European Federation for Aging Research

Annual Meeting

The 1st annual meeting will take place on October 14th-16th, 2026, in Cologne. Please check out the conference website for further info: https://www.cecad.uni-koeln.de/outreach/events/2026-1st-efar-conference-on-the-biology-of-aging

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Societies across Europe are experiencing an explosion in the proportion of old individuals. Indeed, the proportion of individuals aged more than 65 has increased from around 10% in 1965 to 20% in 2019 and this increase is likely to continue in the future. With old-age comes increased chronic morbidities which requires long-term and costly care. These demographic changes pose a serious socioeconomic challenge for our region and new interventions and solutions will become critically needed to allow us to maintain our high standard of living. This network brings together European leaders in the field of aging research with the goal of finding solutions to these challenges allowing us a sustainable and long-term future of healthy aging across Europe.

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EFAR
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2900 Hellerup
Denmark
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Board

Björn Schumacher
University of Cologne
President

Lene Juel Rasmussen
University of Copenhagen

Folkert Kuipers
ERIBA

Morten Scheibye-Knudsen
University of Copenhagen

EFAR brings together scientists from across Europe. Read our statutes here. If you wish to join the society please use the link below

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EFAR was founded to unite and strengthen the fragmented aging research landscape across Europe. As populations age and age-related diseases place increasing pressure on healthcare systems, EFAR aims to accelerate collaboration, innovation, and knowledge exchange in geroscience — the study of the biological mechanisms of aging. Through conferences, working groups, training initiatives, and partnerships between academia, industry, and policy makers, EFAR seeks to advance healthy aging research and translate scientific discoveries into strategies that improve health, wellbeing, and quality of life across Europe. Please read about it in our recent correspondence at Nature Aging.