On 2 December 2025, the AI-Mind project was represented at a Lunch Debate hosted at the European Parliament in Brussels, organised by AI-Mind project partner Alzheimer Europe. The event focused on “The Future of Dementia Research in Europe” brought together national Alzheimer associations, industry partners, members of the European Parliament and the European Commission. The meeting programme included a presentation by Prof. Petra Ritter, who spoke about how big data is driving innovation in dementia research. Prof. Ritter also introduced the AI-Mind project within her talk with a brief explanation of the project’s goals and achievements. AI-Mind was represented by Rossella Di Bidino from Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore (The Graduate School of Health Economics and Management), who joined the debate in person. During the event’s open discussion, Rossella had the opportunity to share research insights on behalf of the project. This provided an excellent occasion to highlight the project’s contribution to shaping the future of dementia research and policy in Europe.
The debate also served as the launch moment for AI-Mind’s first Policy Brief, the first in a planned series of four policy briefs to be published over the coming months. The lunch debate was an excellent opportunity to inaugurate this first brief, which was distributed to participants during the event. The Policy Brief on Transforming Dementia Care highlights the value of earlier and faster risk assessment for people with Mild Cognitive Impairment (MCI). It presents the AI-Mind platform as a cloud-based diagnostic solution combining the AI-Mind Connector (detecting early disruptions in brain functional networks) and the AI-Mind Predictor (integrating these signals with routinely collected clinical variables such as cognitive test results and blood biomarkers to estimate personalised dementia risk). The Policy Brief is available for download as a PDF on the AI-Mind website.
