Assolombarda and Silver Economy Network bring longevity to Expo

(ANSA) – OSAKA, June 25 – Agevity Japan 2025 took place today at Expo 2025 Osaka, marking the third edition of the Forum conceived by Assolombarda and the Silver Economy Network. The initiative aims to seize the opportunities related to longevity and highlight its positive impact on social and economic growth, through strategic dialogue among key stakeholders involved in this emerging economy.

This event, part of Expo’s thematic Health & Wellbeing Week, served as a unique platform for exchanging perspectives on demographic trends and cross-cutting topics such as health and prevention.

The initiative is framed within a broader collaboration between the Italian Pavilion and Assolombarda, formalized at the beginning of 2024 through a memorandum of understanding. Over the past two years, this collaboration has developed through institutional and academic meetings designed to strengthen ties with Japan and create new opportunities for the Italian business ecosystem. “Italy and Japan share many challenges, among which population aging stands out,” stated Mario Vattani, Italy’s Commissioner General for Expo 2025 Osaka.

“Fostering new synergies between Italian and Japanese excellences in life sciences, involving major players such as Assolombarda and the Silver Economy Network, means reinforcing our scientific diplomacy,” Vattani added.

Despite their geographical and cultural differences, both nations are among the longest-lived in the world and therefore share similar demographic challenges. According to the ‘Longevity Scenario. 2025 Report’, prepared for Agevity by the Research Centers of Assolombarda, the Silver Economy Network, and Lattanzio KIBS, life expectancy at birth in Italy is 83.4 years and in Japan 84.9 years, with the share of people aged over 65 accounting for 24% and 30% of the total population, respectively.

The third edition of the Report serves as a compass for understanding new demographic and market scenarios and their impact on the economy, welfare, and social cohesion, supporting the development of future societies through a synergistic exchange among the industrial, scientific, and institutional worlds of both countries.

“With the creation of the Agevity project, Assolombarda has established a unique platform aimed at fostering ongoing dialogue on this theme,” declared Alvise Biffi, President of Assolombarda. The association, he added, “firmly believes that longevity cannot be addressed as an isolated phenomenon but rather requires a holistic approach that places the individual and their needs at the center.” In this sense, “the initiative aims to shed light on the crucial connection between longevity and business.”

“What is needed today is an integrated and cross-cutting vision that puts the individual at the center throughout all stages of life,” emphasized Mariuccia Rossini, President of the Silver Economy Network. This vision, Rossini explained, “can only be achieved if all stakeholders listen to each other and co-design the future, bringing longevity to the core of the economic and social agenda.”

Following two successful editions in Milan, Agevity Japan 2025, thanks to the support of Strategic Partners Bracco and CDI, Centro Diagnostico Italiano, Partner IRCCS Ospedale San Raffaele, Knowledge Partner Lattanzio KIBS, Ecosystem Partner Age-IT, and under the patronage of prominent institutional, associative, and academic organizations from both countries, including Confindustria, the Italian Embassy in Tokyo, ITA Italian Trade Agency, Cluster Alisei, Lombardy Life Sciences Cluster, Institute of Science Tokyo, Osaka Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Osaka Bio Headquarters, Osaka Prefecture, Osaka University, and Tsukuba University, marked a significant transition from a national to a global context, promoting the evolution of a vision designed to address the challenges and opportunities linked to longevity. (ANSA)

Read the press review here: Assolombarda-Silver Economy Network portano la longevità a Expo | ANSA.it