס להלן (הכניסה חופשית אך ההרשמה נדרשת). הדף גם כולל נתונים לתמיכה בעמותת ותק – התנועה לאיכות ואריכות חיים (ע”ר), המארגנת הראשית של הכנס.
In 2022, a range of educational activities for healthy longevity promotion were performed on behalf of the Vetek association, by Dr. Ilia Stambler.
There was published the article in Lancet Healthy Longevity:
Stambler I, Alekseev A, Matveyev Y, Khaltourina D. Advanced pathological aging should be represented in the ICD. The Lancet Healthy Longevity, 3(1), E11, 2022. https://doi.org/10.1016/S2666-7568(21)00305-6
with the subsequent educational outreach on the subject:
2. The multidisciplinary foundations and implications of aging and longevity research. Lifespan.Plus. originally intended for the lecture series on applied gerontology, for the Institute of Applied Medical Research, Moscow. March 5, 2022 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-J7W9Xf7Hfs
5. International longevity advocacy. 1st National Convention of the Italian Longevity League. Castello di Colloredo di Montalbano (Udine province), Italy, online, May 20-21, 2022 https://www.italianlongevityleague.com/comitatoscientifico
6. International longevity promotion. The 17th LUMEN International Scientific Conference: Rethinking Social Action. Core Values in Practice. Iasi, Romania & online worldwide, June 2-4, 2022 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PvhKfa3esFo
7. What are we going to do: Healthy 100; A blessing or a curse? Session “I want to be alive and well: The new aging: Healthy 100”. “Medicine 2042” Congress, Tel Aviv, June 8-9, 2022 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kFPXI5m9YXY
10. On human longevity. Scientific attitude to a long life (Russian). Interview Series – The Great Encyclopedia of Bessarabian Jews. August 15, 2022 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VdSTMaxyCGM
11. Healthy Longevity Promotion. E-International Conference on Biomedical and Pharmaceutical Sciences of The World Forum of Young Scientists. Lahore, Pakistan, online. August 27-28, 2022 https://thewfys.wixsite.com/icbps/speakers
12. Longevity education – an essential, yet underappreciated, part of the longevity field. XV International & Interdisciplinary Scientific Conference “Vanguard Scientific Instruments in Management 2022” (VSIM:22), Longevity Section. Ravda, Bulgaria, online, September 10, 2022 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AbCaASnieBo&list=PLX9ryRl9v7BBPwqPR8HBSzwUNNgyoEzNB&index=5
15. Addressing aging as a medical condition: Methodology and Policy. The 2nd Mediterranean Congress of Anti-aging Medicine 2022. “How to extend life span in the age of new technologies”. Larnaca, Cyprus, October 15-16, 2022 https://mcamcyprus.org/keynote-speakers/
16. Recognizing degenerative aging as a medical condition: the computational, methodological and policy challenges. The 2022 International Forum on “AI & Cognitive Science” and “Aging & Diseases”. Shanghai, online, October 27-30, 2022 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9g5wSpX22W0
דו”ח פעילות עמותת “ותק – התנועה לאיכות ואריכות חיים” (ע”ר) לשנת 2021
בשל המשך מגבלות משבר הקורונה ברוב שנת 2021, הפעילות הפיזית של העמותה הייתה מצומצמת. למרות זאת, העמותה המשיכה בפעילותה לקידום אריכות ואיכות החיים, בעיקר באמצעים אינטרנטיים.
השתתפות בכנסים וארגון כנסים
בהתאם להחלטות האסיפות הקודמות בעקבות פטירתו של מייסד ויושב ראש העמותה מר רפי איתן, ב-23 במרץ 2019, העמותה קיימה את החלטתה להנציח את זכרו. בשל חוסר היכולת לקיים אירוע פיזי עקב הגבלות הקורונה, כפעולת הנצחה הראשונה קיימה העמותה ב-1 במרץ 2021 כנס ארצי אונליין לקידום אריכות חיים בריאים לזכרו, בהשתתפות בני משפחת איתן, חברי כנסת, וחוקרים מובילים בתחום ההזדקנות ואריכות חיים בריאים. אלפי אנשים צפו בכנס ששודר גם ברשתות חברתיות. הוחלט להמשיך פעולות הנצחה בעתיד.
עם זאת, העמותה גם קיימה כנס פיזי ב-25 בנובמבר 2021 בבית המדען בתל אביב תחת הכותרת “עד 120. אריכות חיים בריאים: הישגים ואתגרים” בהשתתפות רופאים וחוקרים מובילים. הכנס נועד לציבור הרחב, לרוב בני הגיל השלישי. כמו כן הכנס תורגם באופן סימולטני לרוסית, ושודר בשידור חי לצופים דוברי רוסית בארץ ובחו”ל. הכנס גם לווה בפרסומים והופעות בתקשורת, ברדיו “רקע” ברוסית ובעיתון “דטלי” ברוסית
כמו כן, נציגי העמותה השתתפו בארגון ותצוגה במספר כנסים וירטואליים בינלאומיים לקידום אריכות חיים בריאים ומניעת מחלות זקנה, כולל:
Conference and workshops. Clarifying whether and to what degree the current anti-aging approaches work in mice or people. Brussels, online, February 11, 2021
Digital Transformation in Science, Education and Arts Conference. Slovenia, online, March 12, 2021
Launch event of Longevity.International, an open access, non-profit decentralised Longevity Industry Knowledge and Collaboration platform. UK, Switzerland, online. June 23, 2021.
International conference on Big Data, A.I. and Healthy Longevity. Brussels, online, September 9, 2021.
XIV International & Interdisciplinary Scientific Conference “Vanguard Scientific Instruments in Management 2021” (VSIM:21), Longevity Section. Bulgaria, online, September 11, 2021
IV International Forum “Biotechnologies: Science, Education, Industry” BIO-Asia Altai 2021. Russia, online, September 24, 2021
The fourth congress of the historians of medicine of Ukraine with international participation. Kharkov, online, November 3-4, 2021
Formwelt Institute’s Larnaca Conferences Online. What do we have to expect from the future? Panel Session: Pandemics and metacrises. Lüchow, Larnaca, online, November 21, 2021
An online symposium on Ageing: mechanisms and interventions, A satellite event of 2021 Annual meeting of Society for Neurochemistry India (SNCI). Hyderabad, online, December 2, 2021
An international online congress «Aging Management» – The expert view on life extension. Moscow, online, December 16-17, 2021
כמו כן, הועברו הרצאות פופולאריות בנושא קידום אריכות חיים בריאים, באופן פיזי לציבור בני הגיל השלישי בישראל
בשנת 2021, פורסמו 9 מאמרים מדעיים על ידי נציגי העמותה ובשם העמותה, אודות קידום אריכות חיים בריאים ומניעת מחלות זקנה, בשיתוף עם המרכז הרפואי גריאטרי שמואל הרופא וקבוצות מחקר נוספות בארץ ובחו”ל (סין, רוסיה, ארה”ב). יש לציין כי כמות שנתית זו של פרסומים מדעיים עולה על כמות פרסומים שנתית של קבוצת מחקר או מעבדה אוניברסיטאית ממוצעת. המאמרים כדלהלן:
Mizrahi EH, Lubart E, Stambler I, Adunsky A. The association between Norton scale gain and functional outcome among older hip fracture patients. Nursing Open, 8(2), 539-545, 2021. https://doi.org/10.1002/nop2.658
Tan SZK, Zhao RC, Chakrabarti S, Stambler I, Jin K, Lim LW. Interdisciplinary research in Alzheimer’s disease and the roles international societies can play. Aging and Disease, 12(1), 36-41, 2021. https://doi.org/10.14336/AD.2020.0602
Blokh D, Stambler I, Gitarts J, Pinco E, Mizrahi EH. Information-theoretical analysis of blood biomarkers for age-related hip fracture risk evaluation. Applied Medical Informatics, 43(1), 14-23, https://ami.info.umfcluj.ro/index.php/AMI/article/view/797
Zhu R, Yan T, Feng Y, …, Stambler I, …, Jin K, Zhao RC. Mesenchymal stem cell treatment improves outcome of COVID-19 patients via multiple immunomodulatory mechanisms. Cell Research, 2021. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41422-021-00573-y
Stambler I. The development of biomedical gerontology in Ukraine – a historical priority. The East Europe Journal of Internal and Family Medicine, 17(2b), 35-40, 2021. https://dx.doi.org/10.15407/internalmed2021.02b.035
Kagansky N, Stambler I, Mizrahi EH. Is there an association between Norton Scale and Cognitive Impairment in hip fractured elderly patients? Dementia and Geriatric Cognitive Disorders, 16, 1-6, https://doi.org/10.1159/000520852
Stambler I and Moskalev A. Editorial: clinical evaluation criteria for aging and aging-related multimorbidity. Frontiers in Genetics. Genetics of Aging, 12:764874, 2021. https://doi.org/10.3389/fgene.2021.764874
Stambler I. Longevity foods in myth, legend and history. In: Nutrition, Food and Diet in Health and Longevity. Book series Healthy Ageing and Longevity. Springer Nature, 2021. Edited by Suresh Rattan and Gurcharan Kaur. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-83017-5_20
Stambler I, Alekseev A, Matveyev Y, Khaltourina D. Advanced pathological aging should be represented in the ICD. Lancet Healthy Longevity, 3(1), E11, 2022 (accepted December 2021). https://doi.org/10.1016/S2666-7568(21)00305-6
כמו כן פורסמו מאמרים פופולריים וראיונות על ידי נציגי העמותה ובשם העמותה, בתקשורת אודות קידום אריכות חיים בריאים ומניעת מחלות זקנה, כולל המאמרים והופעות בתקשורת:
כמו כן, העמותה המשיכה לפעול להעלאת מודעות ציבורית ויצירת חומר חינוכי בנושא אריכות ואיכות החיים, כולל פרסומים באתר העמותה בו מבקרים עד כ-10 אלף מבקרים חדשים בכל חודש ובמדיה החברתית של העמותה, כולל עמוד הפייסבוק שהגיע ב2021 ליותר מ-2000 עוקבים.
נמשכו קשרי שותפות ואפיליאציה עם ארגונים בינלאומיים המובילים בתחום שיפור הבריאות של האדם הזקן, כולל האגודה הבינלאומית לחקר ההזדקנות ומחלות הזקנה – ISOAD (ארה”ב), הפדרציה האמריקאית לחקר ההזדקנות – AFAR, האליאנס הבינלאומי לאריכות החיים – ILA (צרפת), האיגודLONGEVITY.INTERNATIONAL (שוויץ).
כך, ביולי 2021 הארגון ISOAD קיבל מעמד של ארגון מייעץ במועצה הכלכלית חברתית של האו״ם, כאשר נציג עמותת “ותק” יזם את הגשת המועמדות של הארגון למועצה וכעת משמש כנציג הארגון במועצה.
עמותת “ותק” המשיכה להיות אחת העמותות המובילות באליאנס הבינלאומי לאריכות החיים ILA שמורכב מ-34 עמותות מ-27 מדינות העוסקות בנושא קידום אריכות חיים בריאים.
התחזק שיתוף הפעולה בין העמותה למועצה הבריטית בישראל בקידום תוכנית המועצה לתמיכה בחקר ההזדקנות, כאשר נציגי העמותה תרמו תרומה משמעותית לניסוח וקידום קול קורא לשיתוף פעולה בין ישראל לבריטניה בתחום חקר ההזדקנות ואריכות חיים בריאים שיצא בדצמבר 2021, כפי שגם תרמו לניסוח וקידום קול הקורא הקודם של התוכנית שיצא ב-2018.
ב-2021 נציגי העמותה תרמו לניסוח וקידום קול קורא של משרד המדע וטכנולוגיה בנושא “רפואה מונעת” בדגש על “מניעת מחלות תוך הארכת תוחלת החיים ושיפור איכות החיים” שיצא בינואר 2022, כמו שגם תרמו לניסוח וקידום קול הקורא הקודם של משרד המדע וטכנולוגיה בשנת 2019 בנושא “הזדקנות בריאה”
ב-2021 נציגי העמותה השתתפו בישיבות שדולת הכנסת למען האוכלוסייה הסיעודית והגריאטרית בישראל. הושגו הבנות לגבי קיום ישיבות מיוחדות בכנסת בנושא “הגברת מחקר, פיתוח וחינוך לקידום אריכות חיים בריאים ומניעת מחלות זקנה” שצפויות להתקיים ב-2022, בדומה לישיבות ועדות הכנסת בנושא זה שאורגנו ע”י העמותה ב-2018.
עמותת “ותק” קיבלה אישור לקיים הפגנה ב-1 באוקטובר, בשעה 10.00 בבוקר, בכיכר הדמוקרטיה (צומת עזריאלי-קפלן) בתל אביב.
The Vetek Association received the permit to conduct a demonstration on October 1, at 10.00 am, at the Democracy Square (Azrieli-Kaplan intersection) in Tel Aviv.
We are happy to further promote Israel’s Longevity R&D and Education ecosystem and its cooperation with the world, by launching a joint analytical report and IT platform – “The Longevity Industry Ecosystem in Israel” – a cooperative effort of the Vetek (Seniority) Association – the Movement for Longevity and Quality of Life (Israel), with our international strategic partners – Deep Knowledge Group, Longevity.International (Switzerland), Aging Analytics Agency, ATLAS Advocacy, and Biogerontology Research Foundation (UK).
Thanks to all who took some part or interest in the Longevity Nation conference that took place on March 26-27 in Bar-Ilan Unviersity, Israel 
Thanks all for your interest in our conference! Special thanks to all who attended, live or online, thanks to all for your interest and support!
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