Speaker Lecture Titles

Speaker Lecture Titles

Partial list of confirmed speakers.

NameCountryTitle
Liana ApostolovaUSASPORADIC EARLY-ONSET ALZHEIMER’S DISEASE: RESULTS FROM LEADS
Johannes AttemsUKTHE NEUROPATHOLOGICAL ASSESSMENT OF MIXED PATHOLOGY
Rhoda AuUSAREDEFINING ASYMPTOMATIC IN THE DIGITAL ERA
Nora BaligacsBelgiumTHE ROLE OF INFLAMMATION AT DIFFERENT STAGES OF ALZHEIMER’S DISEASE
Kaj BlennowSwedenINTEGRATION OF BLOOD AND CSF BIOMARKERS IN THE DIAGNOSTIC WORKFLOW OF PATIENTS WITH EARLY COGNITIVE SYMPTOMS
Mathew Blurton JonesUSACNS-WIDE ENGRAFTMENT OF HUMAN MONOCYTES, BUT NOT MICROGLIA, INDUCES A CHRONIC PROINFLAMMATORY STATE, PROMOTING DEMYELINATION, SYNAPTIC LOSS, AND BEHAVIORAL DYSFUNCTION
Guojun BuHong-KongAPOE AND BRAIN LIPID METABOLISM IN AGING AND ALZHEIMER’S DISEASE
Luc BueeFranceTHE USE OF ANTI-TAU SINGLE DOMAIN ANTIBODIES (VHH) IN DIAGNOSIS AND THERAPY OF TAUOPATHIES
Frédéric CheclerFranceC99 TOOLS TO FOLLOW ITS AGGREGATION, SPREADING AND TOXICITY
Ornit Chiba-FalekUSATHE SINGLE-CELL LANDSCAPE OF SNCA TRANSCRIPTS ACROSS SYNUCLEINOPATHIES: THERAPEUTIC IMPLICATIONS TOWARDS PRECISION MEDICINE
John CollingeUKINSIGHTS INTO ALZHEIMER’S DISEASE PHENOTYPE, PATHOGENESIS AND THERAPEUTICS FROM PRION BIOLOGY
Claudio A. CuelloCanadaMULTIFACETED NATURE OF THE PROGRESSIVE CNS TAUOPATHY THROUGH A TRANSGENIC RAT MODEL
Bart De StrooperBelgiumTHE CELLULAR PHASE OF ALZHEIMER’S DISEASE
Lis de WeerdGermanyUNDERSTANDING THE ROLE OF MICROGLIA IN ANTIBODY THERAPY IN ALZHEIMER’S DISEASE
Marc DiamondUSAMOLECULAR MECHANISMS OF PROPAGATION OF PATHOLOGY IN TAUOPATHY
Daniel FerreiraSweden IMAGING AND FLUID BIOMARKES IN DEMENTIA WITH LEWY BODIES: LATEST RESULTS FROM INTERNATIONAL CONSORTIA
Howard FillitUSAFROM INNOVATION TO IMPACT: 25+ YEARS OF EVOLUTION IN THE ALZHEIMER’S DRUG PIPELINE AND THE PATH TO COMBINATION THERAPY

Adam FleisherUSAPROSPECT-ALZ PHASE 2 STUDY OF CEPEROGNASTAT, AN O-GLCNACASE (OGA) INHIBITOR: POST-TREATMENT SAFETY EXTENSION OUTCOMES AND SUBGROUP ASSESSMENTS
Juan Fortea SpainTHE EXPANDING FAMILY OF GENETICALLY DETERMINED AD: ADAD, DSAD, AND APOE4 HOMOZYGOTES
Nick FoxUKMRI IN A NEW ERA OF DISEASE MODIFYING THERAPIES
Dan FrenkelIsraelASSESSING THE LINK BETWEEN METABOLIC DISORDER TO PARKINSON'S DISEASE TOWARDS NOVEL THERAPEUTIC INTERVENTION
Giovanni FrisoniSwitzerlandFROM PATHOPHYSIOLOGY TO TREATMENT OF ALZHEIMER’S DISEASE: TOWARDS A UNIFYING FRAMEWORK
Lutz FrolichGermanyNOVEL, STANDARDIZED COLLECTION OF ALZHEIMER’S DISEASE BIOMARKERS FROM THE BRAIN-NOSE INTERFACE – RESULTS OF A PILOT CLINICAL TRIAL
James GalvinUSAQUANTIFYING BRAIN HEALTH AS A PREDICTOR OF ALZHEIMER’S RISK, DISEASE PROGRESSION, AND TARGET FOR PREVENTION
Angela GengeCanadaCURRENT CLINICAL TRIALS ALS: FROM SAD TO PIVOTAL PROGRAMS
Klaus GerwertGermanyMISFOLDING OF ALPHA-SYNUCLEIN ALLOWS STRATIFICATION OF PARKINSON PATIENTS FOR PRECISION THERAPY
Ezio GiacobiniSwitzerlandTREATMENT  OF ALZHEIMER DISEASE : COMBINATION OF IMMUNO- AND CHOLINERGIC THERAPY
Gabriel GoldSwitzerlandMICROINFARCTS AND OTHER COMORBIDITIES IN OLD AGE DEMENTIA
Todd GoldeUSACONTEXTUALIZING THE  AMYLOID RESPONSOME TO IDENTIFY NOVEL THERAPEUTIC TARGETS
Christian HaassGermany TREM2 EXPRESSION LEVEL IS CRITICAL FOR MICROGLIAL STATE, METABOLIC CAPACITY AND EFFICACY OF TREM2 AGONISM
Oskar HanssonSwedenCLINICAL IMPLEMENTATION OF FLUID BIOMARKERS FOR ALZHEIMER’S AND NEURONAL SYNUCLEIN DISEASE
Elizabeth HeadUSAALZHEIMER DISEASE IN PEOPLE WITH DOWN SYNDROME:  UPDATES FROM THE ALZHEIMER BIOMARKER CONSORTIUM - DOWN SYNDROME (ABC-DS)
Michael HenekaLuxemburgINNATE IMMUNE ACTIVATION IN ALZHEIMER’S DISEASE
Makato HiguchiJapanPROTEINOPATHY IMAGING IN DEMENTIAS AND MOVEMENT DISORDERS: TRANSLATIONAL DEVELOPMENTS FROM ANIMAL MODELS TO HUMANS
Henne Holstege The NetherlandsESCAPING COGNITIVE DECLINE, AND THE GENETICS BEHIND IT
David HoltzmanUSAIDENTIFICATION OF POTENTIAL ANTIGEN PRESENTING CELLS FACILITATING A ROLE FOR ADAPTIVE IMMUNITY IN TAU-MEDIATED NEURODEGENERATION
Bradley HymanUSACLUES ABOUT CELL DEATH IN ALZHEIMER DISEASE
Costantino IadecolaUSANEUROVASCULAR CORRELATES OF ALZHEIMER PATHOLOGY: IMPLICATIONS FOR COGNITIVE HEALTH AND ABETA IMMUNOTHERAPY
Ole IsacsonUSALIPID-DEPENDENT INTERACTIONS OF NEURON AND GLIA APOE VARIANTS WITH ENDOLYSOSOMAL SYSTEMS RELEVANT TO ALZHEIMER’S DISEASE AND RELATED DEMENTIAS
Takeshi IwatsuboJapanROLE OF PLASMA BIOMARKERS IN THE TRIAL READY COHORT AND PATIENT REGISTRY OF ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE
Clifford JackUSAADDRESSING CONTROVERSIES WITH REVISED CRITERIA FOR DIAGNOSIS AND STAGING OF ALZHEIMER’S DISEASE
William JagustUSALONGITUDINAL PET STUDIES OF TAU ACCUMULATION
Joanna JankowskyUSAGENE THERAPY USING AΒ VARIANTS FOR AMYLOID REDUCTION
Luca KulicSwitzerlandTRONTINEMAB - FROM EARLY PRECLINICAL GROUNDWORK TO THE CLINICAL VALIDATION OF THE BRAINSHUTTLETM PLATFORM
Frank LaferlaUSAMODEL-AD: NEW INSIGHTS AND ADVANCES
Seung-Jae LeeSouth KoreaINTERPLAY BETWEEN PROTEIN AGGREGATION AND IMMUNITY
Virginia LeeUSATBA
Malcolm LeissringUSAPROMINENT TAUOPATHY AND INTRACELLULAR AMYLOID ACCUMULATION TRIGGERED BY IMPAIRMENTS IN CATHEPSIN D:  EXPLORING A PLAUSIBLE MECHANISTIC LINK BETWEEN AΒ42 AND TAU PROTEOSTASIS
Cynthia LemereUSACOMPLEMENT, CAA AND ANTI-AMYLOID INDUCED ARIA
Frank LongoUSASMALL MOLECULE TARGETING OF THE P75 NEUROTROPHIN RECEPTOR MODULATES TAU MECHANISMS IN MOUSE AND HUMAN TRIALS
Ken MarekUSADEFINING AN EARLY STAGE NSD  POPULATION FOR PATH TO PREVENTION IN PPMI
Pamela McLeanUSACELLULAR RESPONSE TO ALPHA-SYNUCLEIN AGGREGATION
Mirek BrysUSATARGETING TAU IN ALZHEIMER’S DISEASE: LESSONS FROM BIOMARKER AND CLINICAL ASSESSMENT INTERACTIONS IN PROSPECT-ALZ, PHASE 2 STUDY OF CEPEROGNASTAT
Daniel M. MichaelsonIsraelTHE ROLE OF LIPIDS IN MEDIATING APOE4 DRIVEN PATHOLOGY
Michelle MielkeUSAEXPERIENCE WITH IMPLEMENTING COGNITIVE TESTING AND BLOOD-BASED AD BIOMARKERS IN PRIMARY CARE PRACTICES
Thomas MontineUSAGLUTAMATERGIC FALSE NEUROTRANSMITTER PROMOTES RESISTANCE TO PATHOLOGIC TAU ACCUMULATION IN MICE
Asuka MorizaneJapanCELL THERAPY FOR PARKINSON’S DISEASE WITH ALLOGENEIC INDUCED PLURIPOTENT STEM CELLS.
John MorrisUSAEARLY LIFE EXPERIENCES AND CURRENT STRESS INFLUENCE FLUID BIOMARKERS OF ALZHEIMER DISEASE
Ulrike MüllerGermanyINSIGHTS FROM NOVEL SECRETION DEFICIENT APP KNOCKIN MICE LACKING THE ALPHA- AND BETA-SECRETASE SITES
Melissa MurrayUSAPHENOTYPIC MANIFESTATIONS OF R406W MAPT MUTATION CARRIERS
Henrietta Nielsen SwedenAPOE HEPATIC SIGNATURES AND RELEVANCE TO THE BRAIN
Agneta NordbergSwedenINTERACTION OF KIN83 , A NOVEL ALPHA7 NICOTINIC ACETYLCHOLINE RECEPTOR SELECTIVE PET RADIOTRACER. WITH REACTIVE ASTROCYTES  AND SOLUBLE FORMS OF Aß IN ALZHEIMER BRAINS
Kate OnuskaCanadaMOLECULAR CHOLINERGIC DEFICITS UNDERLIE CORTICAL PATHOLOGY IN PRESYMPTOMATIC ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE
Anja OpheyGermanySUBJECTIVE COGNITIVE DECLINE IN INDIVIDUALS WITH ISOLATED REM SLEEP BEHAVIOR DISORDER: CHARACTERIZATION, NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL CORRELATES, AND STRUCTURAL BRAIN CHANGES
Tiago OuterioGermanyMODULATION OF EPITRANSCRIPTOMICS BY ALPHA-SYNUCLEIN: NOVEL INSIGHT INTO THE PARKINSON'S DISEASE
Ronald PetersenUSAALZHEIMER’S DISEASE DIAGNOSIS IN THE COMMUNITY
Werner PoeweAustriaTOWARDS A BIOLOGICAL DEFINITION OF PD - THE ROLE OF NEUROIMAGING
Marco PradoCanada
EARLY DYSREGULATION OF CHOLINERGIC SIGNALLING IN ALZHEIMER’S DISEASE
Laura RanumUSAREPEAT ASSOCIATED NON-AUG PROTEINS IN NEUROLOGIC DISEASE: MECHANISTIC AND THERAPEUTIC INSIGHTS FROM ALZHEIMER’S DISEASE AND C9ORF72 ALS/FTD
Stephen SallowayUSAAPPROPRIATE USE OF AMYLOID-LOWERING TREATMENTS
Philip ScheltensNetherlandsA VIEW FROM THE VENTURE SIDE: WHAT IS HOT IN NEURODEGENERATION?
Sjors ScheresUKHOW CRYOEM STRUCTURES OF TAU FILAMENTS INFORM NEW DISEASE MODELS
Michael SchlossmacherCanadaTO FOLLOW THE NOSE: CLINICOPATHOLOGICAL EXAMINATION OF THE OLFACTORY CIRCUITRY IN TYPICAL PARKINSON’S
Taylor SchmitzCanadaSPATIAL PROFILES OF CORTICAL CHOLINERGIC SYNAPTIC DYSFUNCTION COLOCALIZE TAU AGGREGATION
Julia SchumacherGermanyNEUROPATHOLOGICAL CORRELATES OF BASAL FOREBRAIN ATROPHY IN ALZHEIMER’S AND LEWY BODY DISEASE
Menachem SegalIsraelMITOCHONDRIAL CALCIUM AND PRESENILIN INVOLVEMENT IN ALZHEIMER’S DISEASE PROGRESSION
Jung-Hwan ShinSouth KoreaSPATIOTEMPORAL PATTERNS OF NEURAL ENSEMBLE IN THE PARKINSONIAN STRIATAL NETWORK
Tamara ShinerIsraelANTI-AMYLOID THERAPIES IN ALZHEIMER’S DISEASE: REAL-WORLD EXPERIENCE
Sam SisodiaUSASEX-SPECIFIC MODULATION OF AD-TYPE PATHOLOGY BY PERTURBATIONS OF THE GUT MICROBIOME
Beka SolomonIsraelTHERAPEUTIC POTENTIAL OF BONE MARROW–DERIVED MICROGLIA IN ALZHEIMER’S DISEASE
Mona SoreqIsraelPRE-SYMPTOMATIC BLOOD CELLS DIAGNOSIS OF PARKINSON’S DISEASE-ESCALATED MOTIF-SHARING TRANSFER RNA FRAGMENTS DECLINED UNDER DEEP BRAIN STIMULATION
Maria Grazia SpillantiniUKEFFECT OF TAU AGGREGATION ON GLIAL CELLS
Peter St. George-HyslopCanadaCD33 SIGNALLING IN MICROGLIA
Beth StevensUSAPRE-RECORDED: NEUROIMMUNE RESPONSE IN CNS AND PERIPHERY TO AD PATHOLOGY IN A  RARE DISEASE COHORT 
Fabrizio StocchiItalyHOW THE THERAPEUTIC APPROACH TO EARLY PARKINSON’S DISEASE WILL CHANGE IN THE NEXT FUTURE
Tom SudhofUSALIPID METABOLISM IN ALZHEIMER’S DISEASE
Malu TanseyUSAROLE OF CHRONIC PERIPHERAL INFLAMMATION AND IMMUNE DYSFUNCTION IN AGE-RELATED NEURODEGENERATION
Rudy TanziUSADRUG AND NATURAL PRODUCT REPURPOSING FOR THE TREATMENT OF ALZHEIMER’S DISEASE
Niccolo TesiThe NetherlandsGENETIC MECHANISMS UNDERLYING ALZHEIMER’S DISEASE RISK AND RESISTANCE
Li-Huei TsaiUSAALZHEIMER’S DISEASE RISK GENE APOE4 DRIVES PERTURBATIONS IN THE GLOBAL LIPID ECONOMY OF THE BRAIN AND CEREBROSPINAL FLUID
Wei TsaiUSAPRECISION BIOMARKERS FOR NEURODEGENERATIVE DISEASES
Vivek UnniUSALINKING PARKINSON'S DISEASE AND MELANOMA: ALPHA-SYNUCLEIN IN NUCLEOLAR DNA DOUBLE-STRAND BREAK REPAIR
Robert VassarUSABACE INHIBITION FOR ALZHEIMER’S DISEASE
Michael WeinerUSATHE ADNI4 APPROACH FOR INCREASING DIVERSITY IN AD CLINICAL TRIALS
Cheryl WellingtonCanadaLEVERAGING MULTIPLE CANADIAN COHORTS FOR ALZHEIMER’S DISEASE PLASMA BIOMARKER STUDIES
Donna WilcockUSAA PIVOTAL ROLE FOR INFLAMMATION AND MMP9 IN ANTI-AMYLOID-INDUCED ARIA
Bengt WinbladSwedenPROTAC: A NOVEL STRATEGY FOR THE TREATMENT OF ALZHEIMER DISEASE
Manfred WindischAustriaPLEIOTROPIC EFFECTS OF THE CNS-SELECTIVE M1 MUSCARINIC AGONIST NSC001: FROM FAST SYMPTOMATIC ACTIVITY TO LONG-TERM DISEASE MODIFICATION IN AD
Tony Wyss-CorayUSAPROTEOMIC STUDIES TO UNDERSTAND BRAIN AGING AND NEURODEGENERATION
Henrik ZetterbergSwedenSIMPLIFIED DIAGNOSTICS OF NEURODEGENERATIVE DEMENTIAS USING MULTIPLEXED ULTRASENSITIVE IMMUNOASSAYS
Dimitri KraincUSACONVERGENCE OF MITOCHONDRIAL AND LYSOSOMAL PATHWAYS IN NEURODEGENERATIVE DISEASES
Sid O'BryantUSAALZHEIMER’S DISEASE BIOMARKERS AMONG DIVERSE POPULATIONS – FINDINGS FROM THE HABS-HD STUDY
Berislav ZlokovikUSATARGETING THE BLOOD-BRAIN BARRIER FOR TREATMENT OF NEURONAL DYSFUNCTION AND ALZHEIMER’S’ PATHOLOGY