ICC History

  • 1st Congress

  • Place: Athens, USA
  • Date: 1994
  • Chairman: Leonard W. Poon
  • Hosted by: University of Georgia Gerontology Center

  • 2nd Congress

  • Place: University of Lund, Sweden
  • Date: 1995
  • Chairman: Bo Hagberg
  • Hosted by: Swedish Centenarian Study

  • 3rd Congress

  • Place: Heidelberg, Germany
  • Date: 1995
  • Chairman:
  • Hosted by:
  • Ursula Lehr

  • 4th Congress

  • Place: Fontevraud and Paris, France
  • Date: 1996
  • Chairman: Michel Allard
  • Hosted by: the Ipsen Foundation, French Centenarian Study

  • 5th Congress

  • Place: Cincinnati, USA
  • Date: 1997
  • Chairman: Leonard W. Poon
  • Hosted by: Meeting at the Gerontological Society of America

  • 6th Congress

  • Place: Bakaskog, Sweden
  • Date: 1998
  • Chairman: Bo Hagberg
  • Hosted by: The Lund University Gerontology Research Center, Swedish Centenarian Study

  • 7th Congress

  • Place: Hirschhorn, Germany
  • Date: 1999
  • Chairman: Peter Martin
  • Hosted by: Heidelberg Centenarian Study

  • 8th Congress

  • Place: Vancouver, Canada
  • Date: 2001
  • Chairman: Leonard W. Poon
  • Hosted by: Meeting at the International Congress of Gerontology and Geriatrics

  • 9th Congress

  • Place: Boston, USA
  • Date: 2002
  • Chairman: Leonard W. Poon
  • Hosted by: Meeting at the Gerontological Society of America

  • 10th Congress

  • Place: Honolulu, USA
  • Date: 2003
  • Chairman: David Curb
  • Hosted by: Honolulu Asia Aging Study

  • 11th Congress

  • Place: Hanö, Sweden
  • Date: 2004
  • Chairman: Bo Hagberg
  • Hosted by: Swedish Centenarian Study

  • 12th Congress

  • Place: Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
  • Date: 2005
  • Chairman: Grace da Rosa
  • Hosted by: Meeting at the International Congress of Gerontology and Geriatrics

  • 13th Congress

  • Place: Sunchung, Korea
  • Date: 2006
  • Chairman: Sang Chul Park
  • Hosted by: Korean Centenarian Study

  • 14th Congress

  • Place: Atlanta, USA
  • Date: 2008
  • Chairman: Leonard W. Poon
  • Hosted by: Georgia Centenarian Study

  • 15th Congress

  • Place: Paris, France
  • Date: 2009
  • Chairman: Jean-Marie Robine
  • Hosted by: French Centenarian Study, 2009 International Congress of Gerontology

  • 16th Congress

  • Place: Havana, Cuba
  • Date: 2010
  • Chairman: Michel Poulain
  • Hosted by: Cuban Centenarian Study

  • 17th Congress

  • Place: Hong Kong
  • Date: 2011
  • Chairman: Karen Siu-Lan Cheung
  • Hosted by: Hong Kong Centenarian Study

  • 18th Congress

  • Place: Hanö, Sweden
  • Date: 2012
  • Chairman: Bo Hagberg
  • Hosted by: Swedish Centenarian Study

  • 19th Congress

  • Place: Sunchung, Korea
  • Date: 2013
  • Chairman: Sang Chul Park
  • Hosted by: Korean Centenarian Study

  • 20th Congress

  • Place: Osaka, Japan
  • Date: 2014
  • Chairman: Yasuyuki Gondo and Nobuyoshi Hirose
  • Hosted by: Gerontology Consortium, Osaka University, Jointly Hosted by Graduate School of Human Sciences, Osaka University & Center for Supercentenarian Research, Keio University

  • 21st Congress

  • Place: Sardinia, Italy
  • Date: 2015
  • Chairman:Michel Poulain
  • Hosted by: Italian Centenarian Study

  • 22nd Congress

  • Place: Porto, Portugal
  • Date: 2016
  • Chairman: Oscar Ribeiro and Constança Paúl
  • Hosted by: Portuguese Centenarian Study

  • 23rd Congress

  • Place: University California, Santa Cruz, USA
  • Date: 2017
  • Chairman: Leonard W. Poon and Peter Martin
  • Hosted by: Georgia Centenarian Study

  • 24th Congress

  • Place: Sydney, Australia
  • Date: 2018
  • Chairman: Perminder Sachdev and Henry Brodaty
  • Hosted by: Sydney Centenarian Study

  • 25th Congress

  • Place: Lausanne, Switzerland
  • Date: 2019
  • Chairman: Daniela Jopp
  • Hosted by: Swiss Centenarian Study

  • 26th Congress

  • Place: Tokyo via Zoom due to COVID
  • Date: 2021
  • Chairman: Yasumichi Arai
  • Hosted by: Keio University, Osaka University, Tokyo Centenarian Study

  • 27th Congress

  • Place: Marstrand, Sweden
  • Date: 2023
  • Chairman: Ingmar Skoog
  • Hosted by: Swedish Centenarian Study

  • 28th Congress

  • Place: Texel, Netherlands
  • Date: 2024
  • Chairman: Henne Holstege
  • Hosted by: 100 Plus Studies

  • 29th Congress

  • Place: Brewster, MA, USA
  • Date: 2025
  • Chairman: Thomas Perls
  • Hosted by: New England Centenarian Study, and supported by the Academy for Health and Lifespan Research

  • 30th Congress

  • Place: Gochang, Korea
  • Date: 2026
  • Chairman: Kwangsung Park
  • Hosted by: Korean Centenarian Study
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