3 OCT
Impact Stage
Nora Cavani
CEO at Alba Health
Nora Cavani is an award-winning leader and speaker in gut health and how gut health can help reverse eczema, allergies and other immune conditions. Nora is a former BCG manager and at 27 years old, she reversed her severe eczema with diet - she then developed a next-generation gut health test to reduce and prevent immune conditions like allergies and eczema.
Today one person out of 3 suffers from allergic diseases and that has tripled in the past decade. She partnered with Prof. Willem de Vos (900 publications in gut microbiome science), worked with 4 universities and received 3 awards for this break-through.
Nora raised 5 million EUR from VCs, the Founder of Oura ($11 billion valuation) and the Novo Nordisk Foundation, was featured in Forbes, BBC, Daily Mail and spoke on international stages like the World Economic Forum, Mindvalley, and Bryan Johnson’s Don’t Die Summit. She won 4 awards of which: Europe’s Female Founder of the Year at Websummit in 2024, Probiota Pioneer 2025 in microbiome science and Sweden’s Female Entrepreneur of the Year in 2026.
ABOUT THE SESSION
How Childhood Microbiome Development Shapes Lifelong Health and Disease Risk
3 OCT · Impact Stage · 10:00
Longevity science often focuses on interventions later in life — diet, supplements, exercise, and metabolic optimization. However, growing evidence suggests that many biological systems shaping lifelong health are established much earlier. In this talk, molecular biologist Nora Cavani explores how the gut microbiome develops during childhood and why this early period plays a critical role in immune development and long-term disease risk. Emerging research shows that disruptions to early microbial colonization — influenced by factors such as antibiotics, delivery mode, and diet — may contribute to the rising prevalence of allergies and other chronic inflammatory diseases.
Drawing on recent discoveries in microbiome science, this session will explore how supporting healthy microbiome development in childhood may help reduce disease risk and shape healthier long-term outcomes.