Country
Luxembourg
Session: KN01. Building momentum in dementia through partnership
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Jean Georges has served as Executive Director of Alzheimer Europe since 1996, leading the organisation’s work to make dementia a European policy and research priority and strengthening collaboration between national Alzheimer’s associations, researchers, policymakers and other stakeholders across Europe.
He has contributed to and co-authored numerous publications in the field of dementia and has been an invited speaker on dementia policy and research at European, national and international conferences. He has also represented Alzheimer Europe as Principal Investigator in a wide range of EU-funded collaborative research projects, including projects supported by the Innovative Medicines Initiative, Innovative Health Initiative and the EU’s research and innovation programmes.
Prior to joining Alzheimer Europe, Jean worked as a parliamentary assistant to members of the Luxembourg and European Parliaments and as a journalist covering European and international affairs.