Scientific Program

*Subject to change, some speakers still to be confirmed

Day 1 

16:15-19:00 SESSION 1:
OPENING SESSION AND KEYNOTE PRESENTATION
Plenary Hall
16:15-16:30 Opening remarks
Pasquale Patrizio, Miami, FL, USA
16:30–17:00 Extending healthy lifespan
Juan Carlos Ipsizua Belmonte, Los Altos, CA, USA
17:00-17:30 The future is now: How to calculate the real biological aging – birthdays are not static!
Steve Horvath, Los Angeles, CA, USA
17:30-18:00 Economic impact of unhealthy lifestyle and habits: The cost of improving healthspan vs the cost of doing nothing
Steven Ullmann, Miami, FL, USA
18:00-18:30 Yes, it is possible to rejuvenate
18:30-19:00 Back to the future of the healthspan code: Hippocrates versus hypocrisy
Camillo Ricordi, Miami, FL, USA
19:00-20:00 Networking Reception

Day 2

08:00-09:00 INDUSTRY SUPPORTED BREAKFAST SESSION Plenary Hall

 

09:00-11:00 SESSION 2:
FEMALE HEALTHSPAN/REPRODUCTIVE ORGANS
Plenary Hall
09:00-09:30
09:00
09:10
09:20
Debate: How to safely postpone and treat menopause
Safely postpone: Claus Andersen, Copenhagen, Denmark
Treat: Lubna Pal, New Haven, CT, USA
Discussion
09:30-09:50 Performance and enjoyment of sexual interaction
Flavia Fairbanks, Miami, FL, USA
09:50-10:10 Impact of obesity drugs (GLP-1 and others) on healthier sexual and reproductive outcomes
10:10-10:30 Ovarian ex vivo perfusion to better understand hormonal production and ovarian lifespan
Pasquale Patrizio, Miami, FL, USA
10:30-10:45 Benefits of reproduction at advanced maternal age and timing of menopause
Norbert Gleicher, New York, NY, USA  
10:45-11:00 Late age pregnancy is beneficial to longevity
Neri Laufer, Jerusalem, Israel

 

11:00-11:30 Coffee break, visit exhibition and e-Posters  Exhibition Hall

 

11:30-13:20 SESSION 3:
MALE HEALTHSPAN/REPRODUCTIVE ORGANS
Plenary Hall
11:30-11:50 Andropause: How safe and effective is testosterone replacement therapy?
Shalender Bhasin, Boston, MA, USA
11:50-12:10 Performance and enjoyment of sexual interaction: Psychological effect for healthy aging 
12:10-12:30 Impact of obesity drugs (GLP-1 and others) on healthier sexual and reproductive outcomes
Gianluca Iacobellis, Miami, FL, USA
Rodolfo Galindo, Miami, FL, USA
12:30-12:50 Advanced paternal age in reproduction
Thomas J. Masterson, Miami, FL, USA
12:50-13:20
12:50
13:00
13:10
Debate: Are alternatives or complementary remedies/therapies instead of testosterone, relevant to healthy lifespan?
Yes: 
No: Shalender Bhasin, Boston, MA, USA
Discussion

 

13:20-14:20 Lunch break, visit exhibition and e-Posters  Exhibition Hall
13:20-14:20 INDUSTRY SUPPORTED LUNCH SESSION Plenary Hall

 

 

14:30-16:00 SESSION 4:
SENOLYTICS AND SUPPLEMENTS
Plenary Hall
14:30-14:50 The world of senolytics
Matthew J. Yousefzadeh, New York, NY, USA
14:50-15:20 Modulation of the endogenous release of hydrogen sulfide by micronutrients: Can we delay metabolic aging?
Maurizio Dattilo, Lugano, Switzerland

 

16:00-16:30 Coffee break, visit exhibition and e-Posters  Exhibition Hall

 

16:30-18:00 SESSION 5:
CANCER CONQUESTS
Plenary Hall
16:30-17:00 Topic TBA
Samuel Bakhoum, New York, NY, USA
17:00-17:30 Non chemotherapy treatment of cancers: The road towards healthy survival
Alan Trounson, Clayton, VIC, Australia
18:00-18:30 Industry cheese and wine reception session

 

Day 3

08:00-09:00 INDUSTRY SUPPORTED BREAKFAST SESSION Plenary Hall

 

09:00-10:30 SESSION 6:
HEALTHSPAN THERAPIES/METABOLISM AND OBESITY IN REGARD TO HEALTHY LIVING
Plenary Hall
09:00-09:25 Metabolism, diabetes I and II and inflammation
Camillo Ricordi, Miami, FL, USA
09:25-09:45 Reversing aging: Ex vivo
Juan Carlos Ipsizua Belmonte, Los Altos, CA, USA
09:45-10:10 Reversing aging: In vivo via GLP1-modulators – the path towards the fountain of youth with these new available drugs
Gianluca Iacobellis, Miami, FL, USA
10:10-10:30 Reverse aging with Thymus Rejuvenation
Greg Fahy, Torrance, CA, USA

 

10:30-11:00 Coffee break, visit exhibition and e-Posters  Exhibition Hall

 

11:00-12:00 SESSION 7:
FREE COMMUNICATION SESSION
Plenary Hall

 

12:00-13:30 Lunch break, visit exhibition and e-Posters  Exhibition Hall
12:15-13:15 INDUSTRY SUPPORTED LUNCH SESSION Plenary Hall

 

13:30-15:00 SESSION 8:
BRAIN HEALTHSPAN/AGING OF THE BRAIN
Plenary Hall
13:30-13:55 Accelerated brain aging
Ali H. Brivanlou, New York, NY, USA
13:55-14:15 Retirement and inactivity lead to unhealthy aging
14:15-14:40 Neuro-aging: Alzheimer & Parkinson’s Disease
Gerald Schatten, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
14:40-15:00 TBA

 

15:10-15:25 SESSION 9:
CLOSING SESSION
Plenary Hall
Best Abstracts Award and Conference Closing