Programme Overview
2017 Berlin
Monday, 2 October 2017
9.00 - 17.00 INTERDEM Meeting (invitation only)
14.00-17.00 Alzheimer Europe Annual General Meeting
18.00-18.30 Opening ceremony
Welcome and introductory comments by
- Iva Holmerová, Chairperson, Alzheimer Europe
- Sabine Jansen, Executive Director, Deutsche Alzheimer Gesellschaft
- Bernd Heise, Advisory Board „Living with dementia“, Deutsche Alzheimer Gesellschaft
- Barbara König, State Secretary for health, care and equality
- Matthias von Schwanenflügel, Ministry for Family Affairs, Senior Citizens, Women and Youth
- Regina Kraushaar, Ministry of Health
18.30-19.00 Keynote lecture: Alexander Kurz (Germany): Time is on our side
19.00-20.30 Welcome Reception
Tuesday, 3 October 2017
08.30-10.00 Plenary session: PL1. Living with dementia
PL1.1. Chris Roberts and Jayne Goodrick (United Kingdom): The impact of dementia on the whole family
PL1.2. Elmar Gräßel (Germany): Home care in dementia – relief for caregivers and support for care-receivers
PL1.3. Imogen Blood (United Kingdom): The European Joint Action on Dementia and its focus on dementia-friendly communities and initiatives
PL1.4. Thomas Klie (Germany): Ethical and legal considerations in the care of people with dementia at home
10.00-10.30 Coffee break and poster exhibition PO1 and PO3
10.30-12.00 Plenary session: PL2. Dementia care in the 21st century
PL2.1. Anders Wimo (Sweden): The cost of dementia care
PL2.2. Knut Engedal (Norway): Care guidelines and national dementia strategies
PL2.3. Bob Woods (United Kingdom): The experience of carers of a diagnosis of dementia: Results of a five-country survey
PL2.4. Lieve Van den Block (Belgium): The PACE project and its implications for palliative care for people with dementia
12.00-14.00 Lunch
12.45-13.45 Special Symposia: SS1. Living well with dementia “We are still here and I am still…”
12.45-13.45 Special Symposia: SS2. Carers’ experiences of the diagnosis of dementia
14.00-15.30 Parallel Sessions:
- P1. Living with dementia: People with dementia
- P2. Dementia care: Post-diagnostic support
- P3. Medical aspects: Diagnosis
- P4. Legal and ethical issues: Ethical issues linked to dementia research
- P5. Advance care planning and end-of-life care
- P6. The Actifcare study
- P7. Seltene Demenzformen
15.30-16.00 Coffee break and poster exhibition PO1 and PO3
16.00-17.30 Parallel Sessions:
- P8. Living with dementia: Carers of people with dementia
- P9. Dementia care: Residential care
- P10. Medical aspects: Behavioural and psychological symtoms of dementia
- P11. Legal and ethical issues: Proxy-decison making systems and advanced care planning
- P12. INTERDEM Academy
- P13. The MEETINGDEM support programme
- P14. Demenz und Autofahren
19.00-24.00 Gala Dinner
Wednesday, 4 October 2017
08.30-10.00 Parallel Session:
- P15. Migration and dementia
- P16. Dementia care: Dementia care training
- P17. Medical aspects: People with dementia in hopsitals
- P18. Legal and ethical issues: Ethics of assistive technologies
- P19. Art and dementia
- P20. Diagnosis of dementia: an interactive and educational session
- P21. Neue Wohnformen
10.00-10.30 Coffee break and poster exhibition PO3- PO4 - PO5
10.30-12.00 Parallel Session:
- P22. Living with dementia: People with dementia II
- P23. Dementia care: Home care and support
- P24. Medical aspects: Treatment and management of dementia
- P25. Legal and ethical issues: End-of-life care and decisions
- P26. Empowering technologies in dementia care
- P27. Visions of dementia friendly communities
- P28. Demenz im Krankenhaus (in collaboration with Robert Bosch Stiftung)
12.00-14.00 Lunch
12.15-13.15 Special symposia: SS3. The role of patient organisations as a key stakeholder in research on AD
12.15-13.15 Special symposia: SS4. Early intervention in Alzheimer's disease: For a new understanding of AD across its spectrum
14.00-15.30 Plenary session: PL3. Improving the diagnosis and management of dementia
PL3.1. Horst Bickel (Germany): An overview of current epidemiological trends in dementia
PL3.2. Wiesje van der Flier (Netherlands): Advances in Alzheimer’s diagnosis; implications for clinical practice?
PL3.3. Frank Jessen (Germany): Are we getting closer to better treatments for Alzheimer’s disease?
PL3.4. Kate Irving (Ireland): Reducing dementia risk by targeting modifiable risk factors in mid-life: the lessons of the In-MINDD project
15.30-16.00 Coffee break and poster exhibition PO3- PO4 - PO5
16.00-17.30 Plenary session: PL4. Round table discussion: Care today, cure tomorrow - Identifying current and future research priorities
- Stéphane Hogan (European Commission)
- Pierre Meulien (Innovative Medicines Initiative)
- Lutz Frölich (Central Institute of Mental Health, Germany)
- Myrra Vernooij-Dassen (INTERDEM, Netherlands)
- Iva Holmerová (Alzheimer Europe, Czech Republic)
- Helen Rochford-Brennan (European Working Group of People with Dementia, Ireland)
- Winfried Teschauer (Deutsche Alzheimer Gesellschaft, Germany)
17.30-18.00 Closing Ceremony
- Welcome to the 28th Alzheimer Europe Conference in Barcelona, Spain
Closing comments and farewell by
- Winfried Teschauer, Germany
- Iva Holmerová, Chairperson, Alzheimer Europe
Last Updated: Friday 29 September 2017