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Following the success of the last two years, Longevity Week 2020 will take place virtually from 9-13 November 2020, with our flagship event – the First Annual Lecture of the Longevity Forum, to be delivered by our Person of the Year 2020, Professor Sarah Gilbert broadcasting from the University of Oxford on November 12th.<\/p>\n

The theme of this year’s Longevity Forum and Longevity Week is “The Age of Resilience” where we will be focusing on the challenges presented by COVID-19 and discuss ideas on how we can prevent and combat future pandemics to ensure healthier, longer lives can be achieved by all.<\/p>\n

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Lecture by\u00a0Professor\u00a0Sarah Gilbert<\/strong>
\nOxford Project Leader COVID-19 Vaccine<\/strong><\/b>
\nThursday, November 12th
\n18:00 – 19:00 GMT<\/p>\n

Our flagship event will be the First Annual Lecture of the Longevity Forum to be delivered by Professor Sarah Gilbert, our Person of the Year 2020 for her\u00a0leadership of the research into a COVID-19 vaccine and her career-long dedication to combating deadly pathogens with pandemic potential.\u00a0Professor Gilbert is the Oxford Project Leader for ChAdOx1 nCoV-19, a promising vaccine against the novel coronavirus, SARS-CoV-2.<\/p>\n

Click here for biography.<\/a><\/p>\n

Don’t forget to follow us on twitter<\/a> to keep up with Longevity Week, our podcast series and book giveaways!<\/p>\n

Sincerely,<\/p>\n

Andrew J Scott, Professor of Economics, London Business School
\nJim Mellon, Chairman, Juvenescence
\nDafina Grapci-Penney, Managing Director, Greentarget<\/p>\n

For more information about The Longevity Forum, please see www.thelongevityforum.com<\/a> or email info@thelongevityforum.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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