Since the beginning of the year the ILA has continued to publicize one of its major longevity advocacy achievements – the increasing recognition of degenerative aging as a treatable medical indication.
The ILA widely shared the publication of its board members and activists published in “The Lancet Healthy Longevity”, entitled “Advanced pathological ageing should be represented in the ICD”
By Ilia Stambler (ILA board member), Aleksey Alekseev, Yuri Matveyev, and Daria Khaltourina (ILA board member)
(free and open access)
https://doi.org/10.1016/S2666-7568(21)00305-6
ILA also published and disseminated explanatory articles of the recognition of degenerative aging as a medical condition
This recognition has been accomplished in a large measure thanks to many years of longevity advocacy, in particular the years-long advocacy of the International Longevity Alliance and its core activists. It is hoped that our joint work, with the other co-authors and partners, will further stimulate this discussion and research.
Considering ILA scientific projects, the ILA continues to conduct a wide scale scientific bioinformatics project in France to determine predictors of health and longevity, entitled “Open Data for Health” http://opendata4health.org/ .
Toward December 2022, ILA endorsed and became a partner in the Collective Collection of Lifespan Data (COLLIDA) project, led by the ILA federated member in France – Longévité & Santé. https://longevityalliance.org/new/who-wants-to-participate-in-guiding-life-extension-through-mouse-survival-follow-up/
ILA members further promoted longevity education by co-organizing and active participation in longevity research and education conferences, including:
- Conference in Czech Republic by Czech Longevity Forum with cooperation of Slovenian Society for Vital Life Extension, May 5, 2022.
- 1st National Convention of the Italian Longevity League. Castello di Colloredo di Montalbano (Udine province), Italy, online, May 20-21, 2022
- The 17th LUMEN International Scientific Conference: Rethinking Social Action. Core Values in Practice. Iasi, Romania & online worldwide, June 2-4, 2022
- Special session “I want to be alive and well: The new aging: Healthy 100”. In: Medicine 2042 Congress, Tel Aviv, June 8-9, 2022
- TAFFD Global Summit. Afrolongevity. Accelerating our Singularity Future for Development in Africa. August 16-17, 2022. Sun City Resort, South Africa
- E-International Conference on Biomedical and Pharmaceutical Sciences of The World Forum of Young Scientists. Lahore, Pakistan, online. August 27-28, 2022
- Ending Aging Forum. SENS Research Foundation, online. September 2-3, 2022.
- XV International & Interdisciplinary Scientific Conference “Vanguard Scientific Instruments in Management 2022” (VSIM:22), Longevity Section. Ravda, Bulgaria, online, September 10, 2022.
- Longevity Summit Dublin. New Frontiers for Ireland. September, 18-20, 2022
- 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
- The 2022 International Forum on “AI & Cognitive Science” and “Aging & Diseases”. Shanghai, online, October 27-30, 2022
- Healthy Masters. Braga, Portugal, and online, November 5-6, 2022
- Eternity Life Forum. Kyiv and online, November 11, 2022
- Eurosymposium on Healthy Ageing. Brussels and online, November 25-26, 2022 (In this conference ILA was one of the two mai main co-organizer together with HEALES – Healthy Life Extension Society. http://www.eha-heales.org/
- Launch of Afrolongevity. Johannesburg, South Africa, and online, December 18, 2022. https://afrolongevity.taffds.org/
Moreover, ILA endorsed and participated in the initiation of the Longevity School in cooperation with the ILA federated member – the Italian Longevity Alliance. https://www.italianlongevityleague.com/
In December 2022, ILA became a partner of the VITADAO Longevity Hackathon (Longhack) https://longhack.org/
In December 2022, ILA became one of the main co-organizers (together with VETEK Association and others) of the live conference that will take place in Israel, on March 26-27, 2023, entitled “Longevity Nation – Enhancing Research Development and Education for Healthy Longevity” in Bar-Ilan University, Ramat Gan, Israel. http://www.longevitynation.org/
By the end of 2022, ILA included 38 non-profit associations from 28 countries as federated members. Most recently, the organizations who joined were: Humanity Plus, European Society of Preventive, Regenerative and Anti Aging Medicine (ESAAM), and Longevity Escape Velocity Foundation (LEVF).
In 2022, the website of the International Longevity Alliance was upgraded, including a longevity activists map around the world.
The activities of ILA through the years were further recorded and summarized in reports.
On January 28, the annual ILA general assembly took place. It approved the ILA financial and activity reports, and confirmed the board members for 2023.
The assembly re-elected 3 board members for another 2 years term: Daria Khaltourina – Council for Public Health and Problems of Demography (Russia), Edouard Debonneuil – Longevite & Sante (France), Ilia Stambler – Vetek (Seniority) Association – the Movement for Longevity and Quality of Life (Israel).
5 board members remain to serve another year of their 2 years term: Maria Entraigues – SENS Research Foundation (US), Walter Crompton – American Longevity Alliance (US), Didier Coeurnelle – Healthy Life Extension Society – HEALES (Belgium, EU), Alexander Tietz – The Society for Healthy Aging and Prevention (Germany), Martin Lipovšek – Society for vital life extension ( Slovenia).
Looking forward to 2023, we will continue to advance our mission of both doing and promoting science for healthy longevity.