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41st Congress of the Spanish Society of Clinical Nutrition and Metabolism

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 Localización: Pamplona

The scientific conference, organised by the Spanish Society of Clinical Nutrition and Metabolism, will address key issues relating to clinical nutrition, nutritional support and metabolism, in both hospital and outpatient settings. Topics will range from nutrition in cancer patients to the application of artificial intelligence and telemedicine in nutritional support, including the prevention and treatment of disease-related malnutrition (DRM).

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3rd World Congress on Age-Friendly Cities and Communities

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 Localización: Kursaal (Donostia / San Sebastián)

The first international age-friendly conference co-sponsored by the WHO in over 12 years will bring together cities, communities and global leaders in Donostia/San Sebastián (Gipuzkoa, Basque Country) from 16 to 18 June 2026 under the theme ‘Transforming Together! An Age-Friendly World – Connected, Equitable and Sustainable for All Generations’.

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Presentation of the study ‘The link between ageism and loneliness: analysing, raising awareness of and preventing discrimination against older people’

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 Localización: Madrid

Can age-based prejudice, stereotypes or discrimination lead to older people becoming less socially active and increase the risk of unwanted loneliness?

To address this challenge, the Grandes Amigos Foundation is promoting the project ‘The Link Between Ageism and Loneliness: Analysing, Raising Awareness and Preventing Discrimination Against Older People’, funded through national income tax by the Ministry of Social Rights, Consumer Affairs and the 2030 Agenda. As part of this project, Matia Institute has carried out this study of the same name.

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Collaborative housing cooperatives

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 Tipo: Jornada
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 Localización: Las Palmas de Gran Canaria

he Canary Islands are exploring new approaches to housing access at an event on collaborative housing cooperatives to be held on 22 May at Club La Provincia in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria. This event provides a forum for meeting and dialogue to share experiences, lessons learnt and ways forward regarding cooperative housing under a right-of-use arrangement in the Canary Islands.

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Workshop: Innovative solutions to combat loneliness and social isolation in the world’s major cities

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The second international workshop organised as part of the ‘Senior Solitude’ research project will take place on Tuesday 13 January in Paris. This event provides an opportunity to foster collective reflection on public policies aimed at combating isolation among older people, drawing on international perspectives and the initial findings of the survey conducted in Paris in 2025.

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Conference: ‘Raising awareness of ageism and actions to combat it’

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 Localización: Madrid

The overall objective of this conference, held on International Human Rights Day, is to highlight the different manifestations of ageism (self-inflicted, interpersonal and institutional) in different contexts (social, health and participation). The aim is to raise awareness of these ageist manifestations and to learn about the action plans put in place to combat it in social and health care, hospital, participation and leisure settings. The ultimate goal is to disseminate and promote a positive, diverse and realistic view of old age and ageing and to generate debate to reduce ageism.

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Talk: ‘Ageism: keys to identifying it and taking action’

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 Localización: Zumarraga

As part of the celebration of Older People's Week in Zumárraga, the Town Council, in collaboration with Nagusilan and the Municipal Council for Older People, has organised a talk on ageism in which our colleague Andrea Pozo, a researcher at the Matia Institute, will provide an overview of the concept of ‘ageism’ with practical examples and encourage reflection on the stereotypes and beliefs about age that are still present in our daily lives.
The event will take place at the Zelai Arizti Cultural Centre.

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Third International Congress on Home Care

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 Localización: Fuenlabrada

The home care conference is a permanent forum for innovation and new technologies in social services promoted by the Fuenlabrada City Council, the National Distance Education University, and the State Association of Social Services Directors and Managers.

The event showcases new models of home care, tools, technologies and working methods that enable people who wish to do so to remain living in their own homes for as long as possible.

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Seventeenth meeting of the Bureau of the UNECE Permanent Working Group on Ageing

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 Localización: Madrid

Meeting of the Bureau of the Standing Working Group on Ageing made up of national coordinators on ageing representing the member states of the UNECE. Sara Marsillas, a researcher at Matia Institute, will be present to share with the attendees some of the most important aspects of our experience in the field of age-friendly environments.

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Presentation of the #100fluencers study: ‘Analysis of stereotypes of ageing in the digital media’.

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 Localización: Donostia - San Sebastián

How are older people talked about in the media? Have there been changes in how this vital stage is reflected and in the social role of this segment of the population?

On 4 July, we will be presenting the #100fluencers study, a MatiaZaleak initiative that forms part of a project to raise social awareness about the perception of old age and its protagonists, the elderly.

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