About the
Symposium

This Symposium explores how advances in aging biology, precision medicine, and regenerative therapies are being translated into real-world clinical applications to extend health span and improve quality of life. The symposium is co-organized by the Institute for Healthier Living Abu Dhabi (IHLAD), bringing together global experts to accelerate the bridge between scientific discovery and clinical practice.


Important
Dates

13

September

Abstract
Submission
Deadline

20

September

Notification of
Acceptance

20

September

Early bird
Registration
Deadline

10

October

Online
Registration
Deadline


Scientific
Themes

Precision Prevention and Clinical Translation for Healthy Longevity

Building Longevity Societies: Innovation, Economics, and Population Impact


Panel Discussion
Title

Panel I

Innovating for Healthy Longevity: Empowering Families Across the Life Course.

Panel II

Clinical Trials for Healthspan: National and Global Perspectives

Panel III

From Case to Practice: Regional Differences in Longevity Assessment, Extended Testing and Physician Education


Speakers

Schedule and
Timings

9:00 – 9:30 Breakfast and Registration
9:30 – 9:45 Opening Ceremony — Welcome Remarks Prof. Habiba Alsafar Dean
College of Medicine and Health Sciences - Khalifa University

H.E. Dr. Noura Al Ghaithi
Undersecretary, Department of Health – Abu Dhabi
9:45 – 10:30 Panel I: Innovating for Healthy Longevity: Empowering Families Across the Life Course Dr. Nicole Sirotin (Moderator)
Chief Executive Officer, Institute of Healthier Living – Abu Dhabi

H.E. Dr. Ahmed AlKhazraji
Executive Director, Healthy Living Sector, Department of Health – Abu Dhabi

Dr. Khalid Fakhro
Chief Research Officer & Director, Precision Medicine Program, Sidra Medicine, Qatar

Dr. Maryam Busehail
Salmaniya Medical Complex, Kingdom of Bahrain

Dr. Fahad Zajdali
Oman College of Health Sciences, Sultanate of Oman

Dr. Ayesha Al Mheiri
Ministry of Health and Prevention (MOHAP) – UAE
10:30 – 11:00 Keynote Address: Healthy Longevity: Of Science, Sense, and...Elephense Dr. David L. Katz, MD, MPH
Senior Science Advisor, Institute of Healthier Living - Abu Dhabi; Past President, American College of Lifestyle Medicine
11:00 – 11:15 Coffee Break
11:15 – 11:45 Plenary Address: Fasting Mimicking Diet Cycles, Multi-system Regeneration and Disease Professor Valter Longo
Edna M. Jones Professor of Gerontology and Biological Sciences; Director, USC Longevity Institute, University of Southern California
11:45 – 12:30 Panel II: Clinical Trials for Healthspan: National and Global Perspectives Dr. Mira Mousa (Moderator)
Assistant Professor in Public Health and Epidemiology, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, Khalifa University

Dr. Rebecca Robbins
Assistant Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School; Associate Sleep Scientist, Brigham and Women's Hospital

Dr. David Katz
Senior Science Advisor, Institute of Healthier Living - Abu Dhabi; Past President, American College of Lifestyle Medicine

Dr Erik Koornneef
Executive Director – Research, Institute for Healthier Living Abu Dhabi

Professor Ayman Al Hendy
Professor of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Medical Sciences, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, Khalifa University
12:30 – 1:30 Lunch
1:30 – 1:55 The Effects of Age, Sex and Genes on the Immune System Across the Lifespan and Their Overall Impact on Healthy Ageing Professor Francesco Cucca
Professor of Medical Genetics, University of Sassari; Director, Institute for Genetic and Biomedical Research (IRGB–CNR), Italy
1:55 – 2:20 Engineering Peptides for Human Health Professor Bradley L. Pentelute
Professor of Chemistry, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, United States of America
2:20 – 2:45 How to Accelerate the Discovery of Drugs for Healthy Ageing Professor Maria Pia Abbracchio
Full Professor of Pharmacology, University of Milan
2:45 – 3:15 Building a Healthy Longevity Department in Academic Settings: Equipping Professionals to Translate Science into Practice Professor Evelyne Bischof
President & Co-Founder, Healthy Longevity Medicine Society
3:15 – 3:45 Break
3:45 – 4:30 Panel III: From Case to Practice: Regional Differences in Longevity Assessment, Extended Testing and Physician Education Dr. Maryam Al Ali (Moderator)
Consultant Family & Lifestyle Medicine, Division Chief – Sheikh Khalifa Medical City

Dr. Nicole Sirotin
Chief Executive Officer, Institute of Healthier Living – Abu Dhabi

Professor Evelyne Bischof
President & Co-Founder, Healthy Longevity Medicine Society

Dr Rory Melville
Medical Director, Institute for Healthier Living Abu Dhabi
4:30 – 5:30 Invited Oral Presentations Extracellular Vesicle Therapy Reprograms the Chemotherapy-Injured Testicular Transcriptome Toward a Regenerative State
By Dr. Farzana Liakath Ali

Proteostasis as a Target in Longevity Medicine: Can Engineered Chaperones Protect the Ageing Brain?
By Dr. Noureddine Ben Khalaf

What Does the Plant-Greening Molecule Cytokinin Do in the Human Body?
By Dr. Muhammad Naseem

Probability of an Overweight or Obese Person Attaining Normal Body Weight: A Population-Based Cohort Study Using Electronic Health Records in Abu Dhabi
By Dr. Dian Kusuma
9:00 – 9:30 Networking Breakfast
9:30 – 9:55 From Longevity Science to Precision Prevention: Translating Biology into Healthspan Professor Luigi Fontana
Leonard P. Ullmann Chair of Translational Metabolic Health; Director, Charles Perkins Centre RPA Clinic, University of Sydney
9:55 – 10:20 Democratizing Precision Geromedicine Professor Andrea Maier
Oon Chiew Seng Professor in Medicine, National University of Singapore
Co-Founder and Director, NUS Academy for Healthy Longevity, National University of Singapore
Professor of Gerontology, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Co-Founder Chi Longevity, Singapore
10:20 – 10:45 Biological Susceptibility to Weight Gain Across Adulthood Dr. José Eduardo Galgani Fuentes
Associate Professor in Medical Sciences, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, Khalifa University
10:45 – 11:15 Break
11:15 – 11:40 Personalized medicine based on large-scale human cohorts. Professor Eran Segal
Dean of Biological and Life Sciences Division & Professor of Computational Biology, Mohamed bin Zayed University of Artificial Intelligence
11:40 – 12:05 Student Awards
12:05 Closing Remarks & Lunch

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Transportation

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