Exploring Healthy Longevity City Models: Health for All

1:15pm	Registration & Check-in
2:00pm	Opening Remarks Ann Kurth, PhD, CNM, MPH, President, New York Academy of Medicine Tony Davis, Director of Health Equity, Federal Reserve Bank of New York
2:10pm	Keynote Presentations Kate Mulligan, PhD, Scientific Director, Canadian Institute for Social Prescribing; Commonwealth Fund Harkness Fellow, City University of New York Jill Sonke, PhD, US Cultural Policy Fellow, Stanford University; Director of Research Initiatives, Center for Arts in Medicine, University of Florida; Co-Director, EpiArts Lab
2:55pm	Panel 1: Cross-Sector Healthy Aging Strategies (55 minutes) This panel brings together leading experts from academia, business, and philanthropy to explore cross-sector strategies that advance healthy aging. We will discuss how collaboration across health, science, and economic sectors can foster environments that support longer, healthier lives. Panelists will highlight innovative approaches that align research, policy, and community action to address the diverse needs of aging populations. The conversation will also examine the economic and social opportunities created by an age-inclusive society.
3:50pm	Break (15 minutes)
4:05pm	Panel 2: Economic Implications of Healthy Longevity Cities (55 minutes) This panel will discuss the economic opportunities and challenges presented by the rise of healthy longevity cities, where infrastructure, policy, and innovation converge to support longer, healthier lives. Experts from urban economics, public health, aging policy, and the care economy will discuss how investing in age-inclusive cities can drive sustainable growth, workforce resilience, and societal well-being.
4:55pm	Closing Remarks
5:00pm	Light Refreshments & Networking Session
6:00pm	Event Conclusion

Wednesday, December 3, 2025
2:00PM-6:00PM

Venue
New York Academy of Medicine
1216 Fifth Avenue at 103rd Street
New York, NY 10029

The event is free; advance registration is required.

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The New York Academy of Medicine and the Federal Reserve Bank of New York present in partnership the 2nd Annual Exploring Healthy Longevity Cities Summit, a distinctive look at how cities around the world utilize strategies, policies, and a cross-sectoral approach to making lives both healthier and longer.

This year’s event will feature keynote presentations and panels exploring cross-sector aging strategies and the economic implications of healthy longevity cities.

This event will be of interest to leaders from finance and healthcare sectors, academia, policy makers, researchers, and urban planners.

We hope you will join us for an insightful look at successful aging and the importance of age-inclusive cities.

Light refreshments and networking preceding event; reception to follow.

Keynote Presenters

Kate Mulligan, PhD

Scientific Director, Canadian Institute for Social Prescribing; Commonwealth Fund Harkness Fellow, City University of New York

Dr. Kate Mulligan is a globally recognized expert on community-driven health systems. She is an award-winning health geographer, policy expert and Associate Professor in social and behavioural health sciences at the University of Toronto's Dalla Lana School of Public Health, and the founding Scientific Director of the Canadian Institute for Social Prescribing. Kate is spending this year in New York as a Commonwealth Fund Harkness Fellow in Healthcare Policy and Practice.

Jill Sonke, PhD

US Cultural Policy Fellow, Stanford University; Director of Research Initiatives, Center for Arts in Medicine, University of Florida; Co-Director, EpiArts Lab

Jill Sonke, PhD, is a US Cultural Policy Fellow with Stanford University, serving in appointments at the National Academy of Medicine and the Federal Reserve Bank of New York. She is also co-director of the EpiArts Lab, a National Endowment for the Arts Research Lab in partnership with University College London, Director of Research Initiatives in the Center for Arts in Medicine at the University of Florida, and an Affiliated Researcher in the WHO’s Jameel Arts & Health Lab. She served during the pandemic as a senior advisor to the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and as Director of National Research and Impact for the One Nation/One Project initiative. She is an affiliated faculty member in the UF School of Theatre & Dance, the Fixel Institute for Neurological Diseases, and the Center for African Studies, as well as an editorial board member for Health Promotion Practice journal. Dr. Sonke is an artist, cultural strategist, and a mixed methods researcher with 150+ publications. She has 30+ years of leadership in the field of arts in health, and is the recipient of numerous awards and over 350 grants for her programs and research in the arts and health.

Panel 1: Cross-Sector Healthy Aging Strategies

This panel brings together leading experts from academia, business, and philanthropy to explore cross-sector strategies that advance healthy aging. We will discuss how collaboration across health, science, and economic sectors can foster environments that support longer, healthier lives. Panelists will highlight innovative approaches that align research, policy, and community action to address the diverse needs of aging populations. The conversation will also examine the economic and social opportunities created by an age-inclusive society.

Jessica Walker, President and CEO, Manhattan Chamber of Commerce

Nir Barzilai, MD, President, The Academy for Health & Lifespan Research, Montefiore Einstein; Fellow, New York Academy of Medicine

Terry Fulmer, PhD, President Emerita, The John A. Hartford Foundation; Fellow, New York Academy of Medicine

Moderated by Michael Clinton, CEO and Founder, ROARforward

Panel 2: Economic Implications of Healthy Longevity Cities (55 minutes)

This panel will discuss the economic opportunities and challenges presented by the rise of healthy longevity cities, where infrastructure, policy, and innovation converge to support longer, healthier lives. Experts from urban economics, public health, aging policy, and the care economy will discuss how investing in age-inclusive cities can drive sustainable growth, workforce resilience, and societal well-being.

Michelle Morse, MD, MPH, Acting Health Commissioner and Chief Medical Officer, NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene

Rodney Harrell, PhD, Vice President, Family, Home, and Community, AARP Public Policy Institute

John B. Jones, PhD, Senior Economist and Research Advisor, Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond

Jennifer Molinsky, PhD, Director, Housing and Aging Society Program, Joint Center for Housing Studies, Harvard University

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Exploring Healthy Longevity City Models: Health for All

Wednesday, December 3, 2025
2:00PM-6:00PM

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Keynote Presenters

Kate Mulligan, PhD

Jill Sonke, PhD

Panel 1: Cross-Sector Healthy Aging Strategies

Panel 2: Economic Implications of Healthy Longevity Cities (55 minutes)

Exploring Healthy Longevity City Models: Health for All

Wednesday, December 3, 2025 2:00PM-6:00PM

Register

Keynote Presenters

Kate Mulligan, PhD

Jill Sonke, PhD

Panel 1: Cross-Sector Healthy Aging Strategies

Panel 2: Economic Implications of Healthy Longevity Cities (55 minutes)

Wednesday, December 3, 2025
2:00PM-6:00PM