Dear colleagues, we are happy to invite you to take part in the International Forum “Healthy and Active Longevity: Medical and Social Aspects and Opportunities for Humanitarian Cooperation”.
The Forum will be held on October 15-16, 2024 in Minsk. Online broadcasting is planned! Applications for online participation are open until October 14.
Participation is free of charge!
Forum’s official languages: English and Russian.
You can fill in the application form for participation in the Forum by clicking here
The format of the Forum organization includes keynote speeches and panel discussions in three thematic sessions:
1. Key Aspects of Healthy and Active Longevity
Genetics of aging, early detection of diseases, Alzheimer’s diagnosis, menopause, social activity, age-friendly communities, digital technologies, ethical aspects of aging.
2. Integrated Care: Medical and Social Aspects
Models of integrated care, long-term care, cross-sector collaboration, helping people with dementia and their families.
3. Social policies, practices and innovations on the topic of longevity
Social policy, silver economy, social gerontology, training for professionals and informal caregivers, best social practices and innovations.
Experts and practitioners in the field of social policy, medicine, social work and education from 10 CIS and Asian countries — Belarus, Russia, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan, Hong Kong SAR of the PRC, South Korea, Philippines, India — will make presentations on various aspects of healthy and active longevity.
On the second day of the Forum, participants are expected to attend an interactive discussion platform “New Opportunities for Humanitarian Cooperation”. A round table where experts will discuss ways to develop international cooperation to implement joint projects to achieve the goals of healthy and active longevity.
Within the framework of the Forum an ONLINE FAIR OF SOCIAL PROJECTS will be also held to present social initiatives and projects on the topic of healthy and active longevity in different countries of the world.
Opportunities for participants of the International Forum
1. You can send to the organizing committee abstracts on the topic of healthy and active longevity for publication in the online book of the Forum. Materials are accepted until October 28 to email pr.minskforum@gmail.com.
Abstracts should be submitted in the volume of 1 page of A4 format, including the title and output data of the authors. The format of the sent file — DOC or DOCX, margins everywhere 2 cm, paragraph 0.5 cm, font — Times New Roman, font size — 12, line spacing — single line.
2. To promote international cooperation, we invite your organization to participate in the ONLINE FAIR OF SOCIAL PROJECTS and initiatives on the topic of healthy and active longevity. Short abstracts of the projects and information about your organization will be published in the official online catalog of the Forum, which will be available to all registered participants. Participation in the fair is not only a chance to share your initiatives and projects on the topic of active and healthy longevity, but also an opportunity to seek cooperation with organizations in other countries participating in the Forum.
The deadline for submitting questionnaires of the project for publication in the Catalog is October 20, 2024.
Important! This is a free opportunity. You can submit several projects and initiatives on the topic of healthy and active longevity for publication in the Catalog, but for each project and initiative you need to fill in a separate questionnaire.
You can fill out the questionnaire and find out more details at this link.
The full program of the Forum will be sent to all participants by October 15, 2024 to the email specified at registration form.
Organizers and partners of the Forum
- NGO “Belarusian Association of Social Workers”
- Department for Humanitarian Activities of the Property Management Directorate of the President of the Republic of Belarus
- Ministry of Labor and Social Protection of the Republic of Belarus
- National Gerontological Center
- UNFPA in Belarus
- International public association “Mutual Understanding”
