UK SPINE ANNUAL CONFERENCE 2020 - FREE FLOW OF KNOWLEDGE TO ACCELERATE INNOVATION FOR HEALTHY AGEING - Ageing Research Collaborative Hub at Oxford (ARCH)

‘How can the UK lead the race to deliver 5 extra healthy years of life by 2035’

11th November 2020 – 20th November 2020

You can sign up directly from the website here

Date	Time	Session	Speakers
10^th November	12noon	e-Posters : from our UKSPINE Proof of Concept projects	N/A
11^th November	14.00- 15.10	Opening address and Keynote session on ‘animal models of ageing’	Dr Paul Potter Oxford Brookes University Dr Satomi Miwa Faculty of Medical Sciences, Newcastle
12^th November	14.00-15.00	Focus group: Enabling public engagement with research (by invitation only please contact Bryan to sign up)	Dr Lisa Fuller – Project Manager, College of Medical and Dental Sciences, University of Birmingham Dr Matthew Bonam – Head of Biopharmaceutical R&D for Digital Health and Innovation, AstraZeneca Prof Janet Lord – Director of the Institute of Inflammation and Ageing Director of the MRC-Versus Arthritis Centre for Musculoskeletal Ageing Research
13^th November	13.00-16.00	Workshop: Clinical biomarkers for the prediction of multi-morbidity	Prof Gary Ford – CEO of the Oxford academic Health Science Network Prof Carl Heneghan – Director of the Centre for Evidence-Based Medicine
17^th November	13.00-16.00	Connecting cutting edge capabilities in ageing and neuroscience research – Defining challenges for long-term international collaboration (contact Bryan for sign up details)	Prof Chas Bountra – University of Oxford Pro-Vice Chancellor (Innovation)
18^th November	14.00-15.00	Keynote: From bench to care home in a time of COVID – how ageing science can be harnessed to improve immune resilience in older people	Prof Janet Lord – Director of the Institute of Inflammation and Ageing Director of the MRC-Versus Arthritis Centre for Musculoskeletal Ageing Research Prof Lynne Cox – Group leader: the laboratory for ageing and cell senescence Joan Mannick, MD – Chief Medical Officer, ResTORbio
20^th November	13.00-14.30	Capstone panel discussion: What infrastructure does the UK need to set up in order to accelerate research so we may achieve 5 extra healthy years of life by 2035 as set out by the UK government?	Chair: Dr Martino Picardo – Chairman Discovery Park, Kent Panel members including: Prof Chas Bountra – Pro-Vice Chancellor (Innovation), University of Oxford Joann Rhodes, MBA – CEO of HIRANI and Strategy Advisor at Transres

If you have any questions please do contact Bryan (bryan.adriaanse@admin.ox.ac.uk ) who is leading on the organisation of the virtual conference.