Longevity Nation 2026 Program
(Preliminary, To be updated)
Bar-Ilan University, Nanotechnology Building 206,
Ramat Gan (Tel Aviv district), Israel
23-24 November 2026 (Mon-Tue)
23 November 2026 (Mon)
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) Israel can and should be an international hub of healthy longevity research, development and education
Prof. Cyrille Cohen (Rector. Bar-Ilan University)
Yuval Eitan. In honor of Rafi Eitan, the founder of Vetek Association
Alex Friedman (Chairman. Disabled, Not Half a Person)
Dr. Noam Yuran (Chairman. Graduate Program in Science, Technology and Society, Bar-Ilan University)
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. 11.00-12.30. Why Now? Breakthroughs in the science of aging
11.00-11.30: Prof. Valery Krizhanovsky (Weizmann Institute of Science) Senescent cells: where to find them and how to deal with them
11.30-12.00: Prof. Haim Cohen (Bar-Ilan University) SIRT6 overexpression counteracts chromatin aging
12.00-12.30: Prof. Stathis Gonos (Hellenic Pasteur Institute) Development of personalized anti-ageing treatments
12.30-14.00 LUNCH
Session 3. 14.00-16.00. What can we hope for? Intervening in fundamental ageing mechanisms to extend healthy longevity
14.00-14.30: Dr. Maxim Skulachev (Mitotech) Advances in the development of mitochondria-targeted gerotherapeutics
14.30-15.00: Prof. Gil Atzmon (Haifa University) Potential treatments for decelerated aging and successful Longevity
15.00-15.30: Caitlin Lewis (Longevity Escape Velocity Foundation) Residual Burden: What Aging Interventions Leave Behind
15.30-16.00: Dr. Marios Kyriazis (National Gerontology Centre Cyprus) The Missing Medicine for Healthy Aging Isn’t a Drug—It’s Information
24 November 2026 (Tue)
8.00-9.00 – Gathering and Registration
Session 1. 9.00-10.30. Healthy Longevity: Policies and Practices
9.00-9.20: Alexander Tietz-Latza (PRIMA Longevity Policy Institute) The right to health and longevity
9.20-9.40: Edwina Rogers (Global Healthspan Policy Institute) Translating the Science of Longevity Medicine – What is Available Here and Now
9.40-10.00: Niccolo Invidia (International Longevity Alliance) The Role of Longevity Medicine in Reforming Primary Healthcare
10.00-10.20: Kęstutis Skauminas (The National Association of Medical Spa and Rehabilitation Centers) Resort medicine as a prevention system for healthy longevity
10.20-10.50: Panel Discussion. Healthy Longevity – A Driver of Economic Development
Prof. Jing Bao (Hong Kong University of Science and Technology), Rositsa Nikolova (University for National and World Economy), Dr. Ira Sobel (Longevity Academy), Dr. Yael Benvenisti (Insurtech Israel)
10.50-11.00 Break
Session 2. 11.00-12.30. Pathways and Crossroads to Healthy Longevity
11.00-11.30: Dr. Georgios Mitrou (International Longevity Alliance) Beneficial effects of Oxygen-Ozone Medical Therapy using SIOOT protocols in healthy longevity
11.30-12.00: Prof. Anat Ben-Zvi (Ben-Gurion University of the Negev) Heat shock regulation in aging
12.00-12.30: Prof. Itamar Harel (Hebrew University of Jerusalem) The role of reproduction in scaling vertebrate aging
12.30-14.00 LUNCH
Session 3. 14.00-16.00. Longevity Medicine What can be offered now and in the near future?
14.00-14.30: Prof. Tzipi Strauss (Sheba Longevity Center) From birth to 120 – when does longevity truly begin?
14.30-15.00: Dr. Tamara Pheiffer (International Longevity Alliance) Reworking current available tools for longevity practices – converting from reactive to proactive healthcare
15.00-15.30: Dr. Arseniy Trukhanov (European Society of Preventive, Regenerative and Anti-Aging Medicine) Phenoage, CognitiveAge, CardioAge – can we control and manage our Age with support of AI ?
15.30-16.00: Panel disucssion. Incorporating Healthy Longevity Medicine in Medical University Curriculum
Prof. Dainius Pavalkis (Lithuanian University of Health Sciences), Prof. Leonas Valius (Lithuanian College of Family Physicians), Dr. Silvija Valdonė Alšauskė (Longevity Alliance Baltic), Prof. Tzipi Strauss (Sheba Longevity Center)
16.00-16.30. Resolution and Closing remarks