Siddartha S Verma organized the 2014 International Online Longevity Day conference with speakers from several countries. He also met with longevity researchers at the IFA Global Conference on Aging in Hyderabad, India in June 2014. Major developments in the longevity field include initiatives launched by Mark Zuckerberg and others to fund longevity research, Google launching its Calico labs to study aging, and several conferences and organizations working to promote research in this area around the world.

1. Siddartha S Verma
Co-Founder- India Future Society (IFS) (2013- present)
Engineer- IBM India Pvt. Ltd., (Feb 2014- Present)
M.Sc. in Physics, Gravitational Wave research, The University of
Western Australia, Perth (2011 – 2013)
Bachelors in Technology (B.Tech), CUSAT, Kochi, India (2006 – 2010)
Bangalore, India
Website- http://siddmn4u1.wix.com/siddarthasverma

2. Past Longevity and Future Day Events
Future and Longevity Day 2013

10. Accomplishment for this year (2014)
A) Organizing this year’s International Online Longevity Day 2014, with distinguished
speakers from several countries around the globe – India, Israel, USA, Russia, USA, Belgium.
• Avinash K. Singh (Founder - India Future Society (IFS), MS, Consultant- MbSci)
• Siddartha S Verma (Co-Founder – IFS, Engineer- IBM India Pvt. Ltd., M.Sc. In Physics,
GravitationalWave research)
• Dr. Didier Coeurnelle (Co-Chair of HEALES- Healthy Life Extension Society, Belgium)
• Dr.Valerya Pride (Director- Krio Rus, Cryonics Company)
• Dr. Kalluri Subba Rao (Prof. on Aging, University of Hyderabad, India)
• Monirul Islam (Assit. Prof., Ethics of Life Extension, India)
• Dr. Ilia Stambler (Bar Ilan University, Israel, Israeli and International Longevity Alliance)
• Dr. Daria Khaltourina (Health and Longevity Advocate, Russia)
• Zoltan Istvan (Write at TranshumanistWager, USA)
• Linus Petersson (Humanity + Promoter, Sweden)

11. B) I (as a representative from India Future Society) met with Dr. Ilia Stambler, Dr.
Didier Coeurnelle, Dr. Daria Khaltourina and Dr. Kalluri Subba Roa during “..Focus on
Biology of Ageing and Healthy Longevity at the IFA Global Conference on Aging,
Hyderabad, 10th – 13th June 2014..” conference happening in Novotel Hyderabad,
India. (Pictures later)
C) Met Longevity and Life extension researchers from India, and was able to get their
business cards.
D) Attended the full two day conference, lectures and meetings during the event.
E) Avinash Singh (Founder, IFS) published about the same in IFS website, an article
and pictures from the meetings.
F) Been publishing about Longevity, Life extension, Aging and Transhumanism
research and Quizzes on the same subject on IFS website. Most done by Avinash.
G) Have Life Extension and Longevity researchers (Dr. Aubrey de Grey, Elena Milova,
Dr. Ilia Stambler, Dr. James Hughes, Dr. Natasha Vita More, Zoltan Istvan, Franco
Cortese, Cristine Gaspar, Chris T. Armstrong) on board with IFS for last 1 and half
years.

12. H) Recently, Stephan Beauregard, Director of Cryonics Institute, US expressed interest
in coming on board with IFS.
G) On a personal note, I started working at IBM India Pvt. Ltd since February, 2014
as Engineer.
Link to the Full facebook album of the Conference-https://
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14. Happenings and Development around the world, Update:
As Longevity as field of research is becoming more well known around the Globe, more
well known reputed organizations are joining the effort to make this happen.
Few examples-
A) Mark Zuckerberg (Facebook), Yuri Milner (a Russian Billionaire) and Sergey Brin (Co-
Founder Google) recently launched an effort to work on Immortality, Curing disease
and extend human life. Name of initiative- Breakthrough Prize in Life Sciences
Foundation, which already announced 11 winners for the year 2013.
Article about it in one of website-
“Immortality, Sponsored by Mark Zuckerberg”-
http://motherboard.vice.com/blog/immortality-sponsored-by-mark-zuckerberg?
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16. “Breakthrough Prize announced by Silicon Valley entrepreneurs” in The Guardian
http://www.theguardian.com/science/2013/feb/20/breakthrough-prize-silicon-valley-entrepreneurs
B) Google launched Calico (California Life Company) labs in US to tackle Aging
Website- http://www.calicolabs.com /
Has distinguished researcher - Arthur Levinson, Phd ( CEO of Genentech)

17. C) Stephen Wolfram’s talk on Immortality- “Undoubtedly, Human Immortality is achievable”
'When There's No Reason Something's Impossible, It Ends Up Being Possible'
http://www.inc.com/allison-fass/stephen-wolfram-immortality-humans-live-forever.html

18. D) Palo Alto Longevity prize in Silicon Valley, US (a hub for Technology and Start up
businesses)
With members-
Joon Yun, (President of Palo Alto Ventures), Reese Jones (Singularity University), Sonia
Arrison (100 Plus), Steve Jurvetson (Managing Director- Draper Fisher Jurvetson, Space X,
Tesla Motors), Aubrey de Grey (SENS Foundation, also on Advisory board of India Future
Society)

19. E) Initiatives and organizations like
• In Silico medicine
• Longecity
• International and Israeli Longevity Alliance
• Long Now Foundation
• Alcor Life Extension Foundation
• American Aging Association
• Cryonics Institute
• SENS Research Foundation
• ELPI’s Foundation for Indefinite Lifespan
• Human Longevity Incorporation (by Dr. Craig Venter)
• Synthetic Genomic Inc. (by Dr. Craig Venter)
• Rare Genomics Institute,
• CSIR Institute of Genomics and Integrative Biology- India
• Global Genes Project
• Life Extension Foundation
• Global 2045 Initiative
• Healthy Life Extension Society
• Humanity + Global
• DARPA, US
• Halcyon Molecular, are promoting this subject around the globe.

20. F) Recent conferences-
• International Symposium of Geroprotectors: practical applications of Aging research
for Drug delivery, September 23- 24, Basel, Switzerland, 2014
• Eurosymposium on Healthy Ageing – EHA, Belgium, 2014
Focus on Biology of Ageing and Healthy Longevity at the IFA Global Conference on
Aging, Hyderabad, 10th – 13th June 2014
• Conference organized by ILA on Longevity Day around 1st October, for the year 2012,
2013 and 2014..in which more than 30 countries participated globally.
• The Longevity Now Conference, CA, US

21. G) Books on Aging and Longevity
• History of Life Extension in 20th Century, by Dr. Ilia Stambler , cover review by Dr.
Aubrey de Grey

22. Ways for implementation
• Anti-Aging drugs
• Nanotechnology
• Cloning and Body part Replacement
• Cryonics
• Strategies for Engineered Negligible Senescence (SENS)
• Genetic Modification
• Reversal of Informational Entropy
• Mind Uploading initiatives, like BRAIN Initiative (by US Government), Carbon
Copies by Dr. Randal Koene

23. Articles
• New Scientist