Longevity Nation 2025 Program
Bar-Ilan University, Nanotechnology Building 206,
Ramat Gan (Tel Aviv district), Israel
28-29 October 2025 (Tue-Wed)
28 October 2025
8.00-9.00 – Gathering and Registration
Session 1. 9.00-10.30. Opening Session. Enhancing the longevity ecosystem for Israel and international collaboration
Chair: Dr. Ilia Stambler
Greetings by public figures, academia leaders.
Dr. Ilia Stambler (Chairman, Vetek Association. Bar Ilan University)
Dr. Noam Yuran (Chairman. Graduate Program in Science, Technology and Society, Bar-Ilan University)
Prof. Michal Ben-Shachar (Chairperson. The Unit for Interdisciplinary Studies, Bar-Ilan University)
Prof. Amnon Albek (Rector. Bar-Ilan University)
Alex Friedman (Chairman. Disabled, Not Half a Person)
Hanan Tal (CEO. Vetek Association)
Iris Barner (British Council. Director for Israel)
Session Objectives: Emphasizing the need for global collaboration on research, translation and education to address the challenges and opportunities around population ageing. Realizing Israel’s potential as an important contributor to this international effort.
10.30-11.00 Break
Session 2. 11.00-12.40. Why Now? Breakthroughs in the science of ageing
Chair: Prof. Carmela Abraham
11.00-11.20: Prof. Valery Krizhanovsky (Weizmann Institute of Science) Senescent cells: where to find them and how to deal with them.
11.20-11.40: Prof. Haim Cohen (Bar-Ilan University) The mammalian longevity associated acetylome – take two.
11.40-12.00: Prof. Alon Monsonego (Ben-Gurion University of the Negev) Cellular and molecular trajectories of age-associated lymphocytes and their impact on aging and cognitive decline.
12.00-12.20: Prof. Carmela R. Abraham (Advantage Therapeutics, Klothea Bio) Increasing Klotho levels for a longer health span and lifespan.
12.20-12.40: Prof. Itamar Harel (Hebrew University of Jerusalem) The role of reproduction in shaping vertebrate life history.
12.40-14.00 LUNCH
Session 3. 14.00-16.00. What can we hope for? Intervening in fundamental ageing mechanisms to extend healthy longevity
Chair: Dr. Maxim Skulachev
14.00-14.20: Prof. Shai Efrati (Shamir Medical Center) The use of the hyperoxic-hypoxic paradox in regenerative medicine.
14.20-14.40: Ishay Attar (BioChange) The embryonic FOAM of life, regenerating aged and damaged tissues.
14.40-15.00: Dr. Myriam Grunewald (Hebrew University of Jerusalem) Undoing loss of microvascular homeostasis promotes healthy aging.
15.00-15.20: Prof. Bernd Kleine-Gunk (German Society for Prevention and Anti-Aging Medicine (GSAAM) Rapamycin – The next Longevity Drug?
15.20-15.40: Dr. Maxim Skulachev (Mitotech) Advances in the Development of Mitochondria-Targeted Gerotherapeutics.
15.40-16.00: Prof. Evelyne Bischof (Sheba Longevity Center) Pioneering Longevity Medicine: AI, Clinical Implementation and the Future
29 October 2025
8.00-8.50 – Gathering and Registration
Session 1. 8.50-10.40. Pathways and crossroads to healthy longevity. The goals and the means
Chair: Prof. Jing Bao
8.50-9.00: Greeting from the Acting Chief Scientist of the Israel Ministry of Innovation, Science and Technology Dr. Avi Raveh.
9.00-9.20: Petr Šrámek (LongevityTech.fund) The Power of Integrating Longevity therapies.
9.20-9.40: Dr. Arseniy Trukhanov (European Society of Preventive, Regenerative and Anti-Aging Medicine) Longevity medicine development: The Road Map.
9.40-10.00: Dr. Georgios Mitrou (International Longevity Alliance) Good practices in healthy longevity medicine.
10.00-10.20: Prof. Jing Bao (Hong Kong University of Science and Technology) China’s policies for healthy longevity and opportunities for international cooperation.
10.20-10.40: Fiona Miller, Dr. Jose Navarro (quadraScope Venture Fund) The Development of Longevity Industry: Following the data.
10.40-11.00 Break
Session 2. 11.00-13.00. Aging Clocks, Biomarkers, AI and Clinical Evaluation Criteria
Chair: Prof. Valery Krizhanovsky
11.00-11.20: Prof. Gil Atzmon (Haifa University) Microgravity Therapy as Treatment for Decelerated Aging and Successful Longevity
11.20-11.40: Dr. Daniel Zvi Bar (The Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University) Reversible and Causal Epigenetic Information Loss in Aging and Disease.
11.40-12.00: Prof. Yonathan Savir (Technion – Israel Institute of Technology) Information processing in biological systems and its failure in aged cells.
12.00-12.20: Prof. Shai Shen-Orr (Technion – Israel Institute of Technology) Immune monitoring coming of age.
12.20-12.40: Dr. Katrien Vandoorne (Technion) Multiscale Systems Mapping of Immune–Vascular Responses in Diabetes
12.40-13.00: Guy Leitersdorf (Longevity AI) AI-Powered longitudinal longevity studies.
13.00-14.00 LUNCH
Session 3. 14.00-14.40. Longevity Medicine What can be offered now and in the near future?
Chair: Dr. Georgios Mitrou
14.00-14.20: Dr. Marios Kyriazis (National Gerontology Centre Cyprus) Autism and ADHD in Older Adults.
14:20-14.40: Prof. Vittorio Calabrese (University of Catania) Flavonols from Blueberries and Grapes Effects on Brain Function
Session 4. 14.40-15.20. Possibilities of Rejuvenation
Chair: Dr. Marios Kyriazis
14.40–15.00: Dr. Ohad Gafni (Renewal Bio) Deep bio solutions for longevity.
15.00-15.20: Prof. Leon Peshkin (Harvard Medical School) Can we learn rejuvenation strategies from the germ line?
Final Session 5. 15.20-15.30. Resolution and Closing remarks
