SMART AGEING SUMMIT
SMART AGEING SUMMIT 2024
Oxford Longevity Project's annual in-person conference, the Smart Ageing Summit, brings together leading longevity scientists, experts, doctors, and other longevity enthusiasts to explore how we can age smarter and better now. Now held twice—first in July 2023 and, more recently, in June 2024—more about the day’s events and speakers are detailed below.
The Oxford Longevity Project hosted the annual Smart Ageing Summit on Saturday, 29 June 2024. With over 120 attendees enjoying the glorious weather at St. Hilda’s College in Oxford, the event kicked off with the first results from the Global Longevity Survey, presented by OLP Co-founder Leslie Kenny and Roundglass Giving Founder Sunny Singh.
The morning was jam-packed with advice on how to Sod 70! with Sir Muir Gray, how experiments in space can teach us about how we age on Earth with Dr. Ghada Alsaleh, and an exploration of epigenetics on inflammation and the implications for ageing well with Professors Robin Choudhury and Denis Noble.
After lunch and more informal longevity chats, we headed into the afternoon to learn what we can do about ageing from Dr. Sandra Kaufmann, the hallmarks of ageing from Dr. Sasi Senga, and the role of autophagy and NAD in neurodegeneration with Dr. Sovan Sarkar. We also learned how glycans can tell us more about our biological age from GlycanAge CEO Nicolina Lauc and finished the day with the ageing advice and philosophy of Sir Christopher Ball.
We stayed energised and engaged with regular breathwork sessions from @hackmyage founder, Zora Benhamou, and got up out of our seats and moving with @reclaim.movement Wendy Welpton.
Big thanks to all of our speakers, supporters and everyone who attended. We are already looking forward to next year!
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SMART AGEING SUMMIT 2024
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DR GHADA ALSALEH
HEAD, UK SPACE INNOVATION LAB, OXFORD UNIVERSITY
“Ageing Beyond Movement”
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Sir Christopher Ball
PATIENT, POET, ATHLETE, EDUCATOR
“The Responsible Individual”
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PROF ROBIN CHOUDHURY
OXFORD HEART CENTRE, OXFORD UNIVERSITY | HOSPITALS NHS TRUST, OXFORD UNIVERSITY
“Can We Harness Epigenetics To Keep ‘Inflammation’ In Check? Implications For Ageing Well”
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Sir Muir Gray
HOW TO LIVE LONGER BETTER - THE OXFORD ELIXIR OF LIFE
“The Oxford Elixir Of Life Is Knowledge”
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DR SANDRA KAUFMANN
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NIKOLINA LAUC
CO-FOUNDER & CEO OF GLYCANAGE, BIOLOGICAL AGE TESTING COMPANY
“The Path To Reliable Ageing Clocks”
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PROF DENIS NOBLE
SYSTEMS BIOLOGIST & EMERITUS PROFESSOR OF CARDIOVASCULAR PHYSIOLOGY AT THE UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD
“Can We Harness Epigenetics To Keep ‘Inflammation’ In Check? Implications For Ageing Well”
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DR SOVAN SARKAR
BIRMINGHAN FELLOW
UNIVERSITY OF BIRHINGMAN“The Autophagy-NAD Axis In Ageing & Neurodegeneration: Lessons From Human Pluripotent Stem Cell-Derived Neuronal Models”
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DR SASI SENGA
NEUROONCOLOGY SURGEON, JOHN RADCLIFFLE HOSPITAL OXFORD UNIVERSITY
“Reversing Time: The Hallmarks Of Ageing And Cancer In A Benjamin Button Paradigm”
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introducing global longevity survey
At the Smart Ageing Summit, Leslie Kenny, OLP Co-founder, and Sunny Singh, Rounglass Giving Founder, introduced the first findings of the Global Longevity Survey. Watch their talks for the first longevity insights from 25 countries.
LESLIE KENNY
Co-Founder of the Oxford Longevity Project and Founder and CEO of Oxford Healthspan
Leslie Kenny was diagnosed with Rheumatoid Arthritis and Lupus at age 39 and given 5 years to live. Today, at age 58, she has outlived her diagnosis by over a decade and has a GycanAge of 21. She is an autoimmune patient advocate and fierce believer in empowering the patient to make lifestyle changes to positively impact health outcomes, while also getting the latest lab science into the hands of clinicians who can develop protocols for patients faster. She is the Co-Founder of the Oxford Longevity Project and Founder and CEO of Oxford Healthspan, a nutraceutical company commercialising science-backed molecules that slow the ageing process.
SUNNY SINGH
Founder of Roundglass
Entrepreneur. Philanthropist. The ultimate seeker. Roundglass founder Gurpreet “Sunny” Singh comes by his pioneering role in the wellbeing space honestly. Born in Punjab, India and raised in New Delhi, his humble beginnings were steeped in the Sikh tradition of giving back. After graduating from the Indian Institute of Technology, Sunny made his way to the U.S. on a full scholarship, earning double Master’s degrees in engineering before moving to Seattle and founding global healthcare technology company Edifecs in 1996. While serving more than 350 healthcare customers and improving more than 215 million lives, Sunny hit a wall of personal and professional burnout. An epiphany that wellness was about more than delivering Western-style medicine and that fulfillment goes beyond material success, led Sunny to establish Roundglass, a global wellbeing foundation in 2014. The Roundglass Foundation in India has been active in creating and supporting communities and programmes encompassing women's health, sports, education, environment, conservation and sustainability for over ten years.
The Global Longevity Survey 2024, conducted by the Oxford Longevity Project and Roundglass, asked 14,000 adults from 25 countries how they view longevity--exploring their priorities, concerns, and strategies for ageing well. It includes insights into government policy, finances, pensions, and community influences on longevity. The sample in each market, 500-1000 respondents, was nationally representative based on interlocking age and gender quotas. The 25 countries covered in the survey were: UK, USA, India, Canada, Australia, China, Indonesia, Finland, Japan, Costa Rica, South Korea, Mexico, France, Spain, Germany, Brazil, Greece, Italy, Denmark, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Turkey, Taiwan, South Africa and UAE.
More information about the survey and its results will be released soon on Globallongevitysurvey.com.
SMART AGEING SUMMIT 2023
With the goal of ageing smarter, better, and later, over 100 attendees gathered at University of Oxford’s historic Keble College on Saturday, July 8, 2023. Speakers included OLP-Co-founders Dr. Paul Ch’en and Sir Christopher Ball, who spoke about holistic health for cancer prevention and achieving vitality in your 80s and beyond, respectively. Doctors Olivia Lesslar and Tamnsin Lewis reviewed A-lister anti-ageing protocols and later discussed practical strategies for creating healthspan. Dr Richard Siow and Professor Denis Noble discussed food and mental health and their roles in ageing younger and Professor Kieran Clarke examined deltaG, an exogenous ketone for ageing. All took the stage for a “fireside chat” about ageing guided by OLP Co-founder Leslie Kenny to close the day.
Watch last year’s Smart Ageing Summit by following the link below.