Plenary Speakers and Topics

Kaj Blennow (Sweden) - CSF Markers in MCI and Alzheimer's Disease
Ezio Giacobini (Switzerland) - New approaches for treating Alzheimer's Disease
Ingalill Hallberg (Sweden) - Caring at the End of Life for the Demented and Non-Demented Elderly
Dilip Jeste (United States) - Psychosis in Late Life: New Solutions to Old Problems?
Ranga Krishnan (United States) - Neurobiological changes in late life depression
Simon Lovestone (United Kingdom) - Molecular pathology of Alzheimer's disease
Carolyn Mazure (United States) - Life events, stress and depression
Stephen Minger (United Kingdom) - Stem cell transplantation for dementia
Agneta Nordberg (Sweden) - Novel imaging methods in dementia
Charles Reynolds (United States) - Optimizing Treatments and Outcomes in Late Life Depression
Masatoshi Takeda (Japan) - Mild Cognitive Impairment
Anders Wimo (Sweden) - Are treatments for dementia worth it? A health economic perspective

Symposia

Cross-cultural perspectives on caregiving for older adults with dementia: Examining Mainland China , Taiwan , and Chinese immigrants to the US – Chairs: Sue E. Levkoff, United States and Huali Wang , China
Delirium – Chair: Benjamin Liptzin, United States
Dementia: Minds and real people – Chairs: Stephen Louw and Julian C. Hughes, United Kingdom
Dementia in developing countries - first results from the 10/66 Dementia Research Group Population-Based Studies – Chairs: Henry Brodaty, Australia, Elizabeth Rimmer and Martin Prince, United Kingdom
Driving and dementia – Chair, Liisa Hakamies-Blomqvist , Sweden
Elderly suicide prevention – an International Perspective – Chair: Fung Kum, Helen Chiu, Hong Kong
Epidemiology of dementia in Latin America – Chair: Cassio Machado de Campos Bottino , Brazil
Evaluation and management of dementia in South Korea – Chair: Jonghan Park , South Korea
Evidence-based dementia diagnostic – Chair: Knut Engedal, Norway
Metabolic aspects of Alzheimer’s Disease (AD) – Chair: Jacobo Mintzer , United States
Mild cognitive impairment: concept, diagnosis, and management – Chair: Alexander Kurz, Germany
Mild cognitive impairment. Results from the DESCRIPA study – Chairs: Pieter Jelle Visser and Frans Verhey , Netherlands
The neurobiology of late-life depression: an update – Chair: Alan Thomas, United Kingdom
Neuropsychiatric aspects of alcohol use in older people – Chair: Henry O'Connell, Ireland
New and emerging treatments for Alzheimer's disease: Current data and biomolecular pathogenic mechanisms – Chairs: Barry Reisberg, United States and Alistair Burns, United Kingdom
The NIMH clinical antipsychotic trial of intervention effectiveness - Alzheimer's disease (CATIE-AD): An early look at outcomes – Chairs: Lon Schneider and Pierre N. Tariot, United States
Preventing dementia: Some good and not so good ideas – Chair: Osvaldo P. Almeida, Australia
Promoting dignity for older people – translating theory into practice – Chairs: Antony Bayer and Winn Tad , United Kingdom
Psychiatric symptoms in Parkinson’s disease – Chair: Dag Aarsland, Norway
Psychogeriatric service delivery - from principles to outcomes – Chairs: Brian Draper and Henry Brodaty, Australia and Pam Melding, New Zealand
Quality assurance in geriatric psychiatry – Chair: Ralf Ihl , Germany
Quality of life in dementia: from measurement to interventions – Chair: Peter Whitehouse, United States
The role of cardiovascular risk factors in Alzheimer's disease, vascular dementia and mild cognitive impairment – Chair: Michael Davidson, Israel
Screening for cognitive impairment in primary care – Chair: Henry Brodaty, Australia
Sexuality and dementia - James Warner, United Kingdom
Specific approaches to Alzheimer's screening – Chairs: Ruth O'Hara and J. Wesson Ashford, United States
Squalor: Contemporary Issues – Chairs: Ajit Shah , United Kingdom and Kirsten Abelskov, Denmark
Teaching and training in old age psychiatry in Europe – Chairs: Nicoleta Tataru , Romania and Vincent Camus, Switzerland
Using psychotherapy in psychogeriatric practice – Chair: Joel Sadavoy, Canada
Vascular cognitive and behavioural disorders – Chair: Leonardo Pantoni, Italy
Younger people with dementia – Chair: Robert Barber, United Kingdom