Conference on 'Healthy ageing in a new century' by J. Morley (Divisions of Geriatric Medicine and Endocrinology, School of Medicine, Saint Louis University) within the 2nd Barcelona International Conference on Healthy Ageing on June 19th-20th at the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Barcelona and organized by the Health Campus of the Barcelona University HUBc. The meeting is aimed to examine the most significant issues in biological, medical and technological innovation on healthy ageing.