day 1 agenda

6th Edition of Innovations and State of the Art in
ALZHEIMER'S & DEMENTIA
at Oct 01 - 02, 2025 at Berlin, Germany (Hybrid Event)
Day -1(October 01, 2025)
Tentative Program
09:00-09:30 KeynoteTalk: Genistein (4′,5,7-trihydroxyisoflavone) corrects behavior and improves biochemical parameters in animal models of Alzheimer's disease through autophagy stimulation
Grzegorz Wegrzyn, University of Gdansk, Poland
09:30-10:00 KeynoteTalk: Alzheimer’s disease is likely a lipid-disorder complication as revealed by functional lipidomics and animal models
Xianlin Han, University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonia, USA
10:00-10:30 KeynoteTalk: Neurogenesis And Plasticity Processes Are Similarly Affected And Damaged In Alzheimer´s Disease
José Julio Rodríguez Arellano, IKERBASQUE, Spain
Group Photo & Refreshment Break (10:30-10:50)
Technical session-I
Themes:
Alzheimer’s Research and Therapy,
Advances in Alzheimer’s and Dementia Research
10:50-11:10 Changes in expression of VGF, SPECC1L, HLA-DRA and RANBP3L act with APOE E4 to alter risk for late onset Alzheimer’s disease
Amanda J. Myers, University of Miami, USA
11:10-11:30 In vitro validation of RARβ-M, Ellorarxine, for use in Alzheimer's disease 
Paul Chazot, Durham University, UK
11:30-11:50 The Alzheimer's Pathobiome Initiative: Using multiple global pan-domain and omic technologies to interrogate the link between infection and dementia 
Garth D. Ehrlich, Drexel University, USA
11:50-12:10 Slot Available
12:10-12:30 Biological prognosis toolbox for Alzheimer’s disease and other cognitive neurodegenerative diseases
Marc Teichmann, PITIE SALPETRIERE, France
12:30-12:50 Efficacy monitoring using amyloid and tau PET neuroimaging in Down syndrome populations
Bradley T Christian, University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA
12:50-13:10  Cerebral Proteome Adaptations to Amyloid Angiopathy are Prevented by Carbonic Anhydrase Inhibitors
Johan Magnus Palmfeldt, Aarhus University, Denmark
13:10-13:30  Blocking FSH action improves memory in mouse models of Alzheimer’s disease
Tony Yuen, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, USA
Lunch Break @ Restaurant (13:30-14:00)
14:00-14:20
Integrative Multi-Omics Analysis of APOE Genotype-Dependent Molecular Signatures in Alzheimer’s Disease
 
Gyungah R Jun, Boston University School Of Medicine, USA
14:20-14:40 Three scenarios for amyloid transformation 
Irena K. Roterman, Jagiellonian University – Medical College, Poland
14:40-15:00 Slot Available
15:00-15:20  Discovery of an ApoE4-Targeted Small-Molecule SirT1 Enhancer as a Candidate Drug for the Treatment of Alzheimer’s Disease
Varghese John, University of California, USA
15:20-15:40  Advancing dementia screening, care, and research in Kenya: challenges and opportunities
DAVID NDETEI, University of Nairobi / Africa Institute of Mental and Brain Health, Kenya
15:40-16:00 Slot Available
Refreshment Break(16:00-16:10)
Technical session-II
Themes:
Risk reduction and prevention &
Clinical Trials and Therapeutics
16:10-16:30 One-week inpatient cognitive behavioral therapy for insomnia: a retrospective study
Qifang Li, Tongji University, China
16:30-16:50 A randomized feasibility trial of the modified Atkins diet in older adults with mild cognitive impairment due to Alzheimer’s disease
Alison Buchholz, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, USA
16:50-17:10 Hearing Loss &Tinnitus – Reducing the Risk of Cognitive Decline
Keith N. Darrow, Worcester State University, USA
17:10-17:30 New Language Learning as a Cognitive Intervention in Aging: Behavioral and Neuroimaging Evidence
Ladan Ghazi Saidi, University of Nebraska Kearney, USA
17:30-17:50 Slot Available
17:50-18:10 Heterogeneous treatment effects of BCG vaccine on Alzheimer's disease risk
Irfan Chaudhuri, Harvard University, USA
Note: This is a Tentative program, subjects and timings will changes.
Abstract submissions are open now. To schedule your talk in the program please email to: [email protected]
Day-1 Concludes

day 2 agenda

Day -2(October 02, 2025)
Tentative Program
09:00-09:30 Keynote Talk: Safety and immunogenicity of the MultiTEP platform-based Aβ vaccine, AV-1959R, for secondary preventive therapy of individuals with preclinical Alzheimer’s
Michael G Agadjanyan, The Institute for Molecular Medicine, USA
09:30-10:00 Keynote Talk: Can we Treat Osteoporosis, Obesity, and Neurodegeneration with a Single FSH–Blocking Drug?
Mone Zaidi, The Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, USA
10:00-10:30 Keynote Talk: Exploring Immune Dysregulation and Gut-Nutrient Disruption in Alzheimer’s Disease Pathology
Catherine C L Wong, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, China
Group Photo & Refreshment Break (10:30-10:50)
Technical session-III
Themes:
Dementia diagnosis, treatment & Dementia care research and Practice
10:50-11:10 Cerebral Capillopathy Nexus of Neurodegenerative Disease
Charles R Joseph, Liberty University College of Osteopathic Medicine, USA
11:10-11:30  Short and Long-term Effects of Transcranial Alternating Electrical Stimulation Paired with Cognitive Exercises as a Treatment for Cognitive Impairment
Zahra Moussavi, University of Manitoba, Canada
11:30-11:50 Taking care of elderly patients with neurocognitive disorders in Valenciennes’ Hospital Center
DESPREZ ANNE & Cartignies Cindy, CH Valenciennes, France
11:50-12:10 Older adults with dementia: knowledge and attitudes of physicians in health units
ANA BEATRIZ QUINTES STEINER, UNIFESP, Brazil
12:10-12:30 Implications for the Down Syndrome Community of Availability of Anti-Amyloid Alzheimer’s Drug Treatments
Matthew P. Janicki, University of Illinois Chicago, USA
12:30-12:50  The efficacy of Sham rTMS stimulation
Brian Lithgow, University of Manitoba, Canada
12:50-13:10  Bridging the gender gap in mental health: Correlational insights and a sensitive proposal for addressing social isolation in Chilean older people
Christine Gierke, UNIVERSITY OF CHILE, Chile
13:10-13:30  A Proposed Role for Lymphatic Supermicrosurgery in the Management of Alzheimer’s Disease: A Primer for Reconstructive Microsurgeons
Joon Pio Hong, Asan Medical Center, University of Ulsan, South Korea
Lunch Break @ Restaurant (13:30-14:00)
Technical session-IV
Themes:
Neurodegenerative Diseases & Amyloid and Tau Protein
14:00-14:20 Inflammation and tauopathies – a tale of therapeutic potential
Barbara Elena Stopschinski, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, USA
14:20-14:40 Non-inflammatory outcomes of P. gingilvalis outer membrane vesicles exposure in the embryonic mouse brain
Christian Lauber, Nationwide Children's Hospital, USA
14:40-15:00 Dihydromyricetin as a Dual-Target Neuroprotector: Clearing Tau and Aβ for Alzheimer's Disease Intervention
Judy Qiao, Towncom International Group, USA
15:00-15:20  Extracellular Tau and S100A9 proteins induce phagoptosis of live neurons
Vilma Borutaite, Lithuanian University of Health Sciences, Lithunia
15:20-15:40 Heparan sulfate modified protein signaling and neurodegenerative disease
Scott Selleck, Pennsylvania State University, USA
15:40-16:00 Slot Available
Refreshment Break(16:00-16:20)
16:20-16:40 Maternal and early life exposure induced AD- like pathophysiology
Aluru Parithathvi, Manipal School of Life Sciences, India
16:40-17:00 Semaglutide ameliorates Alzheimer’s disease and restores oxytocin in APP/ PS1 mice and human brain organoid models
Zhihui Zhong, Sichuan University West China Hospital, China
17:00-17:20  The Speech Disappears, but the Music Remains
Jaana Ruotsalainen, University of Jyväskylä, Finland
17:20-17:40  Genetic and biomarker research on dementia in rural Kenya: insights from the READD-ADSP project
Victoria Mutiso, Africa Institute of Mental and Brain Health, Kenya
Poster Presentations
PP-1 In vitro validation of RARβ-M, Ellorarxine, for use in Alzheimer's disease 
Yunxi Zhang, Durham University, UK
PP-2 Probing Monoclonal Antibody Specificity for Designing Alzheimer's Vaccines
Anne-Cathrine Vogt, University of Bern, Switzerland
PP-3 Slot Available
PP-4 Concussion-Related Biomarkers in Retired Rugby Players and Implications for Alzheimer’s Disease and ALS Risk: The UK Rugby Health Study
Norah Alanazi, Durham University, UK
PP-5 FUS-mediated Blood-brain barrier disruption for delivering anti-A? antibodies in 5XFAD Alzheimer’s disease mice
Christakis Damianou, Cyprus University of Technology, Cyprus
PP-6 TBA
Sven Meuth, Heinrich-Heine-Universität Düsseldorf, Germany
Abstract submissions are open now. To schedule your talk in the program please email to: [email protected]
Day-2 Concludes

posters agenda

Poster Presentations
PP-1 In vitro validation of RARβ-M, Ellorarxine, for use in Alzheimers disease 
Yunxi Zhang, Durham University, UK
PP-2 Probing Monoclonal Antibody Specificity for Designing Alzheimer's Vaccines
Anne-Cathrine Vogt, University of Bern, Switzerland
PP-3 Slot Available
PP-4 Concussion-Related Biomarkers in Retired Rugby Players and Implications for Alzheimer’s Disease and ALS Risk: The UK Rugby Health Study
Norah Alanazi, Durham University, UK
PP-5 FUS-mediated Blood-brain barrier disruption for delivering anti-A? antibodies in 5XFAD Alzheimer’s disease mice
Christakis Damianou, Cyprus University of Technology, Cyprus
PP-6 TBA
Sven Meuth, Heinrich-Heine-Universität Düsseldorf, Germany
Abstract submissions are open now. To schedule your talk in the program please email to: [email protected]
Day-2 Concludes

posters agenda

6th Edition of Innovations and State of the Art in
ALZHEIMER'S & DEMENTIA
at Oct 01 - 02, 2025 at Berlin, Germany (Hybrid Event)
Tentative Program
Day -1(October 01, 2025)
Virtual Program
09:00-09:20 CareWindow: Enhancing Communication for Seniors and Individuals with Disabilities
Zachary Bailey, Care Window, Australia
09:20-09:40 Slot Available
09:40-10:10 Keynote Talk: Sex-specific brain protection in the clinical scenario: the case of davuentide
Illana Gozes, Tel Aviv University, Israel
10:10-10:30 Enhancing the quality of life for family caregivers of people with Alzheimer's via virtual communities of practice
Montse Romero-Mas, University of Vic - Central University of Catalonia, Spain
10:30-10:50 Slot Available
10:50-11:10 From Phenotype Drug Screening to Biological Target identification for Alzheimer’s disease-modifying development
SERGEANT Nicolas, University of Lille, France
11:10-11:30  Effects of intensive lifestyle changes on the progression of mild cognitive impairment or early dementia due to Alzheimer’s disease: a randomized, controlled clinical trial
Dean Ornish,  Preventive Medicine Research Institute, USA
11:30-11:50 Slot Available
11:50-12:10 Successes and Challenges: Insights from the first six months of the CONNECT program
Chitrali R. Mamlekar & Melissa A. Alunni, Misericordia University, USA
12:10-12:30 Slot Available
12:30-12:50 Clinicians' Reluctance to Implement a Deeply Demented Patient's Advance Directive: A Broken Moral Compass  
Norman L. Cantor, Retired from Rutgers University, USA
12:50-13:10 Slot Available
13:10-13:30 Pre-existing cognitive disorders and Long COVID neurocognitive sequelae: Why Do We Know So Little?
Caroline Jose, Vitalité Health Network, Canada
13:30-13:50 Slot Available
13:50-14:10 An integrative review about electrophysiological biomarkers of cognitive impairment in Alzheimer’s disease: A developing relationship
Ezra C. Holston, University of Nevada, Reno, USA
14:10-14:30 Revised Criteria for Diagnosis and Staging of Alzheimer's Disease
Clifford R. Jack, Mayo Clinic, USA
14:30-14:50 Slot Available
14:50-15:10 Aging as a target for the prevention and treatment of Alzheimer’s disease
Raymond Scott Turner, Georgetown University, USA
15:10-15:30 Futuristic Alzheimer's therapy: acoustic-stimulated piezoelectric nanospheres for amyloid reduction
Manju Sharma, University of Georgia, USA
15:30-15:50 Slot Available
15:50-16:10 Enhancing Alzheimer's Disease Care Across Veterans Affairs Clinics: A Multi-site Quality Improvement Initiative
Arushi Kapoor, University of Pennsylvania, USA
16:10-16:30 Variational autoencoder latent space as a robust and pragmatic clinical classification tool for neurodegenerative diseases
William C. Wakefield, Mayo Clinic, USA
16:30-16:50 Cerebrospinal fluid miRNAs identify sex-dependent alterations in synaptic proteins in humans with Alzheimer’s disease
Ursula Sandau, Oregon Health and Science University, USA
16:50-17:10 Association of Plasma Protein Risk Scores for Mild Cognitive Impairment and Alzheimer's Disease in the Framingham Heart Study
Habbiburr Rehman, Boston University, USA
Day-1 Concludes
   
Day -2(October 02, 2025)
Virtual Program
09:00-09:20 Stem Cell-Derived Extracellular Vesicles: A Promising Strategy for Alzheimer's Disease Treatment
Jennifer Gamble, Centenary Institute and University of Sydney, Australia
09:20-09:40 Stem Cell-Derived Extracellular Vesicles: A Promising Strategy for Alzheimer's Disease Treatment
Qiqi Lyu, Singapore General Hospital, Singapore
09:40-10:00 TBA
Matthew Pontifex, University of East Anglia, United Kingdom
10:00-10:20 OXYGEN-OZONE THERAPY AND COGNITIVE FRAILTY: A NONPHARMACOLOGICAL APPROACH TO POTENTIALLY RESOLVE IMMUNE AND INFLAMMATORY DYSFUNCTIONS
Antonio Carlo Galoforo, University of Pavia, Italy
10:20-10:40 How do we co-produce care planning with people living with dementia?
Inga Stewart, St Andrew's Healthcare, United Kingdom
10:40-11:00 Slot Available
11:00-11:20 Second Partnership and Dementia Care in a Blended Family: Case Study of a Wicked Problem
Olga Asrun Stefansdottir, University of Akureyri, Iceland
11:20-11:40 From healthy aging to dementia: potential role of DNA methylation
Andrea Stoccoro, University of Pisa, Italy
11:40-12:00 Gamification and Social Support to Increase Physical Activity among Older Adults at Risk for Alzheimer's Disease and Related Dementias
Ryan Greysen, University of Pennsylvania, USA
12:00-12:20 Proposed Micronutrient Mixture, Probiotics, Collagen Peptides, Omega3, and  Cannabidiol (CBD) may Reduce Aging, and the Development and Progression of Alzheimer’s disease, and Improve its Treatment
Kedar N Prasad, Engage Global, Inc, USA
12:20-12:50 Keynote Talk: Implementation of plasma p-tau217 in treatment trials: Feasibility and Scalability
Leslie M. Shaw, Upenn University, USA
12:40-13:00 Slot Available
13:00-13:20 Traumatic Brain Injury Worsens the Inflammatory Response in Mice With a Genetic Predisposition To Alzheimer’s Disease: A Role for Inflammasome Signaling
Juan Pablo De Rivero Vaccari, University of Miami, USA
13:20-13:40 Amyloid β fragments that suppress oligomers but not fibrils are cytoprotective 
Suren A. Tatulian, University of Central Florida, USA
13:40-14:00 Amyloid β fragments that suppress oligomers but not fibrils are cytoprotective 
Soodeh Moallemian, Rutgers University, USA
14:00-14:20 Slot Available
14:20-14:40 Blood-brain barrier permeability contributes to cognitive impairment in the aftermath of SARS-CoV-2 infection: a role for cerebrovascular Wnt/beta-Catenin and Caveolin-1
Sarah E. Lutz, University of Illinois at Chicago, USA
14:40-15:00 Curcumin and omega-3 fatty acids: nutraceuticals against Alzheimer's disease
Luz Velasco, Universidad Veracruzana, Mexico
15:00-15:20 Slot Available
15:20-15:40 Enhancing cognitive functioning in dementia through at therapy: A randomized trial based on the Expressive therapies Continuum (ETC) framework
Jinnie Jeon, Adler University, Canada
15:40-16:00 Slot Available
16:00-16:20 Compensate or rehabilitate? SLPs’ current approach to dysphagia in dementia
Angela Van Sickle, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, USA
16:20-16:40 How an energy-redox boost may rescue AD to restore autophagy and remove amyloid
Gregory J. Brewer, UC Irvine, USA
16:40-17:00 miRNA Phase Separation in Control of Alzheimer’s Disease
Suvendra Bhattacharyya, University of Nebraska Medical Center, USA
Abstract submissions are open now. To schedule your talk in the program please email to: [email protected]

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