Alzheimer Europe and the Alzheimer Society of Ireland are calling for abstracts for oral and poster presentations on the following subjects:
| Policy Dementia strategies Advocacy and campaigns The role and activities of national Alzheimer’s associations Cost of dementia care and treatment Dementia care and support in rural areas Preparing for new treatment | Dementia and society Dementia-inclusive initiatives Combatting stigma and discrimination Ethical and legal issues in dementia Gender and dementia Sexuality and intimacy End-of-life approaches |
| Research Artificial intelligence Brain health and prevention Detection and diagnosis Treatment and medical management Translating research into practice |
Care approaches and services |
| People Experiences of people with dementia Young carers of people with dementia Care work force Minority ethnic groups LGBTQ+ community Disabilities and dementia |
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Guidelines for writing abstracts
Please respect the following guidelines when writing your abstract:
- Only abstracts submitted in English will be considered.
- Abstracts need to be submitted via the online submission system. Abstracts submitted by e- mail, fax or post will be ignored.
- Each abstract needs to have a presenting author and a corresponding author. The corresponding author can also be the presenting author.
- There can only be a maximum of 15 co-authors for any abstract but only 1 presenter.
- Abstracts should be written in concise form and should not exceed 300 words (including references if applicable).
- Please make sure you use the standard font and please paste your text as plain text (i.e. no italics, bold, or no tables)
- Please make sure to use a non-discriminatory language when referring to people with dementia. The terms “person with dementia” or “people with dementia “ should therefore be used rather than “victims”, “sufferers”, the “demented” or “dementing” or other stigmatising language. (see our guidelines for Ethical and inclusive communication)
- As AE Conferences are open to a lay audience, presentations on licensed medicines, whether promotional in nature or not, will not be accepted. The use of trade marked names is similarly not allowed.
Guidelines for submitting abstracts
Alzheimer Europe will accept submission of abstracts for oral, quick oral or poster presentations.
- You can choose between two type of abstract presentations: POSTER or ORAL. Should you wish to be considered for both, please tick the box "Either" when making your selection. Should your evaluation grade not qualify as an ORAL presentation, you will be offered a POSTER presentation (which you are free to reject).
- Abstracts should be clearly linked to one of the topics of the call for abstracts. You will be asked to choose a specific topic when submitting your abstract.
- Do not submit similar abstracts for different topics as only your first abstract will be accepted.
- There is no need to submit any documents UNLESS you are applying for a BURSARY for the topic "Dementia Researchers of the Future". Any uploaded document for any other topic will be ignored.
- Please note that oral presentations will last 10-12 minutes followed by 3 to 5 minutes of questions.
- Quick oral presentations shall not exceed 5 minutes.
- All abstracts must be submitted by 30 April at the latest.
- You can edit your abstract submission until 30 April.
- You will receive an e-mail notification after submitting your abstract. If you have not received an e-mail notification after submitting your abstract, please contact Alzheimer Europe – info@alzheimer-europe.org
Evaluation of abstracts
All abstracts will be evaluated by the Programme Committee.
- For each topic, a minimum of 3 or 4 members of the Programme Committee will rate each abstract which will have been anonymised prior to evaluation.
- For abstracts submitted for oral presentations, the following procedure will apply:
- The five highest rated abstracts for each topic will be selected as oral presentations for inclusion in the final programme.
- Only one abstract per presenting author will be accepted for inclusion as an oral presentation. If more than one abstract qualifies, only the highest rated abstract will be included in the final programme. Additional abstracts by the same presenting author may be accepted as quick oral or poster presentations.
- Abstracts that have not been accepted for oral presentation can be selected for quick oral or poster presentation, as long as they reach the required threshold average mark. Please be aware that abstracts submitted for oral presentation ONLY will not be offered the opportunity to present as poster.
- Abstracts that have not reached the required average mark will be rejected.
- For abstracts submitted for poster presentation only, the following procedure will apply:
- Abstracts that have reached the required threshold average mark will be accepted.
- All other abstracts will be rejected.
Acceptance of abstracts
- All authors will be informed about the decision of the Programme Committee by 31 May 2025.
- It is the author’s responsibility to ensure that abstracts are correct in terms of accuracy of contents, spelling and grammar.
- All oral and poster presenters need to present in-person at the event in Dublin.
- All presenters need to register for the conference by the early bird registration deadline of 30 June 2026. Past this date the presentation may be removed from the programme and replaced with the next best graded abstract.
Please ensure that the email address used by the presenter for submitting his/her/their abstract is identical to the one he/she/they will use for registering their participation in the conference (there can only be one presenter per abstract)
General information
Alzheimer Europe will not provide a letter of support to presenters seeking sponsors/funding.