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_GreyPaul 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._RoseNason 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_MedvedevValerija 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.htmlDr. 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.htmProf. dr. Catherine Verfaillie (Belgium)
A stem cell expert and head of stem cell research at the KUL.
http://www.kuleuven....v/u0048658e.htmProf. 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_BroeckhovenProf. 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.