Thanks for the code @RapAdmin, I just bought a ticket! Really excited about hearing Matt Kaeberlein, Brian Kennedy, and Aubrey de Grey speak. Brian Johnson will be interesting as well. Hopefully I get to meet some of you on this forum. 
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If there is another good $$ deal for Sat, I’ll probably come up. I’m standing by!
Meeting some of you would give me inspiration to make the trek.
I’m 2 hours away and not sure you will be charming enough for me to deal with Friday rush hour 
Charming enough for a Saturday, sure…
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Lets meetup ; I’ll definitely be there on Friday, but may also go on Sat and Sun.
I hope they get this going…
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Ok, now that it’s becoming a party….
@RapAdmin is definitely going Friday and maybe the weekend.
If that panel with Kaeberlein happens, that is worth rush hour! (The Saturday appeal for me was he is speaking that day, but now that he’s throwing out Friday, I’m all ears… keep us updated because that panel would make the drive a slam dunk for me).
@jnorm which day will you be there… just fri or sat too?
@Albina will be there all 3 days I believe…
And because this is potentially tomorrow… how do we coordinate…. Is there a way to have a group private message?
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Looking forward to the reports on the events, maybe photos if allowed. Family stuff for me going on or I’d have been there also. Have a great time!
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For those not here, imo, I think he looks pretty good irl
Granted, it’s the result of cosmetic procedures that don’t necessarily correlate to health
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As @Beth mentioned, Bryan is looking good… I would say he looks pretty “natural” (especially compared to some of the other photos I’ve seen of him in the past). Nothing a few hundred thousand in PRP, Laser, Tixel, etc. can’t bring to everyone I’m sure. 
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Here is my recording of Bryan Johnson’s talk…
https://recorder.google.com/46ee5042-6a74-4042-b0f0-110abda0f225
And the fireside chat with Bryan Johnson
https://recorder.google.com/f0e8c2ec-2cf2-41f8-ad37-30ebefede645
I did these from my phone while I was taking photos, so I apologize in advance for the photo sounds in the recording.
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What were the most interesting speakers today?
I’ll try to upload more photos I took of the event, but some highlights for me were the following:
I ran into Andrew Steele at the registration table in the morning, he’s the UK guy who covers the longevity field a great deal, talks with a lot of press, and published a book a few years ago “Ageless”. Ageless – Andrew Steele
He’s working on starting a new organization / think tank like group that would focus on how to make longevity more mainstream. I like the idea. I’m sure we’ll hear more.
I ran into Irina Conboy as she sat and had breakfast. I asked her about her thoughts on the Exosome research and Harold Katcher work, and the potential for these to be the beneficial blood factor that could significantly help in rejuvenation. She was highly dismissive of this area and said she’s seen no compelling research on this topic. All small, poorly controlled efforts that she put very little value on.
Interestingly she says her company (the aging clock company) is not just focused on the clocks. They have a compound going into clinical trials that is targeted at removing the deleterious factors in the blood that contribute to aging. She feels that its the negative factors in old blood that are a big contributor to accelerated aging in the elderly, and thinks that by adding drugs/compounds that neutralize some of these factors, there could be significant benefits. I found this a very interesting like of research and look forward to hearing more.
Kevin Caldwell, the president of Ossium had a fascinating talk.
They get donated bone marrow and mesenchymal stem cells (from people in car accidents, etc) and use them to help people who have leukemia, and also organ donation recipients. They are working towards using the bone marrow and stem cells to do “immune system resets”, and in organ transplant recipients they believe that if they combine this immune system reset (using cells from the same donor that the organ is coming from) they can get it so that there is no rejection of the new organ and the person can live without having to take anti-rejection drugs (immunosuppressant drugs) to avoid rejection of these new organs.
They are also planning on targeting the aging market with a similar strategy of providing these “immune system resets”, using the donated bone marrow / stem cells (using serial expansion of the banked cells to get much greater quantities than could be provided just from donation). The thinking here is that you could reset the immune system in older people by using stem cells / bone marrow cells from younger people.
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My highlight was getting to meet @RapAdmin @Albina and @jnorm !!!
Also, I was pleasantly surprised, and quite impressed, to see how young everyone at the conference was. I’m so jealous that I didn’t start at their age!!! I think there might have been one other person there my age, and then no one even close!!!
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Love it!!!
Did anyone get to see Tim Urban talk? If he hasn’t yet could you record that one?
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Tim Urban is at 10:20 am this morning.
I’m just trying to figure out my schedule. Perhaps @jnorm could record it on his phone like I did yesterday for the BJ talk. I use an app called “Recorder” on my android phone.
Tim’s Blog:
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Yes - me too, it was great to meet up with other rapamycin forum members. We sat together and talked all afternoon. It was great to get to know people better.
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@Neo I was gonna try to be there for Matt Kaberlein’s talk at 10:40, but if I’m able to get there in time I’ll record the one by Tim Urban.
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If Matt seems to be sharing anything we haven’t heard, hit record
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