Produced by the Fundación General CSIC on the basis of the work carried out by a top-level scientific committee, and on permanent loan to THE COMM, ‘A vivir que son 100 años’ can be visited until 23 February 2024 at the Espai Cultural Escoles Velles. Aimed at all audiences, the exhibition provides innovative ideas that can help us to understand and deal with ageing.

The opening ceremony was attended by Ramón Torrecillas, Director General of the Fundación General CSIC; Rafa Miró, Director of senior living THE COMM; Sergio Vidal, CEO of Goya Real Estate, and Vicente Arqués, Mayor of L’Alfàs del Pi.

After touring several Spanish cities, this scientific exhibition on longevity arrives in L’Alfàs del Pi, which invites us to understand the ageing process a little better, not only from an individual point of view, but also from a collective one.

Inaugural lectures of the exhibition ‘A vivir que son 100 años’.

On the occasion of the arrival of ‘A vivir que son 100 años’ to L’Alfàs del Pi, THE COMM, hosted from 16:30 hours, a series of inaugural lectures by the Fundación General CSIC, the University of Alicante and the City Council of L’Alfàs del Pi.

They addressed the good practices that help us to age well, appealing to both individual and collective responsibility, to take care of ourselves and others, to achieve a society in which older people can be happier.

The day began with the conference ‘Bienvejecer: un reto social sin paliativos’, organised by the Fundación General CSIC, with the speaker Cristina Reig Gourlot, Consultant Geriatrician, Project Manager at Biocon.

Finally, the day concluded with the conference ‘L’Alfàs del Pi, a healthy destination for the elderly and foreigners’, given by the Councillor for Tourism of L’Alfàs Town Council, Luis Miguel Morant.

The inaugural conferences were attended by Ramón Torrecillas, Director General of the Fundación General CSIC; Rafa Miró, Director of THE COMM; Sergio Vidal, CEO of Goya Real Estate, and Vicente Arqués, Mayor of L’Alfàs del Pi, together with members of the local government.