Longevity

Our experts analyse the main consequences of an ageing population for business and society, as well as the opportunities it brings for innovation.

Longevity: challenges and opportunities of living for more years

Video Summary of the trend analyzed by the future Trends Forum in 2018. On this occasion, the implications of increasing longevity for society, economy and business models are analyzed. Our experts end with a decalogo of recommendations to take on this new challenge.

Longevity: challenges and opportunities of living for more years

Analysed topics

What is Longevity?

What is Longevity?

Definition of longevity

Implications of longevity

Implications of longevity

What implications a longer-lived society has?

Longevity Opportunities

Longevity Opportunities

Opportunities offered by longevity

Longevity tasks

Longevity tasks

How to ensure the well-being of a long-lived society?

What is Longevity?

Today, in Western societies, almost everyone lives more than 65 years; enough to manifest the health consequences of genetics and lifestyle. Living longer affects many parameters of society, both current and future. It impacts health, education, the way of governing, and even ethics.

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What is going to be our life expectancy?

What is going to be our life expectancy?

Science is working to prolong our life expectancy.

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What is Longevity?

What is Longevity?

Nowadays Western societies with more and more longevity, and that implies consequences not only for the health that figh[…]

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Implications of longevity

The ageing of the population is one of the great challenges facing the world. Its importance is equal to, if not greater, that of the fight against climate change or that of global threats such as the proliferation of nuclear weapons. It is true that for the majority of the world’s population the increase in longevity is very good news. However, this phenomenon also entails difficult complications for the labour market, health and social protection systems.

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Technological innovation, a crucial player for a long living society

Technological innovation, a crucial player for a long living society

Scientific development has enabled human beings to live longer. This is the challenge that technological innovation is f[…]

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Longevidad y educación

Longevidad y educación

Longevity requires an adaptation of the educational process since people will need to be trained throughout their lives.

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Longevity and financial aspects

Longevity and financial aspects

Living longer entails a series of financial constraints that go beyond ensuring retirement.

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Longevity Opportunities

The increase in longevity is here to stay and everything seems to indicate that life expectancy will continue to increase or, at least, maintain.

Far from being a drama, as seen by those who, in a show of more or less conscious age discrimination, speak of the gray tsunami, the increase in longevity is a challenge and also a whole field of cultivation for new opportunities. Older people already have a lot to say, and the exponential growth of this age group means that only a greater role can be foreseen on their part.

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Will the human microbiome unlock the key to healthy ageing?

Will the human microbiome unlock the key to healthy ageing?

ease and ageing. To get there, we will need a good map to guide us.

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Therapy with animals (true and robotic)

Therapy with animals (true and robotic)

Animal and robot therapies are being developed for the needs of older people.

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Robotics for accompaniment

Robotics for accompaniment

Robots have human accompaniment as one of their primary functions. There are already robots that assist the needs of the[…]

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Longevity tasks

The experts of the Future Trends Forum discussed the activities and initiatives that we must launch as soon as possible to ensure the balance and well-being of an increasingly long-lived world.

Decalogue of tasks for a longer world.

Decalogue of tasks for a longer world.

Summary of the tasks proposed by the Future Trends Forum to face the challenge of longevity successfully.

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Tasks for a long-lived world

Tasks for a long-lived world

Main tasks to face to achieve balance in an increasingly long-lived world.

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