Exploring Healthy Longevity City Models: Health for All

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.

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