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SUMMARY:Horizon Seminar : &quot\;Live Long and Prosper? Ageing in the 21st
  Century&quot\; - Speaker to be confirmed
DTSTART:20071204T090000Z
DTEND:20071204T180000Z
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CONTACT:Duncan Simpson
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 s
 cience moves into our cells to find new therapies\, and design enables pro
 longed activity and independence in our living and working spaces. What ef
 fect will an ageing population have on the individual\, the family\, the s
 tate\, society and economies worldwide? Are we creating a "demographic tim
 e bomb"\, or are there opportunities to explore? Where are the answers to 
 be found?\n\n
LOCATION:MR2\, Centre for Mathematical Sciences
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