Longevity Week is the annual programme convened by The Longevity Forum, a not-for-profit based between Oxford and London, and it frames longer life through science, finance and public policy rather than clinical practice alone. The 2026 edition runs from 2 to 6 November across both cities.
The Forum's own two anchor events sit inside that week. The Longevity Forum breakfast takes place on 2 November from 08:30 to 10:30 and is by invitation only. The Science Summit follows on 4 November at Oriel College, Oxford, from 09:00 to 16:00, and is the academic centrepiece — a full day of geroscience presented by Oxford-affiliated and international researchers. Around these, a wider programme of satellite events, receptions and investor gatherings runs through the week, organised by partner institutions.
What distinguishes Longevity Week is the crossover audience. The Forum connects Jim Mellon's investment network with Oxford academic geroscience and with policymakers thinking about the fiscal consequences of ageing populations. The result is a week where the same intervention gets examined as a piece of biology, as an investable asset and as a public-health policy question, which rarely happens in one place.
For clinicians, researchers and health-system leaders from Saudi Arabia and the Gulf, Longevity Week is the best European window into how longevity is being positioned at national-policy level — the framing that determines whether healthy-ageing services get public funding or remain private-pay. The Gulf's own investment in ageing research, including through Hevolution, makes this network directly relevant.
Access varies by event: some sessions are invitation-only, others are ticketed and open. Anyone planning to attend should check the Forum's Longevity Week page for the current list of events, registration links and any application requirements, and confirm arrangements before booking travel to the UK.
