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[s123]

In this topic suggestions for invited speakers can be made.

Dr. Stephen Coles
Dr. Aubrey de Grey
Paul McGlothin
Dr. Michael Rose
Nason Schooler
Danila Medvedev
Valerija Pride
Stephen Spindler
Dr. Gravrilov and dr. Gravrilova
Prof. Catherine Verfaillie

Can the poll be converted into a multiple option poll? Because it's a bit far in time for most people to have a preference for some date, but there may be some people who can't come at one specific date.

Concerning the content, I think it would be nice to have a talk describing the *scientific* technical limits of crygenics and cryopreservation (not just what works and what may later work). It would be great to have Spindler describing his lifespan tests in mice with various supplements. It would be great if SENSF can explain what they technically reached so far. It would be nice if life-extension-art is presented.

Spindler is already on the list. Nason Schooler would speak about the laser ablation project. Cryonics and SENSF are not included yet, thanks for the suggestion.

Next to these invited speakers, we will also give people the oppertunity to submit a proposal for a talk by themselves.

http://www.imminst.o...nce-t39858.html

Edited by s123, 27 March 2010 - 08:45 PM.

[AgeVivo]

Awesome list! So let's keep dreaming about what the content could be:

- CR works: P McGlothin in humans, ??? in monkeys
- Fast track tests for longer and healthier lifespans: S Spindler, M Rose; perhaps you can also ask to R Miller (Intervention Testing Program)?
- Damage removal: A de Grey (+ someone else if needed, to really describe what has been technically done and what the current specific technical projects are), N Schooler (would be nice if he has more results by then)
- Regeneration: ??? to talk about p21 lacking mice, ??? to talk about telomere maintenance: good or bad?
- Demographics of high ages: S Coles, L and N Gavrilov(a); perhaps you can also ask to J Olshansky and J Vaupel?
- Cryonics/cryopreservation: V Pride (+ someone else if needed, to really describe what has been technically done and what the current speicif technical projects are)
- Transhumanism: D Medvedev,

[brokenportal]

This is just thinking out loud here at this point, as Styles likes to say, but we might want to aim this for the layman crowd. Probably ask those speakers not to get too technical as I think Sven suggested before.

To the speakers list I would add, (maybe this is a given)

Caliban
Mind
Shannon
Sven
David Styles
Agevivo


To the rough draft content list here, and Svens:

Lectures:
I proposed that Vincent would give the lecture about Heales and HJB (waiting for his answer).
I asked matt if he wants to give a lecture about CR but I am still waiting for his reply.
I would like to give the lecture about introduction in biogerontology
David would talk about cryonics.
Shannon could, if she wants, give the introduction about the past, present and future of Imminst.

A few things I would add are:

This as a speech: http://www.imminst.o...mes-t34588.html
and I would add a speech to strengthen the "why" question. A few of us are working on such a piece as an article right now. Ill post it here for consideration when its done.

[s123]

Thanks Brokenportal for your suggestions.

This list was more meant as a list of speakers for outside the institute that we consider to invite. Imminst members will have the oppertunity to submit a proposal for a lecture given by themselves. That's why I didn't include any directors or members of Imminst in this list.

I've suggested to give an introduction in the basic science behind LE as the first of the science lectures to make the layman familiar with the used jargon.

The "why" question has indeed been neglected in our current list of topics. We could ask Kelsey Moody who has written a paper about the fear of death (terror mangement). Further, I hope that some members will propose to give a lecture about this.

[AdamSummerfield]

This is just thinking out loud here ... Ill post it here for consideration when its done.

Will you be attending, Eric?
I've noticed some are interested in having a talk on cryonics.
Anyone for inviting Mike Darwin? I have his email address.

Edited by AdamSummerfield, 27 March 2010 - 09:18 PM.

[David Styles]

Anyone for inviting Mike Darwin? I have his email address.

Emphatically not.

His mental illness aside, he has been "out of the loop" now for too long to be of use to a conference that is focussed on the present and future rather than the past.

Because of how he is, nobody works with him any more, and consequently he really doesn't know much about anything that's going on in the world of cryonics these days.

He'd consequently be a very poor choice of speaker, except if you wanted a "History of Cryonics" lecture, and even in that case Mike Perry would be a preferable choice.

[atp]

Kenneth J. Hayworth, Ph.D.

http://geon.usc.edu/...ed7_17_2009.pdf

his website

http://www.brainpreservation.org/

[s123]

Prof. Bart Braeckman (or koen houthoofd)
Dr. Chitty Chen

Edited by s123, 04 April 2010 - 09:47 PM.

[s123]

A quick summary of the profiles of the proposed speakers.

Dr. L 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.
http://en.wikipedia....._Stephen_Coles

Dr. Aubrey de Grey

The man behind SENS. I guess that most people here are familiar with him, otherwise you should quickly read Ending Aging
http://en.wikipedia..../Aubrey_de_Grey

Paul McGlothin

He is the Vice President for Research & Director of the calorie restriction society and co-author of "The CR Way".

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".
http://en.wikipedia....Michael_R._Rose

Nason Schooler

Many will know him from the laser ablation research project that was co-funded by Imminst.

Danila Medvedev

A well know Russian transhumanist, general director of KrioRus, Chief Planning Officer and a Vice-President of the Science for Life Extension Foundation.
http://en.wikipedia....Danila_Medvedev

Valerija Pride

Transhumanist and director of KryoRus. We should choose between inviting him or Danila Medvedev.

Dr. Stephen Spindler

Dr. Spindler is a biochemist who has done research on the anti-aging effects of many molecules (about 250) including metformin, simvastatin, everolimus, metoprolol,...
http://www.biochemis...y/spindler.html

Dr. Gravrilov and dr. Gravrilova

These two biogerontologists are married and have together done a lot of research on the biodemography and biology behind aging. The first analysis of the impact of life extension on demography is from their hand and will be published in the April issue of Rejuvenation Research.
http://longevity-sci...CV-gavrilov.htm

Prof. dr. Catherine Verfaillie (Belgium)

A stem cell expert and head of stem cell research at the KUL.
http://www.kuleuven....v/u0048658e.htm

Prof. dr. Christine Van Broeckhoven (Belgium)

She's famous for her work on dementia (Alzheimer's) but now she has switched to politics and is now politically focused on the aging of the population and dementia.
http://en.wikipedia....Van_Broeckhoven

Prof. dr. Bart Braeckman (Belgium)

Braeckman is 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 (Belgium)

She 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 (such as supplements, drugs, calorie restriction,...) in humans in a few years instead of decades.

[Alpharius]

Will there be more informations about this Imminst conference in the near future?
Also I would like to know if the date (9. and 10. october) is for sure, because I would already like to book a flight to Brussels.

[David Styles]

The dates are certain, yes, as the venue is booked.

The location will be the International Auditorium in Brussels.

Official announcement coming shortly!

[brokenportal]

Any positive kinds of feedback from any of the proposed speakers yet? If you need help with it we can probably find somebody to help with contacts.

[David Styles]

Any positive kinds of feedback from any of the proposed speakers yet? If you need help with it we can probably find somebody to help with contacts.

So far, four have accepted and none have declined (ie, awaiting responses from the others, which is fair, as the invitations have only been sent out very recently).

Will release a website for this, hopefully by the end of Monday. With regards to speakers, we're just gathering responses in at this stage.

[AgeVivo]

Other suggestions. I know it is late, but late is better than never. And they could intervene in future presentations:

- Mike Carioso?
he is coming. I asked him he would like to present Promethease or simply exchange some questions with the audience, and appearently yes (http://www.imminst.o...77#entry423577). He won prizes on recognizing who in the owner of a given genetic code, and made possibly the best program that informs you about disease and drug sensitivity based on your 23andme like DNA tests. Such DNA tests are boosting biomedical research through collective awareness or which diseases are important, can be avoided, and were biomedical research should be


- the researchers working on the two research projects supported by imminst in 2010?


- concerning mitochondrial uncoupling, as it had been proposed for SENS4, perhaps one of them:Richard W. Hanson and Parvin HakimiDepartment of Biochemistry, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, Cleveland, OH 44106–4935Send correspondence to: Richard W. Hanson, Department of Biochemistry, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, Cleveland OH 44106–935, Telephone 1-216-368-3880, FAX 1-216-368-4544, E-mail rwh@case.edu (taken from their free-access article:http://www.ncbi.nlm....96/?tool=pubmed

Thank you!!!