Camillo Ricordi | The Healthspan Revolution | Milan Longevity Summit 2026

*The Healthspan Revolution: How AI and Predictive Diagnostics Can Prevent People From Becoming Patients* *What if medicine could identify disease early enough to prevent us from becoming patients in the first place?* In this keynote at the *Milan Longevity Summit 2026*, *Professor Camillo Ricordi* explores a fundamental transformation in healthcare: the shift from treating disease after it appears to identifying risk, detecting biological change, and intervening before illness takes hold. Advances in *artificial intelligence, predictive diagnostics, biomarkers, multi-omics, and continuous health data* are making it increasingly possible to understand an individual's health trajectory long before conventional symptoms emerge. Combined with a deeper understanding of the biological mechanisms of ageing, these tools could redefine prevention and dramatically extend the years we live in good health. Professor Ricordi examines what this emerging model could mean for the future of medicine: moving beyond episodic healthcare towards systems capable of continuously assessing risk, identifying early signs of dysfunction, and delivering increasingly personalised interventions. At its heart is a powerful change in perspective: *the goal of longevity medicine is not simply to treat people better once they become patients, but to help them remain healthy enough not to become patients in the first place.* Professor Camillo Ricordi is Professor at the *University of Miami* and Director of the *Diabetes Research Institute and Cell Transplant Center*. An internationally renowned scientist and pioneer in diabetes research, cell transplantation, regenerative medicine, and immunology, his work has helped advance new approaches to preventing and treating chronic disease while exploring strategies to extend healthy lifespan. The Milan Longevity Summit brings together global leaders across science, medicine, policy, business, technology and society to rethink the future of health through a *One Health* perspective — recognising that the wellbeing of people, planet and economies is deeply interconnected. *Learn more about the Milan Longevity Summit:* https://www.milanlongevitysummit.org/it/speakers26/camillo-ricordi #MilanLongevitySummit #Longevity #OneHealth #CamilloRicordi #ArtificialIntelligence #PredictiveDiagnostics #PreventiveMedicine #PrecisionMedicine #HealthyAgeing #Healthspan