Milan Longevity Summit: Practicing Longevity

Vision

The 2025 Milan Longevity Summit will showcase highprofile scientific events, including talks by two Nobel Laureates and globally renowned academics. Aligned with the United Nations’ Decade of Healthy Aging, the Summit introduces an innovative format: transforming Milan into a citywide health and wellness hub. Participants will have the opportunity to engage in hands-on workshops, exploring strategies and activities at the intersection of life, aging, and health.

Activity

While global life spans have increased significantly, health spans have not kept pace. The challenge lies in enhancing the quality of those additional years. This year’s Summit focuses on practical solutions for healthy aging, offering free workshops for all ages. Participants will explore science-backed strategies in: Nutrition, sleep, and physical activity; Mindfulness, brain training, and social connection; Art, music, and cultural engagement.
Additionally, workshops will tackle critical topics like preventive and predictive medicine, financial wellness, digital safety, and combating online fraud—empowering attendees to approach aging with confidence, resilience, and vitality.
The 2025 Milan Longevity Summit introduces its most innovative feature: Longevity Labs. Led by renowned experts, these interactive workshops aim to enhance well-being by equipping participants with actionable strategies for healthy aging. Free and open to the public, these sessions combine introductory scientific lectures with hands-on activities, empowering attendees to learn, experiment, and ask personal questions.
Esteemed Italian experts will debunk common myths and share actionable advice on fitness, biological age, and strategies for preventing diseases and impairments. The Labs will be prominently featured in the Summit’s program and receive extensive media coverage across TV, radio, newspapers, social media, and more, backed by the support of local institutions and authorities.

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The purpose of life is not to be happy. It is to be useful, to be honorable, to be compassionate, to have it make some difference that you have lived and lived well

- Ralph Waldo Emerson

Marilena Citelli Francese

Marilena Citelli Francese is an Italian cultural advocate and philanthropist dedicated to promoting the arts, education, and cross-cultural dialogue. She was recently appointed Acting President of BrainCircle Italia, a non-profit organization founded under the aegis of Rita Levi Montalcini

In 2023, Citelli Francese was appointed President of the Women Economic Forum and organized the inaugural Italian edition of this global conference on women’s economic empowerment, held at Luiss Guido Carli University in Rome. She serves on the board of Casa Italiana Zerilli-Marimò at NYU, actively supporting initiatives that promote Italian culture in the United States and she is Governor of the Hebrew University.

As President of the association MUSADOC, she leads initiatives that celebrate and deepen appreciation for Italian culture. In this role, she has organized numerous events, including concerts and exhibitions, promoting Italian heritage.

With a degree in archaeology and ancient literature and a diploma in interior architecture from the Camondo Museum in Paris, she has dedicated her career to elevating Italian heritage and fostering international cultural exchange.