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📅 MedInfo 2025 – October 17 (FRI)

Time 1st Conference Room 2nd Conference Room
08:00–08:40 Registration
08:40–09:00 Opening Ceremony
09:00–09:20 Moderator: Honored Speaker
09:20–09:40 Moderator: Hidenori Arai (Japan)
Keynote 1: AWGS special speech: Introduction of AWGS 2025
Prof. Liang-Kung Chen
09:40–10:10 Moderator: Liang-Kung Chen (Taiwan)
Keynote 2: ICOPE2: WHO's Perspectives and Plans (Prerecord)
Prof. Matteo Cesari (WHO)
10:10–10:30 ☕ Coffee Break
10:30–11:00 Moderator:
Keynote 3:Harnessing Technology to Combat Frailty and Sarcopenia: A New Era of Prevention and Care
Prof. Hidenori Arai
11:00–12:30 Moderator:
Symposium 1: Frailty Across the Continuum of Care:
From Acute, Community to Long-Term Care
Manager: Jean Woo/Maw Pin Tan
Moderator:
Symposium 2: Cachexia, Sarcopenia, and Sarcopenic Obesity:
Muscle-Fat Interplay
Manager: Chang Won Won/Miji Kim/Keisuke Maeda
12:30–13:30 🍽️ Lunch Symposium
13:30–14:00 Moderator:
Keynote 4:Intrinsic Capacity centile curves for monitoring function during aging
Prof. Philipe de Souto Barreto (France)
14:00–15:30 Moderator: Prof. Hidenori Arai (Japan) / Liang-Kung Chen (Taiwan)
Symposium 3: Innovative Care in Healthcare Systems:
Digital Health and AI (AAFS–ANZSSFR Joint Meeting)
Manager: Liang-Kung Chen/Hidenori Arai
A Personalised Approach to Preventive Care for a Better Life in Old Age. Prof. Ian Philip (UK)
Moderator:
Symposium 4: Resilience and Aging:
Enhancing Recovery and Independence in Basic Science
Manager: Masahiro Akishita/Prasert Assantachai
15:30–16:00 ☕ Coffee Break
16:00–17:30 Moderator:
Oral Communications
Moderator:
Oral Communications

📅 MedInfo 2025 – October 18 (SAT)

Time 1st Conference Room 2nd Conference Room
08:00–08:30 Presentation of the ACFS Lifetime Achievement Award
Prof. Kenji Toba (Japan)
08:30–09:00 Moderator:
Keynote 5: Challenges in translating frailty and sarcopenia research into policy and practice in hospitals and community settings.
Prof. Jean Woo (Hong Kong)
Moderator:
Keynote 6: 10 years of KFACS cohort study – What we have learned and what we are planning for next generation cohort study
Prof. Chang Won Won (South Korea)
09:00–10:30 Moderator:
Symposium 5: ICOPE in Asia: Research, Implementation and Policies
Manager: Reshma Merchant/Derrick Chan
Moderator:
Symposium 6: Oral Frailty, Dysphagia and Social Frailty: Hidden Risks and Clinical Challenges
Manager: Wee-Shiong Lim/Chang Won Won
10:30–10:50 ☕ Coffee Break
10:50–11:20 Moderator:
Keynote 7: Rapid Geriatric Assessment: what happens when severe acute illness meets chronic frailty?
Prof. Kenneth Rockwood (Canada)
11:20–12:30 Moderator:
Symposium 7: Physio-Cognitive Decline Syndrome: Muscle-to-Brain Axis in Aging
Moderator:
Symposium 8: Nutrition in Frailty and Sarcopenia
12:30–13:00 Prof. Liang-Kung Chen
Awards (10 mins)
Closing