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Program
Preliminary program
LONGEVITY AND HEALTHY AGEING: WHAT CAN WE LEARN FROM BLUE ZONES?
OKINAWA, JAPAN MAY 12-13TH 2023
Congress venue: Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology
FRIDAY MAY 12th 2023
| 08:30-08:40 | Welcome to Okinawa(Yasuhiro "Denny" TAMAKI, Governor of Okinawa Prefecture) |
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| 08:40-08:50 | Journal of Internal Medicine and the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences(Bo Angelin, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden; Editor-in-Chief, Journal of Internal Medicine) |
| 08:50-09:00 | Introduction (Olle Melander, Lund University, Sweden, Editor, Journal of Internal Medicine) |
| Epidemiological insights of longevity and healthy ageing(09:00-14:00) (15+5 min talks) | |
| 09:00-09:30 | “The Okinawa Centenarian Study; longevity and challenges related to a westernizing society” Makoto Suzuki, Okinawa Research Center for Longevity Science, Okinawa, Japan |
| 09:30-09:50 | “Drug modifiable mechanisms of longevity- from non-vertebrates to mammals and humans?” Brian Kennedy, National University of Singapore, Singapore |
| 09:50-10:10 | “Genetic and environmental determinants of longevity-The New England Centenarian Study” Thomas Perls, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, USA |
| 10:10-10:35 | Break |
| 10:35-10:55 | “The gut microbiome- key to longevity and healthy ageing” Rob Knight, UCSD, San Diego, CA, USA |
| 10:55-11:15 | “Cognitively healthy centenarians- the Dutch 100-plus study” Henne Holstege, UMC, Amsterdam, Netherlands |
| 11:15-11:35 | “Mediterranean Diet and healthy ageing; The Cilento Study of Ageing” Salvatore di Somma, Sapienza University, Rome, Italy |
| 11:35-11:55 | “A new approach to healthy ageing studies - Using digital devices in studies of the elderly” Akiko Kishi Svensson and Thomas Svensson, the University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan |
| 11:55-13:00 | Lunch |
| 13:00-13:20 | "The epigenetic clock and healthy ageing" Steve Horvath, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA, USA |
| 13:20-13:40 | “Twenty years of research on the Blue Zones. An update” Giovanni Pes, University of Sassari, Sassari, Italy |
| 13:40-14:00 | “Exceptional longevity in Okinawa: the more recent trends” Michel Poulain, University of Leuven, Leuven, Belgium |
| 14:00-14:25 | Break |
| Mechanisms behind longevity and healthy ageing (14:25-15:25) (15+5 min talks) | |
| 14:25-14:45 | "Clues to longevity from the Hawaii Life span studies" Bradley Willcox, Hawaii University, Honolulu, HI, USA |
| 14:45-15:05 | "Macronutrients, ageing and the Okinawa ratio" David Le Couteur, University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia |
| 15:05-15:25 | “Genomic and metabolomic profiles as causes of longevity” Joris Deelen, Max Planck Institute for biology of Ageing, Köln, Germany |
| 15:25-15:30 | Day 1 Closing remarks (Olle Melander, Lund University, Sweden) |
SATURDAY MAY 13th 2023
| Promotion of healthy ageing in the elderly(09:00-10:20) (15+5 min talks) | |
| 09:00-09:20 | “Quality ageing of the locomotion system” Noriko Yoshimura, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan |
| 09:20-09:40 | “Patient-Centered Deprescribing Interventions to Reduce Polypharmacy and Promote Healthy Aging” Sandra Simmons, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN, USA |
| 09:40-10:00 | “Mobility Interventions for promotion of healthy ageing in Frail Elderly in the Hospital and Nursing home” John Schnelle, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN, USA |
| 10:00-10:20 | “Medication reconciliation in several multi-site studies, reduction of medication errors” Amanda Mixon, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN, USA |
| 10:20-10:45 | Break |
| Interventions and life-style change promoting longevity and healthy ageing(10:45-12:05) (15+5 min talks) | |
| 10:45-11:05 | “Diet strategies for promoting of longevity and healthy ageing” Frank Hu, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA |
| 11:05-11:25 | “Changing from a red zone towards a blue zone-The North Karelia Project” Erkki Vartiainen, Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare, Helsinki, Finland |
| 11:25-11:45 | “A healthy liver, key to longevity and healthy ageing?” David Brenner, UCSD, San Diego, CA, USA |
| 11:45-12:05 | ”Senolytic drugs for longevity and healthy ageing- data from rodents and translation to humans” James Kirkland, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA |
| 12:05-13:00 | Lunch |
| Continued: Interventions and life-style change promoting longevity and healthy ageing (13:00-15:00) (15+5 min talks) |
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| 13:00-13:20 | “Promotion of the physical and mental health of older adults in order to build a society of healthy longevity" Hidenori Arai, The National Center for Geriatrics and Gerontology, Japan |
| 13:20-13:40 | “Telomere length as a cause of healthy ageing and therapeutic potential of stem cells” Richard Allsopp, University of Hawaii, Honolulu, HI, USA |
| 13:40-14:00 | "What have we learned about interventions and lifestyle change from a half century of research on healthy aging and longevity in Okinawa and other longevity hotspots?" Craig Willcox, Okinawa Research Center for Longevity Science, Okinawa, Japan |
| 14:00-15:00 | Summary/discussion |