{"id":53278,"date":"2024-11-08T12:28:21","date_gmt":"2024-11-08T04:58:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www2.si.mahidol.ac.th\/en\/?p=53278"},"modified":"2024-11-08T12:30:29","modified_gmt":"2024-11-08T05:00:29","slug":"siriraj-professor-invited-as-guest-panelist-at-mit-sloans-asean-conference-on-longevity-in-thailand","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www2.si.mahidol.ac.th\/en\/news-events\/siriraj-professor-invited-as-guest-panelist-at-mit-sloans-asean-conference-on-longevity-in-thailand\/","title":{"rendered":"Siriraj Professor Invited as Guest Panelist at MIT Sloan\u2019s ASEAN Conference on Longevity in Thailand"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>The MIT Sloan School of Management<\/strong> recently launched its Global Programs with the <strong><em>&#8220;<\/em>Beyond Years: The Future of Longevity<em>&#8220;<\/em><\/strong> conference, held on October 31<sup>st<\/sup> &#8211; November 1<sup>st<\/sup>, 2024, at Capella Bangkok Hotel, Thailand. This private, invitation-only event focused on <em>aging<\/em> and <em>longevity<\/em> in the ASEAN region and convened <strong>MIT faculty<\/strong>, <strong>policymakers<\/strong>, <strong>healthcare experts<\/strong>, and<strong> innovators<\/strong> to discuss emerging themes related to the challenges and opportunities in an aging society.<\/p>\n<p>Representing Siriraj, <strong>Professor Weerasak Muangpaisan, M.D.<\/strong>, Chairman of the <strong>Siriraj Academic Center of Geriatric Medicine (SiACG)<\/strong>, Faculty of Medicine Siriraj Hospital, Mahidol University, joined as an invited panelist. His participation on the <em>&#8220;Healthcare Practitioner&#8221; panel<\/em> addressed critical medical considerations for aging populations in ASEAN, highlighting the evolving needs of geriatric care and the hurdles healthcare providers face in meeting these demands.<\/p>\n<p>The conference, hosted as part of the new <strong>MIT Sloan ASEAN\u00a0<\/strong><span style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;\"><strong>Office<\/strong>&#8216;s<\/span>\u00a0debut, included sessions on key areas such as <em>&#8220;Imagining Wellbeing for Longevity&#8221;,<\/em> <em>&#8220;Designing the Context for Longevity&#8221;,<\/em> and <em>&#8220;Financing Longevity&#8221;.<\/em> The event underscored the importance of innovative solutions and forward-thinking policies as ASEAN nations experience a demographic shift toward older populations.<\/p>\n<p>For further information, please visit\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/mitsloanlongevityasean.com\/\">https:\/\/mitsloanlongevityasean.com\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-53281\" src=\"https:\/\/www2.si.mahidol.ac.th\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/ScreenShot2018-03-29at6.22.08PM.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1994\" height=\"1034\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www2.si.mahidol.ac.th\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/ScreenShot2018-03-29at6.22.08PM.png 1994w, https:\/\/www2.si.mahidol.ac.th\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/ScreenShot2018-03-29at6.22.08PM-1280x664.png 1280w, https:\/\/www2.si.mahidol.ac.th\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/ScreenShot2018-03-29at6.22.08PM-1920x996.png 1920w, https:\/\/www2.si.mahidol.ac.th\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/ScreenShot2018-03-29at6.22.08PM-768x398.png 768w, https:\/\/www2.si.mahidol.ac.th\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/ScreenShot2018-03-29at6.22.08PM-1536x797.png 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1994px) 100vw, 1994px\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-53280\" src=\"https:\/\/www2.si.mahidol.ac.th\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/grand-palace-1822487_19201.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"740\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www2.si.mahidol.ac.th\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/grand-palace-1822487_19201.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/www2.si.mahidol.ac.th\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/grand-palace-1822487_19201-1280x493.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/www2.si.mahidol.ac.th\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/grand-palace-1822487_19201-768x296.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www2.si.mahidol.ac.th\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/grand-palace-1822487_19201-1536x592.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-53283 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www2.si.mahidol.ac.th\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/WeerasakMuangpaisan.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www2.si.mahidol.ac.th\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/WeerasakMuangpaisan.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www2.si.mahidol.ac.th\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/WeerasakMuangpaisan-45x45.jpg 45w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The MIT Sloan School of Management recently launched its Global Programs with the &#8220;Beyond Years: The Future of Longevity&#8220; conference, held on October 31st &#8211; November 1st, 2024, at Capella Bangkok Hotel, Thailand. This private, invitation-only event focused on aging and longevity in the ASEAN region and convened MIT faculty, policymakers, healthcare experts, and innovators [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":81,"featured_media":53282,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8,144],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-53278","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-events","category-preventive-and-social-medicine"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www2.si.mahidol.ac.th\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53278","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www2.si.mahidol.ac.th\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www2.si.mahidol.ac.th\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www2.si.mahidol.ac.th\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/81"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www2.si.mahidol.ac.th\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=53278"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www2.si.mahidol.ac.th\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53278\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www2.si.mahidol.ac.th\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/53282"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www2.si.mahidol.ac.th\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=53278"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www2.si.mahidol.ac.th\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=53278"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www2.si.mahidol.ac.th\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=53278"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}