Personalized Life Extension Conference

October 2010 Program

Friday, October 8, 2010

7:30-8:30 PM               Registration

7:30-10:00 PM             Schmoozing in Lobby Lounge; wear your badge so fellow attendees can find you.

Saturday, October 9, 2010
8:00 AM		Registration (breakfast on your own)
9:00 AM		Chairman’s Intro: Taking Personal Action to Slow Aging
		Christine Peterson, Foresight Institute
		Chairman, Personalized Life Extension 2010
9:25 AM		Measuring & Changing the State of Your Body
		Larry Smarr, California Institute For Telecommunications and
		Information Technology, A UCSD/UCI Partnership
10:00 AM		Keynote—Meaning From Numbers: The Quantified Self
		Esther Dyson, Director, 23andme; Investor, Health 2.0 Startups
10:30 AM		Break
11:00 AM		Heart Rate Variability for Ubiquitous Quantification of Health and Wellness
		Ramesh Rao, Professor, UCSD; Director, UCSD Division Of Calit2
11:20 AM		Keynote—Death: From Fact to Problem
		Peter Thiel; President, Clarium; Co-Founder, Paypal;
		Managing Partner, Founders Fund; Chairman, Thiel Foundation
11:50 AM		Finding A Life Extension Doctor
		Sonia Arrison, Author & Policy Analyst On Radical Human Longevity
12:05 AM		Choosing Your Anti-Aging Advisors & Specialists
		All-Speaker Discussion
12:15 PM		Topic-Based Lunch Discussions (Optional Event)
		Or Lunch On Your Own
1:45 PM		Panel—Monitoring Your Body: Blood Testing & Beyond
2:15 PM		Longevity Supplements Via Evolutionary Genomics
		Gregory Benford, Chairman, Genescient; Physics Professor; Awardwinning SF Author and   Ben Goertzel, CTO Genescient
2:45 PM		A Diet for Health and Longevity.  How Do We Get There?
		Bruce Ames, Senior Scientist, CHORI; Professor Emeritus, UC Berkeley; Founder, Juvenon; Inventor, Ames Test
3:15 PM		Break
3:45 PM		Selecting Supplements Using Integrative Biochemistry: Focus on the Aging Eye
		Sheldon Hendler; Author, Physicians Desk Reference for Nutritional Supplements;
		Clinical Professor, UCSD; Editor, Medicinal Food
4:15 PM		Panel—Designing Your Nutritional Supplement Plan
4:50 PM		Immediate Prospects for Indefinite Human Lifespans
		Michael Rose, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, UC, Irvine & Genescient, LLC
5:30 PM		Session Ends
6:00 PM		Speaker & Sponsor Reception (Optional Event)
Sun.,  October 10, 2010  8:00 AM		Registration (breakfast on your own)
8:30 AM		How and Why to Influence Your Stem Cells, Stanislav Luban, UCSD Bioengineering Dept.
8:40 AM		What’s A Beautiful Mind, Anyway? Quantification and Optimization of Cognitive Functions, Yoni Donner. Stanford University, Cognitive hacker
9:00 AM		DNA Testing: Living Longer Via Personal Genomics
		Melanie Swan, Principal, MS Futures Group; Hedge Fund Manager, and
		Raymond McCauley, CTO & Founder, Exponential Biosciences
9:30 AM		Breakthrough Longevity Technologies: Stem Cells & More
		Terry Grossman, MD; Founder, Grossman Wellness Center; Longevity physician & author
10:15 AM		Break
10:45 AM		How To Preserve Your Telomeres
		Laura Briggs, Vice President R&D, Sierra Sciences
11:15 AM		Intermittent Fasting: Theory & Practice
		Patri Friedman, Executive Director, Seasteading Institute; Health Hacker
11:30 AM		Panel—Exercise And Eating: The Inescapable Role Of
		Moving Our Bodies & Controlling What Goes In Our Mouths
12:15 PM		Topic-Based Lunch Discussions (Optional Event)
		Or Lunch On Your Own
1:45 PM		How to Analyze And Improve Your Sleep
		Matt Bell, Entrepreneur, Health Hacker
2:00 PM		Stress Reduction Through Meditation And Yoga: Applying The Latest Research For Benefits Today
		Kelly McGonigal, Health Psychologist, Stanford University
2:30 PM		Panel: Brain Health, Training & Enhancement
3:00 PM		Break
3:30 PM		Life Extension by Brute Force (and other means)
		Greg Fahy, VP And CSO At 21st Century Medicine & Owner, Intervene Biomedical
4:00 PM		Interview: Testing, Supplements & Brain Protection
		Steve Fowkes, CEO, Nanopolymer Systems; Former Director, Cognitive
		Enhancement Research Institute
4:30 PM		Group Q&A With All Speakers Present
		Chairman’s Wrap-Up
5:00 PM		Conference Ends