Session 1: Longevity of the oldest-old (Chair: Bill Butz)
Leonid A. Gavrilov and Natalia S. Gavrilova: “Determinants of exceptional human longevity: new ideas and findings” moreJon Anson: “Surviving to be the oldest old – destiny or chance?” moreKaren Cheung SL and Jean-Marie Robine: “Predictors of longevity: evidence from the near-centenarians and centenarians in Hong Kong” moreSession 2: Time trends in longevity and mortality (Chair: Graziella Caselli)Frans van Poppel, Govert Bijwaard, Mart van Lieburg, Fred van Lieburg and Rik Hoekstra: “Medical men: forerunners in the mortality decline in the Netherlands?” moreJim Oeppen and Oskar Burger: “North-west European exceptional longevity in a global context: 1550-2000” moreMaria Winkler-Dworak: “The low mortality of Learned Societies: an international comparison” more