This is the final newsletter of the first phase of the Consortium's work. To mark the end of this phase and to launch the next one, ERA-AGE organised, in partnership with the EESC, a major conference in Brussels, on 2nd February 2009, devoted to the Future of Ageing Research in Europe.This newsletter provides an overview of the conference proceedings and full details can be found on the ERA-AGE website (www.era-age.group.shef.ac.uk).