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Rising to the Challenge: Healthy Aging Forum 2022

Jan. 11, 2022

We are delighted to share with you below the full agenda for “Rising to the Challenge: Healthy Aging Forum 2022,” which will take place online on Jan 11, 2022.

Co-hosted by WuXi AppTec, Singapore’s Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR) and Davos Alzheimer’s Collaborative (DAC), this complimentary global event will bring together nearly 30 leading voices at the forefront of tackling global aging challenges, and unite thousands of colleagues around the world.

Global challenges require global collaborations and global solutions. We look forward to welcoming you to join the conversations.

Register HERE to watch the premiere or access the on-demand video.

 

AGENDA (Jan 11, 2022 | Digital Global Program)

This global forum will be aired twice on Zoom at 8am PST/11am EST and 7pm PST/10pm EST, respectively. Shown below is the AM schedule.

8:00 Welcome

Hui Cai, Program Chair, VP and Head of Content, WuXi AppTec

 

8:05 – 8:20 Opening Remarks

Steve Yang, Co-CEO, WuXi AppTec

Frederick Chew, CEO, A*STAR; Chief, Public Sector Science & Technology Policy & Plans Office, Prime Minister’s Office of Singapore

George Vradenburg, Convener, The Global CEO Initiative on Alzheimer’s Disease; Founding Chairman, Davos Alzheimer’s Collaborative; Chairman & Co-Founder, UsAgainstAlzheimer’s

 

8:20 – 8:55 Aging: The Grand Challenge

Kate Bingham, Managing Partner, SV Health Investors

Luigi Ferrucci, Scientific Director, National Institute on Aging of NIH

Paul Irving, Chairman, Milken Institute Center for the Future of Aging; Distinguished Scholar-in-Residence, USC Davis School of Gerontology

Session Leader: Michal Preminger, Regional Head, Johnson & Johnson Innovation East North America

 

8:55 – 9:30 Spotlight on Alzheimer’s Disease

Niranjan Bose, Managing Director, Health & Life Sciences, Gates Ventures

Ivan Cheung, Chairman, Eisai Inc; Global President of Neurology Business Group, Eisai Co Ltd

George Vradenburg, Convener, The Global CEO Initiative on Alzheimer’s Disease; Founding Chairman, Davos Alzheimer’s Collaborative; Chairman & Co-Founder, UsAgainstAlzheimer’s

Session Leader: Stacie Weninger, President of F-Prime Biomedical Research Initiative (FBRI)

 

9:30 – 9:55 State of Aging Research

Linda Partridge, Founding Director, Max Planck Institute for Biology of Ageing; Professor, Institute of Healthy Ageing, and GEE, UCL

Eric Verdin, CEO & President, Buck Institute for Research on Aging

Session Leader: Sebastien Thuault, Chief Editor, Nature Aging

 

9:55 – 10:40 Healthy Aging: Singapore’s Perspectives

Yap-Seng Chong, Dean, NUS Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine; Chief Clinical Officer, A*STAR

Daniel Fung, CEO, Institute of Mental Health in Singapore

Chien-Earn Lee, Deputy Group CEO (Regional Health System), SingHealth

Andrea Maier, Co-Director, Centre for Healthy Longevity, National University Health System, Singapore

Session Leader: Brian Kennedy, Distinguished Professor in Biochemistry and Physiology, the Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore

 

10:40 – 11:00 Prevention. Prediction. Personalization.

A conversation between Scott Berkowitz, VP & Chief Population Health Officer, Johns Hopkins Medicine; Associate Professor of Cardiology, Johns Hopkins University and Henry Brodaty, Professor of Ageing and Mental Health; Co-Director, CHeBA (Centre for Healthy Brain Ageing), UNSW Sydney

 

11:00 – 11:45 The Next Frontiers in Tackling Age-Related Disorders

Rita Balice-Gordon, CEO, Muna Therapeutics

Marco Boorsma, General Partner at Forbion

Jens Eckstein, Managing Partner, Apollo Health Ventures

Kristen Fortney, Co-Founder and CEO, BioAge

James Peyer, Founder & CEO, Cambrian Biopharma

Session Leader: Dave Madge, VP of Discovery Services, WuXi AppTec

 

11:45 – 12:00 How Will Technologies Shape the New Era of Healthy Aging

Joseph Coughlin, Founder and Director, MIT AgeLab

 

12:00 Closing 

 

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