Host organisations

The 19th Alzheimer Europe Conference in Brussels was organised by:

Alzheimer Europe
145, route de Thionville
L-2611 Luxembourg
Tel.: +352-29 79 70
Fax: +352-29 79 72
info@alzheimer-europe.org
www.alzheimer-europe.org

and

Ligue Nationale Alzheimer Liga (LINAL)
16-18 Rue St Catherine
B-1000 Bruxelles
linal@alzheimerliga.be
www.alzheimer.be
Tel.: +32-2-289 60 12
Fax : +32-2-289 60 19

Conference secretariat

Destrée Organisation
Rue de la Longue Haie 35-39
B-1000 Brussels
Tel.: +32-2-512 44 42
Fax: +32-2-502 44 43
conference@alzheimer2009.eu

Organising Committee

• Georges Jean, Alzheimer Europe, Luxembourg
• Henry Sabine, LINAL, Belgium
• Hertecant Jan, LINAL, Belgium
• von Lützau-Hohlbein Heike, Deutsche Alzheimer Gesellschaft, Germany
• O'Connell Maurice, Alzheimer Society of Ireland, Ireland
• Pensis Pascale, Cabinet of Minister Kir, Belgium
• Schaefer Marc, Association Luxembourg Alzheimer. Luxembourg
• Sparr Sigurd, Demensforbundet, Norway

Scientific Committee

Quality of life

• Ms. Anja Declercq , Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
• Dr. Mary Cosgrave, Beaumont Hospital, Dublin, Ireland
• Dr. Jan De Lepeleire, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
• Ms. Marie-Jo Guisset Martinez, Fondation Médéric Alzheimer, Paris, France
• Prof. Dr. Philippe Meire, Université Catholique de Louvain, Louvain, Belgium
• Prof. Dr. Thierry Pepersack, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Erasme, Brussels, Belgium
• Prof. Dr. Eric Salmon, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Liège, Liège, Belgium
• Mr. Michael Schmieder, Krankenhaus Sonnweid, Wetzikon, Switzerland
• Prof. Dr. Myrra Vernooij-Dassen, Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Centre, Nijmegen, Netherlands
• Prof Michel Ylieff, Université de Liège, Liège, Belgium

Ethical and legal issues

• Mr. Philip Bentley, McDermott Will & Emery/Stanbrok LLP, Brussels, Belgium
• Dr. Kees Blankman, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Netherlands
• Prof. Chris Gastmans, Centrum voor Biomedische Ethiek en Recht, Leuven, Belgium
• Ms. Jan Killeen, Alzheimer Scotland, Edinburgh, United Kingdom
• Ms. Anna Mäki-Petäjä-Leinonen, Alzheimer Society of Finland, Helsinki, Finland
• Prof. Jozef Pacolet, Hoger Instituut voor de Arbeid, Leuven, Belgium
• Dr. Sigurd Sparr, Hospital of Northern Norway, Tromsoe, Norway

Political and financial issues

• Prof. László Gulacsi, Corvinus University, Budapest, Hungary
• Ms. Sabine Jansen, Deutsche Alzheimer Gesellschaft, Berlin, Germany
• Mr. Andrew Ketteringham, Alzheimer's Society, London, United Kingdom
• Prof. Herman Nys, Centrum voor Biomedische Ethiek en Recht, Leuven, Belgium
• Ms. Murielle Quinet, FOD Volksgezondheid, Veiligheid van de Voedselketen en Leefmilieu, Brussels, Belgium
• Prof. Mr. Dirk Ramaekers, ZNA 2000 Antwerpen, Antwerp, Belgium
• Dr. Anders Wimo, Karolinska Institute Alzheimer's Disease Research Centre, Stockholm, Sweden