4:00–8:00 PM | Registration |
6:00–8:00 PM | Welcome Mixer |
7:00–8:00 AM | Breakfast |
8:00–9:00 AM | Welcome and Keynote Session (Joint) |
Christian Haass, Ludwig-Maximilians University Munich Modulation of Microglial Function |
Astrid Iversen, University of Oxford Genomic Risk for Neuroinflammation |
9:00–11:15 AM | Integrating Degeneration and Inflammation (Joint) |
Malú Gámez Tansey, Indiana University School of Medicine Role of Central-Peripheral Neuroimmune Cross-Talk in Neurodegeneration |
Bart De Strooper, University College London Key Inflection Points in Alzheimer’s Disease Pathogenesis |
Short Talk(s) Chosen from Abstracts |
9:30–9:50 AM | Coffee Break |
11:15–1:00 PM | Poster Setup |
11:15–5:00 PM | On Own for Lunch |
1:00–10:00 PM | Poster Viewing |
2:30–4:30 PM | Panel Discussion: From Research to Clinical Practice |
4:30–5:00 PM | Coffee Available |
5:00–7:00 PM | Neurodegenerative Disease Diagnostic to Therapeutics |
Yimin Zou, University of California, San Diego Planar Cell Polarity Proteins in Synapse Degeneration |
Henne Holstege, Amsterdam UMC Biomarker for Centenarians |
Matthias Brendel, LMU Munich Molecular Imaging with PET for Translation towards Therapeutics |
Short Talk(s) Chosen from Abstracts |
7:00–8:00 PM | Social Hour with Dinner |
7:30–10:00 PM | Poster Session 1 |
7:00–8:00 AM | Breakfast |
8:00–11:00 AM | Disease Overarching Mechanisms of Neurodegenerative Diseases |
Julia TCW, Boston University Lipophagic Defect by APOE4 in AD Glia |
Justin Ichida, USC Keck School of Medicine Using Patient Stem Cells to Identify Therapeutic Targets for Familial and Sporadic ALS |
Aaron D. Gitler, Stanford University School of Medicine Single Cell Mechanisms of Neurodegeneration |
Short Talk(s) Chosen from Abstracts |
9:00–9:20 AM | Coffee Break |
11:00–1:00 PM | Poster Setup |
11:00–5:00 PM | On Own for Lunch |
1:00–10:00 PM | Poster Viewing |
1:15–2:45 PM | Perspectives: Personalized Medicine & Patient-Centered Strategies (Joint) |
Short Talk(s) Chosen from Abstracts |
3:00–4:30 PM | Career Roundtable (Joint) |
4:30–5:00 PM | Coffee Available |
5:00–7:00 PM | Myeloid-Based Disease Mechanisms for Neurodegenerative Diseases |
Donna M. Wilcock, Indiana University School of Medicine Therapeutic Trem2 Activation Ameliorates Amyloid-beta Deposition and Improves Cognition in the 5XFAD Model of Amyloid Deposition |
Zhiqiang An, The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston Antibodies Targeting the LILRB2/TREM2 Axis in AD |
Marco Colonna, Washington University School of Medicine Microglial Neurodegeneration Mechanisms |
Short Talk(s) Chosen from Abstracts |
7:00–8:00 PM | Social Hour with Dinner |
7:30–10:00 PM | Poster Session 2 |
7:00–8:00 AM | Breakfast |
8:00–11:00 AM | Drug Delivery (Joint) |
Fiona C. Elwood, Janssen R&D Developing Drugs for CNS Disorders: Considerations for Therapies That Cross the BBB |
Kate Monroe, Denali Therapeutics Human Genetics Identifies Novel Microglial Targeting Therapeutic Approaches for Alzheimer's Disease |
Sebastian Boland, Prevail Therapeutics, Eli Lilly Talk Title to be Announced |
Christopher J. Barnum, INmune Bio Inc. Selective Targeting of Soluble TNF to Mitigate Neuroinflammation in Neurodegenerative Diseases |
Short Talk(s) Chosen from Abstracts |
9:00–9:20 AM | Coffee Break |
11:00–5:00 PM | On Own for Lunch |
2:30–4:30 PM | Symposia Spotlight: Late-breaking research presentations selected from abstract submissions |
Short Talks Chosen from Abstracts |
4:30–5:00 PM | Coffee Available |
5:00–6:45 PM | Target-Based Therapeutics |
Emma Mead, Oxford Drug Discovery Institute USP11 Inhibitors and tau Proteostasis |
Haiyan Peng, Alnylam Pharmaceuticals The Application of RNAi Therapeutics in Neurodegenerative Diseases |
Marcos Costa, F. Hoffmann-La Roche Ltd Correcting RNA Mis-Splicing in TDP-43 Proteinopathy |
Short Talk(s) Chosen from Abstracts |
6:45–7:30 PM | Closing Keynote Address |
Dennis J. Selkoe, Harvard Medical School A Century of Alzheimer’s Research – Did We Finally Reach Our Goal? |
7:30–7:45 PM | Meeting Wrap-Up: Outcomes and Future Directions |
7:45–8:45 PM | Social Hour with Dinner |
8:00–11:00 PM | Entertainment |
8:00–11:00 PM | Cash Bar |
12:00–11:59 PM | Departure |