Call for abstracts and registration facility launched for Alzheimer Europe’s 20th Conference in Luxembourg

Tuesday 23 March 2010

Alzheimer Europe has launched the 2010 annual conference section of the website (www.alzheimer-europe.org/EN/Conferences/Luxembourg-2010) which includes the following information:

• Programme overview – details of the three day event (30 September – 2 October).
• Confirmed speakers - Del Signore Susanna, CNS & Internal Medicine Group Leader, European Medicines Agency (United Kingdom), Georges Jean, Executive Director, Alzheimer Europe (Luxembourg), Holmerová Iva, Chairperson, Czech Alzheimer's Society (Czech Republic), Krecké Jeannot, Minister of the Economy (Luxembourg), von Lützau-Hohlbein Heike, Chairperson, Deutsche Alzheimer Gesellschaft (Germany), McGettrick Gráinne, Policy and research Officer, Alzheimer Society of Ireland (Ireland), Pirtillä Tuula, University of Kuopio (Finland) and Winblad Bengt, Director, Karolinska Institute Alzheimer Disease Research Center (Sweden).
• Call for abstracts – a full list of topics for people with dementia and their carers, professional carers, medical professionals and resesarchers as well as policy makers are given on the website as well as the closing date for submission (30 June 2010).
• Registration – the facility to register on line is now available, as well as details of the reduced early bird registration fees (available until 31 July 2010).
• Hotel accommodation.