Joint with: Innate Immunity: Diversity in Host Defense and Disease
Aging: Immune Function and Organ Health

Mar 22–25, 2026 | Fairmont Banff Springs, Banff, AB, Canada
Scientific Organizers: Anne Brunet, Eric M. Verdin, Manuel Serrano and P. Eline Slagboom

  In Person
  On Demand

Mar 22–25, 2026 | Fairmont Banff Springs, Banff, AB, Canada
Scientific Organizers: Anne Brunet, Eric M. Verdin, Manuel Serrano and P. Eline Slagboom

Supported by the  Directors' Fund
Available Formats:   = In Person     = On Demand
Sunday, March 22, 2026
Registration
4:00–8:00 PM
Welcome Mixer
6:00–8:00 PM
Monday, March 23, 2026
Breakfast
7:00–8:00 AM
Welcome and Keynote Address (Joint)
8:00–9:00 AM
Beth Stevens, Boston Children's Hospital, Harvard Medical School
Macrophage-Microglia Crosstalk in Aging
Targeting Innate Immunity for Healthy Aging (Joint)
9:00–11:15 AM
Kristen Fortney, BioAge Labs
Healthy Aging – Insights from Longitudinal Studies
Andrea Ablasser, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne
cGAS-STING Modulators and Cell Senescence
Short Talk(s) Chosen from Abstracts
Coffee Break
9:30–9:50 AM
Poster Setup
11:15–1:00 PM
On Own for Lunch
11:15–5:00 PM
Poster Viewing
1:00–10:00 PM
Coffee Available
4:30–5:00 PM
Inflammation, Immune Function, Senescence
5:00–7:00 PM
Anne Schaefer, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, MPI Ageing
Role of Microglia in Brain Aging
Saul A. Villeda, University of California, San Francisco
Importance of Platelet Factors for Rejuvenation of the Old Brain
Noga Ron-Harel, Technion-Israel Institute of Technology
T Cells in Aging
Manuel Serrano, Altos Labs
Cellular Senescence and Reprogramming
Short Talk(s) Chosen from Abstracts
Social Hour with Lite Bites
7:00–8:00 PM
Posters
7:30–10:00 PM
Tuesday, March 24, 2026
Breakfast
7:00–8:00 AM
Organ Regeneration and Aging
8:00–11:00 AM
Margaret A Goodell, Baylor College of Medicine
Aging in the Blood – Accumulation of Somatic Mutations
Anne Brunet, Stanford University
Brain Aging and Rejuvenation
Thomas A Rando, University of California, Los Angeles
Mechanisms of Muscle Aging and Regeneration
Short Talk(s) Chosen from Abstracts
Coffee Break
9:00–9:20 AM
Poster Setup
11:00–1:00 PM
On Own for Lunch
11:00–5:00 PM
Poster Viewing
1:00–10:00 PM
Coffee Available
4:30–5:00 PM
Inflammaging (Joint)
5:00–7:00 PM
Vishva M. Dixit, Genentech, Inc.
The Circuitry of Inflammatory Cell Death Signaling
Eicke Latz, University of Bonn
Inflammasomes in Innate Immune Memory and Inflammaging
Emily Goldberg, UCSF
Inflammaging
Short Talk(s) Chosen from Abstracts
Social Hour with Lite Bites
7:00–8:00 PM
Posters
7:30–10:00 PM
Wednesday, March 25, 2026
Breakfast
7:00–8:00 AM
Organ-Organ Communication and Systemic Aging
8:00–11:00 AM
Itamar Harel, Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Germline-soma Communication in Aging Killifish
Speaker to be Announced
Dario Riccardo Valenzano, Leibniz Institute on Aging
Immune System and Microbiome Aging in Vertebrates
María Mittelbrunn, Molecular Biology Center, CSIC
Systemic Role of T Cells
Short Talk(s) Chosen from Abstracts
Coffee Break
9:00–9:20 AM
On Own for Lunch
11:00–5:00 PM
Coffee Available
4:30–5:00 PM
Biomarkers, Aging Clocks, and Human Longevity
5:00–6:45 PM
Vadim Gladyshev, Brigham & Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School
Quantifying Aging and Longevity at the Level of Systems and Organs
Jingdong Jackie Han, CAS-MPG Partner Institute for Computational Biology
Systems Biology of Human Aging
P. Eline Slagboom, Leiden University
Older Adults: On Longevity Genetics and the Response to Lifestyle Interventions
Eric M. Verdin, Buck Institute for Research on Aging
Human Aging
Short Talk(s) Chosen from Abstracts
Meeting Wrap-Up: Outcomes and Future Directions (Organizers)
6:45–7:00 PM
Social Hour with Lite Bites
7:00–8:00 PM
Cash Bar
8:00–11:00 PM
Entertainment
8:00–11:00 PM
Thursday, March 26, 2026
Departure
12:00–11:59 PM

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