Longevity x Brain: Optimizing brain performance, preventing neurodegenerative disease
🧠 Longevity × Brain
Beyond lifespan, toward cognitive resilience
The brain is our most complex organ — and arguably the most fragile when it comes to aging. Long treated reactively, once symptoms appear, brain health is now emerging as a central pillar of longevity, prevention, and quality of life.
From neurodegenerative diseases to cognitive decline, mental health, and brain–body interfaces, a new generation of founders and neuroscientists is redefining how we protect, measure, and extend cognitive function across the lifespan. Advances in neuroscience, biomarkers, neurotechnology, and AI are shifting the paradigm from late-stage intervention to early detection, resilience, and long-term brain health.
🎤 This meetup explores how brain science is becoming a core longevity platform — and what this means for healthcare, biotech, and neurotech innovation.
🧬 Intro: Longevity × Brain — from reaction to prevention
By Arnaud Auger, Director & Deputy Head of C.Lab at Cathay Innovation (global venture capital firm), and Co-Founder & Co-Leader of Don’t Die San Francisco, a community exploring the future of longevity, healthspan, and prevention.
🌟 Panel: Founders & scientists redefining brain health for longevity
A conversation with leaders building at the frontier of neuroscience, neurodegeneration, and cognitive longevity:
Antonio Forenza, Founder & CEO, Awear
Antonio is building continuous brain monitoring technologies to better understand mental states, cognitive load, and long-term brain health, enabling earlier detection and prevention.
Christin Glorioso, PhD, Co-Founder & CEO, NeuroAge Therapeutics
Former MIT neuroscientist, Christin is developing therapies aimed at slowing — and potentially reversing — age-related cognitive decline and neurodegenerative processes.
Theodore Zanto, PhD, Associate Professor, UCSF
Theo is a neuroscientist specializing in aging, attention, and cognitive control, with deep expertise in brain plasticity, neuromodulation, and the neuroscience of healthy aging.
🧠 Discussion themes
We’ll explore how the brain is becoming a strategic entry point for longevity innovation, including:
Brain aging as a driver of overall healthspan, independence, and identity
Early detection, biomarkers, and prevention in neurodegenerative diseases
Cognitive resilience vs. symptom treatment
The role of neurotechnology, AI, and continuous monitoring in brain health
What is clinically real today, what remains speculative, and where the next decade of brain-driven longevity may emerge
🤝 Co-organized by
Don’t Die — a global community inspired by the Don’t Die movement, bringing together founders, scientists, investors, and practitioners interested in extending healthspan and living better for longer.
HealthTech Women — a nonprofit supporting women leaders and innovation across health and biotech, building a more inclusive and impactful health ecosystem.
📍 Hosted at Cathay Innovation
Hosted at Cathay Innovation, a global venture capital firm partnering with leading corporations such as Sanofi, and backing category-defining startups at the intersection of AI & healthcare, among other sectors.
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