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The program at a glance (please scroll for more details):
| Tuesday, March 19 | Wednesday, March 20 | Thursday, March 21 |
| 7:30 Breakfast
8:30 Opening + Keynote by Ozioma Okonkwo 10:30 Break 11:00 Parallel sessions 12:30 Lunch 1:30 Trainee poster session 3:30 Parallel sessions (one of the sessions will continue until 6:00, see below) 5:00 Break 5:15 – 6:15 Tour of Old Montreal |
7:30 Breakfast
8:30 Parallel sessions 10:00 Break 10:30 Parallel sessions 12:00 Lunch 1:00 COMPASS-ND: Baseline accomplishments and a look towards Phase III 2:30 Break 3:00 Parallel sessions 4:30 Break 4:45 – 5:45 Tour of Old Montreal/4:45-6:00 Walking the pathway of culturally safe Indigenous health research 6:15 Reception, and Investigator/research staff poster session |
7:30 Breakfast
8:30 Parallel sessions 10:00 Break 10:30 – 12:00 Closing + Keynote by Lesley Fellows |
The program in detail:
Tuesday, March 19
7:30 BREAKFAST AND REGISTRATION
10:30 BREAK
11:00 PARALLEL SESSIONS:
- The state of the research on therapeutics for Alzheimer’s and related dementias
- Tik-Talks: Neuroimaging, big data, and dementia
- Tik-Talks: Dementia risk reduction and prevention #1
12:30 LUNCH
13:30 Trainee poster session
3:00 BREAK
3:30 PARALLEL SESSIONS:
- Tik-Talks: Neural mechanisms of dementia
- Should we use Large Language Models (LLM’s) such as ChatGPT in our research?
- 3:30 – 6:00 Indigenous Cognitive Health Program: KAIROS Blanket Exercise
5:00 BREAK
5:15 – 6:15 Tour of Old Montreal
Wednesday, March 20
7:30 BREAKFAST
8:30 PARALLEL SESSIONS:
- Open science – why is it important? How best to implement it in dementia research?
- An interactive Knowledge Mobilization workshop on communicating the meaning of your research
- Tik-Talks: Clinical tools and health services innovations for dementia
10:00 BREAK
10:30 PARALLEL SESSIONS:
- EPLED Up Close: “Ask Me Anything!” (EPLED)
- The role of sleep in the brain mechanisms of neurodegenerative disorders
- The many faces of dementia in Canada: Findings from the Alzheimer Society of Canada’s second landmark study report / Joshua Armstrong, Alzheimer Society of Canada
12:00 LUNCH
1:00 COMPASS-ND: Baseline accomplishments and a look towards Phase III
2:30 BREAK
3:00 PARALLEL SESSIONS:
- Tik-Talks: The immune system and dementia
- Tik-Talks: Participatory research and community engagement
- Tik-Talks: Sex and gender differences in dementia
4:30 BREAK
4:45 – 5:45 Tour of Old Montreal / 4:45 – 6:00 Walking the pathway of culturally safe Indigenous health research
6:15 Reception, and Investigator/research staff poster session
Thursday, March 21
7:30 BREAKFAST
8:30 PARALLEL SESSIONS:
- Tik-Talks: Dementia risk reduction and prevention #2
- Tik-Talks: Genetics and biomarkers of dementia
- Tik-Talks: Stigma, social inclusion, and quality of life with dementia
10:00 BREAK