18-19 Sep. 2023
Room: Domus Medica, Auditorium L-200 Address: Sognsvannsveien 9, 0372 Oslo, Norway
Organizers: Evandro F. Fang (Oslo, Norway) Lynne Cox (Oxford, UK) Richard Siow (KCL, UK)
Special co-organizers Linda Dahlberg (British Embassy, Oslo) He-Ling Wang (Oslo, Norway)
Introduction
Ageing is emerging as a ‘pandemic’ worldwide, including in Norway and the UK. The increase in numbers of people reaching old age brings formidable healthcare and socioeconomic pressure globally. Dementia is one of the most common age-predisposed diseases, putting substantial pressure on the family and society as a whole. Scientists have shown that if we can slow down the ageing process, we may be able to reduce the chances of getting different diseases, including dementia, while we are ageing. In response to the ‘ageing pandemic’, collaborative work among stakeholders and countries is in urgent demand. Both Norway and the UK are in the forefront of agieng and dementia research, and there is a great opportunity to boost the collaborations between the two countries. Correspondingly, UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) and Research Council of Norway (RCN) have signed a Money Follows Cooperation agreement to reduce barriers to cross-border collaboration. This 1st joint meeting will nourish research collaborations, initiate new joint grant opportunities, and propose ideas for preparation of the impending aging burden; our final goal is to nurture an environment conducive to healthy aging in Norway, the UK, and beyond.
The Events
Associate Prof. Evandro Fang (coordinator of the NO-Age and NO-AD networks; UiO and Ahus), Prof. Richard Siow (director of the ageing research at KCL, London, UK), Prof. Lynne Cox (coordinator of the ageing research networks at Oxford, Oriel, Oxford, UK) welcome you to attend a two-day event in Olso entitled ‘The 5th NYO3 NO-Age/AD meeting and the 1st Norway-UK joint meeting on ageing and dementia’. The event will cover the broad topics of ageing and dementia (especially Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s diseases) at molecular, individual, and societal levels. Please see the programme for details. In addition, there will be an open-to-the-public event at Domus Bibliotheca from 19:00-21:00 on the 18th Sep 2023. For the evening event, our confirmed speakers are Dame Linda Partridge DBE FMedSci FRS, Biological Secretary and Vice-President, The Royal Society (UK), and Prof. Ole Petter Ottersen, Neuroscientist and former president/rector of UiO (Norway) and the Karolinska Institute (Sweden), among others.
Registration is not required for on-site attendance, and attendance at all events will be free of charge.
For on-line zoom attendance, please register here ahead to secure a SPOT in advance: https://uio.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_XBxzUlSqTEOGwnYawHH7BQ
The programme: download here
The speakers
Guidance on poster preparation
Acknowledgements
