"This is going to grow like a forum, and I can only make the parallels to the World Economic Forum, which discusses economic issues and endeavours, and the Aspen Institute, the think tank in the United States. Well, this has all the makings in Australia to bring the best brains related to ageing, so that we can discuss the most important demographic issue of the 21st century, which is of course ageing."

Dr. Alexandre Kalache, MD, PhD. Coordinator, Ageing & Life Course Programme, World Health Organization (WHO).

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"IRCHAL is adequately positioned to provide support for addressing the challenges and opportunities of ageing societies around the world, in both developed and developing countries, through promoting interdisciplinary collaboration amongst the world’s leading experts on health and ageing and the dissemination of evidence-based knowledge to all major actors in government and civil society."

Dr. Alexandre Sidorenko, MD, PhD. Chief, United Nations Focal Point on Ageing.