Better Future of Healthy Ageing 2020, Zagreb - Main contents

date	April 6, 2020 - April 7, 2020
city	Zagreb, Croatia
location	Andrija Štampar School of Public Health, School of Medicine, University of Zagreb, Rockefeller Street 4, Zagreb
organisation	Council of the European Union (Council) i

Start date : 06/04/2020

End date : 07/04/2020

Where:

Andrija Štampar School of Public Health, School of Medicine, University of Zagreb, Rockefeller Street 4, Zagreb

Presidency of the Council of the EU,

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This scientific conference will bring together researchers, health professionals, representatives of the European Commission and other research and professional bodies from Europe and beyond. It will address one of the most important challenges of the European society - ageing.

This will be achieved through discussions in several parallel panels on three aspects of ageing and health:

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  ageing of biological systems (regenerative medicine, neuroscience, clinical medicine and other fields of medicine with an emphasis on personalized and integrated medicine)
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  showcasing the impact of smart technologies for age-friendly ecosystems by providing a discussion on scaling up innovations and solutions for age-friendly environments
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  analysis of the issues of ageing and the healthcare system sustainability at various levels (e.g. institutional, regional, state, EU level)

More information on the event

Website of the event

In the Council, government ministers from each EU country meet to discuss, amend and adopt laws, and coordinate policies. The ministers have the authority to commit their governments to the actions agreed on in the meetings.

Together with the European Parliament , the Council is the main decision-making body of the EU.

Not to be confused with:

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  European Council - quarterly summits, where EU leaders meet to set the broad direction of EU policy making