Ambassador Mario Vattani,
Commissioner General for Italy at Expo 2025 Osaka, participated
in the second day of the Agevity forum dedicated to the
challenges and opportunities that the social and economic
transformations of increasingly long-lived nations open up:
"The Silver Economy and scientific diplomacy - he underlined -
will be central themes for the Italy Pavilion at Expo 2025
Osaka. Longevity is a crucial challenge for advanced societies
such as Italy and Japan. Italy is in fact the EU country with
the highest population ageing index, and in Japan the number of
people over 65 has reached the record figure of 36.25 million,
equal to 29.3% of the population. With these numbers, longevity
is also an opportunity for many of our production sectors. The
Italy Pavilion will be a place of discussion to propose models
and solutions for the societies of the future, strengthening
cooperation with Japan in the pharmaceutical, scientific,
technological, home automation and life sciences fields. The
next edition of the Agevity forum will be held at the Italy
Pavilion at Expo 2025 Osaka at the end of June".
This edition saw a significant participation from Japan, with
speeches by Nobuhiro Hayashi, Vice President for International
Affairs, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Ryo Kawasaki, Professor
of Public Health in the Department of Social Medicine of the
Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka University and Yoshiyuki
Sankai, Professor, University of Tsukuba, CEO of CYBERDYNE Inc.,
PD of SIP, Cabinet Office, the Government of Japan. Japan is a
country that, together with ours, holds the record for the
longest-lived population in the world and shares a particular
attention to the dynamics linked to the phenomenon of the ageing
society.
In addition to the Commissioner General for Italy at Expo 2025
Osaka Mario Vattani, also present were representatives of
Parliament, the Ministry of Health, the Istituto Superiore di
Sanità, Regions and Local Authorities, Universities, Industrial
Associations and businesses, Hospitals and Research Centers and
Third Sector Bodies, gathered in Milan, at Bocconi University,
for a two-day event that stimulated dialogue on longevity to
guide system initiatives in its support.
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