Longevity by Design: Building Community-Based Brain Capital

09.00 – 09.15 Welcome & Opening
Chairs: Paola Zaratin, Director of Scientific Research, Italian MS Society – Italian MS Foundation
Paweł Świeboda, Founder, NeuroCentury; Co-Founder, Brain Capital Alliance

09.15 – 09.40 Keynote Intervention
Unlocking Impact: WHO’s 2025 Global Status Report on Neurology
A Global Call to Strengthen Neurological Care for All
Abdelfatah Ibrahim, Chair, OneNeurology Initiative
Chair: Paola Zaratin, Director of Scientific Research, Italian MS Society – Italian MS Foundation
Q&A

09.40 – 10.20 Inspirational Lecture
Maintaining Exceptional Memory Function into Your Eighties: The Secrets of Superaging
Bryan Strange, Director, Laboratory for Clinical Neuroscience, Polytechnic University of Madrid
Chair: Paweł Świeboda, Founder, NeuroCentury; Co-Founder, Brain Capital Alliance
Q&A

10.20 – 11.00 Inspirational Lecture
From Abundance of Data to Actionable Insights in Prevention and Early Diagnosis
Ira Haraldsen, Lead, Cognitive Health Research Group, Oslo University Hospital
Chair:
Paweł Świeboda, Founder, NeuroCentury; Co-Founder, Brain Capital Alliance
Q&A

11.00 – 11.30 Coffee Break & Artistic Installation
“PortrAIts” – an exhibition on the invisible symptoms of multiple sclerosis

11.30 – 12.30 Citizens, Patients, Innovators and Communities as Co-Creators of the Prevention and Longevity Agenda
Kristin Schneeman, Senior Director, FasterCures
Caroline Montojo, President and CEO, Dana Foundation
Orla Galvin, Executive Director, European Federation of Neurological Associations
Marco Mohwinckel, President, Tech Tour Mental & Brain Health Programme
Sylvain Piquet, CEO, Five Lives
Chairs:
Paola Zaratin, Director of Scientific Research, Italian MS Society – Italian MS Foundation
Paweł Świeboda, Founder, NeuroCentury; Co-Founder, Brain Capital Alliance
Q&A

12.30 – 13.30 Panel Discussion
Towards a Global Plan of Action on Brain Capital and Longevity
Kristin Schneeman, Senior Director, FasterCures
Caroline Montojo, President and CEO, Dana Foundation
Orla Galvin, Executive Director, European Federation of Neurological Associations
Frédérick Destrebecq, Executive Director, European Brain Council
Mario Battaglia, CEO, Italian MS Society; President, International Multiple Sclerosis Federation
Ira Haraldsen, Lead, Cognitive Health Research Group, Oslo University Hospital
Bryan Strange, Director, Laboratory for Clinical Neuroscience, Polytechnic University of Madrid
Chairs:
Paola Zaratin, Director of Scientific Research, Italian MS Society – Italian MS Foundation
Paweł Świeboda, Founder, NeuroCentury; Co-Founder, Brain Capital Alliance