15th Annual Alliance for Healthy Aging Conference
From mechanisms of age-associated diseases to healthy aging
When & Where:
Date: 11th - 14th October 2026
Venue: MPI for Biology of Ageing & CECAD Research Center, Cologne, Germany
Submit your abstract for talks and posters by May 31, 2026 here:
https://uni-koeln.converia.de/frontend/index.php?folder_id=659&page_id=
Abstracts from early-career reserachers are highly welcome.
Registration portal will be opened by the end of March!
More details will be provided in March about
- Hotel recommendations
- How to get there
- Venue details
Interested in the Alliance for Healthy Aging?
Here you get to their website: LINK
Speakers
Keynote speaker
- Guido Kroemer (Université de Paris Cité, FRANCE)
- Emma Teeling (University College Dublin, IRELAND)
Selected speakers from the AHA partners:
- Cristina Camell (University of Minnesota, USA)
- Marco Demaria (University Medical Center Groningen, NETHERLANDS)
- Costas Demetriades (University Medical Center Groningen, NETHERLANDS)
- Fabian Finger (University of Copenhagen, DENMARK)
- Kristina Kirschner (Mayo Clilnic Rochester, USA)
- Viktor Korolchuk (Newcastle University, UK)
- Joao Passos (Mayo Clilnic Rochester, USA)
- Xavier Revelo (University of Minnesota, USA)
- Jane Reznick (University Hospital Cologne/CECAD, GERMANY)
- Anne Schäfer (MPI for Biology of Ageing/CECAD, GERMANY)
- Morten Scheibye-Knudsen (University of Copenhagen, DENMARK)
- Stephen White (Newcastle University, UK)
Sunday, October 11th
| 17:30 – 19:00 | Postdoc event | (by registration only) |
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| 19:00 - 21:00 | Welcome Reception | (by registration only) |
Monday, October 12th
| 08:15 – 08:55 | Welcome/Registration | |
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| 09:00 – 10:00 | Welcome Statements/Keynote Lecture | |
| SESSION I | ||
| 10:00 – 10:55 | 2 selected speaker talks (a 20 min), 1 other talk (a 15 min) | |
| 11:00 – 11:20 | Coffee Break | |
| SESSION II | ||
| 11:20 – 13:15 | 2 selected speaker talks, 5 other talks | |
| 13:15 – 14:15 | Lunch Break | |
| SESSION III | ||
| 14:20 – 15:55 | 1 selected speaker talk, 5 other talks | |
| 16:00 – 16:30 | Coffee Break | |
| SESSION IV | ||
| 16:30 – 17:50 | 1 selected speaker talk, 4 other talks | |
| 17:00 – 18:15 | Break | |
| 18:15 – 18:50 | Poster flash talks, 12 talks (3 minutes) | |
| 19:00 – 21:30 | Poster Session with food & drinks |
Tuesday, October 13th
| 09:00 – 09:45 | Keynote Lecture | |
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| SESSION V | ||
| 9:45 – 11:05 | 5 talks (15 min) | |
| 11:05 – 11:30 | Coffee Break | |
| SESSION VI | ||
| 11:30 - 12:55 | 2 selected speaker talks, 3 other talks | |
| 13:00 -14:00 | Lunch Break | |
| SESSION VII | ||
| 14:00 – 15:40 | 2 selected speaker talks, 4 other talks | |
| 15:40 – 16:00 | Coffee Break | |
| SESSION VIII | ||
| 16:00 – 17:35 | 1 selected speaker talk, 5 other talks | |
| 17:35 – 18:00 | Concluding remarks | |
| 18:30 – 22:00 | Conference dinner | (by registration only) |
Wednesday, October 14th
| 09:30 – 10:50 | Member meeting |
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Registration
The conference has no registration fee, however registration is mandatory.
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