More than 20 internationally known scholars, professionals and policy-makers from Australia, Belgium, Hong Kong, Japan, South Korea and the United States will meet to share their research and experiences on healthy longevity.

At the University of Hong Kong on May 6-7, they will engage in intellectual exchanges on the likes of demographic, psycho-social and behavioral functioning and geriatrics (biomarkers, objective measurements/physical tests) of the oldest-old in Asian and Western countries.

The venue is the Wang Gungwu Theatre in the Graduate House at HKU. On the first day, the event runs from 8:45 a.m. to 6:15 p.m. On the second, it's 9 a.m. until noon.

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