Our exciting 2021 Provisional Programme includes world-leading speakers from a wide range of disciplines.

Please note that at this time the programme is provisional and subject to change.

CPD credits have been awarded by the Royal College of Physicians (Code 128669).

Day 1: Thursday 10th June

Time	Session	Speaker
10:00 - 13:00	Virtual Networking
13:30 – 13:50	Session 1 Welcome and introduction
	Setting the translational scene	Professor Avan Aihie Sayer, Newcastle University, UK
13:50 – 14:30	Session 2: The Burden of Sarcopenia
	The epidemiology and health costs of sarcopenia	Dr Peggy Cawthon, University of California San Francisco, USA
	Sarcopenia and multiple long-term conditions	Dr Richard Dodds, Newcastle University, UK
14:30 – 14:45	Break & Virtual Posters
14:45 – 15:25	Session 3 The Biology of Sarcopenia
	Skeletal muscle biology – lessons for sarcopenia	Professor Miranda Grounds, University of Western Australia, Australia
	The biology of ageing – lessons for sarcopenia	Professor Lynne Cox, University of Oxford, UK
15:25 – 16:05	Session 4 Insights from Sports Science
	Loss of skeletal muscle and development of sarcopenia in ageing - a sports medicine perspective	Professor Michael Kjaer, University of Copenhagen, Denmark
	The role of skeletal muscle ‘epi-memory’ in life course influences on sarcopenia	Professor Claire Stewart, Liverpool John Moores University, UK
16:05 – 16:20	Break & Virtual Posters
16:20 – 17:00	Session 5 Sarcopenia in Clinical Practice
	The definition and diagnosis of sarcopenia	Prof Alfonso Cruz-Jentoft, Hospital Universitario Ramón y Cajal (IRYCIS), Spain
	Sarcopenia in the acute setting	Dr Thomas Jackson, University of Birmingham, UK
17:00	Close of Day

Day 2: Friday 11th June

Time	Session	Speaker
10:00 – 10:40	Session 6 Lifestyle Interventions
	Prescribing exercise for the prevention and treatment of sarcopenia	Prof Robin Daly, Deakin University, Australia
	The role of nutrition in the prevention and treatment of sarcopenia	Prof Sian Robinson, Newcastle University, UK
10:40 – 11:20	Session 7: Next Generation Researchers	TBC
11:20 – 11:35	Break and Virtual Posters
11:35 – 12:15	Session 8: Drug Interventions
	Drugs for sarcopenia – where are we now and where do we want to be?	Professor John Morley, Saint Louis University, USA
	Ageing and sarcopenia research in an industry setting	Dr Tea Shavlakadze, Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, USA
12:15 - 12.30	Break
12:30-13:20	Session 9 Looking Ahead
	From discovery science to sarcopenia trials for the 21st century	Prof Miles Witham, Newcastle University, UK
	Next steps for our translational research community	Q&A Panel
13:20-13:30	Closing remarks	Professor Avan Aihie Sayer, Newcastle University, UK
14:00-16:00	Virtual Networking