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SUMMARY:Horizon Seminar – ‘Live Long and Prosper? Ageing in the 21st C
 entury’ - Speaker to be confirmed
DTSTART:20071204T100000Z
DTEND:20071204T170000Z
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CONTACT:Jo Ryan
DESCRIPTION:Based on health improvements in the last century – due to hy
 giene\, sanitation\, engineering and the development of preventative treat
 ments against infectious disease – many developed societies are experien
 cing increased longevity\, and its consequences. In Europe\, people older 
 than 80 now represent the fastest-growing age demographic. In the next 25 
 years the ‘population pyramid’ may become a ‘population skyscraper
 ’\, as science moves into our cells to find new therapies\, and design e
 nables prolonged activity and independence in our living and working space
 s. What effect will an ageing population have on the individual\, the fami
 ly\, the state\, society and economies worldwide? Are we creating a ‘dem
 ographic time bomb’\, or are there opportunities to explore? Where are t
 he answers to be found?
LOCATION:Centre for Mathematical Sciences\, Cambridge
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