Thought Leaders on Global Ageing Heading to Sydney in 2029

Sydney will be the host city for the 24th International Association of Gerontology and Geriatric (IAGG) World Congress of Gerontology and Geriatrics in 2029, with a pre Congress Leadership Summit in Queenstown, New Zealand.

ANZSGM supported the Australian Association of Gerontology (AAG) and the New Zealand Association of Gerontology (NZAG) in a significant multi-year bidding effort led by the business events bidding specialists at BESydney to win the bid. 

The decision was made by a vote of the more than 80 IAGG member and the 2029 Congress is expected to attract around 4,500 delegates to Sydney over five days and BESydney estimates it will inject $21.6 million into the local economy.

The quadrennial World Congress of Gerontology and Geriatrics is the largest, most significant
worldwide conference on ageing, sharing the latest science, research, training, technology, and policy
development presented by experts from around the world. Delegates include representatives from
medicine, nursing, allied health, aged care, policy and practice fields, and other disciplines brought
together to address the latest approaches to improving the experience of ageing for ageing and older
people across the globe.

Co-Bid Leaders and AAG Life Members, Professor Julie Byles AO, Global Innovation Chair in Responsive Transitions in Health and Ageing, Newcastle University, and Professor Keith Hill, Director of the Rehabilitation, Ageing and Independent Living (RAIL) research centre, Monash University, jointly stated,

“This bid win is a wonderful outcome for our gerontological and geriatrician communities across Australia and New Zealand. We are honoured to have been selected by our global colleagues to lead this critical conversation about ageing together and ageing well. Importantly, the IAGG World Congress in Sydney in 2029 represents an opportunity for students and early career participants to come together and to form lasting global relationships that will help shape their professional activities into the future.”

IAGG World Congress was last held in Australia in Adelaide, in 1997 and this will be the first time that
Sydney has hosted the Congress. The 23rd IAGG World Congress will be held at the International Convention Centre Sydney (ICC Sydney) from 28 July – 3 August 2029 with a pre-Congress Leadership Summit in Queenstown, New Zealand.

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