On June 2, 2023 at the Poznan Medical University of Medical Sciences, Poznan, Poland (PUMS), took place 1st Scientific Conference “Lifestyle Medicine for Longevity. Blue Zones Inspirations”. Honorary patronage was given to the event by Rector of PUMS Prof. Andrzej Tykarski, the European Lifestyle Medicine Organization and the Polish Society for Lifestyle Medicine.

Keynote speakers at 2023 Conference:

Prof. Michel Poulain, PhD invited as the keynote speaker and Visiting Professor in longevity, presented subject „What can we learn from longevity Blue Zones?” He is the Founder of Blue Zones concept, Emeritus Professor University of Louvain, Belgium, Senior Researcher Tallinn University, Estonia. Michel Poulain was originally skilled in astrophysics at University of Liège (ULg) he received a PhD in demography at Université catholique de Louvain (UCL). As demographer, he is specialized in Longevity studies and presents results as scientific papers on his website https://longevitybluezone.com/scientific-research/

Prof. Michel Poulain, PhD, Astrologists, Demographer, Emeritus Professor University of Louvain, Belgium, Senior Researcher Tallinn University, Estonia

Prof. Robert Kelly, MD, PhD, MBA keynote speaker and visiting Professor in Lifestyle Medicine opened the Conference with a lecture on “Getting to the Heart of the matter with Lifestyle Medicine” Dr. R. Kelly works at Beacon Hospital, Dublin, Ireland, as Medical Director of Lifestyle Health & Wellbeing and Ass. Professor of Clinical Medicine at UCD Beacon and Senior Lecturer of Lifestyle Medicine at RCSI University of Health Sciences in Dublin.