Sagebrush Inn and Conference Center, 1508 Paseo del Pueblo Sur, Taos, NM 87571
Fees:
Please visit the symposium's website for more information
Sponsor(s):
The symposium's focus will be on understanding new molecular and common mechanisms of Alzheimer's disease, Parkinson's disease, frontotemporal lobar dementia and other neurodgenerative diseases.
Aspen Wye River Conference Center, 201 Wye Woods Way, Queenstown, MD 21658
Fees:
None
Sponsor(s):
This program is sponsored by the National Institute on Aging/National Institutes of Health, and includes lectures, seminars and discussions in research design related to aging, including issues relevant to minority groups. Opportunities for consultation on the development of research interests and grant applications will also be available.
35 participants will be selected to attend the program. Applications are due March 5, 2010.
Natcher Conference Center (Building 45), National Institutes of Health, 45 Center Drive, Bethesda, MD 20892
Fees:
None
Sponsor(s):
This program is sponsored by the National Institute on Aging and the Office of Medical Applications of Research of the National Insitutes of Health, and will examine the scientific evidence related to the following issues:
-- Factors that are associated with the reduction of risk of Alzheimer's disease;
-- Factors that are associated with the reduction of risk of cognitive decline in older adults;
-- Relationships between the factors that affect Alzheimer's disease and the ones that affect cognitive decline;
-- Therapeutic and adverse effects of interventions to delay the onset of Alzheimer's disease, and potential differences in outcomes among identifiable subgroups;
-- Therapeutic and adverse effects of interventions to improve or maintain cognitive ability or preserve cognitive function, and potential differences in outcomes among identifiable subgroups.
The conference will also be Webcast live in its entirety beginning April 26, 2010, at http://www.videocast.nih.gov. More information on the program may be found at http://consensus.nih.gov/2010/alz.htm. The final conference statement wil be available on the website approximately 6 weeks after the conference.
Continuing Education Credits:
None
Contact Person(s):
NIH Consensus Development Program Information Center
Omni Shoreham Hotel, 2500 Calvert Street NW, Washington, DC 20008
Fees:
Please visit the summit's website for more details
Sponsor(s):
This advocacy event is sponsored by the Alzheimer's Association and brings concerned individuals and groups together to speak directly to elected officials about issues related to dementia. The 3-day summit includes an Advocacy Forum; a Diversity Dialogue; a Corporate Roundtable and a National Alzheimer's Gala. More information regarding these events may be found at www.alz.org/summit.
Sheraton Imperial Hotel and Convention Center, 4700 Emperor Boulevard, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina 27703
Fees:
None
Sponsor(s):
The conference's focus is on research identifying early signs of Alzheimer's disease (AD) and related disorders, and new science and discoveries in AD. The target audience of this event includes direct care staff, health care professionals and administrators, clinician-scientists and families affected by AD.
A brochure detailing the conference's schedule is attached.
Continuing Education Credits:
Please see the attached brochure for more information on Continuing Education credits
The Houstonian Hotel, Club & Spa, 111 North Post Oak Lane, Houston, TX 77024
Fees:
Please check www.worldeventsforum.com/addf/2010/html/registration.html for conference fees
Sponsor(s):
The conference is sponsored by the Alzheimer's Drug Discovery Foundation (www.alzdiscovery.org) and its primary objective is to advance drug discovery for neurodegenerative diseases by educating attendees on the process of translational research. Lectures and case studies on Alzheimer's disease, Parkinson's disease, ALS, MS and Huntington's disease will be presented.
The 2-day event is targeted towards academic and industry scientists, business development and licensing professionals, and investors.
Omni San Diego Hotel, 675 L Street, San Diego, CA 92101
Fees:
$399 for Physicians/PhDs on or before 04/20/2009. $425 for Physicians/PhDs after 04/20/2009. $299 for Nurses, Allied Professionals and Residents on or before 04/20/2009. $325 for Nurses, Allied Professionals and Residents after 04/20/2009
Sponsor(s):
This event is hosted by the Shirley-Marcos Alzheimer's Disease Research Center at the University of California, San Diego, and will be held from 8:00am - 4:30pm on May 27 & May 28, 2010 in San Diego. The target audience for the conference include physicians/researchers, nurses/nurse practitioners, neuropsychologists, physician assistants, residential care/nursing home administrators, social workers and pharmacists.
Biomedical Research Building 2/3 Auditorium, 421 Curie Boulevard, Philadelphia, PA 19104
Fees:
None
Sponsor(s):
This event is sponsored by the University of Pennsylvania Center for Neurodegenerative Disease Research, and will be held from 8:30am - 5:00pm on Friday, October 16, 2009.
Eric P. Newman Education Center, 320 S. Euclid Avenue, St. Louis, MO 63110
Fees:
Registration without CME Credits: $30.00; Registration with 10 hours of Category I CME credits: $110.00
Sponsor(s):
This event is sponsored by the Alzheimer's Disease Research Center at the Washington University, St Louis, MO.
This 2-day conference will provide a comprehensive review of the presymptomatic detection of dominantly-inherited Alzheimer's disease, its challenges and opportunities.
