On 27 January 2026, Alzheimer Europe hosted a session of its popular online Alzheimer’s Association Academy, dedicated to “The Prevalence of Dementia in Europe 2025”, exploring the new report of the same name, due for publication on Wednesday 28 January.
The Academy is a series of online capacity-building workshops bringing together representatives of national Alzheimer’s associations with members of the European Working Group of People with Dementia (EWGPWD) and European Dementia Carers Working Group (EDCWG), as well as representatives from pharmaceutical companies, to learn about dementia advocacy, care, policy, research and treatment.
The session on 27 January was the first Academy of 2026 and was moderated by Owen Miller, Policy Officer, Alzheimer Europe. He and colleagues Lukas Duffner, Project Officer, Christophe Bintener, Project Officer, and Angela Bradshaw, Director for Research, were responsible for authoring and compiling the report.
Owen welcomed close to 70 participants from 24 countries and seven companies to the session and presented the background and methodology for the report. Lukas followed, providing key points from the updated prevalence rates and numbers. Chris gave a demonstration of the website data visualisations and breakdowns, which will be available to access on the Alzheimer Europe website from 28 January. And finally, Margarita Reyes shared details of the communication and dissemination plans for the report and its findings.
The session was highly interactive, with questions and discussion with the audience throughout, and both the report and the presentations were highly appreciated by attendees.
A huge thank you to all speakers and participants at the Academy of 27 January, for making this such an engaging session and a big thank you, also to the European Union’s Citizen’s, Equalities, Rights and Values (CERV) programme, without whom both the report itself, as well as our Academy sessions, would not be possible.