2nd International Conference on the Prevention of Alzheimer's Disease (ICOPAD26)

Following the first conference dedicated to the implementation of Brain Health Services in 2024, this second international meeting highlights the progress achieved—from the development of the initial protocol to its integration into routine clinical practice. It provides a unique opportunity to share experiences and insights from several European memory clinics engaged in this key phase of implementation.

Venue:

• Marcel Jenny Auditorium, Main Building of the Geneva University Hospitals (HUG), Rue Gabrielle-Perret-Gentil 4, 1205 Geneva

Dates:

• 11 February, from 1:30 p.m. to 6:00 p.m.
• 12 February, from 8:30 a.m. to 12:45 p.m.

Welcome addresses by:

• Giovanni B. Frisoni, Professor of Clinical Neurosciences, Director of the Memory Center, HUG and Miia Kivipelto, Professor of Clinical Geriatrics, Karolinska Institutet
• Christophe Graf, Deputy Medical Director, HUG
• Robert Mardini, Director General, HUG
• His Excellency Gian Lorenzo Cornado, Ambassador of Italy to Switzerland and the Principality of Liechtenstein
• Pierre Maudet, State Councillor for Health and Mobility

Speakers:

• Kaarin Anstey, Professor, School of Psychology, UNSW, Senior Principal Research Scientist, Neuroscience Research Australia
• Claudio Bassetti, Professor, Chair of the Swiss Brain Health Plan, Past President of the European Academy of Neurology, Professor and Dean of the Faculty of Medicine at the University of Bern
• Stefano Cappa, Professor Emeritus of Neurology, University Institute for Advanced Studies (IUSS), Pavia and  IRCCS Istituto Auxologico, Milan
• Giovanni B. Frisoni, Professor, Director of the Memory Center at HUG, Geneva
• Oriol Grau, MD, PhD, Leader of the Clinical and Risk Factors for Neurodegenerative Diseases Research Group at the BarcelonaBeta Brain Research Center, Barcelona
• Frank Jessen, Professor, Director of the Memory Clinic at the University Hospital, Cologne
• Miia Kivipelto, Professor of Clinical Geriatrics at Karolinska Institutet, Center for Alzheimer Research, Stockholm, and Imperial College London; Director for Research & Development of Theme Aging at Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm; Founding Director, Chief Scientific Officer and Chief Medical Officer of FINGERS Brain Health Institute
• Giacomo Koch, MD, PhD, Director of the Non-invasive Brain Stimulation Laboratory at IRCCS Santa Lucia, Rome and Full Professor at Department of Neuroscience at the University of Ferrara; member of the ETF-BHS
• Eric McDade, Professor of Neurology, Washington University in St.Louis, Principal Investigator for the Dominantly Inherited Alzheimer Network (DIAN) study and Co-Director, DIAN Trials Unit
• Francesca Mangialasche, MD, PhD, Geriatrician, Center for Alzheimer Research, Stockholm; Board Member of FINGERS Brain Health Institute
• Niklas Mattsson-Carlgren, MD, PhD, Associate Professor, Deputy research team manager, Clinical Memory Research at Lund University
• Augusto Mendes, PhD, Senior Postdoctoral Researcher at the Memory Center at HUG, Geneva
• Naaheed Mukadam, Professor of Psychiatry at University College London and Consultant Psychiatrist, UCLH Mental health liaison team, Mental health of older people, Division of Psychiatry, University College London
• Federica Ribaldi, PhD, Assistant Professor at the Memory Center at HUG, Geneva
• Ayda Rostamzadeh, MD, Director of the Cologne Alzheimer’s Prevention Center at Cologne University Hospital, Cologne
• Leonie Visser, PhD, Senior Researcher in Medical Communication at Amsterdam UMC, Amsterdam, and the Karolinska Institute, Stockholm

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