Presented by the National Academy of Medicine (NAM), the Healthy Longevity Global Innovator Summit aims to convene, connect, inspire, and celebrate innovation in the field of healthy longevity.
This fall, the NAM will mark a major milestone in the Healthy Longevity Global Competition with the 2026 Global Innovator Summit on Tuesday, October 20. Hosted as a hybrid gathering in Washington, DC, and online, this capstone event will celebrate the success of the Competition and the bold future of innovation in healthy longevity.
The Summit will showcase global Awardees and their projects and reflect on the full scope and impact of this global initiative. As a centerpiece of the program, the NAM will announce the Healthy Longevity Grand Prize winner, along with second place, third place, and multiple honorable mentions.
The Summit will also feature leading researchers and investors who will explore the field’s tremendous promise and future direction, its potential to improve human health and well-being, and its powerful convergence with AI and other emerging technologies.
Detailed Agenda Coming Soon!
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About the Healthy Longevity Program
Launched in 2019, the Healthy Longevity Global Grand Challenge included two components: the Global Roadmap for Healthy Longevity (published in 2022) and the Global Competition. Through the Competition, the NAM and global partners have advanced bold, innovative ideas with the potential to improve physical, mental, and social health and well-being as people age. The Catalyst Award competitions were open to innovators in more than 50 countries and territories, the NAM and its partners supported early-stage projects across disciplines and around the world. Over six annual cycles from 2020 to 2025, the program issued 720 Catalyst Awards and 13 Accelerator Awards, totaling more than $38 million USD, to seed transformative approaches to healthy longevity.
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