Conference Schedule
IBEC 2026: Exercise and Healthspan
Conference Schedule
The Hotel Roanoke & Conference Center
All events in the Roanoke Ballroom unless otherwise noted
7:30 a.m. Registration and continental breakfast
8 a.m. Welcome and opening remarks
8:15 a.m. Keynote Presentation 1
Kindly sponsored by Virginia's Blue Ridge
9:15 a.m. Coffee Break
Session 1: Advancing Age and the Response to Exercise
8:10 a.m.
Kindly sponsored by Aurora Scientific
9:30 a.m. Blake Rasmussen, Ph.D., UT Health San Antonio, USA: Title TBD
9:55 a.m. Brian McDonagh, Ph.D., University of Galway, Ireland: Title TBD
10:20 a.m. Zachary Clayton, Ph.D., University of Colorado, USA: Title TBD
10:45 a.m. 2 x 10-minute oral presentations from submitted abstracts
11:05 a.m. 3 x 3-minute data blast
11:15 a.m. Coffee Break
Session 2: Mitochondrial Adaptation: Structural/Functional Relationships in Exercise
11:30 a.m.
Kindly sponsored by Oroboros Instruments
11:30 a.m. David Hood, Ph.D., York University, Canada: Title TBD
11:55 a.m. Brian Glancy, Ph.D., National Institutes of Health, USA: Title TBD
12:20 p.m. Zhenji Gan, Ph.D., Nanjing University, China: Title TBD
12:45 p.m. 2 x 10-minute oral presentations from submitted abstracts
1:05 p.m. 3 x 3-minute data blast
1:15 p.m. Catered Lunch and Poster Viewing (even numbers)
Crystal Ballroom, Hotel Roanoke
Kindly sponsored by Virginia's Blue Ridge
Session 3: Cutting Edge/Breaking Discoveries
2:30 p.m.
2:30 p.m. Darrell Neufer, Ph.D., Wake Forest University, USA: Title TBD
2:55 a.m. Speaker TBD
3:20 p.m. Speaker TBD
3:45 p.m. 2 x 10-minute oral presentations from submitted abstracts
4:05 p.m. Coffee Break
4:20 p.m. Keynote Presentation 2
Kindly sponsored by Columbus Instruments
5:30 - 7:30 p.m. Reception and Dinner
7:30 a.m. Continental breakfast
8 a.m. Keynote Presentation 3
9 a.m. Coffee Break
Concurrent Session 4: Early Life Impact of Exercise
9:15 a.m.
Roanoke Ballroom
9:15 a.m. Leanne Redman, Ph.D., Pennington Biomedical Research Center, USA: Title TBD
9:40 a.m. Laurie Goodyear, Ph.D., Harvard Medical School, USA: Title TBD
10:05 a.m. Nicholas Broskey, Ph.D., East Carolina University, USA: Title TBD
9:45 a.m. 2 x 10-minute oral presentations from submitted abstracts
10:30 a.m. 3 x 3-minute data blast
Concurrent Session 5: Exercising Brain: Impacts on Neurogenesis and Neuronal Plasticity
9:15 a.m.
Washington Lecture Hall
9:15 a.m. Saul Villeda, Ph.D., University of California, San Francisco, USA: Title TBD
9:40 a.m. Jill Morris, Ph.D., University of Kansas Medical Center, USA: Title TBD
10:05 a.m. Christina Hugenschmidt, Ph.D., Wake Forest University, USA: Title TBD
9:45 a.m. 2 x 10-minute oral presentations from submitted abstracts
10:30 a.m. 3 x 3-minute data blast
10:40 a.m. Coffee Break
Concurrent Session 6: Hot Topic: GLP1 Agonists, Skeletal Muscle, and Exercise
10:55 a.m.
Roanoke Ballroom
10:55 a.m. Signe Torekov, Ph.D., University of Copenhagen, Denmark: Title TBD
11:20 a.m. Daniel Green, Ph.D., University of West Australia: Title TBD
11:45 a.m. Paul Titchenell, Ph.D., Eli Lilly and Co., USA: Title TBD
12:10: p.m. 2 x 10-minute oral presentations from submitted abstracts
12:30 p.m. 3 x 3-minute data blast
Concurrent Session 7: Exercise Immunity and Cancer Prevention: From Tumor Microenvironment to Immune Cell Function
10:55 a.m.
Washington Lecture Hall
10:55 a.m. Lee Jones, Ph.D., City of Hope, USA: Title TBD
11:20 a.m. Richard Simpson, Ph.D., University of Arizona, USA: Title TBD
11:45 a.m. Kent Langston, Ph.D., Yale University, USA: Title TBD
12:10: p.m. 2 x 10-minute oral presentations from submitted abstracts
12:30 p.m. 3 x 3-minute data blast
12:40 p.m. Catered Lunch and Poster Viewing (odd numbers)
Crystal Ballroom
Kindly sponsored by Columbus Instruments
2 p.m. Roanoke Activities, Various Locations Around the City
6 p.m. Poortsman Lecutre: IBEC Honor Award, Title TBD
7:30 a.m. Continental breakfast
8 a.m. John Holloszy Award Lecture, Title TBD
Roanoke Ballroom
8:45 a.m. Coffee Break
Concurrent Session 8: Exercise and Prescription Medication Interactions and Repurposing
9 a.m.
Roanoke Ballroom
9 a.m. Benjamin Miller, Ph.D., Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, USA: Title TBD
9:25 a.m. Steen Larsen, Ph.D., University of Copenhagen, Denmark: Title TBD
9:50 a.m. William Kraus, M.D., Duke University, USA: Title TBD
10:15 a.m. 2 x 10-minute oral presentations from submitted abstracts
Concurrent Session 9: Circadian Clock and Exercisise Adaptation
9 a.m.
Washington Lecture Hall
9 a.m. Melissa Erickson, Ph.D., AdventHealth, USA: Title TBD
9:25 a.m. Seung-Hee Yoo, Ph.D., UT Health Science Center at Houston, USA: Title TBD
9:50 a.m. Juleen Zierath, Ph.D., Karolinska Institute, Sweden: Title TBD
10:15 a.m. 2 x 10-minute oral presentations from submitted abstracts
10:35 a.m. Coffee Break
Concurrent Session 10: Exercise and Skeletal Muscle Anabolic Response
10:50 a.m.
Roanoke Ballroom
10:50 a.m. William Derave, Ph.D., York University, Canada: Title TBD
11:15 a.m. Bert Blaauw, Ph.D., University of Padova, Italy: Title TBD
11:40 a.m. Kevin Murach, Ph.D., University of Arkansas, USA: Title TBD
12:05 p.m. 2 x 10-minute oral presentations from submitted abstracts
12:25 p.m. 3 x 3-minute data blast
Concurrent Session 11: Exercise and Inter/Intra-organ Crosstalk
10:50 a.m.
Washington Lecture Hall
10:50 a.m. Bret Goodpaster, Ph.D., AdventHealth, USA: Title TBD
11:15 a.m. Karim Bouzakri, Ph.D., ILONOV, France: Title TBD
11:40 a.m. Fernanda De Felice, Ph.D., Queen's University, Canada: Title TBD
12:05 p.m. 2 x 10-minute oral presentations from submitted abstracts
12:25 p.m. 3 x 3-minute data blast
1 p.m. Poster Awards and Closing Ceremony
Roanoke Ballroom
1:20 - 2:20 p.m. Catered/Boxed Lunches
Crystal Ballroom