Longevity by Design: AI, Data and Healthy Ageing

Seminar Longevity by Design: AI, Data and Healthy Ageing, held by Johannes Walter.
The seminar is organised by Centro Nexa su Internet & Società.

When: Friday 27 February 2026 at 11,00 am
Where: In person: Centro Nexa su Internet & Società, DAUIN - Politecnico di Torino - Via Pier Carlo Boggio 65/A
Online at the link: https://didattica.polito.it/VClass/NexaEvent
Speaker: Johannes Walter, IU University of Applied Sciences

ABSTRACT: An aging society is forcing healthcare systems to undergo fundamental change: away from selective care and toward continuous, preventive, and data-based care. In this presentation, I will show how artificial intelligence can support healthy aging—through early risk detection, better prevention, and support for clinical decisions, with responsibility and final decisions remaining with humans. Using concrete examples, we will discuss what is already realistically feasible today and where obstacles still exist in practice.
Finally, we will highlight the most important prerequisites for a sustainable impact: evidence and evaluation, interoperability, data protection and governance, integration into workflows, and clear structures for responsibility and accountability.

BIO: Johannes Walter is a researcher and consultant at the intersection of business, AI governance, and innovation. His research combines regulatory design (e.g., AI regulatory sandboxes and EU AI law), technology assessment, and policy analysis. He investigates how technology affects productivity, society, labor markets, and institutional change, and how data-driven systems can be responsibly implemented and sustainably scaled in regulated environments. He works with organizations in regulated environments such as healthcare, social services, industry, and the public sector.

More information:

• Contact: Valeria Bergantino
• Link to the seminar