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Companion Animal Nutrition Summit 2023 Welcome and Introductions

Speakers:

Natalia Wagemans, MD, PhD 

Ryan Carvalho, MD, MBA 

Event date: 24 May 2023 Lausanne, Switzerland 

Dr. Natalia Wagemans and Dr. Ryan Carvalho welcome attendees to the 2023 Companion Animal Nutrition (CAN) Summit and provide overviews of the Purina Institute and Nestlé Research & Development, respectively. 

CAN Summit 2023 focuses on advances in comparative geroscience, providing a One Health perspective on the study of aging in humans and pets. An overview of how the program content is organized and a brief introduction to the four section chairs is given. 

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