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

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Mar 22–25, 2026 | Fairmont Banff Springs, Banff, AB, Canada

Scientific Organizers: Anne Brunet, Eric M. Verdin, Manuel Serrano, and P. Eline Slagboom

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Sunday, March 22, 2026
Registration
4:00–8:00 PM
 Riverview Lounge
Welcome Mixer
6:00–8:00 PM
 Riverview Lounge
Monday, March 23, 2026
Breakfast
7:00–8:00 AM
 Alberta/New Brunswick
Welcome and Keynote Address (Joint)
8:00–9:00 AM
 Cascade Ballroom
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
 Cascade Ballroom
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
 Riverview Lounge
Poster Setup
11:15–1:00 PM
 Alberta/New Brunswick
On Own for Lunch
11:15–5:00 PM
Poster Viewing
1:00–10:00 PM
 Alberta/New Brunswick
Symposia Spotlight 1: Late-breaking research presentations selected from abstract submissions
2:30–4:30 PM
 Alhambra Ballroom
Short Talks Chosen from Abstracts
Coffee Available
4:30–5:00 PM
 Riverview Lounge
Inflammation, Immune Function, Senescence
5:00–7:00 PM
 Alhambra Ballroom
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 Dinner
7:00–8:00 PM
 Alberta/New Brunswick
Posters
7:30–10:00 PM
 Alberta/New Brunswick
Tuesday, March 24, 2026
Breakfast
7:00–8:00 AM
 Alberta/New Brunswick
Organ Regeneration and Aging
8:00–11:00 AM
 Alhambra Ballroom
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
 Riverview Lounge
Poster Setup
11:00–1:00 PM
 Alberta/New Brunswick
On Own for Lunch
11:00–5:00 PM
Poster Viewing
1:00–10:00 PM
 Alberta/New Brunswick
Panel: Perspectives: Personalized Medicine & Patient-Centered Strategies (Joint)
1:45–2:45 PM
 Cascade Ballroom
Career Roundtable (Joint)
3:00–4:30 PM
 Alhambra Ballroom
Coffee Available
4:30–5:00 PM
 Riverview Lounge
Inflammaging (Joint)
5:00–7:00 PM
 Cascade Ballroom
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 Dinner
7:00–8:00 PM
 Alberta/New Brunswick
Posters
7:30–10:00 PM
 Alberta/New Brunswick
Wednesday, March 25, 2026
Breakfast
7:00–8:00 AM
 Alberta/New Brunswick
Organ-Organ Communication and Systemic Aging
8:00–11:00 AM
 Alhambra Ballroom
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
 Riverview Lounge
On Own for Lunch
11:00–5:00 PM
Symposia Spotlight 2: Late-breaking research presentations selected from abstract submissions
2:30–4:30 PM
 Alhambra Ballroom
Short Talks Chosen from Abstracts
Coffee Available
4:30–5:00 PM
 Riverview Lounge
Biomarkers, Aging Clocks, and Human Longevity
5:00–6:45 PM
 Alhambra Ballroom
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
 Alhambra Ballroom
Social Hour with Dinner
7:00–8:00 PM
 Alberta/New Brunswick
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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