Welcome to Geneva, welcome to 34AEC

New horizons - Innovating for dementia

We are thrilled to invite you to the 34th Alzheimer Europe Conference (34AEC), taking place in Geneva from 8 to 10 October 2024. This event is a collaboration between Alzheimer Europe, Alzheimer Schweiz Suisse Svizzera, and Alzheimer Genève.

This will be our second Alzheimer Europe Conference in Switzerland since our successful event in Lucerne in 1998. The conference theme is “New horizons – Innovating for dementia.”

Great networking oppurtunity 08-10 October 2024

These are exciting times for the European dementia movement, with progress in research on new treatments and diagnostics. We also see a stronger focus on making our societies more dementia-inclusive and ensuring the voices of people with dementia are included in care, policy, and research.

We hope 34AEC will provide a great networking opportunity, bringing together people living with dementia, their families, carers, supporters, volunteers, Alzheimer association staff, policy makers, health and social care professionals, researchers, academics, and industry representatives from all over Europe and beyond. Our conferences attract a diverse group of participants, and Geneva will continue this tradition.

Early Bird available until 15 July 2024

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We hope you have a fantastic experience at this year’s conference, benefiting from our innovative programme and networking opportunities, while discovering the beautiful city of Geneva.

As organisers, we thank our sponsors for their generous support, which allows us to offer competitive registration rates for this unique conference.

We look forward to welcoming you to 34AEC in Geneva from 8 to 10 October!

Three days packed with information, discussion and new horizons

Find your favourite session

Tuesday, 08 October 2024

14:00-15:15: Plenary session PL1. Living with dementia

Moderator: Jean Georges (Alzheimer Europe)

With the participation of

• Lilo Klotz, Germany
• Trevor Solomon, United Kingdom
• Real Larnou, Belgium
• Paddy Crosbie, Ireland
• Shelagh Robinson, United Kingdom
• Liv Thorsen, Norway

This plenary session is organised by the European Working Group of People with Dementia and the European Dementia Carers Working Group

15:45-17:00: Parallel sessions

• Brain health and prevention – Kay Deckers (Netherlands)
• Living with dementia – Helen Rochford-Brennan (Ireland)
• INTERDEM Academy (This session is organised by INTERDEM)
• Intellectual disability and Down syndrome I – Karen Watchman (United Kingdom)
• LETHE
• Artificial intelligence – Ira Haraldsen (Norway)
• Dementia strategies – Alex Gobey (Malta)
• Alzheimer Schweiz Suisse Svizzera
• Psychosocial interventions – Anthea Innes (Canada)

17:15-18:30: Parallel sessions

• Detection and diagnosis – René Thyrian (Germany)
• Minority ethnic groups – Clarissa Giebel (United Kingdom)
• SPAN+
• Assistive technologies –Wijnand Ijsselsteijn (Netherlands)
• New funding models for dementia care and research – Dalia Dawoud (United Kingdom)
• Alzheimer Schweiz Suisse Svizzera
• Dementia strategies and policies - Hana Marie Broulíková (Czechia)

19:00-20:30: Welcome reception

Wednesday, 9 October 2024

08.30-10:00: Plenary 2: Making dementia a priority

Moderator: Charles Scerri (Malta)

• Margit Jochum Christen ?(Switzerland): Dementia as a Swiss public health priority
• Katrin Seeher (World Health Organization): Key achievements of the Global Action Plan on Dementia
• Alex Gobey (Malta): The new Maltese Dementia strategy
• Paola Silitti (OECD): Dementia as a priority in OECD countries
• Claudio Bassetti (Switzerland): From dementia to brain health – proposals of the European Academy of Neurology

10:30-11:45: Parallel sessions

• Treatment and management – Rabih Chattat (Italy)
• Art and dementia – Olivier Constant (Belgium)
• Advances in social health, brain health and methodological research of psychosocial interventions in dementia care (This session is organised by INTERDEM)
• LGBTQ+ community – Paddy Crosbie (Ireland)
• PreTAD
• Dementia registries – Mario Possenti (Italy)
• National Alzheimer’s associations – Monika Kripp (Austria)
• Alzheimer Schweiz Suisse Svizzera
• Artificial intelligence and technology – Martin Orrell (United Kingdom)

12:00-13:00: Parallel sessions

l? Special symposium SS1. Preparing for new AD treatments

Moderator: Angela Bradshaw (Luxembourg)

• Pia Knudsen (Denmark): Some reflections from a person with early Alzheimer’s disease
• Cath Mummery (UK): How can we move from research to clinical practice?
• Julius Popp (Switzerland): How will biomarkers change the game?
• Leonie Visser (Netherlands): Paradigm shift in communicating risks and benefits to patients
• Dalia Dawoud (UK): Making difficult decisions – budgetary and financial consideration for future treatment and care options

This symposium is solely and independently organised by Alzheimer Europe and supported by the gold sponsorship from Lilly

• Special symposium SS2: DEMPACT
• Special symposium SS3: Dementia Researchers of the Future – Iva Holmerová (Czechia) and Fania Dassen (Netherlands)
• Minority ethnic groups – Rune Nielsen (Denmark)

14:00-15:15: Parallel sessions

• Psychosocial interventions – Sandra Oppikofer (Switzerland)
• Empowerment and self-management – Sonata Ma?iulskyt? (Lithuania)
• An intersectional perspective on dementia care research: Understanding and reducing inequities (This session is organised by INTERDEM)
• Intellectual disability and Down syndrome II – Matt Janicki (USA)
• Terumo Blood and Cell technologies
• Preparing for new AD treatments – Andy Heffernan (Ireland)
• Legal and ethical issues – Maria do Rosário Zincke dos Reis (Portugal)
• Alzheimer Schweiz Suisse Svizzera
• People with dementia – Trevor Salomon (United Kingdom)

15:45-17:15: Plenary 3: Innovation in dementia care

Moderator: Stefanie Becker (Switzerland)

• Tobias Nef (Switzerland): Advances neurorehabilitation technology
• Esther Loseto-Gerritzen (United Kingdom): Online peer support for people with young onset dementia
• Aisling Flynn (Ireland): Virtual reality to promote social connectedness for people with dementia and their carers
• Lizzy Boots (Netherlands): From research and development to implementation - The Evaluation in Life Cycle of Information Technology (ELICIT) framework

17:30-18:30: Parallel sessions

• Special symposium SS4: Gates Ventures
• Special symposium SS5
• Special symposium SS6: Fondation Médéric Alzheimer
• Public involvement in research – Ana Diaz (Alzheimer Europe)

Thursday, 10 October 2024

08:30-10:00: Plenary PL4: Intersectionality in dementia

Moderator: Marjolein de Vugt (Netherlands)

• Antonella Santuccione Chadha (Switzerland): The importance of gender in dementia research
• Rune T Nielsen (Denmark): Reaching out to and including minority ethnic groups in dementia research
• Claudio di Lorito (United Kingdom): Improving care and support for people with dementia from the LGBTQ+ community
• Mary McCarron (Ireland): Post-diagnostic support for people with intellectual disabilities living with dementia

10:30-11:45: Parallel sessions

• Hospital care – Esmé Moniz-Cook (United Kingdom)
• Relationships and sexuality – Louise Hopper (Ireland)
• Advance care planning and shared decision-making in dementia (This session is organised by INTERDEM)
• Public involvement in dementia research – Martina Roes (Germany)
• CURE-ND: Catalysing a United Response in Europe to Neurodegenerative Diseases
• Telehealth and remote care – Franka Meiland (Netherlands)
• Campaigning for change – Ofelya Kamavosyan (Armenia)
• Alzheimer Schweiz Suisse Svizzera
• Brain health and prevention – Jan Steyaert (Belgium)

12:00-13:00: Parallel sessions

• Special symposium SS7
• Special symposium SS8
• Special symposium SS9: Essity
• Living with dementia – Jayne Goodrick (United Kingdom)

14:00-15:15: Parallel sessions

• End-of-life care – Martina Mátlová (Czechia)
• Stigma and discrimination – Jean-Bernard Mabire (France)
• Young onset dementia – Jan Oyebode (United Kingdom)
• eBRAIN-Health
• Clinical trial recruitment and retention – Cindy Birck (Alzheimer Europe)
• Dementia work force – Jurn Verschraegen (Belgium)
• Alzheimer Schweiz Suisse Svizzera
• Detection and diagnosis – Charles Scerri (Malta)

15:45-17:15: Plenary 5: Brain health and prevention

Moderator: Giovanni Frisoni (Switzerland)

• Mike Martin (Switzerland): Healthy ageing – is it possible to escape dementia
• Jean-Charles Lambert (France): When does dementia become inescapable? The role of genetics
• Ira Haraldsen (Norway): Artificial intelligence and risk prediction
• Bogdan Draganski (Switzerland): New preventative approaches for vascular dementia

Do not forget to register online - early Bird available until 15 July 2024

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