FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 20 - h. 9.00 a.m./5.00 p.m.
Secrets of Longevity - 2nd day
| MORNING SESSION chaired by: Chiara Tonelli, Secretary General The Future of Science; Professor of Genetics, Vice-Rector for Research, University of Milano, Pier Giuseppe Pelicci, Professor of General Pathology, Università degli Studi, Milano;
Director, Dept. of Experimental Oncology, Istituto Europeo di Oncologia, Milano | | The Evolutionary Foundation for Ageing and Longevity | Tom Kirkwood, Associate Dean for Ageing, Institute for Ageing and Health, Newcastle University | | Seeking the Fountain of Youth: Is Dietary Restriction the Key to a Longer and Healthier Life? | Luigi Fontana, Professor, Department of Medicine, Salerno University, Italy and
Washington University Medical School, USA | | Metabolically normal and abnormal obesity and aging | Samuel Klein, Professor of Medicine and Nutritional Science, Director, Center for Human Nutrition, Washington University School of Medicine, USA | | Lifespan extension in human evolution: Intelligence, Inter-generational Transfers, and Health in Old Age | Hillard S. Kaplan, Professor, Department of Anthropology, University of New Mexico |
| AFTERNOON SESSION chaired by: Michela Matteoli, Professor of Pharmacology, University of Milano and Director of Neuroscience Program, Humanitas Clinical and Research Center, Gabriella Pravettoni, Professor of Cognitive Psychology, University of Milano;
Director Psychology Unit, Istituto Europeo di Oncologia, Milano
| | Madness, Genius and Origin of the Brain | Seth Grant, Professor of Molecular Neuroscience, Centre for Clinical Brain Sciences, University of Edinburgh, UK | | Epigenetic mechanisms in learning and memory | J. David Sweatt, Chair, Dept. of Neurobiology, University of Alabama at Birmingham | | Aging and Memory: How to Foster Successful Functioning in Old Age | Lars Bäckman, Professor of Cognitive Neuroscience of Aging, Aging Research Center, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden | | Over 65 and working: the impact of working beyond retirement age on health and wellbeing | Mark Cropley, Professor of Health Psychology, University of Surrey, UK |
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