The Longevity Forum's Podcast
The Longevity Forum is a not-for-profit initiative committed to achieving longer, healthier and more fulfilled lives for as many people as possible. More information on our website https://thelongevityforum.com.
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Tuesday Nov 10, 2020
Tuesday Nov 10, 2020
Gillian Tett, editor-at-large of the US Financial Times speaks on the influence of Covid-19 on the ESG Agenda with Marisa Drew, Chief Sustainability Officer & Global Head Sustainability Strategy, Advisory and Finance at Credit Suisse.Corporations have traditionally operated with a narrow focus on financial goals, but more and more, we are seeing an increasing awareness of social good among shareholders. Environmental, Social, and Corporate Governance is beneficial to businesses from building their reputation to keeping employees happy. COVID-19 has been trying for businesses around the globe but how has this affected corporate ESG?
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Tuesday Nov 10, 2020
Tuesday Nov 10, 2020
Nicole Shanahan, President of the Bia-Echo foundation shares her personal experiences and research with renowned obstetricians Claire Mellon and Rebecca Gibbs.
Longevity and fertility are heavily tied together yet there aren’t enough conversations on this ever important topic. Fertility is not always the same throughout your life and can be determined by simple healthy practices from acupuncture to getting enough sleep. The charts commonly used on infertility need to be revised as they often give women negative news too soon. Claire, Rebecca and Nicole chat about how the misconceptions can alter women’s life paths and how we can improve going forward.
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Monday Nov 09, 2020
Monday Nov 09, 2020
Dr Tara Swart, neuroscientist at MIT Sloan and author of The Source and Dafina Grapci-Penney, Co-founder of The Longevity Forum and Managing Director at Greentarget talk about mental resilience and strategies for coping with stress. We as humans respond to stress in different ways and the COVID shutdowns have led to great strain on everyone’s mental resilience. Cortisol levels in the brain are elevated from stress but there are many techniques from magnesium to meditation that can curb cortisol levels. Dr Swart leaves us with a thorough understanding of how we physically respond to stress and how it's not too late to build our mental resilience.
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Monday Nov 09, 2020
Monday Nov 09, 2020
Please note this podcast was recorded before the latest set of lockdown measures were announced and prior to the latest decision by the Monetary Policy Committee.
It's on everyone’s minds - what will happen to the economy post pandemic? Andy Haldane, Chief Economist to the Bank of England discusses with Andrew J Scott, Professor of Economics at London Business School the hardships countries have faced with the COVID shutdowns. Recovery is in the air, consumerism is up but what’s next for our resilient population. We’ve experienced a year of shocks but how does it compare to other downturns in history. COVID has brought about government intervention that is similar to wartime levels of fiscal and monetary spending. Finally, how will this economic shock change the way we prepare for the future.
Sunday Nov 08, 2020
Sunday Nov 08, 2020
Longevity Week 2020 is taking place virtually on 9-13 November with an array of partner events ranging from UKRI, Zinc VC to Master Investor. The three Longevity Forum founders, Jim Mellon, Andrew Scott and Dafina Grapci-Penney discuss their favourite events coming up and why discussing resilience is so crucial with the pandemic this year.
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Friday Jan 17, 2020
Friday Jan 17, 2020
Linda Fried describes the unprecedented success of adding 30 years to the human lifetime and the implications of our additional time.
Linda Fried is Dean and DeLamar Professor of Public Health at Columbia University’s Mailman School of Public Health.
Friday Jan 17, 2020
Friday Jan 17, 2020
Laura Deming explains the new age of investing in longevity.
Laura Deming is the founder and full-time partner at The Longevity Fund, an early stage venture capital fund backing companies which target the ageing process to treat disease, with investments in gene editing, small molecule therapeutics, and novel methods to treat disease.
Friday Jan 17, 2020
Friday Jan 17, 2020
Dafina Grapci-Penney, Jim Mellon and Andrew Scott highlight the collaborative effort of The Longevity Forum and the key takeaways from the day. The social and science narrative on longevity are changing which is very exciting for the future.
Thursday Jan 16, 2020
Thursday Jan 16, 2020
Nir Barzilai shares his expertise on how ageing can be targeted and reversed.
Dr Barzilai is a chaired Professor of Medicine and Genetics and Director of the biggest Centre in the world to study the Biology of Ageing, Institute for Aging at The Albert Einstein College of Medicine.
Thursday Jan 16, 2020
Thursday Jan 16, 2020
Julia Randell-Khan explains the important of intergenerational connections and how the Encore Fellows programme helps with career transitions while positively impacting society.
As founder/CEO of Encore Fellows UK and a fellow at the Stanford Center on Longevity, Julia is an enthusiastic encore career advocate.
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