On Monday 24 March at 12.15, a press conference will be held in the Holy See Press Office, Via della Conciliazione 54, to present the “Vatican Longevity Summit: challenging the passing of time”, to be held in the afternoon of the same day at the Conference Centre of the Augustinianum, Via Paolo VI 25, Rome.

The speakers will be:

- Archbishop Vincenzo Paglia, president of the Pontifical Academy for Life;

- Professor Fr. Alberto Carrara, LC., president of the Organizing Committee;

- Professor Giulio Maira, neurosurgeon and founder of the Atena Foundation;

- Professor Venkatraman Ramakrishnan, Nobel Prize Winner for Chemistry, 2009;

- Professor Shyn7ya Yamanaka, Nobel Prize Winner for Medicine 2012 and academician of the Pontifical Academy for Life.

The press conference will be livestreamed in the original language on the Vatican News YouTube channel, at https://www.youtube.com/c/VaticanNews.

Remote participation

Journalists and media operators who wish to participate in the press conference remotely must apply, no less than two hours before the event, via the Holy See Press Office online accreditation system, at https://press.vatican.va/accreditamenti, selecting the event: CS Vatican Longevity Summit: sfidare l’orologio del tempo.

During the request phase, you will need to select the option “Sì” in the box “Partecipazione da remoto”.

Journalists and media operators who are admitted will receive confirmation of participation via the online accreditation system and, at the same time, the link to access the virtual platform and to participate actively in the Press Conference, with the possibility to ask questions.

Participation in person

Journalists and media operators who wish to participate in the press conference in person must apply, no less than 24 hours before the event, via the Holy See Press Office online accreditation systes, at https://press.vatican.va/accreditamenti, selecting the event: CS Vatican Longevity Summit: sfidare l’orologio del tempo.

Journalists and media operators who are admitted will receive confirmation of participation via the online accreditation system.

Simultaneous translation

It will be possible to have access to simultaneous translation and to listen to the press conference in Italian and in English via both the Vatican News YouTube language channels and the virtual participation platform indicated in the paragraph “Remote participation”.