New initiative aims to capture perspectives from across the health, wellness and longevity sectors to chart where the industry is heading.
The longevity sector has never been short of ideas, but it has often lacked a shared compass; understanding where the industry truly stands – and where its diverse voices believe it should go – could help clarify both purpose and progress. The International Institute of Longevity and the Longevity Think Tank have launched the Global Survey on Longevity, Health & Wellbeing, an initiative designed to gather insights from researchers, clinicians, investors and innovators around the world.
Taking the pulse of the longevity community
Open for two weeks from today, the survey takes less than ten minutes to complete and seeks to identify the key trends, challenges and opportunities shaping the field. The results will be shared at an upcoming event, with contributors invited to attend and to receive anonymized finding’at a time when the longevity market has reached a ‘hype cycle’ it is more important than ever that we have global industry standards and guardrails to protect consumer trust and industry reputation. We hope the survey will unearth better understanding of the diverse stakeholders entering the ecosystem and inform responsible, science-backed partnerships that deliver maximum health outcomes and customer experience for individuals, wherever they are on their individual health journeys.’s – a meaningful incentive to help define the contours of a fast-developing ecosystem.
Longevity.Technology: Gathering data about where the longevity field thinks it is can be almost as revealing as knowing where it actually stands – and this survey promises to highlight both the optimism and the blind spots shaping the sector. The industry has matured beyond early hype, yet consensus on what truly constitutes progress remains elusive; investment still chases excitement as often as evidence, and definitions of ‘healthspan’ can stretch as elastically as the science allows. What’s striking – and encouraging – is that initiatives such as this suggest a willingness to pause and take stock, to measure sentiment as well as science, and to understand how the diverse parts of the longevity ecosystem might align on common goals.
There is a growing recognition that progress in longevity requires more than laboratory breakthroughs – it demands shared metrics, responsible communication and policy frameworks that link biology to society. Capturing views from across research, clinical practice and the marketplace could help illuminate where genuine convergence is happening, and where the gaps between promise and practice still yawn wide. In a space that prides itself on measurement and metrics, taking the pulse of its own community feels not only timely, but essential – after all, how can we extend healthy life if we can’t first agree on what healthy progress looks like?
Speaking to Longevity.Technology, Tina Woods, Executive Director of the International Institute of Longevity, said the survey comes at a pivotal moment for the industry.
“At a time when the longevity market has reached a ‘hype cycle’ it is more important than ever that we have global industry standards and guardrails to protect consumer trust and industry reputation,” she told us. “We hope the survey will unearth better understanding of the diverse stakeholders entering the ecosystem and inform responsible, science-backed partnerships that deliver maximum health outcomes and customer experience for individuals, wherever they are on their individual health journeys.”
Building consensus through collaboration
The organizers hope the survey will stimulate collaboration between sectors that have traditionally operated in silos – bringing together academic research, clinical application and consumer-facing innovation. Participants will also help identify areas where the industry can develop evidence-based strategies and align on priorities such as regulatory readiness, data standards and public engagement.
As longevity transitions from an emerging field to a recognized pillar of healthcare and investment, understanding the collective mindset of its stakeholders could prove critical. Shared insight, after all, may be the first step toward shared progress – and toward ensuring that longevity science delivers not just extended years, but extended value for all.
A measured optimism
Surveys are, by nature, snapshots rather than verdicts – but even a snapshot can clarify direction. As the longevity field continues to expand and self-define, reflecting on its own diversity of thought may be as important as the next molecule, mechanism or market breakthrough. Perhaps longevity’s greatest test is not whether we can add years to life, but whether we can build an industry capable of understanding itself clearly enough to guide that life well.
Make your voice heard: The Global Survey on Longevity, Health & Wellbeing is open now and closes two weeks today, on 12 November – add your perspective and help shape the conversation around the future of healthy longevity. CLICK HERE TO PARTICIPATE.
