Media Briefing: The Longevity Divided special issue of the Public Policy & Aging Report
Start Time: November 22, 2013
Friday, November 22
GSA Conference, New Orleans
11:30-12:30 pm
Roger J. McCarter, Ph.D
S. Jay Olshansky, Ph.D.
AFAR's President Roger J. McCarter moderated a panel featuring AFAR board member S. Jay Olshansky, Felipe Sierra, Gordon J. Lithgow, James L. Kirkland, Dan Perry, and John W. Rowe.
In conjunction with the release of the special "Longevity Dividend issue" of the Public Policy & Aging Report that AFAR co-sponsored. Learn more here.
42 journalists attended the media briefing, including representatives from CNN International, AARP Bulletin and HuffPost Voices. GSA staff have shared that this was the highest-attended and most well-received briefing they¹ve held at the conference.
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