Event Description

The focus of the Companion Animal Nutrition (CAN) Summit 2023 is geroscience and provides a comparative and One Health approaches to the study of aging in humans and pets. The four sections of the program focus on healthspan, microbiome, immunosenescence, mitochondrial dysfunction/cellular senescence.

COMPANION ANIMAL NUTRITION SUMMIT 2023

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WEDNESDAY, 24 MAY
Comparative perspectives in healthspan
Chair: Nicole Ehrhart
8:30 – 9:00 (CEST)
Welcome and Introductions

Natalia Wagemans

Ryan Carvalho

9:00 – 9:50 (CEST)
Great Danes and grandads: How the companion dog is moving the needle in longevity interventions

Nicole Ehrhart

9:50 – 10:50 (CEST)
Epigenetic clock studies in companion animals

Steve Horvath

10:50 – 11:10 (CEST)
BREAK
11:10 – 11:50 (CEST)
The Dog Aging Project: State of the science

Kate Creevy

11:50 – 13:30 (CEST)
BREAK
The microbiome, the gut and brain function
Chair: Jan Suchodolski
13:30 – 14:10 (CEST)
Changes in the gut microbiome and function over lifespan

Jan Suchodolski

14:10 – 14:50 (CEST)
The gut microbiome as a target for improving brain health during ageing

Marcus Böhme

14:50 – 15:10 (CEST)
BREAK
15:10 – 15:50 (CEST)
Epilepsy, the gut and the ageing brain

Holger Volk

15:50 – 16:30 (CEST)
Canine cognitive decline and the role of the microbiome

Natasha Olby

16:30 – 17:00 (CEST)
Panel discussion with audience Q&A

All speakers from session

THURSDAY, 25 MAY
Immunosenescence: The impact of age on immune function
Chair: Donald Palmer
8:30 – 9:10 (CEST)
Understanding how age-associated changes of the immune system lead to immune dysfunction

Donald Palmer

9:10 – 9:50 (CEST)
Implications of immunosenescence and inflammageing for immunization of older individuals

Graham Pawelec

9:50 – 10:10 (CEST)
BREAK
10:10 – 10:50 (CEST)
Diet and immune function

Caroline Childs

10:50 – 11:30 (CEST)
Investigating the potential of targeting microbiome dysbiosis for combatting immunosenescence

Niharika Duggal

11:30 – 12:30 (CEST)
Panel discussion with audience Q&A

All speakers from session

12:30 – 13:30 (CEST)
BREAK
Mitochondria and the metabolic determinants of aging and longevity
Chair: Michelangelo Campanella
13:30 - 14:10 (CEST)
Mitochondrial cholesterol metabolism and signalling in cell survival

Michelangelo Campanella

14:10 – 14:50 (CEST)
Cellular senescence in renal ageing and disease

Jessica Quimby

14:50 – 15:10 (CEST)
BREAK
15:10 – 15:50 (CEST)
Metabolic consequences of ageing in small and large breed dogs

Ana Jimenez

15:50 – 16:30 (CEST)
How the ketogenic diet extends functional longevity

Gino Cortopassi

16:30 – 17:00 (CEST)
Panel discussion with audience Q&A

All speakers from session

17:00 – 17:30 (CEST)
Closing remarks

Natalia Wagemans

Jan Suchodolski

Donald Palmer

Michelangelo Campanella

Nicole Ehrhart

Speakers

Marcus Böhme

Michelangelo Campanella

Caroline Childs

Gino Cortopassi

Kate Creevy

Ryan Carvalho

Niharika Duggal

Nicole Ehrhart

Steve Horvath

Ana Jimenez

Natasha Olby

Donald Palmer

Graham Pawelec

Jessica Quimby

Pascal Steiner

Jan Suchodolski

Holger Volk

Natalia Wagemans

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Yes, the online event will be recorded and available for viewing later. You will receive an email letting you know when the event is available on demand. Continuing education (CE) credit will be given only to those who attend the live event on 24-25 May 2023. The complete program has been submitted for 8.5 hours of CE in jurisdictions that accept RACE. You must be logged in to the platform to view the live content and receive credit for attendance. To receive your CE credit, please go to the CE Certificate Instructions document in the Resource Center and follow the instructions. After you complete the online form linked from that document, you will be given access to download a certificate with fillable fields.

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