Conference History

2025 – 14th Annual
Hosted by: Mayo Clinic Robert and Arlene Kogod Center on Aging, Jacksonville, Florida.
Theme: From Mechanisms to Medicine.

2023  – 13th Annual
Hosted by: University of Copenhagen

2022 – 12th Annual
Hosted by: University of Minnesota and the Mayo Clinic Robert and Arlene Kogod Center on Aging
Theme: A Covid-delayed New Decade of Translational Research for Healthy Aging.

2020 & 2021 – No conference was held

2019 – 10th Annual
Hosted by: Newcastle University
Theme: From Mice to Humans

2018 – 9th Annual
Hosted by: the Mayo Clinic Robert and Arlene Kogod Center on Aging
Theme: Molecular Mechanisms of Organ System Crosstalk and Failure with Aging

2017 – 8th Annual
Hosted by: University Medical Center Groningen
Theme: Metabolism and Ageing.

2016 – 7th Annual
The conference was unexpectedly canceled due to the landfall of Hurricane Mathew, just days ahead of the scheduled conference.

2015 – 6th Annual
Hosted by: Newcastle University Institute for Ageing teamed up with Coimbra University to support the creation of a new Multidisciplinary Institute for Ageing at Coimbra, Portugal. The Alliance welcomed collaboration with Newcastle/Coimbra,
Slaley Hall in the North of England in November 2015
Theme: Interventions to Slow Down Ageing

2014 – 5th Annual
Hosted by: the Mayo Clinic Robert and Arlene Kogod Center on Aging
Theme: Frailty and Healthspan: Bench to Bedside to Home

2013 – 4th Annual
Groningen
Theme: Molecular Mechanisms of Age-Related Multi Morbidity.

2012 – 3rd Annual
Hosted by: the Mayo Clinic Robert and Arlene Kogod Center on Aging
Theme: Senescence and Healthspan

2011 – 2nd Annual
Held in: Groningen
Theme: Healthy Aging and Independent Living: Countering Frailty and Maintaining Independence

2010 – Inaugural meeting
Held in: Red Wing, MN (USA)
Theme: The Next Step in Aging Research: From Bench to Bedside: A Forum for Collaboration between Clinicians and Researchers, focused on the basic biology of aging and its relationship to clinical practice.