The Congress
According to the World Health Organization between 2015 and 2050, the percentage of people over 60 will almost double, highlighting that the population’s aging pattern is much faster than in the past. Therefore, all countries face significant challenges to ensure that their health and social systems are prepared to face this demographic change.
This population aging trend increases the prevalence and incidence of health problems associated with age and the decline of different physiological systems, among which we can highlight those of a neurological nature such as dementia, Alzheimer’s disease or in its earliest phase Mild cognitive impairment on the one hand, and those of a functional type such as frailty and physical condition on the other. The most direct consequence of the increase in the incidence of these diseases is the partial or total loss of the autonomy of the people that generates a high dependency index.
In the last years, it has been suggested that exercise is a powerful tool that could modify different aging hallmarks, OMICs, brain and physical dimensions in older people. This makes physical exercise as an emerging therapeutic strategy that can mitigate the health consequences of aging on molecular hallmarks, brain and physical condition. However, the controversial findings and the heterogeneity of the studies published, make it difficult to draw conclusions about the optimal intervention to obtain physical and brain benefits in aging. Researchers from around all the world are investigating how exercise is related to telomeres/telomerase, OMICS, brain and dementia and frailty in older people.
The present International Virtual Congress has been organized with the aim of gathering together top-experts from different countries in the abovementioned topics. This meeting will bring together different point of views over the exercise, aging and health, which will encourage interesting debates between speakers and attendees.
The MOVE-IT Research Group welcome all people interested in the topic to join us in Cádiz (Spain), on May 13th- 14th, 2021. All attendees will have the chance to send their abstracts and present their studies as oral communications or posters during the congress.
Honor Committe
- D. Francisco Piniella Corbacho. Honorary Rector of University of Cádiz
- Dª. Mª. Jesús Mosquera Díaz. Vice Chancellor for Planning, Quality and Evaluation, University of Cádiz
- D. Manuel Aguilar. Director of the Institute of Research and Innovation in Biomedical Sciences of Cádiz (INIBICA)
- D. Jose Luís Gonzalez Montesinos. Director of the Department of Didactics of Physical, Plastic and Musical Education of the University of Cádiz
- D. Miguel Ángel Moya Molina, Medical Director of the Puerta del Mar Hospital, Cádiz, Spain
- D. Juan de Dios Beas Segura, Medical Director Beiman Clinics, Spain
- D. Andrés Rabadán Asencio, Territorial Delegation of Health Health and Families of Cádiz, Spain
- D. Francisco L. Peral Pérez, Doctor in Cádiz City Council – Municipal Sports Institute, Spain
- José Antonio Casajús Mallén, President of EXERNET Network, Spain
- Mª Concepción Ruiz Gómez, President of SAMEDE, Spain
Organizing Committe
Presidents:
- David Jiménez-Pavón. University of Cádiz, Spain
- Ana Carbonell Baeza. University of Cádiz, Spain
Secretary:
- Cristina Cadenas Sánchez. University of Cádiz, Spain
Members of the Organizing Committe
- Román Nuviala, University of Cádiz, Spain
- Daniel Velázquez-Díaz, University of Cádiz, Spain
- Juan Corral Pérez, University of Cádiz, Spain
- Cristina Gil González, University of Cádiz, Spain
- Sonia Gómez Ortega, University of Cádiz, Spain
- Flor Abril Molina Guzmán, University of Cádiz, Spain
- Jesús Alfredo Sáenz Carrasco, University of Cádiz, Spain
- Rubén Aragón Martín, University of Cádiz, Spain
Scientific Committe
Presidents:
- David Jiménez-Pavón. University of Cádiz, Spain
- Ana Carbonell Baeza. University of Cádiz, Spain
Secretary
- Cristina Cadenas Sánchez. University of Cádiz, Spain
Members of Scientific Committee
- Jesús Gustavo Ponce González. University of Cádiz, Spain
- Alejandro Galán-Mercant. University of Cádiz, Spain
- Daniel Jiménez García, University of Cádiz, Spain
- Miguel Ángel Rosety Rodríguez, University of Cádiz, Spain
- Verónica Pérez Cabezas, University of Cádiz, Spain
- Vanesa España Romero, University of Cádiz, Spain
- Cristina Casals Vázquez, University of Cádiz, Spain
- Ismael Pérez Suárez, University of Cádiz, Spain
- Mª Carmen Duran Ruiz, University of Cádiz, Spain
- Borja Sañudo, University of Seville, Spain
- Pablo J Marcos Pardo, University of Almería, Spain
- Antonio Merino Mandly, Málaga, Spain
- David Martínez Gómez, Autonomous University of Madrid, Spain
- Maria Giné Garriga, Ramon Llull University, Barcelona, Spain
- Eugenio Merellano Navarro, Autonomous University of Chile, Chile.
- Nuno Miguel P. Batalha, University of Evora, Portugal
- Jorge Mota University of Oporto, Portugal
- Sebastian Chastin, Glasgow Caledonian University, United Kingdom
