Conference Agenda
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Session Overview | |
| Location: Auditorium |
| Date: Wednesday, 29/Oct/2025 | |
| 11:30am - 12:00pm |
D1WS: Welcome Session Location: Auditorium Opening remarks 1: Federico II University, Italy; 2: University of Florence, Italy Presentation for special session Institutional greetings Ministero dell’Università e della Ricerca, Italy |
| 12:00pm - 1:00pm |
D1-KS: Welcome Session - Keynote Speakers Location: Auditorium Chair: Agar Brugiavini Living Better, Working Longer: Adapting Labour Markets to an Ageing Population OECD - Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development, Italy Presentation for special session Keynote Speaker Ramón y Cajal University Hospital, Madrid, Spain |
| 2:30pm - 4:00pm |
D1S1-R6-DB: Active Ageing, Education and Learning Location: Auditorium Chair: Roberto Impicciatore Education, Learning, and Training for Active Ageing: A Study of National Good Practices 1: University of Florence, Italy; 2: Cà Foscari University of Venice, Italy; 3: Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore of Milan, Italy; 4: University of Bologna; 5: University of Milano Bicocca A Dynamic Active Ageing Index: Evidence from the SHARE data Ca' Foscari University of Venice, Italy Transitions from labour market to the retirement world. Education, Lifelong Learning and Active Ageing University of Florence, Italy Ageing at Work in the Healthcare Sector. Active Ageing and Social Quality among Senior Workers in Lombardy and Campania 1: Università degli Studi di Napoli Federico II, Italy; 2: Università degli Studi di Napoli Federico II, Italy; 3: Università degli Studi di Napoli Federico II, Italy Skill obsolescence and lifelong learning in the ageing workforce: the effect on job satisfaction 1: Inapp, Italy; 2: Inapp, Italy; 3: Sapienza Università di Roma, Italy; 4: Inapp, Italy |
| 4:30pm - 6:00pm |
D1S2-R6: Molecular Mechanisms of Aging Location: Auditorium Chair: Marco Malavolta The contribution of telomere biology to aging CNR A novel control of mitochondrial structure and function by the autophagic receptor SQSTM1/p62 in aging pathophysiology 1: San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Division of Genetics and Cell Biology, Age Related Diseases Unit; 2: Università Vita-Salute San Raffaele; 3: University of Siena, Department of Medicine, Surgery and Neurosciences; 4: San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Experimental Imaging Center; 5: San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Division of Neuroscience, Neurogenomics; 6: San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Division of Neuroscience - INSPE - Institute of Experimental Neurology, Experimental Neuropathology; 7: San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Division of Genetics and Cell Biology, Molecular Basis of Polycystic Kidney Disease Unraveling the role of the multifaceted protein HMGB1 in maintaining tissue homeostasis upon aging: spotlight on fat and skeletal muscle 1: Università Vita Salute San Raffaele, Italy; 2: Tissue Regeneration and Homeostasis Unit, Division of Genetics and Cell Biology, IRCCS Ospedale San Raffaele, Milan; 3: Department of Bioscences, University of Milan, Milan Identification and characterization of a novel gene that controls ageing University of Padova, Italy Aging tunes social preference and the response to social deprivation in zebrafish International school for advanced studies (SISSA), Italy |
| Date: Thursday, 30/Oct/2025 | |
| 9:00am - 9:30am |
D2-PL: Plenary Session - Opening Location: Auditorium Opening remarks 1: Rettore dell'Università di Napoli Federico II; 2: Rettrice dell'Università di Firenze; 3: Istituto Nazionale di Statistica (ISTAT); 4: Consiglio Superiore di Sanità |
| 9:30am - 10:30am |
D2KS: Plenary Session - Keynote speakers Location: Auditorium Chair: Daniele Vignoli Chair: Guido Iaccarino Keynote Speaker International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis – IIASA, Vienna, Austria Presentation for special session Keynote Speaker (remote) Commissione Europea |
| 11:00am - 12:15pm |
D2S1-R6-GO: L'invecchiamento della popolazione. Una riflessione interdisciplinare in onore del Prof. Antonio Golini Location: Auditorium Chair: Graziella Caselli Mortalità e salute: dati, concetti e metodi nel percorso di un protagonista della demografia Sapienza Università di Roma Presentation for special session Mobilità e lavoro di fronte alle sfide dell'invecchiamento: il contributo di Antonio Golini IRPPS CRN Presentation for special session Verso una sintesi delle dinamiche territoriali: il malessere demografico 1: University of Palermo; 2: Istat Presentation for special session Geriatria e invecchiamento della popolazione Inrca |
| 12:15pm - 1:30pm |
D2S2-R6: Frailty and Multimorbidity: New Insights (FLASH) Location: Auditorium Chair: Antonio Cherubini IDENTIFICATION AND QUANTIFICATION OF MULTIDIMENSIONAL FRAILTY IN ELDERLY PATIENTS IN DIFFERENT CARE SETTINGS (Fra-SET) 1: Department of Translational Medical Sciences, University of Naples Federico II, Italy; Division of Sub-intensive Medical Therapy, AOU Federico II, Naples, Italy; 2: Division of Rehabilitation and Metabolic Internal Medicine AOU Federico II, Naples, Italy; 3: Division of Geriatrics - AORN San Giuseppe Moscati, Avellino, Italy; 4: Division of Internal Medicine, AOU San Giovanni di Dio e Ruggi di Aragona, Salerno, Italy; 5: Division of Emergency Medicine AOU San Giovanni di Dio e Ruggi di Aragona, Salerno, Italy; 6: Division of Geriatrics, AO Sant'Anna e San Sebastiano, Caserta, Italy; 7: Division of Internal Medicine 3, AORN Antonio Cardarelli, Naples, Italy; 8: Division of Internal Medicine DEA and clinical Complexity, AORN Antonio Cardarelli, Naples, Italy Health Literacy and Early Frailty Detection in Primary Care: A Community-Based Observational Study 1: University of Florence, Italy, Italy; 2: AUSL Toscana Centro; 3: Società della Salute Firenze Differential Impact of Frailty on Neurodegenerative, Cardiometabolic, and Cancer Outcomes 1: IRCCS Neuromed, Pozzilli, Italy; 2: University of Insubria, Varese, Italy; 3: LUM University, Casamassima, Italy Parallel Burdens of Aging: Disentangling the Impact of Frailty and Comorbidity on Long-Term Survival in the FRASNET Cohort 1: Università Vita Salute San Raffaele, Italy; 2: Internal Medicine Unit, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy; 3: Nephrologic Unit, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy Frailty and Multimorbidity in Older Inpatients: A Comparative Analysis of Quantitative and Qualitative Predictors of In-Hospital Outcomes 1: Unit of Geriatric Medicine, IRCCS INRCA, Cosenza, Italy; 2: Centre for Biostatistics and Applied Geriatric Clinical Epidemiology, IRCCS INRCA, Ancona, Italy; 3: Department of Pharmacy, Health and Nutritional Sciences, University of Calabria, Rende, Italy; 4: Geriatria, Accettazione Geriatrica e Centro di Ricerca per l'Invecchiamento, IRCCS INRCA, Ancona, Italy; 5: Internal Medicine Unit, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy; 6: Department of Geriatrics and Orthopedics, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Rome, Italy; 7: Research Unit of Epidemiology and Prevention, IRCCS NEUROMED, Pozzilli (IS), Italy; 8: Department of Translational Medical Sciences (DISMET), Federico II University, Naples, Italy; 9: Fondazione Policlinico Universitario A Gemelli IRCCS, Largo Agostino Gemelli 8, Rome, Italy; Department of Geriatrics, Orthopedics and Rheumatology, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Rome, Italy; 10: Scientific Direction, IRCCS INRCA, Ancona, Italy; 11: Department of Clinical and Molecular Sciences, Università Politecnica delle Marche, Ancona, Italy Integrating Clinical and Biological Indices to Enhance Frailty Detection: Insights from the Novara Cohort Study Università del Piemonte Orientale, Italy |
| 3:00pm - 4:30pm |
D2S3-R6-DMB: Age-it Data Management Board Location: Auditorium Chair: Agar Brugiavini Age-It Scholar: A Free Knowledge Hub on Ageing and Society University of Milano - Bicocca Presentation for special session GDPR compliance and the use of microdata in AGE-IT research- Challenges and Possible Solutions 1: Ca' Foscari University Venice; 2: University of Padova, Italy Presentation for special session The new data sets created in Age-It: results from an online Survey Ca' Foscari University of Venice, Italy |
| 5:00pm - 6:15pm |
D2S4-R6: Transdisciplinary Research and Data Platforms Location: Auditorium Chair: Sabrina Prati PrivGen: A Human-in-the-Loop Approach to Generate Private Synthetic Data 1: University of Milan-Bicocca, Italy; 2: University of Naples Federico II, Naples, Italy A Thematic Data Platform for Research on Ageing University of Milan-Bicocca, Italy Bridging Data for Better Ageing: Advancing Measurement of Healthy Ageing in Italy Bocconi University, Italy |
| Date: Friday, 31/Oct/2025 | |
| 9:00am - 10:30am |
D3S1-R6-JO: The Age-It Supplemental Issue The Journals of Gerontology, Series B: Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences Location: Auditorium Chair: Marco Albertini Aging Well in an Aging Society: Italy at the Forefront of Global Aging University of Florence, Italy Presentation for special session Positive Demography: Changing the Perspective on Population Aging University of Florence, Italy Presentation for special session Improving our understanding of the biology of ageing CNR, Italy Presentation for special session Clinical and environmental factors, functional status, and multimorbidity—Stratifying progression and prognosis of multimorbidity, frailty, and disability IRCCS INRCA, Italy Presentation for special session Multidimensional Determinants of Active and Healthy Ageing Trajectories: A Position Paper Università degli Studi di Padova, Italy Presentation for special session Caring in the XXI century: Mapping challenges and developing solutions University of Molise, Italy Presentation for special session An Index of Intergenerational Justice: Main Concepts and Preliminary Evidence Bocconi University, Italy Presentation for special session Multicomponent interventions and technologies to reduce the burden of frailty, functional and cognitive decline University of Milano - Bicocca, Italy Presentation for special session Leveraging Human-Robot Interaction and Virtual Reality for Digital Biomarkers in Diagnostics and Rehabilitation University of Florence, Italy Presentation for special session Clarifying healthy ageing: Building a common language for policy innovation University of Turin, Italy Presentation for special session Participatory Approach, Dissemination and Implementation of Research on Aging Italian Ageing- Age-It Scarl, Italy Presentation for special session Education and Learning for Active Aging: Promising Practices and Findings Ca' Foscari University of Venice, Italy Presentation for special session Aging in aging societies: The transformation of individuals’ life courses and how we study them University of Bologna, Italy |
| 11:00am - 12:15pm |
D3S2-R6: Innovative Technologies for Ageing, Learning and Assistive Human-Robot Interaction Location: Auditorium Chair: Luca Francioso Enhancing Bci Learning Through Collaborative Social Gaming: A Longitudinal Study Of Motor Imagery Training 1: Department of Information Engineering, University of Padova, Padova, Italy; 2: Padova Neuroscience Center, University of Padova, Padova, Italy; 3: Dept. of Neuroscience, University of Padova, Padova, Italy Old but Gold: Population Ageing and Innovation Incentives 1: Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore (UCSC), Complexity Lab in Economics (UCSC); 2: Fondazione Eni Enrico Mattei User-Aware Multi-Turn Dialogue System for Socially Assistive Robots Using LLMs University of Florence, Italy Learning to walk: An imitative approach to adaptive gait generation in lower limb exoskeletons for elderly assistance 1: Department of Information Engineering, University of Padova, Italy; 2: Padova Neuroscience Center, University of Padova, Italy |
| 12:15pm - 1:15pm |
D3-CP: Closing Day Plenary Location: Auditorium Chair: Daniele Vignoli Chair: Guido Iaccarino Chair: Carlos Chiatti Decoding the Exposome: Molecular Biomarkers at the Intersection of Environment and Aging (remote) Environmental Health, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, United States of America Presentation for special session Keynote Speaker Medical University of Graz, Austria |
| 1:15pm - 1:30pm |
D3-FS: Farewell Session Location: Auditorium Farewell remarks 1: University of Florence, Italy; 2: Erasmus Rotterdam University |

