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20 Years of Longevity Activism

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Posted by ilia2014 on Jan 20, 2022 in Advocacy, Science | Comments Off

Making a little personal celebration: 20 years of involvement in longevity or life extension activism. 10 years ago, by January 2012, I completed my PhD thesis on the “History of Life-extensionism” and co-organized our first demonstration for life extension (on January 20, 2012) and since then became fully involved in longevity or life extension activism. And 10 years before that, around January 2002, after completing the MA, I started to work as a science writer in biotechnology and co-created our first multi-lingual site on life extension, and so became partly involved in longevity (life extension) activism. In these 20 years, one could see the massive shift of public attitude in favor of the possibility and desirability of healthy life extension, hopefully at least in some small measure also thanks to our activism. But still there is a lot of work to be done to bring this possibility and awareness closer to real implementation, to the actual achievement of aging amelioration and healthy life extension (and not a lot of time to do it…). Below are some highlights, summaries, references and pictures from those years.

Ilia Stambler

January 20, 2022

1. February-March, 2002. Co-creation of the first multi-lingual site on life extension “Elysian Enterprise”

https://web.archive.org/web/20031022205308/http://elysianenterprise.com/russian/chapters/medicine_science.html

https://web.archive.org/web/20030722093218/http://www.elysianenterprise.com/

2. January 27, 2006. Organizing the first live ImmInst/WTA meeting on life extension in Israel in Bar Ilan University

https://www.longecity.org/forum/topic/9057-1st-isr-imminstwta-mtng-jan27-1030-biu/

3. September 12, 2006. Co-signing the first Longevity Dividend petition.
https://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/handle/2027.42/75679/annals.1396.050.pdf?sequence=1
http://www.longevityforall.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/Longevity_Dividend_Signatories.pdf

4. 2006-2010. Organizing a series of seminars on life extension/transhumanism in Bar Ilan University (November 6, 2010, the 10^th seminar since 2006)

http://www.singulariut.com/2010/11/260

https://www.singulariut.com/2020/10/3571

https://www.haaretz.co.il/science/1.1196720

https://archive.ieet.org/articles/pellissier20100820.html

5. October 16-27, 2011. First broad public and academic conferences on life-extension and transhumanism in Israel, in Tel-Aviv Cinematheque, Hemda Science Teaching Center in Tel Aviv and Van Leer Institute in Jerusalem

http://www.singulariut.com/2011/10/325

https://archive.ieet.org/articles/stambler20111101.html

https://www.facebook.com/Utopiafest.org.il/photos/t.672869158/10150390819607668/?type=3

https://archive.ieet.org/

6. January 20, 2012 Demonstration for life extension, Tel Aviv

http://www.singulariut.com/2012/01/510

https://web.archive.org/web/20121023145203/http://ieet.org/index.php/IEET/more/stambler20120126

7. February 27, 2012. Advocacy in Knesset for establishing the “Israel National Advisory Committee for the Struggle against the Disease of Aging”

http://www.singulariut.com/2012/07/601

https://web.archive.org/web/20120720024947/http://ieet.org/index.php/IEET/more/stambler201207171

8. July 17, 2012. Publication at Institute for Ethics and Emerging Technologies (IEET) of the article “Political Struggle against the Disease of Aging” describing the first efforts of high level longevity advocacy in Knesset

http://www.singulariut.com/2012/07/601

https://web.archive.org/web/20120720024947/http://ieet.org/index.php/IEET/more/stambler201207171

9. July – August, 2012. Co-creation of the International Longevity Party

https://web.archive.org/web/20120901111034/http://ieet.org/index.php/IEET/more/6354

https://web.archive.org/web/20121023133820/http://ieet.org/index.php/IEET/more/6377

https://archive.ieet.org/articles/stambler20120823.html

https://web.archive.org/web/20181009064319/https://ieet.org/index.php/IEET2/bio/stambler/

10. June 28, 2012. PhD Graduation. Department of Science, Technology and Society, Bar Ilan University. Thesis subject: “A History of life-extensionism in the twentieth century”

http://www.longevityhistory.com/

https://www.ishps.org.il/blank-9

https://www.sts-biu.org/alumni

https://www.sts-biu.org/post/2018/04/28/april-28-healthy-longevity-promotion-multidisciplinary-perspectives-dr-ilia-stambler-bar

11. August 29, 2014. Publication of the book: “A History of Life-extensionism in the twentieth century”

http://www.longevityhistory.com/

https://www.amazon.com/History-Life-Extensionism-Twentieth-Century/dp/1500818577

12. December 14, 2012. Gathering of the International Longevity Alliance activists at the Eurosymposium on Healthy Ageing, in Brussels, Belgium

https://hplusmagazine.com/2012/12/19/the-brussels-summit-of-longevity-activists/

13. July 2012-2013. Developing International Longevity Alliance (ILA)

www.longevityalliance.org

https://www.longevityforall.org/groups/

https://web.archive.org/web/20140112094026/http://ieet.org/index.php/IEET/more/stambler20140110

https://longevityalliance.org/about/history

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Longevity_Alliance

14. March 10-13, 2013. The 8^thEuropean Congress of Biogerontology, Beer Sheva, and events and media promotions of longevity in Tel Aviv

http://www.mako.co.il/news-channel2/Weekend-Newscast/Article-5552ae448947d31004.htm

https://www.israel21c.org/israelis-excel-in-finding-keys-to-long-life/

15. September 3-7, 2013. Sixth SENS Conference (SENS6). Reimagine Aging. Queens’ College – Cambridge UK

https://www.liebertpub.com/doi/10.1089/rej.2013.16.sens6abs

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EoBkf8rEGOo

16. October 1, throughout October, 2013-2021. Longevity Day and Longevity Month Campaign to raise awareness and support for healthy longevity research

https://www.facebook.com/LongevityDay

http://www.longevityhistory.com/longevity-day-and-longevity-month/

https://hpluspedia.org/wiki/Longevity_Day_and_Month

17. March 26, 2014. Pathways to Healthy Longevity. Israel Science Day. Bar Ilan University, Ramat Gan, Israel, additional events and media promotions of longevity research in the framework of Israel National Science Day.

https://www.ynet.co.il/articles/0,7340,L-4503579,00.html

https://youtu.be/fwO_jaffJh4

https://www.israel21c.org/rd-for-the-elderly/

18. January – February 2016. Co-organizing the Global Healthspan Policy Institute (GHPI), Washington

https://healthspanpolicy.org/person/ilia-stambler/

https://healthspanpolicy.org/public-policy-implications/

19. September 21-22, 2016. 3rd International Forum on Practical Applications for Aging Research at the Basel Life Science Week. Basel, Switzerland

http://www.basel-life-science-week.eu/2016/basel-life-science-week.html

20. May 23-25, 2017. Mixiii BioMed 2017 Conference, Tel Aviv, with a focus on aging and longevity R&D

https://www.iati.co.il/conference.php?ID=35

https://kenes-exhibitions.com/old/biomed2017/

https://www.israel21c.org/longevity-and-aging-focus-of-israeli-intl-biomed-confab/

21. August 7, 2017. Publication of the book “Longevity Promotion: Multidisciplinary Perspectives”

http://www.longevityhistory.com/

https://www.amazon.com/Longevity-Promotion-Multidisciplinary-Ilia-Stambler/dp/1974324265/

22. 2013-2017. The main sites for longevity promotion (created and co-created)

www.longevityisrael.org
www.longevityhistory.com

www.longevityforall.org
www.longevityalliance.org
www.healthspanpolicy.org
www.isoad.org

23. October 15, 2017. Conference “Pathways to Healthy Longevity” Bar Ilan University (organized)

https://www.longevityisrael.org/conference/

https://www.jpost.com/HEALTH-SCIENCE/Mechanism-discovered-to-extend-life-of-mice-by-tens-of-percentage-points-507753

https://www.facebook.com/VETEK.ISRLA/posts/1593609234034686

24. November 7, 2017. Launch of the Knesset Lobby “For Advancing the Preparedness of the Country for the Population Aging” and the Knesset Committee “For Creating the National Masterplan on Ageing” (at the same time)

https://oknesset.org/committees/2042.html

25. November-December 2017. Successful campaign for the inclusion of Aging into the WHO Work Program for 2019-2023

http://www.longevityforall.org/aging-is-now-included-into-the-who-work-program-thanks/

http://www.aginganddisease.org/EN/10.14336/AD.2017.1120

26. May 29, 2018. Launch of the Britain-Israel Research and Academic Exchange on Ageing – BIRAX Ageing.

http://www.longevityisrael.org/call-for-proposals-britain-israel-research-and-academic-exchange-partnership-on-ageing-birax-ageing/

https://www.britishcouncil.org.il/en/birax/projects/ageing

https://www.britishcouncil.org.il/sites/default/files/birax_ageing_call_for_proposals.pdf

https://www.britishcouncil.org.il/en/birax/call-for-proposals

27. May 8, 2018. Joining of forces for longevity activism in Israel, via the Vetek (Seniority) Association – the Movement for Longevity and Quality of Life

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rafi_Eitan

https://www.maariv.co.il/news/politics/Article-564969

https://www.longevityisrael.org/scientific-board/

https://www.longevityisrael.org/news/

http://www.longevityisrael.org/press/

28. July 9, 2018. Organizing a special session in Knesset at the Science and Technology Committee on “Enhancing Research, Development and Education for the Promotion of Healthy Longevity and Prevention of Aging-related Diseases”

https://www.longevityisrael.org/special-discussion-of-the-knesset-committee-on-science-and-technology-for-the-first-time-for-the-strengthening-of-research-and-development-for-improving-the-quality-of-life-and-longevity-and/

29. July 25, 2019. Thanks to the initiative of the Vetek (Seniority) Association – the Movement for Longevity and Quality of Life, the topic of “Research, Development and Education for Healthy Longevity and Prevention of Aging-related Diseases” is included in the summary report of the Knesset Committee for Creating the National Masterplan on Aging, as a strategic area for further discussion.

http://www.longevityisrael.org/research-development-and-education-for-healthy-longevity-is-included-in-israel-national-masterplan-on-aging/

https://main.knesset.gov.il/activity/committees/labor/Pages/CommitteeReports.aspx

https://oknesset.org/meetings/2/0/2072962.html

https://oknesset.org/meetings/2/0/2076804.html

30. July 12, 2018. Summary meeting of the Israeli Longevity Alliance (ISRLA) board

https://www.longevityisrael.org/

https://www.longevityisrael.org/news/

31. May 21, 2019. Raising awareness about healthy longevity research, development and education in cooperation with the “Disabled, Not Half a Person” association

https://www.lohetzi.co.il/%D7%90%D7%95%D7%93%D7%95%D7%AA%D7%99%D7%A0%D7%95/

32. 2012-2020. Promoting longevity activism online

http://www.longevityhistory.com/outreach-materials-for-longevity-promotion/

https://www.longevityforall.org/faq-of-the-ethics-of-lifespan-and-healthspan-extension/

http://www.longevityforall.org/frequently-asked-questions-on-the-ethics-of-lifespan-and-healthspan-extension/

https://hpluspedia.org/wiki/Ilia_Stambler

33. March 12, 2019. Publication of the analytical report “Longevity Industry in Israel”

https://www.aginganalytics.com/longevity-in-israel

https://www.longevityisrael.org/longevity-industry-in-israel-joint-report-by-vetek-association-and-aging-analytics-agency/

https://mindmaps.longevity.international/longevity-leaders-israel

34. March – July, 2019. Initiative to include R&D on aging into US-Israel cooperation. The bill passed the US House of Representatives, but did not go further.

https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/house-bill/1837/text

http://www.longevityisrael.org/us-israel-collaboration-on-aging-related-rd-is-planned/

https://www.longevityisrael.org/the-subject-of-aging-is-removed-from-the-us-israel-assistance-bill/

https://healthspanpolicy.org/israel-can-and-should-become-an-important-contributor-to-international-geroscience-research-development-applications-and-education

35. September 4-5, 2019. Co-organizing the conference International Perspectives in Geroscience, at Weizmann Institute of Science, with NIH sponsorship

http://www.weizmann.ac.il/conferences/IPG2019/international-perspectives-geroscience-israel

https://www.longevityisrael.org/geroscience-conference-program-weizmann-institute-september-4-5-2019/

https://nathanshockcenters.org/international-perspectives-on-geroscience-meetings

36. 2014-2022. Outreach coordinator and executive committee member of the International Society on Aging and Disease (ISOAD), including: Publication of the position paper “The Critical Need to Promote Research of Aging and Aging-related Diseases to Improve Health and Longevity of the Elderly Population” of the International Society on Aging and Disease (ISOAD). Since its publication in December 2014, until January 2022, this position paper had over 200 academic citations, appeared in 12 languages, was submitted to several governments. More position papers by the ISOAD were published, and in 2021 ISOAD obtained the special consultative status at the UN Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC).