INTERNATIONAL FASTING SUMMIT
Leading researchers in the field will present a series of public lectures for a lay audience focused on fasting and fasting-mimicking diets, aging and diseases
Friday, November 9, 2018
LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA
Radisson Hotel Los Angeles Midtown at USC
Los Angeles, California
Organized By:
USC Longevity Institute
Los Angeles, California
Free Admission!
(RSVP is necessary to guarantee entrance)
PUBLIC EVENT SCHEDULE
Friday, November 9th
Friday, November 9th, Radisson Hotel (next to USC)
4:00pm – 9:30pm Public Event, Radisson Hotel Conference Room
| 4:00pm | Arrival / Registration / Check-in |
| 4:30pm -4:45pm | Introductions by Valter Longo, Director Longevity Institute and Hassy Cohen, Dean Leonard Davis School of Gerontology, USC |
| 4:45pm – 4:55pm | A special appearance by a fasting supporter from the entertainment industry |
| 5:00pm – 5:20pm | Keynote Intermittent fasting for beginners: the science behind the headlines Michael Mosley, MD, BBC Television |
| Scientific Sessions Chair: Alessio Nencioni, MD |
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| 5:25pm – 5:45pm | “Extreme dieting” is the new black Amanda Salis, University of Sydney |
| 5:50pm – 6:10pm | A Time to Fast Rafael de Cabo, National Institute on Aging |
| 6:15pm – 6:35pm | The Circadian Code for the fountain of health Satchidananda Panda, Salk Institute for Biological Studies, La Jolla, CA |
| 6:40pm – 7:00pm | Coffee break |
| Chair: Eric Ravussin, PhD | |
| 7:00pm – 7:20pm | Fasting: Is it effective for weight loss? Krista Varady, Pennington Biomedical Research Center, Baton Rouge, LA |
| 7:25pm – 7:45pm | Fasting and plant-based diet: the evolutionary code for a long and healthy life? Andreas Michalsen, Charite University Hospital, Berlin, Germany |
| 7:50pm – 8:10pm | Intermittent fasting – Is it doable and does it do you good? Michelle Harvie, The University of Manchester, UK |
| Chair: Ricki Colman, PhD | |
| 8:15pm – 8:35pm | Intelligence and Creativity Evolved as Adaptations to Food Scarcity: Implications for Brain Health Mark Mattson, National Institute on Aging |
| 8:40pm – 9:00pm | Dietary protein intake: too much of a good thing? James Mitchell, Harvard University |
| 9:05pm – 9:25pm | Fasting, awakening the rejuvenation from within Valter Longo, USC Longevity Institute |
| 9:30pm | Closing remarks |
