Program of the 3rd Scientific Conference
“Lifestyle Medicine for Longevity. Blue Zones inspiration”
May 23-24, 2025, Poznan, Poland
Friday 23/5/2025
14.30. Registration
14.50 – 15.00 Opening Ceremony
Agnieszka Pluto-Pradzynska, PhD; Prof. Grzegorz Dworacki, MD, PhD
Session 1: Lifestyle across time and places – open to public – session in Polish with slides in English
15.00- 15.20 Life expectancy and methods for health from highlanders from the municipality of Ujsoły in Beskid Zywiecki, Poland.
Tadeusz Pietka, MSc, the Head of the Commune Ujsoly
15.20 – 15.40 A prescription for longevity from the highlanders of Istebna, Jaworzynka and Koniaków, the area of the Silesian Beskid.
Elzbieta Legierska, MSC, Guide in The Beskydy Museum in Wisla
15.40 – 16.00 Senior Policy of the City of Poznań, Greater Poland Voivodship.
Magdalena Pietrusik-Adamska, Msc, the Director of the Department of Health and Social Affairs of the Poznan City Hall
16.00- 16.10 Discussion
CECHINI MINERAL WATER & BODY MOVEMENT BREAK 16.10- 16.25
Session 2: Active & healthy – Sessions 2-6 for Conference participants only
16.25-16.45 Microbiota modulation as integral part of Lifestyle Medicine
Prof. Wojciech Marlicz, MD, PhD
16.45 – 17.00 Alpine skiing and its effect on the mental health of individuals with physical disabilities and PTSD.
Dr Barbara Hall, PhD
17.00 – 17.15 Sources of sustainable change – a perspective on a healthy lifestyle as a lifelong journey.
Ass. Prof. Klaudia Zuskova, PhD
17.15 – 17.30 Plastic surgery and a healthy lifestyle – how does it connect to a beautiful figure?
Joanna Kurmanow, MD, PhD
17.30 – 17.45 Optimizing Strengthspan, Enhancing Muscular Health and Longevity in Medical Practice.
Or Hever, MSc on-line
17.45 – 18.00 Direction: Longevity
Prof. Marek Postula, MD, PhD on-line
Discussion and closing
Saturday 24/5/2025
Session 3: Lifestyle Medicine in theory and practice
09.00 – 09.20 Legislative aspects of using AI in medical practice
Jan Maciejewski, Msc
09.20 – 9.50 Lifestyle Medicine, a new medical field and its importance to health and longevity
Ioannis Arkadianos M.D.
09.50 – 10.10 Lifestyle medicine in practice – Romanian experience
Anca Mihaela Hâncu, MD, PhD
10.10 – 10.30 Practicing Lifestyle medicine in Poland
Anna Paul, MD
10.30 – 10.45 Old wine in new bottles? Galenic origins of 6 pillars of Lifestyle Medicine.
Katarzyna Pekacka-Falkowska, PhD
Discussion
COFFEE BREAK 11.00 – 11.15
Session 4: Longevity & lifestyle
11.15 – 11.30 Why do we desperately need the positive impact of Art Therapy
in longevity medicine?
Martyna Młynarczyk, MA
11.30 – 11.50 Clothing – the nearest human environment.
Prof. Malgorzata Zimniewska, Eng. PhD
11.50 – 12.05 Cardioprotective Effects of the Tsimane Tribe’s Diet and
Lifestyle – Implications for Longevity and Modern Nutrition.
Emil Gorski, MSc, Gabriela Mosior, MSc
12.05 – 12.20 Insulin-Like Growth Factor 1 and Lipid Profile in the Elderly.
Prof. Aleksandra Zebrowska, PhD
12.20.-12.35 Personalised Longevity: Using Functional Testing to Optimise Health Span
Katarzyna Walusiak, Msc
12.35 – 12.50 Cancer in Blue Zones: Lessons for Prevention
Adnan Awad, MD, MBBS, DipIBLM on-line
Discussion
LUNCH 13.00 – 14.00
Session 5: Sleep & other lifestyle factors
14.00 – 14.15 Sleep, Depression and Obesity: 3 factors associated with lifestyle,
longevity and quality of life.
Myrto Arkadianou, Biology Student
14.15 – 14.35 Sleep and circadian rhythm in the context of immune system efficiency.
Prof. Grzegorz Dworacki, MD, PhD
14.35 – 14.50 Prevention vascular dementia to live longer and better.
Prof. Roberto Volpe, MD, AMS, PhD
14.50 – 15.15 Agricultural system, genetic structure, and other factors influencing the exceptional longevity of inhabitants of city Teulada and the region, Sardinia, Italy”
Special guest: Salvatore Loi, MSc, ex- Mayor of Teulada on-line
Discussion
CECHINI MINERAL WATER & BODY MOVEMENT BREAK 15.20 – 15.30
Session 6: Coping with stress and burnout
15.30 – 15.45 When time is pressure
Anna Lengyel, MD
15.45 – 16.00 Positive bonuses of yoga practice.
Agnieszka Pluto-Pradzynska, PhD
16.00 – 16.15 Lifestyle Medicine’s perspective on self-care for healthcare professionals.
Sunil Kumar, MD, MBBS, MRCA, FCAI, FRSA, FBSLM, DipIBLM on-line
16.15 – 16.30 The Hidden Cardiovascular Toll of Fast-Paced Lives and High-Stress Careers Svetlana Chamoun, MD, PhD, FACC, DipABLM on-line
16.30 – 16.45. Nature Based Lifestyle Medicine Toolbox on-line
Ziya Altug, PT, DPT, MS, DipACLM, OCS
Discussion and summary of the Conference
17.30 Conference closing
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