Opening: living longer. And living better.

The Bulgarian Longevity Association and Biohacking BG open the event together and put the big question: how do we turn the science of longevity into a better life for everyone?

Dr Rayna Stoyanova · Maria Silvester · Dominik Thor(to be confirmed) · Rocio Salas-Whalen

How long can we live - and how do we live better?

From the science of ageing to practice: how geroscience is changing the way we think about prevention, risk and healthy years of life.

Host and moderator: Diana Radeva

Aleksandar Simidchiev · Sara Hägg(to be confirmed)

Metabolism is the new biological clock

GLP-1 and incretin therapies, fatty liver, muscle loss, chronic inflammation, biomarkers for early diagnosis and the new therapeutic options.

Moderator: Rayna Stoyanova

Rocio Salas-Whalen · Dean Berman · Milen Vasilev · Viktoria Sarafyan · Godfrey Grech

Book launch: “Weightless”

Alongside lunch, for those who wish. Meet the author and have your book signed.

Rocio Salas-Whalen

A heart for a long life

How the heart and the vessels age, why menopause changes cardiovascular risk, and how inflammation becomes a target for more healthy years.

Moderator: Tsvetomir Lukanov

Krasimira Hristova · Prof. Ivo Petrov

The brain need not age at the speed of the calendar

Memory, sleep, blood vessels, inflammation, vision, hearing and movement - a practical map for cognitive longevity.

Moderators

Nikolay Gabrovski · Lachezar Traykov · Shima Mehrabian · Ivan Koychev · Kiril Terziyski · Desislava Dimova

Longevity begins before birth

How a mother’s health, pregnancy and fetal development can lay the foundations of health decades ahead.

Special lecture

Ivan Sigridov

The body remembers discipline

Lessons from elite sport: how movement, consistency, recovery and the mind build a form that lasts.

Special guest

Krasimir Balakov

Psychological longevity: how not to burn out while trying to live longer

Resilience, meaning, habits, and the link between the mind, performance and the quality of life.

Milena Hadzhiivanova · Prof. Daniela Ilieva

End of day 1 · invitation to the charity gala dinner

An evening where longevity meets solidarity, community and meaning.

Dr Rayna Stoyanova · Maria Silvester

DIVA Live: women, energy and age as strength

A live conversation about female identity, the stage, the body, confidence and self-care through the decades.

Host: Maria Silvester

Maria Ilieva

Hormones, muscle and bone: the infrastructure of longevity

Thyroid, osteoporosis, joints, cartilage, sarcopenia and physical function - how to keep our strength and our independence.

Moderator: Aleksandar Shinkov

Paul Lee · Brad Currier(to be confirmed)

The skin as a mirror of ageing

The skin as a biomarker, sun and the exposome, ASIA syndrome, microplastics, endocrine disruptors and a better-informed choice of cosmetics.

Moderator: Radina Denkova

Melanie Angelova(to be confirmed) · Martin Genov · Simeon Lichev(to be confirmed)

What actually works? Nutrition, supplements, NAD⁺, infusions and prevention

Without the marketing noise: evidence against hype, nutrition and supplements for a long life, NAD⁺, intravenous infusions - benefits, risks and ethics - plus prevention and early detection of cancer.

Host and moderator: Kristina Gazieva

Ekaterina Kurteva · Anelia Bivolarska(to be confirmed) · Silvena Rowe · Ivan Manchev · Morten Scheibye-Knudsen · Fahri Saatcioglu · Yani Dragov · Vanya Mitova

From the laboratory to everyday life: what a personal longevity plan looks like

How biomarkers, imaging, physical function, cognitive assessment and genetic panels come together into a clinically meaningful plan - with no “magic” protocols.

Host and moderator: Rayna Stoyanova

Guido Axmann(to be confirmed) · Tanya Kadiyska

Longevity is a habit, not a project

How medicine becomes a sustainable everyday: movement, nutrition, sleep, behaviour change, critical thinking and protection from misinformation.

Hosts and moderators

Dominik Thor(to be confirmed) · Maria Varsanova

Sofia Life Conversation: how we want to live at 60, 70, 80…

A closing conversation without medical jargon - what we take from two days of science, and how we start on Monday.

Host: Maria Silvester

Maria Varsanova · Julia Dimitrova · Krasimir Balakov · Milena Hadzhiivanova

Closing · the longevity promise

One concrete change for the next 30 days.