Defining Aging and Rejuvenation

What is the most undervalued area for longevity progress we should pursue?The lack of a clear definition of aging presents a major obstacle for collaboration and advances in the field. We need concensus on aging, rejuvenation, and biological age. Without an agreement on what we study, it’s hard to form a unified force and convince the public.Where are we today? Where would we like to be?There are many definitions, with no concensus on what aging is and what causes it. We can’t advocate for a moonshot project because there are no common clearly-defined goals. In the short term, we should organize a conference to attain concensus. Later we can build a unified force and more easily pursue moonshot projects.What public and private actions have the biggest impact on those goals?Creating a focused conference on defining aging, creating questionnaires and aggregating them into an online repository, and stimulating podcasts/debates on the nature of aging.What people, funding, resources, experiments would be required to test this hypothesis?Impetus grants and Foresight Institute could host a conference ($20k). Having a website, promotional videos, and explanatory resources are a necessary component. Having real debates and panel discussions where people are free to voice disagreements seems important as well.