Carmelo Mesa-Lago is a Distinguished Service Professor Emeritus of Economics at the University of Pittsburgh; a visiting professor/ researcher in 8 countries and a lecturer in 39 countries. Author of 95 books and 320 articles/chapters published in 9 languages in 34 countries, most of them on social security; his most recent book is Re-reform of Privatized Pension Systems in the World (Max Planck Institute of Social Law and Policy, 2012), Evaluation of Four Decades of Pension Privatization in Latin America (1980-2020): Promises and Reality (Friedrich Ebert Stiftung, 2021) and Efectos de Capitalization Individual en America Latina (CEPAL, 2022) and Comparative Economic Models of Cuba and China-Vietnam: Social Goals and Financial Sustainability (submitted to Oxford University Press, November 2022). He has been a consultant in all Latin American countries and in 8 others in Africa, Asia and the Caribbean for ILO, ISSA, ECLAC and other U.N. branches, most international financial organizations, and foundations. Member US National Academy of Social Insurance, Latin America Academy of Science and the Board of International Social Security Review. Awards: ILO International Prize on Decent Work (shared with Nelson Mandela),  Alexander von Humboldt Stiftung Senior Prize, 3 Senior Fulbrights, homage for his life work on social security from the IOSS and CISS, and 78 other honors and research grants. Finalist in Spain’s Prince of Asturias Prize on Social Sciences, 2014 and 2015; selected among 50 most influential Iberoamerican intellectuals in 2014.

David Wortley is CEO & Founder of 360in360 Immersive Experiences and a VP of the International Society of Digital Medicine (ISDM. He is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts and Commerce and a global thought leader and innovator on enabling technologies for health, education and the environment. He is on the editorial board of the Digital Medicine Journal. He is an Associate Member of the Royal Society of Medicine and a Visiting Fellow at the Faculty of Health and Social Sciences at Bournemouth University

Tahmineh Azizi is a highly innovative and accomplished researcher in the Department of Biostatistics and Medical Informatics at the University of Wisconsin-Madison with extensive understanding and more than Five years experience of in presentations, development of novel models and tools, and computational analysis to quantitatively bridge the gap between in-vitro experiments and in-vivo endpoints. Her research has been directed towards areas including mathematical biology, dynamical systems theory, computational analysis, mathematical modeling, statistical modeling, Neuroscience, epidemiological models, topological data analysis, fractional calculus and fractal geometry, and multiscale modeling.

Dr. Costley is an Associate Professor of Gerontology for 15 years and coordinator of the only undergraduate degree in Gerontology in NYC. Before York College, he was the co-investigator of the Columbia Cooperative Aging Program (CCAP) at New York-Presbyterian Hospital and Columbia University with funding from the Arnold P. Gold Foundation. At York, he introduced developed workshops in geriatric care management skills to the undergraduate curriculum, with funding from the New York State Worforce Development Initiative. He currently focuses on public policy on food access and using geographic system technology to improve food distribution to older adults.   

Title: “Low Molecular Weight Dextran Sulfate (ILB®): a novel promising molecule for the treatment of Traumatic Brain Injury”.

Dr. Zarowitz has been in geriatric post-acute and long-term care practice and conducted research in older adults for the past 20 years. Over her career she has published 10 book chapters; 129 peer-reviewed articles and over 120 abstracts, editorials, letters and columns.  She has received 11 leadership, research, teaching and practice awards including the 2015 George F. Archambault Award for outstanding contributions to consultant and senior care pharmacy and the 2022 Howard Guterman Scientific Poster Award in post-acute and long-term care. Her research and health policy focus in on medication optimization in older adults with complex co-morbidities and health disparities

Dr. Seth VanDerVeer is an osteopathic physician who is double board-certified in internal medicine and rheumatology, and holds a RhMSUS certification from the American College of Rheumatology for his proficiency in musculoskeletal ultrasound. Throughout his medical training, he earned multiple certifications in strength and conditioning from the NSCA, and gained considerable experience training various populations including individuals with chronic disease, athletes, and fellow members of the U.S. military. He is currently a rheumatologist at Nellis AFB in Nevada, where he focuses on optimizing diet and exercise practices for all his patients in addition to usual pharmacologic managment.

Dr. Ami Rokach, Ph.D. is a clinical psychologist and teaches at the psychology dept. at York university in Toronto. He has been conducting research and writes about loneliness and its consequences, for the past 40 years. He sees focusing on loneliness, by academia, the media, and conferences, one more step to get it out of the closet, and diminish the stigma that is attached to it.

She Graduated from the Universidad Autonoma de Guadalajara, currently a second-degree resident doctor in the specialty of family medicine, at the Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social. Fellow Open Medical Institute International/AMSA initiative for medical professionals, which through education and research, aims to improve healthcare on a global scale. Awarded a scholarship in a seminar in Salzburg for excellence in geriatric clinical case presentation. Diploma in healthy aging and diploma in geriatric medicine in primary care from the National Institute of Geriatrics. Stay at the Epidemiological Research Unit and Querétaro Health Services, with the publication of a medical article Association between family functionality and mild cognitive impairment in the family with the elderly in the Spanish journal of Geriatrics and Gerontology.

Over the last decade, Yun-Jo, the founder and CEO of EUDA Wellness, has been at the forefront of developing innovative and scientifically validated wellness strategies for healthy aging, such as cryotherapy and Low-Level Laser Therapy (LLLT). Her unique blend of health and wellness consulting experience, enriched by hands-on laboratory research, has led to pioneering non-pharmacological approaches that effectively tackle age-related challenges, including insomnia. Yun-Jo's work, which marries rigorous scientific research with holistic principles, not only offers practical wellness solutions but also pushes the boundaries of traditional health paradigms, especially in the realms of sleep and aging science

Zsolt P. Ori is a practicing internist, and hospitalist with previous training in Bio-Medical Cybernetics (Ilmenau University of Technology, Germany) before entering medical school (Medical School, Szeged, Hungary). He published more than 10 papers and holds two US patents related to Medical Cybernetics and how it could be used to prevent and improve cardiometabolic conditions. His Cyber-Physical System can provide metrics of the effectiveness of lifestyle interventions and help reach age-adequate health.

Dr. Vontell received her PhD from King’s College London and Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom. She is Associate Director of the Brain Endowment Bank at the University of Miami. Her primary research has focused on the inflammatory mediators in the brain and their relation to complex diseases; she has been instrumental in studies that identify potential targets for neuronal inflammation in both infants and adults. In addition, she has been involved in developing and implementing educational rotations for the University of Miami Neuroscience Graduate Program. She serves on the editorial board for the journal of Clinical Neurology and Neuroscience.

Title: Effect of a Novel Phytomarine Senolytic in biochemical and epithelial functional recovery in LPS-induced Subacute lung injury

Title: Dementia and Its Psychological Impact on Elderly Caregivers in Indonesia

Pablo Mourelle Sanmartín works as a geriatrician in a Geriatric medical service in Galicia, Spain. He works daily in a Geriatric consultation with surgical and non-surgical specialties, he attends to multidisciplinary hospital cancer groups and perform frailty assessments. He is finishing his PhD in Science titled “Age And Frailty In Chronic Pain” in collaboration with the Geriatrics Medicine Research Group, Dalhousie University (Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada) and A Coruña University (Galicia, Spain). In addition to numerous courses, he did specialized national and international trainings in psychogeriatrics, orthogeriatrics, echocardioscopy, falls and frailty. 

Title: The Study of Family Support related Problems of Elderly Women living in BPL Families 

Dr Tianma Xu is an Occupational Therapy Associate Professor at the Singapore Institute of Technology and holds a PhD in Health Sciences from the University of Sydney, Australia. He has more than 24 years of experience working with older adults and stroke survivors in community rehabilitation settings in Singapore and Australia. His recently developed frailty management program ‘Say No To Frailty’ has been recognized by local experts and listed in the National Frailty Policy Strategy Report published by the Ministry of Health, Singapore. He is currently rolling out the Say No To Frailty program in active ageing centres in Singapore

Swasati Handique is an international student from India enrolled at The University of Texas in Arlington pursuing a Ph.D. in Social Work since Fall 2023. She is also a Graduate research assistant working in the School of Social Work. Her research focuses on:

1)exploring the experiences of older adults and their informal caregivers receiving palliative or end-of-life care, or undergoing any chronic or terminal or life-limiting illnesses.

2)investigating the social inequalities and disparities that accompany the treatment of chronically ill older patients, and how these factors impact both diagnosis and treatment outcomes. 

Master's degree in Gerontology from the Graduate Program at the University of São Paulo (USP), Bachelor's degree in Gerontology from USP, with an extension course from Universidad Estatal Del Valle de Toluca. Member of the Cognitive Training Research Group at the University of São Paulo.

Thais Bento Lima da Silva holds a Master and PhD in Sciences from the Department of Clinical Neurology at the School of Medicine, University of São Paulo. She is the Volunteer Coordinator of Support Groups for caregivers/family members of the Brazilian Alzheimer’s Association (ABRAz) in Santa Cruz and Perdizes, both in São Paulo (SP). She is the Scientific Director of the Brazilian Association of Gerontology for the 2023-2025 term. Additionally, she is the Coordinator of the Cognitive Training Study Group for Older Adults at EACH-USP and a faculty member of the Undergraduate and Graduate Programs in Gerontology at EACH-USP.

Polly’s career has been devoted to widening access for people who are blind or have low vision. As a trained and practising audio describer, with nearly 15 years of experience, she creates audio description tracks for broadcast television, cinema, streaming platforms, live presentations, and galleries. She runs the Australian chapter of an initiative, aimed at encouraging young consumers to engage with audio description, has created an accredited unit on using AD aimed at young people and is a member of the Audio Description advisory Board run by Curtin University’s Centre for Culture and Technology

Carmelo Mesa-Lago is a Distinguished Service Professor Emeritus of Economics at the University of Pittsburgh; a visiting professor/ researcher in 8 countries and a lecturer in 39 countries. Author of 95 books and 320 articles/chapters published in 9 languages in 34 countries, most of them on social security; his most recent book is Re-reform of Privatized Pension Systems in the World (Max Planck Institute of Social Law and Policy, 2012), Evaluation of Four Decades of Pension Privatization in Latin America (1980-2020): Promises and Reality (Friedrich Ebert Stiftung, 2021) and Efectos de Capitalization Individual en America Latina (CEPAL, 2022) and Comparative Economic Models of Cuba and China-Vietnam: Social Goals and Financial Sustainability (submitted to Oxford University Press, November 2022). He has been a consultant in all Latin American countries and in 8 others in Africa, Asia and the Caribbean for ILO, ISSA, ECLAC and other U.N. branches, most international financial organizations, and foundations. Member US National Academy of Social Insurance, Latin America Academy of Science and the Board of International Social Security Review. Awards: ILO International Prize on Decent Work (shared with Nelson Mandela),  Alexander von Humboldt Stiftung Senior Prize, 3 Senior Fulbrights, homage for his life work on social security from the IOSS and CISS, and 78 other honors and research grants. Finalist in Spain’s Prince of Asturias Prize on Social Sciences, 2014 and 2015; selected among 50 most influential Iberoamerican intellectuals in 2014.

David Wortley is the CEO & Founder of 360in360 Immersive Experiences and a VP of the International Society of Digital Medicine (ISDM. He is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts and Commerce and a global thought leader and innovator in enabling technologies for health, education and the environment. He is on the editorial board of the Digital Medicine Journal. He is an Associate Member of the Royal Society of Medicine and a Visiting Fellow at the Faculty of Health and Social Sciences at Bournemouth University.