The meeting will focus on maintaining function with age: physical, cognitive, nutrition, brain and muscle function, prevention of frailty with advancing age. This research and practice symposium will be organized with the IAGG (the International Association of Gerontology and Geriatrics), the IANA (International Academy on Nutrition and Aging), the Gerontological Society of America (GSA) and the University of New Mexico, School of Medicine. Researchers from around the world will present new findings in these important fields. The oral proceedings will be published in the JNHA (Journal of Nutrition, Health and Aging).