Prof. Du Peng is the Vice-President of Renmin University of China, and Director and Professor of the Institute of Gerontology, Renmin University of China. He is also the Vice-President, China Gerontology and Geriatrics Society, and Vice President of China Population Association. He has been the board member of HelpAge International (2008-2016) and board member of United Nations International Institute on Ageing (since2008). He served as the Chair of International Association of Gerontology and Geriatrics Asia/Oceania Region from 2009 to 2013. His research interests are population ageing and ageing policies. His publications include The Process of Population Ageing in China, The Older Persons in China, Social Gerontology, The Value of Older Persons, Who will support the Older Persons, Ageing Issues and Policies in EU Countries, Population Ageing: Changes and Challenges, Disabled Persons and Their Social Protection in Rural China, China’s Population in the 21st Century, Ageing Society and Harmonious Society, China’s 20 Years in Ageing Society: Achievements, Challenges and Prospects, etc.

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Dr Justina LIU Yat-Wa is an associate professor of SN, Director of the Centre in Gerontological Nursing, and Research theme leader in Ageing and Health Research Theme. Her research programme is about using gerontechnology (such as virtual reality, wearable sensors, and e-health technology) to implement lifestyle interventions (such as physical training and dietary advice) for managing fatigue, sarcopenia, low physical activity levels, falls, and low social participation among community-dwelling frail older people.







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Professor Gabriella MARCON, graduated from Medical School (University of Trieste), specialized in Neurology (University of Trieste), PhD in Neurological Sciences (University of Verona), is currently Associate Professor of Neurology at the University of Trieste and Udine (Italy) where she teaches Neurology and Human Neuroanatomy.

At the "Carlo Besta" Neurological Institute in Milan, since the beginning of her career in the 1990s, she has focused on neurodegenerative dementias, acquiring specific skills in clinical practice, in neuropathological diagnostics and in clinical and basic research, in particular on Alzheimer's disease, frontotemporal dementias and prion pathologies. Since 2014, fascinated by the high prevalence of centenarians living in Trieste, a small town overlooking the sea on the border with Slovenia, she has focused on the clinical, neuropsychological and neuropathological study of brain aging in the centenarian population living in that geographic area. She is the head of the "Centenari a Trieste Study” which aims to identify the risk and protective factors of healthy aging and to characterize the clinical phenotypes of centenarians in relation to cognitive disorders and related neuropathological aspects.


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Dr Takeo OGAWA is the Emeritus Professor of Yamaguchi University, Yamaguchi and Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan, as well as the representative of Voluntary Association Asian Aging Business Center. He is also the emeritus member of Japan Socio-Gerontological Society and the founder and first president, Active Aging Consortium in Asia Pacific.

Dr Takeo OGAWA is conducting research and project development support for active ageing policies, regional development programs, community health and welfare policies, etc. related to population ageing in the Asia Pacific.










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Dr Mauro TETTAMANTI holds a degree in Biological Sciences (University of Milan) and a specialization in Health Statistics (University of Pavia). He is currently Head of the Laboratory of Geriatric Epidemiology at the Mario Negri Institute of Pharmacological Research, Milan, Italy.

His interests and expertise are in the field of dementia, where he carried out studies on the treatment of the disease and on the investigation of putative risk factors in its incidence. Since dementia incidence increases almost exponentially with age, his interests gradually shifted also to the study of very old people and in particular in centenarians, rather neglect portions of the population from the point of view of the available studies, where he contributed in the planning and coordination of epidemiological studies (Monzino 80-plus Study and Centenari a Trieste Study).

In the field of administrative databases he coordinates analyses relative to health interventions in old subjects, with special interest in patients with polypharmacy. He is also involved in the planning and execution of studies on application of new technologies to improve the well-being of elderly people or patients with dementia.

Professor Teresa TSIEN is an Adjunct Professor of the Department of Social Science, The Hang Seng University of Hong Kong, Visiting Professor of the Respati University of Indonesia, an Honorary Consultant of the Institute of Active Ageing, Hong Kong Polytechnic University (HKPU). Teresa is the former Professor of Practice (Gerontology) of the Department of Applied Social Sciences and the Founding Director of the Institute of Active Ageing of the HKPU. Teresa has conducted research and published numerous articles and papers on social work and ageing, active ageing, gerontechnology, age-friendly city and dementia caregiving. She is currently appointed to various Hong Kong government and NGO boards as board member and advisor to 10 welfare agencies. Teresa is an Executive Committee member and Hong Kong representative of ACAP (Active Ageing Consortium in Asia Pacific) since 2013.