The 6th European Conference on Aging & Gerontology (EGen2026)

Join us in London (and online) for EGen2026!

July 09-13, 2026 | SOAS and University College London (UCL), United Kingdom & Online

We are very excited to host The 5th European Conference on Aging & Gerontology (EGen2026), the sister conference to The Asian Conference on Aging & Gerontology (AGen), which has been held in Japan since 2015.

IAFOR has joined efforts with The Bartlett Real Estate Institute at UCL, UK, the National Archive of Computerized Data on Aging (NACDA) at the University of Michigan, the IAFOR Research Centre at OSIPP, The University of Osaka, Japan, and academic leaders and thinkers of all disciplines from a wide range of prestigious institutions to host a conference that brings together all disciplines to discuss one of the greatest challenges humanity currently faces: the ageing of the population. Scholars from practically every discipline are welcomed to bring their perspective, as ageing involves almost all aspects of humanities, science and policy. With thematic streams covering many disciplines such as the built environment, frailty, loneliness, the silver economy, and others, EGen2026 will again provide a great opportunity for researchers.

The European Conference on Aging & Gerontology (EGen) is an interdisciplinary conference held alongside The European Conference on Education (ECE), The European Conference on Arts & Humanities (ECAH). Registration for any of these conferences will allow delegates to attend sessions in the others. In keeping with our mission, we open the plenary sessions to all delegates across the conferences. We do this as every individual delegate has their own different overlapping interests.

We look forward to meeting you in London and online.

On behalf of the EGen2026 Conference Committees we look forward to meeting you in London and online.

Evangelia Chrysikou
Conference Chair
Bartlett School of Sustainable Construction,
University College London, United Kingdom

Event Supporters

Speakers

To be announced

IAFOR's Conference Themes for 2025-2029

Our selected themes for 2025-2029 bring together ideas and encourage research and synergies in the following areas:

Technology and Artificial Intelligence

Humanity and Human Intelligence

Global Citizenship and Education for Peace

Leadership

Our four themes can be seen as standalone themes, but they are also very much in conversation with each other. Themes may be seen as corollaries, complementary, or in opposition/juxtaposition with each other. The themes can be considered as widely as possible and are designed, in keeping with our mission, to encourage ideas across the disciplines.

Conference News

Video Archive

Conference Report and Intelligence Briefing 2024 – Issue 5 – ECE/ECLL/ECAH/EGen2024 Editor: Joseph Haldane Authors: Melina Neophytou and Apipol Sae-Tung Published: August 30, 2024 ISSN: 2759-4939 Download the Report (PDF) ...

IAFOR Grant and Scholarship Recipients 2025

We are delighted to announce the recipients of IAFOR grants and scholarships for EGen2025 to be held in London in July 2025 ...

Conference Report and Intelligence Briefing: ECE/ECLL/ECAH/EGen2024

Read the full report from the 2024 conference ...

IAFOR Research Centre (IRC) – “Innovation and Value Initiative”

The IAFOR Research Centre (IRC) is housed within The University of Osaka’s School of International Public Policy (OSIPP), and in June 2018 the IRC began an ambitious new “Innovation and Value Initiative”. Officially launched at the United Nations in a special UN-IAFOR Collaborative Session, the initiative seeks to bring together the best in interdisciplinary research around the concept of value, on how value can be recognised, and measured, and how this can help us address issues and solve problems, from the local to the global.

About IAFOR

"Inspiring Global Collaborations"

Founded in 2009, The International Academic Forum (IAFOR) is a mission-driven politically independent non-partisan and non-profit organisation dedicated to encouraging interdisciplinary discussion, facilitating intercultural awareness and promoting international exchange, principally through educational interaction and academic research. Based in Japan, its main administrative office is in Nagoya, and its research centre is in the Osaka School of International Public Policy (OSIPP), a graduate school of The University of Osaka. IAFOR runs research programs and events in partnership with universities, think tanks, and other associations. Through its international, intercultural and interdisciplinary conferences, research, and publications, IAFOR is a network hub for interdisciplinary discussion across Asia and beyond.
Read more about IAFOR.