We are delighted to invite you to submit abstracts for the upcoming 34th Alzheimer Europe Conference  #34AEC, which will take place in Geneva, Switzerland, under the banner “New horizons - Innovating for dementia”.

We look forward to welcoming delegates and speakers to our 34th Annual Conference from 8 to 10 October 2024.

Call for abstracts now open!

Alzheimer Europe and Alzheimer Schweiz Suisse Svizzera are calling for abstracts for oral and poster presentations on the following subjects:

• Innovation in care and research

1. Artificial intelligence
2. Assistive technologies
3. Dementia registries
4. Preparing for new AD treatments
5. Telehealth and remote care
6. Clinical trial recruitement and retention

• Living with dementia

1. People living with dementia
2. Housing and neighbourhoods
3. Art and dementia
4. Empowerment and sexuality
5. Stigma and discrimination

• Patient pathways

1. Brain health and prevention
2. Detection and diagnosis
3. Treatment and medical management
4. Psycho-social interventions
5. Hospital care
6. End-of-life care

• Policy

1. Dementia strategies
2. New funding models for dementia care and research
3. Legal and ethical issues
4. National Alzheimer's associations
5. Campaigning for change
6. Dementia work force

• Inclusion and discrimination

1. Gender
2. Minority ethnic groups
3. LGBTQ+
4. Intellectual disability and Down syndrome
5. Public involvement in dementia research
6. Young onset dementia

The call for abstracts will close on 15 May 2024. Click here for more information.

Early bird registration from 1 March 2024

Our registration portal will be opening on 1 March. Take advantage of the early bird registration fees until 15 July 2024 to attend in Geneva. Register with the early bird rates and benefit from the reduced registration fee of EUR 400 instead of EUR 500.

The full registration fee includes:

• Admission to all sessions
• Delegate bag and final programme
• Opening ceremony and welcome reception
• Scheduled coffee breaks and lunches on 8, 9 and 10 October
• Networking opportunities 
• Access to the exhibition hall and poster presentations

A 25% discount is available for participants from low and middle income countries.

Special rates are also available for people with dementia, students and member associations of Alzheimer Europe. Click here for more information.

Bursary for early stage researchers

The Alzheimer Europe Foundation is collaborating with the INTERDEM Academy to award ten bursaries of EUR 1,000 for early stage researchers wishing to attend and present at the Alzheimer Europe Conference. We are looking for “Dementia researchers of the future” willing to share their work and research on “Innovative approaches to dementia”.

Please submit your application for one of these bursaries by sending in your abstract and a short bio by 15 May 2024 via the abstract submission portal under the topic “Dementia researchers of the future – Innovative approaches to dementia”.

For more information please click here.

Some highlights from our 2023 conference

We are delighted to announce a special new publication about the 33rd Alzheimer Europe Conference (33AEC) which took place from 16 to 18 October 2023 in Helsinki, Finland. If you were at the conference, we hope you enjoy looking back at some of the highlights from the event and if  you were unable to attend, we hope that this publication gives you a real flavour of our conference and encourages you to join us this year, in Geneva!
We hope you enjoy this very special conference publication:

Click here to view the supplement. 

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