2 April: Bill Gates calls for innovative Alzheimer’s diagnosis project proposals

Billionaire philanthropist Bill Gates published a blog post on 2 April, in which he highlighted the importance of finding a workable method for diagnosing Alzheimer’s disease. He announced a new call for proposals for innovative research projects in this area.

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19 April: Spain outlines content of its National Alzheimer’s Plan

Spain has outlined the content of its forthcoming National Alzheimer’s Plan 2019-2023. We congratulate the Ministry of Health, as well as our Spanish member associations, Confederación española de familiares de Alzheimer y otras demencias (CEAFA) and Fundación Alzheimer España.

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30 April: Dementia Pledge campaign gathers support from across Europe

Our #DementiaPledge2019 campaign is well underway. As at 30 April, 85 candidates had signed up to the Pledge. Of this number, 44 incumbent MEPs have signed up, 18 of whom are new members of the European Alzheimer’s Alliance. The Pledge campaign will run until 23 May.

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1 May: Record number of abstracts submitted for #29AEC

The call for abstracts for the 29th Alzheimer Europe Conference (#29AEC) is now closed. Alzheimer Europe is delighted to have received 516 abstracts this year, exceeding any of our past conferences by some margin. These will be reviewed by the Programme Committee during the month of May.

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1 May: Alzheimer Europe welcomes two new colleagues

Our small, dedicated team is delighted to welcome two new colleagues - Aideen O’Brien and Angela Bradshaw. Aideen is providing administrative support to the team and Angela is collaborating on the VirtualBrainCloud and NEURONET projects.

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