4th edition Madrid 2026

Medical Longevity and health aging

SCIENCE AND RESEARCH, TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT AND THE LATEST TRENDS.

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3RD EDITION 2024 PROGRAM

Last speakers confirmed:

STEVE HORVATH


Biogerontologist and principal investigator at Altos Labs

DAY 1

THE SCIENCE OF LONGEVITY

DAY 2

TECH & TRENDS

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DAY 1

HE SCIENCE OF LONGEVITY CONFERENC

09:00 - 09:30

Registration and check-in

9:30 - 10:00

Welcome

10:00 - 11:00

Opening lecture:
“DRUG DISCOVERY STRATEGIES TO TARGET THE HALLMARKS OF AGING”

toren finkel, UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURG

11:00 - 11:30

Coffee Break

11:30 - 12:30

RECENT RESEARCH ON THE MECHANISMS OF AGING AND IDENTIFICATION OF POSSIBLE STRATEGIES FOR ENHANCING LONGEVITY (SHORT TALKS)

SELECTIVE AUTOPHAGY: EXTENDING HEALTH-SPAN ONE PROTEIN AT A TIME

Ana María Cuervo, ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE

KILLING YOUR CELLS TO LIVE (LONGER): THE AGE OF SENOTHERAPIES

salvador macip, University oberta de catalunya​

IMMUNOLOGY AND LONGEVITY: TWO CONCEPTS THAT DO NOT ALWAYS GO WELL TOGETHER - CAN WE IMPROVE THE RELATIONSHIP?

josé sempere, University of Alicante​

12:30 - 13:30

Round table:
From molecules to preventing aging. Myths and trues of new molecules change aging.

Host:

Mari Carmen Álvarez, TetraNeuron

participants:​

Ana María Cuervo (Albert Einstein College of Medicine)

José Sempere (University of Alicante)

Salvador Macip (Univerity Oberta de Catalunya)

Toren Finkel (Pittsburg University)

13:30 - 15:00

Lunch

15:00 - 15:30

INTERVIEW ON INTERVENTION PROGRAMS AND TRANSLATION TO HEALTHY LONGEVITY

José Viña, University of València

james nelson, ut health san antonio, gerontological society of america​

15:30 - 17:00

RESEARCH AND STRATEGIES TO PROMOTE HEALTHY LONGEVITY AND PAREVENT AGING (SHORT TALKS)

THE IMPORTANCE OF EXERCISE IN MAINTAINING OPTIMAL PHYSIOLOGICAL FUNCTION DURING AGEING

stephen harridge, king ́s college london​

Microbiota: a new target for longevity

Débora nuevo, Olympia, Grupo Quirónsalud​

Nutrition in longevity

Ricardo Ramos, IMDEA Alimentación

17:00 - 17:30

Coffee Break

17:30 - 19:00

Debate: Nutritional supplements in longevity.
Reality or fiction?

MODERATOR:

josé viña, university of valencia​

participants:​

vicente mera, sha wellness clinic​

Débora nuevo, Olympia, Grupo Quirónsalud​

Ricardo Ramos, IMDEA Alimentación

Stephen Harridge, King’s College London

James Nelson, UT Health San Antonio, Gerontological Society Of America

19:00 - 19:20

“PROMOTING HEALTHY LONGEVITY TO PREVENT AGING”

bryan johnson, BLUEPRINT PROJECT​

DAY2

TECH AND TRENDS

9:30 - 10:20

“GENE THERAPY IN LONGEVITY”

Liz Parrish, BIOVIVA SCIENCE

10:20 - 11:00

Technologies and development in Longevity (Short talks)

BEYOND LIFESPAN: THE CRITICAL ROLE OF TELOMERES & TELOMERASE IN HEALTHSPAN.

enrique samper, life length​

INSIDE OUT: IMAGING OUR INNER HEALTH

Ángel Alberich, Quibim

DNA methylation dynamics in the aging brain

eleanor davies, vitadao​

José Vicente Sanchez Mut, Alicante Neurosciences Institute

11:00 - 11:30

Coffee Break

11:30 - 12:30

LECTURE: “WHAT DOES DNA METHYLATION TEACH US ABOUT MAXIMUM LIFESPAN?”

Steve Horvath, ALTOS LABS

12:30 - 13:30

LECTURE: “THE ECONOMICS OF AGEING: WHAT ARE WE FACING?”

mercedes ayuso, barcelona university​

13:30 - 15:00

Lunch

15:00 - 16:30

WEARABLE TECHNOLOGIES AND APPLICATIONS IN AGEING AND LONGEVITY (SHORT TALKS)

UNLOCKING THE SECRETS OF AGING THROUGH LIFE’S NATURAL RHYTHMS

filipe barata, eth zurich​

TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATIONS FOR HEALTHY LONGEVITY

david garrido jaén, instituto de biomecánica de valencia​

REVERSING THE BIOLOGICAL AGE OF THE BRAIN

Paola Telfer, Sens.Ai​​

THE SECRET OF LONGEVITY IS IN YOUR WRIST

Miguel Angel Cobos Gil, Hospital Clínico San Carlos

16:30 - 17:30

Round table:
Opportunities and challenges in the development of startups in health and aging

Host:

Manuel Pérez Alonso, Valencia University

Participants:

PAOLA TELFER, SENS.AI

enrique samper, life length​

Ángel Alberich, Quibim

David Garrido Jaén, Institute of Biomechnics of Valencia

Antonio Urbano, Nuuma Genetics

17:30 - 18:30

CLOSURE

“ROLE OF TELOMERES IN AGING AND LONGEVITY”

maría blasco, national cancer research centre (CNIO)​