We are delighted to invite you to informal lunch sessions with renowned AD/PD™ faculty members.
 
Peter St. George-Hyslop, Canada MOVING FROM COMPUTATIONAL (GWAS, WGS AND MULTIOMICS) TO FUNCTIONAL BIOLOGY
Charlotte Teunissen, Netherlands BIOMARKER DEVELOPMENT ROADMAP – IT IS ALL ABOUT TEAMWORK FULLY BOOKED
Pamela McLean, USA BALANCING CAREER, FAMILY, AND LIFE
Maria Grazia Spillantini, UK TBA
Tiago Outerio, Germany THE SPECTRUM OF ALPHA-SYNUCLEIN SPECIES
Dimitri Krainc, USA CAREER OPPORTUNITIES IN ACADEMIA, BIOPHARMA AND VENTURE CAPITAL FIRMS
Frank LaFerla, USA BUILDING A FOUNDATION FOR EARLY CAREER SUCCESS
Joanna Jankowsky, USA MODELING DISEASE HETEROGENEITY IN THE LABORATORY
Maria Ankarcrona, Sweden FUTURE THERAPEUTIC APPROACHES FOR NEURODEGENERATIVE DISEASES- MULTITARGET COMPOUNDS OR A COCKTAIL OF DRUGS?
Michael Schlossmacher, Sweden FROM HYPOSMIA IN PARKINSON’S TO A TOOL FOR FASTER DIAGNOSIS AND TREATMENT
Kristine Freude, Denmark SEX DIFFERENCES IN ALZHEIMER’S DISEASE: REALITY, CELL SPECIFICITY, AND MODELING CHALLENGES
Angela Genge, Canada POTENTIAL DRUG TARGET IN ALS DRUG DEVELOPMENT
Philip Scheltens, The Netherlands USE OF BIOMARKERS IN THE MEMORY CLINIC
Donna Wilcock, USA ACHIEVING WORK-LIFE INTEGRATION IN ACADEMIC RESEARCH
Cheryl Wellington, Canada VASCULAR CONTRIBUTIONS TO COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT AND DEMENTIA
Bart De Strooper, Belgium SCIENCE, SERENDIPITY, AND CAREER JOURNEYS: AN OPEN CONVERSATION
Lutz Frolich, Germany PROSPECTS AND LIMITATIONS OF ANTI-AMYLOID TREATMENT
Agneta Nordberg, Sweden HOW TO WRITE A WINNING GRANT  APPLICATION FULLY BOOKED
Sam Sisodia, USA HOW GENETICS INFORMS US ABOUT IMMUNE CELLS, THE MICROBIOME AND PATHOPHYSIOLOGY OF AD
Takeshi Iwatsubo, Japan FROM AD PATHOPHYSIOLOGY TO CLINICAL IMPLEMENTATION OF DISEASE-MODIFYING THERAPIES
Taylor Schmitz, CanadaMOVING TO ANOTHER COUNTRY FOR YOUR GRADUATE AND POSTGRADUATE RESEARCH: MAXIMIZING PROS AND MINIMIZING CONS 
Frank Longo, USAA JOURNEY OF EXECUTING TRANSLATIONAL RESEARCH IN NEURODEGENERATIVE DISEASE – FROM NOVEL CONCEPT TO CLINICAL TRIALS 
Henne Holstege, The NetherlandsWHAT CAN WE LEARN FROM CENTENARIANS 
Robert Vassar, USATHERAPEUTIC STRATEGIES TO PREVENT ALZHEIMER’S DISEASE 
Rhoda Au, USATHE MYTH VERSUS THE REALITY OF DIGITAL BIOMARKERS 
Lea Grinberg, USASPONSORSHIP > MENTORSHIP: BREAKING IN AS A WOMAN SCIENTIST FROM THE GLOBAL SOUTH (AND DODGING THE “TOO-GOOD-TO-BE-TRUE” ALLURES) 
Michael Heneka, LuxemburgNEUROINFLAMMATION 
Tim Bartels, UKTRANSPARENCY AND CONTROVERSY: ADVANCING SCIENCE WITH INTEGRITY 
Kenneth Marek, USAPARKINSON DISEASE PREVENTION 
Klaus Gerwert, GermanySTRUCTURE BIOMARKER FOR PARKINSON AND ALZHEIMER RISK 
Claudio A. Cuello, CanadaSHOULD WE FOCUS ON TREATING ALZHEIMER’S DISEASE AT PRECLINICAL STAGES? 
David Holtzman, USAMENTORING ADVICE FOR STUDENTS AND POST-DOCS 
Stuart A. Lipton, USATHE INTERFACE OF GENOMICS AND PROTEOMICS IN NEURODEGENERATIVE DISORDERS 
Fabrizio Stocchi, ItalyACTUAL AND FUTURE TREATMENT FOR PD 
Daniel Ferreira Padilla, SwedenLET´S TALK ALL ABOUT DEMENTIA WITH LEWY BODIES 
Ornit Chiba-Falek, USALEVERAGING OMICS DISCOVERIES TO INCREASE PRECISION IN DRUG DEVELOPMENT FOR NEURODEGENERATIVE DISEASES 
Malu Tansey, USATARGETING INFLAMMATION AND IMMUNE DYSFUNCTION TO REDUCE RISK AND PROGRESSION OF NEURODEGENERATIVE DISEASES 
Bradley Boeve, USAKEY PEARLS ON MENTORING AND BEING MENTORED 
Virginia Lee, USATBA 

You can book your Meet the Professor lunch session when registering for the Conference. If you wish to add Meet the Professor lunch session to your existing registration, please contact us at reg_adpd26@kenes.com