GSA Partners With Scholars Accelerating AI and Technology Research

Thank you to the a2 Collective for welcoming GSA to its recent National Symposium in Washington — one of several ways the Society is keeping engaged with leaders, researchers, industry innovators, and practitioners to explore the intersection of aging and technology.

The a2 Collective currently comprises three universities (The Johns Hopkins University, University of Massachusetts Amherst, and the University of Pennsylvania) and a coordinating center representing the Artificial Intelligence and Technology Collaboratories (AITC) for Aging Research program funded by the National Institute on Aging. As reported in the March issue of Gerontology News, a recent supplement issue of GSA’s journal Innovation in Aging published research results coming out of the AITCs.

As a partner on the National Symposium, GSA was well represented on the pre-conference day program. My colleagues Trish D’Antonio and Hannah Albers of GSA’s National Center to Reframe Aging shared what people working in the agetech space should consider when communicating about products and solutions. I contributed to a subsequent panel about best approaches to communicating with policymakers. (This was a natural fit as GSA had just wrapped up our own Capitol Hill Day visits, reported in my recent blog.) The a2 Collective website provides a great recap of the day’s events and a report on the full symposium.

And after its debut last year, AgeTech Day will be back on the agenda for the GSA 2026 Annual Scientific Meeting in National Harbor, Maryland, this November. I invite you to keep engaged on the subject year-round by joining GSA’s Technology and Aging Interest Group, too.