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This event was part of Longevity Week 2020 hosted by Ageing Research at King's
Health Our Greatest Societal Asset: Multi-Stakeholder Global Collaboration for Health and Economic Resilience
Programme
Overall chair: Tina Woods, CEO, Longevity International
13:00-13:15 Keynote: What COVID-19 is teaching us about global health
- Welcome by Dr Richard Siow, Director, Ageing Research at King's College London
- Professor Sir Robert Lechler, President, Academy of Medical Sciences; Emeritus Senior Vice President (Health) at King’s College London; Executive Director of King’s Health Partners; Special advisor to the House of Lords Select Committee for the response to COVID-19
13:15-13:30: Global Analysis: COVID-19 Risk and Safety Rankings
- Dmitry Kaminskiy, Managing Partner, Deep Knowledge Group: key findings from COVID-19 Regional Safety Assessment: Big Data Analysis of 200 Countries and Regions COVID-19 Safety Ranking and Risk Assessment, ranking the economic, societal and health stability of 200 regions globally
13:30-13:50: COVID-19 and Healthy Longevity: the Biomedical Perspective (Panel)
- Professor Lynne Cox, Department of Biochemistry, Oxford University
- Alex Zhavoronkov, PhD, Founder & CEO, Insilico Medicine
- Professor Brian Kennedy, Director, Centre for Healthy Ageing; Biochemistry and Physiology, National University of Singapore
Moderated by Dr Cassandra Coburn, Editor, Lancet Healthy Longevity with 5-10 minute Q & A with audience
13:50: 14:10: COVID-19 and Healthy Longevity: the Business Perspective (Panel)
- John Godfrey, Corporate Affairs Director, Legal & General
- Sergey Young, Longevity Vision Fund
- Stephen Johnston, Aging2.0 Collective, Systems Entrepreneur
Moderated by Professor Andrew Scott, London Business School with 5-10 min Q & A with audience
14:10-14:30: COVID-19 and Healthy Longevity: the Policy Perspective (Panel)
- Rt Hon Damian Green MP, Chair, All-Party Parliamentary Group for Longevity
- Adriane Berg, Executive Director, Kitalys Insitute, USA
- H.E. Dr. Al Amiri, Ass. Undersecretary for Public Health Policy and Licensing, Ministry of Health and Prevention, United Arab Emirates
Moderated by Tina Woods with 5-10 min Q & A with audience
14:30-14:40: Break
14:40-15:40 -Country reflections on legacy from Covid-19 and healthy longevity
- ASIA 14:40-14:55: Mr Inamura Takuma, Director, Healthcare Industries Division, Commerce and Service Industry Policy Group, Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry of Japan
- MIDDLE EAST: 14:55-15:10: H.E. Dr. Al Amiri, Ass. Undersecretary for Public Health Policy and Licensing, Ministry of Health and Prevention, United Arab Emirates
- CANADA 15:10-15:25 Dr Alex Mihailidis, Associate Vice-President – International Partnerships & Professor, University of Toronto, Scientific Director, AGE-WELL Network of Centres of Excellence, Canada
- EUROPE 15:25-15:40: Ms Joanna Bensz, Founder and CEO, Longevity Center; CEO, International Institute of Longevity
- UK 15:40-15:55: Lord Geoff Filkin, All-Party Parliamentary Group for Longevity
15:55- 16:15: Round-Up of Reflections and Q & A with audience
- Closing remarks by Professor Kenji Shibuya, Institute of Population Health, King’s College London, Senior Advisor to the Director-General of the World Health Organization.
- Thank you and Close by Tina Woods

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