WELCOME COFFEE · REGISTRATION
Doors open at the Réfectoire: registration, badges, coffee and a first introduction to the Partner Gallery.
Understand.
Measure.
Prevent. Act.
Two days designed as a trajectory: frame the challenge of functional longevity, test decisions through real cases, measure the human being and turn knowledge into useful action.
Understand · Test · Build
Frame the challenge, confront disciplines and put startups on stage: two five-minute pitch sessions per team, before the Locotech Startup Prize is presented at the Gala.
Measure · Prevent · Act
Measure the human being, turn data into decisions, confront science with high performance and close with the Locotech Challenge final and awards.
THE LOCOTECH CHALLENGESLess passive listening.
Less passive listening.
More clinical thinking.
01 Spot the risk02 What would you measure?03 Build for a real problem04 Read the human05 From data to decision
FULL PROGRAMME
Green sessions are interactive challenges. Light blocks are breaks, lunches and networking moments. The programme remains connected to the Locotech back office so confirmed speakers can be added progressively.
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Friday
December 2026
OPENING — WHY LOCOTECH?
Dr Renan Chapon, Congress President. Living longer is not enough: the next frontier is preserving the ability to move, act and remain independent.
THE LONGEVITY SHIFT — WHAT 2026 REALLY TELLS US
Life expectancy, healthspan, dependency, frailty, chronic disease and the longevity economy: the figures reshaping medicine and prevention.
WHAT DO WE MEAN BY LONGEVITY?
Lifespan, healthspan, biological age and functional age: clarifying what we are truly trying to extend, what we can measure and what remains promise.
THE LOCOMOTOR CENTURY — MOVEMENT AS HEALTHSPAN
Strength, gait, balance, posture, pain and autonomy: why movement must become a central dimension of clinical longevity.
COFFEE BREAK · PARTNER GALLERY
Thirty minutes to reset, network, experience demonstrations and start meaningful partner conversations.
STARTUP STAGE 01 — 5 MINUTES TO MOVE MEDICINE
Each startup has five minutes to frame the problem, solution, evidence and decision it aims to trigger. Selected projects progress to the afternoon final.
ONE HUMAN. TOO MANY SPECIALTIES.
Spine, muscle, joints, brain, metabolism and pain are still assessed separately. A cross-disciplinary discussion to rebuild an integrated view of the locomotor system.
LOCOTECH CHALLENGE 01 — CAN YOU SPOT THE RISK?
Interactive clinical case. Symptoms, posture, strength, gait and life context appear on screen. The room identifies the primary risk and the next truly useful piece of information.
LOCOTECH LUNCH
Lunch, Partner Gallery, networking and meetings prepared through Swapcard. Seventy-five minutes to genuinely meet the people in the room.
SPORT SCIENCE — FROM ELITE PERFORMANCE TO LIFELONG CAPACITY
Strength, power, VO₂, training, recovery, sleep, load and adaptation: what performance science can realistically contribute to functional longevity.
LOCOTECH CHALLENGE 02 — WHAT WOULD YOU MEASURE?
An ageing athlete profile is presented. Teams choose only three measurements to guide a decision: performance, risk, recovery or future capacity?
TECHNOLOGY THAT CHANGES CARE — MEASURE · DECIDE · ACT
Sensors, motion analysis, imaging, wearables, AI, muscle technologies and recovery: a curated selection of tools able to change a measurement, decision or pathway of care.
COFFEE BREAK · DEMO WALK
Thirty minutes in the Partner Gallery: concise demonstrations, hands-on testing, discussion and discovery of the teams contributing to the Challenge.
LOCOTECH CHALLENGE 03 — BUILD FOR A REAL PROBLEM
The problem selected by the audience becomes the official Summit challenge. Users, available data, constraints and success criteria are revealed.
STARTUP STAGE 02 — THE FINALISTS
Selected startups return to the stage: five minutes per team to demonstrate clinical relevance, technological credibility and a credible path to deployment.
JURY DELIBERATION · PUBLIC VOTE
The jury weighs clinical value, level of evidence, feasibility and impact potential. The public vote completes the sequence before the Locotech Startup Prize is announced at the Gala.
DAY ONE WRAP — FROM IDEAS TO IMPACT
The day’s key lessons, finalist projects and what will be at stake tomorrow. The Locotech Startup Prize is awarded during the Gala evening.
LOCOTECH APÉRITIF
Partner Gallery, My Locotech network on Swapcard, partner meetings and introductions between participants, mentors, startups and industry.
LOCOTECH CHARITY NIGHT · STARTUP PRIZE
An evening independent from the scientific programme: guests, partners, culture, commitment and an official charity auction. The jury awards the Locotech Startup Prize after Friday’s two pitch sessions.
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Saturday
December 2026
COFFEE & MORNING MOTION
Welcome, coffee and a short activation: Saturday begins in motion.
THE LOCOMOTOR LONGEVITY — FROM LIFESPAN TO FUNCTIONAL HEALTHSPAN
Why preserving the ability to stand, walk, produce force, balance and adapt must become a major clinical objective in longevity medicine.
THE HUMAN MACHINE — MUSCLE
Strength, sarcopenia, muscle quality, metabolism, power and functional reserve.
THE HUMAN MACHINE — SPINE
Spine, posture, sagittal balance, compensation, pain and the energetic cost of maintaining equilibrium.
THE HUMAN MACHINE — GAIT
Gait speed, variability, dynamic balance, adaptation and autonomy.
THE HUMAN MACHINE — BALANCE & MOTOR CONTROL
Neuromotor control, proprioception, postural responses and the ability to respond to the unexpected.
LOCOTECH CHALLENGE 04 — READ THE HUMAN
Four signals, one patient: strength, posture, gait and balance. The room reconstructs the functional profile, prioritises abnormalities and identifies what truly deserves treatment.
COFFEE BREAK · PARTNER GALLERY
Thirty minutes for networking, demonstrations and partner meetings.
MEASURE THE HUMAN — FROM SIGNAL TO CLINICAL MEANING
Imaging, biomechanics, sensors, gait analysis, functional tests, biology, wearables and AI: how do we turn a growing volume of data into useful information?
KŌMØ LIVE — THE LOCOMOTOR LONGEVITY SCAN
A live demonstration of a locomotor assessment pathway: functional tests, sensors, movement analysis, posture, data and concise reporting. This methodological demonstration is distinct from independent scientific sessions.
LOCOTECH CHALLENGE 05 — FROM DATA TO DECISION
The audience receives a complete assessment and chooses the next action: prevention, exercise, rehabilitation, further investigation or monitoring—then compares it with the experts’ reasoning.
LONGEVITY LUNCH · PARTNER DEMOS
Seventy minutes of lunch, networking, demonstrations and meetings prepared through Swapcard before the afternoon’s Performance & Innovation programme.
THE LONGEVITY ATHLETE — JÉRÔME LE BANNER
Power · Damage · Recovery · Adaptation · Longevity. A live conversation with Jérôme Le Banner on a body subjected to elite performance: cumulative load, injury, recovery, maintaining power, mindset and adaptation with age.
BEYOND PEAK PERFORMANCE — HOW DOES AN ATHLETE AGE WELL?
Sports medicine, physical preparation, recovery and prevention confront the athlete’s experience with science: how do we retain capacity, power and confidence when the goal becomes durability?
COFFEE BREAK · PARTNER GALLERY
Twenty-five minutes to reset before the finals: coffee, networking and final demonstrations.
CODE THE FUTURE — LOCOTECH CHALLENGE FINAL
Finalist teams present a live prototype: demonstration, clinical use case, feasibility, jury questions and public voting through Swapcard.
LOCOTECH AWARDS
Grand Prix Locotech · People’s Choice · Challenge Award. Winning projects may be supported by Locotech Lab into a prototyping phase.
THE FUTURE OF LOCOMOTOR LONGEVITY
What the two days have changed: what we need to measure better, what we can already prevent and what we now need to build together.
CLOSING — DR RENAN CHAPON
Living longer is progress. Moving longer is the goal.
END OF SUMMIT
End of the official 2026 programme.
REGISTRATION
Join the Locotech Longevity Summit 2026.
Participant access starts at €100. Registration is managed through Weezevent; My Locotech will then be configured on Swapcard for confirmed attendees.