Session 5: Translating Knowledge into Policy and Practice

Objectives:
 Explore system-wide barriers and opportunities for translating knowledge on healthy longevity into policy and practice
 Consider societal and economic opportunities resulting from healthy longevity
 Examine strategies to engage political leadership and build the business case to invest in research and development, that lead to policies and actions promoting healthy longevity
 Highlight models of innovative collaboration, partnership, and coalitions across various contexts and sectors to increase translation of research in healthy aging into policies
 Understand approaches to genuinely engaging with older adults from the research process through implementation and evaluation to ensure sustainable and effective solutions

Panelists:
Robert Greenwood, Senior Vice President of Public Affairs, National PACE Association

Tina Woods, CEO and Co-Founder, Longevity International, UK

Kazumi Nishikawa, Director, Healthcare Industries Division, Ministry of Economy, Trade, and Industry, Japan

K. Srinath Reddy, President, Public Health Foundation, India