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!