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ImmInst International Conference 2010
Saturday the 9th and Sunday the 10th of October 2010 - Brussels, Belgium-- the conference has now ended. A huge THANK YOU to the organisers David Styles and s123, to the sponsors, the speakers and all delegates for making this a truly memorable event!
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PROGRAM
Note: This program is for guidance only; exact times and titles of the talks will be released nearer the date and are currently still subject to change. If you would like to be notified of any such changes, please use the "Contact" button to the right to let us know.
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SPEAKERS
 Dr. Aubrey de Grey | Chief Science Officer of the SENS Foundation; he works on the development of what he calls "Strategies for Engineered Negligible Senescence" (SENS), a tissue-repair strategy intended to rejuvenate the human body and allow an indefinite lifespan. To this end, he has identified seven types of molecular and cellular damage caused by essential metabolic processes. SENS is a proposed panel of therapies designed to repair this damage. < | |
 Prof. Dr. Bart Braeckman | Internationally known for his research on aging in C. elegans. His team was the first to succeed in increasing the lifespan of C. elegans by sixfold. He has studied everything from calorie restriction to the free radical theory and the metabolic rate theory in C. elegans. | |
 Dr. Chitty Chen | Discovered that the ratio of sugars in the glycan structures on immunoglobulins are an indication of biological age. In other words, she probably discovered the very first age biomarker. This investigation was done in mice and the biomarker seemed to measure the slowing of aging in CR and ames dwarf mice very well. She's now busy in setting up a human study to investigate this biomarker further. If succesfull then this biomarker can one day be used to establish the anti-aging effects of an intervention in humans (such as supplements, drugs, calorie restriction, etc) in a few years instead of decades. | |
 Mr. Danila Medvedev | Chairman of KrioRus, Chief Planning Officer and a Vice-President of the Science for Life Extension Foundation. Also a politician and a member of coordination council of the Russian Transhumanist Movement. | |
 Mr. David Styles | Organiser of the United Kingdom's cryonics emergency standby, stabilisation, and transport services; now working to make these services (and more) available throughout Europe. | |
 Dr. Leonid Gavrilov | A Principal Investigator of the scientific project "Biodemography of Human Longevity", funded by the National Institute on Aging (USA), and the author of over a hundred of scientific publications on related topics. He is also the founder of a new reliability theory of aging and longevity. | |
 Prof. Dr. Michael Rose | Famous for his breeding experiments in Drosophila, Michael Rose is one of the most eminent evolutionary biologists specialized in aging. He has written several books including "The long tomorrow". | |
 Dr. Natalie Coles | A nationally-licenced phlebotomist who has worked for the UCLA Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine for three years. She typically enrolls 200 patients per day in various studies, especially organ-transplant patients. She draws blood samples for DNA analysis and laboratory investigation of Supercentenarian study subjects and their family members. | |
 Mr. Paul McGlothin | Vice President for Research & Director of the calorie restriction society and co-author of "The CR Way". | |
 Dr. Stephen Coles | Co-founder of the Gerontology Research Group, he has performed the most autopsies on supercentenarians in the world and discoverd that senile cardiac TTR amyloidosis, a rare disease, is the main cause of death in these people. | |
 Dr. Stephen Spindler | A celebrated biochemist who has done research on the anti-aging effects of many molecules (about 250) including metformin, simvastatin, everolimus, and metoprolol. | |
 Mr. Sven Bulterijs | A biochemist from the University of Ghent, who is also a Director of the Immortality Institute, and co-founder and Scientific Officer of the Healthy Life Extension Society (HEALES), and Editor-in-Chief of the Heales Journal of Biogerontology. | |
 Mr. Alexander Tieth | Solicitor specialized in international Law and international Relations, concerned with policies of risk assessment and health. His research focuses on the precautionary principle and the European Union. | |
 Ms. Valerija Pride | Transhumanist and President of KrioRus, whose recent scientific work includes work on the very promising Human Aging System Diagram project. | |
 Alexander Tietz | -- | |
 Mike Cariaso | "Understanding your personal genome with SNPedia.com and Promethease" Creator of Promethease and winner of the "Crystal Ball" Personal Genomics Contest | |
Natalia Gavrilov | Demography and Gerontology, Center on Aging, NORC and the University of Chicago | |
 Sebastian Sethe | Chair of the Immortality Institute | |
 Vincent Fagot | Healthy Life Extension Society (HEALES) |
RESERVATION
Note: if you are an ImmInst member, click here to have a discountCONTACT : mail@imminst2010.com
LOCATION
Brussels is a cultural and political center in Europe, and a lovely town.
To go to Brussels: from the USA or non neighboring countries: Brussels Airport. London to Brussels: Eurostar (train) or eurotunnel (car). From Amsterdam (Netherlands), Paris (North France), Köln (Germany) or Marseilles (South France): Thalys. From there you may Brussels' nice subway transportation system (no reservation needed) until station Rogier or station Yser.
The International Auditorium (5 Boulevard du Roi Albert II) is 2 minutes away by walk (subway station in blue circles). There are many hotels around (red circles; mostly four star hotels in the area). During this period of the year there is room, click on the map for details.
HOTELS
[If you are an invited speaker please ignore this: your hotel accommodation for Friday to Monday has been arranged, at the Thon]Rates per 1 person per 2 nights (Oct 8 - Oct 10).
Included in room price: 6 % VAT.
Not included in room price: between €3.97 and €6 city tax per night.
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Thon Hotel Brussels City Centre - free Internet in hotel lobby only, €102 (€153 with breakfast). 4 stars.
Avenue du Boulevard 17 (100m from the venue)
http://www.booking.c...sboulevard.html
At the time of writing, booking.com proposes a HIGH discount. It is approx 60€ for one night.
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Royal Hotel - the cheapest (€90 per 2 nights) out of the nearest. It is a hostel, not hotel. 1 star.
8, Boulevard Du Jardin Botanique B (100m from the venue)
http://www.booking.c...-bruxelles.html
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Hotel Des Colonies - €130 (buffet breakfast included)
(€160 per 2 persons, breakfast included).
Free Wi-Fi in the lobby. 3 stars.
Rue des Croisades 6 - 10 B (100m from the venue)
http://www.booking.c...e/colonies.html
4.
Progress Hotel - free internet corner, €178 without breakfast (from “Guest opinions”: breakfast is €20 euros).
Du Progress 9 (200m from the venue) 4 stars.
http://www.booking.c...e/progress.html
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Hotel Queen Anne - €130, American breakfast included, 3-star hotel. "Guests can relax on the chairs in the lobby and use the 2 free internet terminals. Free wired internet access is available in the business centre." 3 stars.
Boulevard Emile Jacqmain 110, Brussel (300m from the venue)
http://www.booking.c.../queenanne.html
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Theater Hotel - free Wi-Fi, €140 one person, €160
2 persons - buffet breakfast included. 2 stars.
Rue Van Gaver 23 B (400m from the venue)
http://www.booking.c...r-brussels.html
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Crowne Plaza - free Wi-Fi, €116.20 (+ buffet breakfast is an additional €27.50), luxurious Art Nouveau hotel. 4 stars.
Rue Gineste 3 (400m from the venue)
http://www.booking.c...zabrussels.html
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