Associate Professor
Vice President at Peking Union Medical College Hospital
Peking Union Medical College Hospital (CAMS) – Beijing, China

Associate Director of Geriatric Department of PUMCH & PUMC (Peking Union Medical College). Chairman of Youth Committee of Geriatric Specialist Branch of Beijing Medical Doctor Association. Deputy chairman of Youth Committee of Geriatric Specialist Branch of Chinese Medical Association. Deputy chairman of Youth Committee of Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition Society of Beijing Medical Association. Member of World Association of Chinese Doctors. Member of Asian Working Group for Sarcopenia and Asian Working Group for Cachexia.
Associate Editor of Archives of Gerontology and Geriatrics, Journal of Geriatric Cardiology.

Editorial board member of Aging Medicine journal, Frontiers in Medicine, Frontiers in Nutrition.
e-mail: kangl@pumch.cn, kanglin_66@126.com

(MD, PhD, DPharm) is Professor of Medicine and Clinical Pharmacology at the University Hospital of Clermont-Ferrand, France. She is the Director of the Inserm CIC 1405 Clinical Research Centre and is a permanent member of the Inserm 1407 Laboratory of Fundamental and Clinical Pharmacology of Pain. Her main topics of research concern the mechanism of action of analgesics, including NMDA antagonists for severe chronic pain, the impact of pain on cognitive-emotional processes and pain management in older persons. She regularly contributes to peer-reviewed publications on Pharmacology and on Pain, to international meetings and belongs to national and international Pain, Pharmacology and Geriatrics Societies. She participates to the validation of observational scales for older persons with communication (Doloplus, Algoplus) and sensory disorders (Visiodol) and to expert consensus on pain care. She is the Chair of the Research Committee at the European Pain Society (EFIC). She is the author of over 150 publications and the editor of several books.

Contact: gisele.pickering@uca.fr

Fiona Ecarnot, PhD

Originally from Dublin, Ireland, Fiona Ecarnot works as a research engineer at the Cardiology Department of the University Hospital of Besançon, France. She received an MSc in biostatistics and epidemiology from the University of Franche-Comté, Besançon, and obtained a PhD at the same university in 2019 in the field of cardiovascular sciences, focussing on the use of qualitative research methods in the field of cardiology. Her research areas include vaccines, geriatrics and gerontology, ethics in healthcare, palliative care, and end-of-life issues. She has authored or co-authored over 100 articles in peer-reviewed journals, plus numerous book chapters.

Jane M Barratt, Ph.D. is the Secretary General, International Federation on Ageing (IFA) an international non-government organisation with general consultative status with the United Nations and its agencies including formal relations with the World Health Organisation (WHO).

Population ageing and disability across the life course have been Jane’s passion and interest across an adventurous career that traverses public and private sectors and many disciplines.

Representing over 75 million older people through the membership of the IFA, Jane has direct responsibility for the corporation’s operational performance, quality and strategic implementation, and business development.  This includes leadership at the United Nations Economic and Social Council in New York, Geneva and Vienna and the WHO.

Jane is a Winston Churchill Fellow and recipient of the Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal in Canada in recognition of her commitment and passion to enhance the understanding of issues relating to ageing and engaging in dialogue with governments and the private sector to improve the quality of life of older people.

Among her many current positions Jane is a Member of Vision Academy, Director, Baycrest Health Sciences and Chair of the Education Advisory Committee, Associate Scientist, Sinai Health System, Member, Global Committee for the DR Barometer Program, and Member of the International Council for Adult Immunisation.  Formerly she is a member of the World Economic Forum’s Global Agenda Council on Ageing and until recently Chair, Standing Selection Committee Chair for the Networks of Centres of Excellence of Canada.

Professor Bertrand Guidet is the director of the Medical Intensive Care at the Hôpital Saint Antoine in Paris, France. In 1987 he joined the Medical Intensive Care Board. In 1993 he gained the necessary qualifications to perform research direction. He has been a university medical professor since 1997.
Professor Guidet is also a member of the research unit INSERM U1136 at the National Institute for Health and Medical Research (INSERM), which is a French public organization entirely dedicated to biological, medical, and public health research. He is the medical director of Saint Antoine hospital. He is the past President (2008 – 2010) of the French Society for Intensive Care and is currently a member of the Health Research and Services outcome section of the European Society of Intensive Care Medicine (ESICM). Professor Guidet has written 357 articles published in national and international journals. He worked on the critically ill old patients since 20 years and was the PI of several national and international studies. He is full member of the French Academy of Medicine.
During the COVID period, he elaborated recommendation for ICU admissions. He is involved with the French ministry of health on ICU organization at the national level

Bianca Buurman was appointed professor by special appointment of Integrated Elderly Care in 2015. She has also been professor of Acute Geriatrics at Amsterdam UMC (location AMC) since 2017. Her professorship conducts research into how primary care (GPs and district nurses), hospitals and care homes can work together in the best possible way to keep elderly people independent for as long as possible, avoid hospital admissions and give the elderly the best possible quality of life. The research is conducted in close collaboration with the elderly and their informal carers.

Bianca Buurman did a Bachelor’s in nursing at the AUAS, followed by a Master’s in nursing science at Utrecht. In 2011, she obtained a doctorate through her research on identifying and supporting vulnerable elderly people in hospitals. She coordinated several major studies, amongst others into integrated GP care for vulnerable elderly people and the Integrated Care Bridge (Transmurale Zorgbrug) project, a care pathway for vulnerable elderly people that reduces mortality rates and is being implemented in 25 Dutch hospitals.

In 2013-2014, with the help of a Rubicon grant, Bianca spent a year conducting research into loss of independence amongst the elderly following admission to hospital, at Yale University in the US. In 2014, she was awarded a Veni grant from the Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research (NWO) to conduct further research into the mechanisms that give rise to loss of function in the elderly.

In 2022, she was elected IAGG-World president (2026-2030)

PhD Managing Director at National Center for Geriatrics and Gerontology and Professor Fujita Medical University, Medical Science Research Center.

Dr Chen is full professor in Geriatrics at the National Yang-Ming University in Tapei.

Prof Chen is also the Director of the Centre for Geriatrics and Gerontology, Taipei Veterans General Hospital and the Director of Aging and Health Research Centre of National Yang-Ming University.

Dr. Chen’s research work is focused on several domains: (1) frailty and sarcopenia, (2) insulin resistance and metabolic resistance of the older people, (3) age-friendly healthcare systems, including long-term care and dementia care, and (4) smart health care and artificial intelligence.

Liat Ayalon, PhD, is a Professor in the School of Social Work, at Bar Ilan University, Israel. Prof. Ayalon coordinates an international EU funded Ph.D. program on the topic of ageism (EuroAgeism.eu). She is also the Israeli PI of the EU funded MascAge program to study ageing masculinities in literature and cinema. Between 2014 and 2018, Prof. Ayalon has led an international research network on the topic of ageism, funded through COST (Cooperation in Science and Technology; COST IS1402, notoageism.com). She consults both national and international organizations concerning the development and evaluation of programs and services for older adults.

Director of Integrated Research Initiative for Living Well with Dementia

Mirko Petrovic (MD PhD), is a Professor and Chairman in the Department of Internal Medicine and Pediatrics at the University of Ghent, Belgium, lead of the research unit “Quality of drug utilization in older persons’ a geriatrician at Ghent University Hospital and serves as President-elect of the European Geriatric Medicine Society. He has published over 300 peer-reviewed articles in high-impact journals in aging and clinical pharmacology. He has delivered more than 130 international presentations as a guest or key-note speaker.

Mrs Fei-Yuan Hsiao (PhD) is full professor and Director, Graduate Institute of Clinical Pharmacy at National Taiwan University. Her main research interests are Pharmacoepidemiology, Pharmacoeconomics, Health services research.

Ming-Yueh Chou is the Director at the Division of Geriatric Integrated Care, Center of Geriatrics and Gerontology, Kaohsiung Veterans General Hospital and M.D., School of Medicine, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan Lecture, National Yang Ming University School of Medicine.

Professor Keith Hill is the Director of the Monash Rehabilitation Ageing and Independent Living (RAIL) Research Centre. He is a physiotherapist and senior researcher with extensive track record across community, hospital, and residential care settings. Keith’s main research has focused on falls prevention, exercise, healthy ageing, and rehabilitation. He has been a Chief Investigator on NHMRC partnership and project grants, and also has recent and current research grants with collaborators in Singapore, Canada, Brazil, and Hong Kong.

Ph.D. in Cognitive Science, Brown University

Assistant Professor, Institute of Philosophy of Mind and Cognition, National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University, Taiwan

Assistant Professor (Joint Appointment), Institute of Neuroscience, National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University, Taiwan

The 9th Distinguished Award for General Education Teachers, Minster of Education, Taiwan

1986:  Graduated from University of Tokyo, School of medicine
1988-2005: Department of Geriatric Medicine, University of Tokyo Graduate School of Medicine
2010-:  Professor, Department of Geriatric Medicine, Kyorin University School of Medicine

Jean Woo is Emeritus Professor of Medicine, Henry G Leong Research Professor of Gerontology and Geriatrics – Faculty of Medicine, Director, CUHK Jockey Club Institute of Ageing, Co-Director, CUHK Institute of Health Equity, Director, SH Ho Centre for Gerontology and Geriatrics, Director, Centre for Nutritional Studies, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Honorary Consultant Geriatrician, Hospital Authority

Liat Ayalon, PhD, is a Professor in the School of Social Work, at Bar Ilan University, Israel. Prof. Ayalon coordinates an international EU funded Ph.D. program on the topic of ageism (EuroAgeism.eu). She is also the Israeli PI of the EU funded MascAge program to study ageing masculinities in literature and cinema. Between 2014 and 2018, Prof. Ayalon has led an international research network on the topic of ageism, funded through COST (Cooperation in Science and Technology; COST IS1402, notoageism.com). She consults both national and international organizations concerning the development and evaluation of programs and services for older adults.

Dr Ben Kirk  PhD is a Research Fellow at the Australian Institute for Musculoskeletal Science (AIMSS), located within the Department of Medicine at the University of Melbourne. His clinical research focuses on identifying the mechanisms of and treatments for Sarcopenia (loss of muscle mass and function) to improve health outcomes for patients.

Hidenori Arai, MD, PhD. President of the National Center for Geriatrics and Gerontology, President of the Japan Gerontological Society, President of the Japanese Association on Sarcopenia and Frailty, Vice-President of the Japan Geriatrics Society. President of Asian Academy of Medicine for Ageing and Chairman of Asian Working Group for Sarcopenia and Chairman of Asian Working Group for Cachexia.

Tommy Cederholm is Professor of Clinical Nutrition at Uppsala University and senior consultant in Geriatric Medicine at the Karolinska institute in Stockholm
He acts as expert at Swedish Council for Food and Health, is chairman of SWESPEN, and active in the ESPEN SIG Geriatric Nutrition.
He authorized more than 220 papers on nutrition in geriatrics

Prof Elisabet Rothenberg is registered dietitian and PhD. Currently she has a position as assistant professor at Kristianstad University at department of Health Sciences. She is involved in research projects concerning nutrition and body composition of older adults. She is PI for the study SeSam. She has an experience of involvement in guideline committees nationally and internationally. She has been president of the Swedish clinical dietitians for 16 years and involved in EFAD the European dietetic organisation. Since 2016 she is president of SWESPEN and member of ESPEN council.

Head of the Aging program in the Maternal, New-born, Adolescent, Health and Aging at World Health Organization

Trained at London School of Hygiene and Tropical medicine- London University

Visiting researcher at the Beth Israel Deaconess medical Center – Boston

Associate professor at Juntendo University – Tokyo

Senior project leader of Global health at Kanagawa governmental prefecture

WHO Medical Officer acting as responsible for WHO Integrated Care for Older People (ICOPE) approach at the secretariat of WHO Clinical Consortium on Healthy Ageing (CCHA).

Currently she is the head of the Aging program in the Maternal, New-born, Adolescent, Health and Aging at World Health Organization

Dr Sumi Sadana is Head, WHO Secretariat, WHO Council on the Economics of Health for All.

She was trained in economics, epidemiology, demography, and anthropology at Harvard University. Then, she worked to advance health equity since 1985 in public and private sectors in low-, middle-, and high-income countries. Relevant to older people, coordinated development of the first WHO Global Strategy on Ageing and Health including objective towards the Decade of Healthy Ageing; co-authored World Report on Ageing and Health; negotiated Global Strategy’s accountability framework and ensured monitoring of national commitments; developed metrics and global monitoring of healthy ageing; developed research and evidence strategy reflecting policy makers and older people’s views; lead author and editor of Decade of Healthy Ageing: baseline report.