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Thursday October 1st, 2015

3:15 - 4:00 REGISTRATION
4:00 - 4:15 Opening Remarks
4:15 - 5:00 Charting a Path Toward a Treatment Breakthrough for AD by 2025
Stephen Salloway
5:00 - 5:30 Arts and Cultural Innovations in Dementia Care
Pia Kontos
5:30 - 6:30 Cracked: A New Light on Dementia
Cracked Performers

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6:30 - 7:00 Q & A
7:00 OPENING RECEPTION

Friday October 2nd, 2015

7:00 - 8:00 BREAKFAST & REGISTRATION
8:00 - 8:45 The Prevalence of Dementia in Canada and its Impact on Canadians
Larry Chambers
8:45 - 8:55 AGE-WELL NCE Inc.
Bridgette Murphy, AGE-WELL Managing Director
8:55 - 9:15 Understanding the Needs of Older Adults with Dementia and their Carers
Arlene Astell, CCNA Investigator, AGE-WELL Investigator
9:15 - 9:35 Examples of Technologies to Support Older Adults with Dementia
Alex Mihailidis, CCNA Investigator, AGE-WELL Investigator
9:35 - 9:55 Measuring the Impact of Technology on Older Adults with Dementia-Social and Ethical Issues
Jeff Jutai, AGE-WELL investigator
9:55 - 10: 15 Discussion
10:15 - 10:45 MORNING BREAK, SPONSOR/EXHIBITOR & POSTER VIEWING
10:45 - 12:15 Parallel Session I Parallel Session II
10:45 - 11:15 Challenging common assumptions in dementia care and decision making
Paige Moorhouse, CCNA Investigator
The Spectrum of Frontotemporal Lobar Degenerations
Robert Laforce Jr., CCNA Investigator
11:15 - 11:45 Swallowing and Eating Issues in Advanced Dementia
Lisa Sokoloff
Young Onset Dementia
Mario Masellis, CCNA Investigator
11:45 - 12:15 Facts, Feelings and Fears: Supporting Families through Dementia and End of Life
Mary Schulz
Pin1: A Small Enzyme with Big Implications for Alzheimer's Disease and other Tauopathies
Jane Driver
12:15 - 2:00 LUNCH BREAK, SPONSOR/EXHIBITOR & POSTER VIEWING
12:15 - 1:45 C5R AGM - Lunch will be provided
Governor General 3
2:00 - 3:30 Parallel Session III Parallel Session IV
2:00 - 2:30 The ABC of BPSD – From Assessment to Care Plan
Louise Carrier
Advancements in Molecular Imaging: FDG-PET and Amyloid PET
Robert Laforce Jr., CCNA Investigator
2:30 - 3:00 Mild Behavioural Impairment (MBI): A New Syndrome Linking Later Life Neuropsychiatric Symptoms and Neurodegenerative Disease
Zahinoor Ismail, CCNA Investigator
Brain Volumes in Dementia
Simon Duchesne, CCNA Investigator
3:00 - 3:30 It Is Time to Change the Culture of Long-Term Care
Sherry Dupuis, CCNA Investigator
The Genetics of AD and FTD
Mario Masellis, CCNA Investigator
3:30 - 3:45 AFTERNOON BREAK, SPONSOR/EXHIBITOR & POSTER VIEWING
3:45 - 5:00 Debate - CSF Biomarkers and PET Amyloid Should be Used to clarify a Diagnosis of Alzheimer’s Disease in Clinical Practice
Moderator: Howard Feldman

Affirmative side – Dr. Stephen Salloway
Opposing side – Dr. Kenneth Rockwood
TBC CCD Gala Dinner @ Westin

Saturday October 3rd, 2015

7:30 - 8:30 BREAKFAST & REGISTRATION
8:30 - 9:00 Canada and the Global Challenge of Dementia
Yves Joanette
9:00 - 9:30 Canadian Consortium on Neurodegeneration in Aging
Howard Chertkow, CCNA Investigator
9:30 - 10:00 Understanding the Link Between Alzheimer's Disease and Cancer
Jane Driver
10:00 - 11:00 MORNING BREAK, SPONSOR/EXHIBITOR & POSTER VIEWING
11:00 - 12:15 Concurrent Workshops Session I
12:15 - 2:00 LUNCH BREAK, SPONSOR/EXHIBITOR & POSTER VIEWING
2:00 - 3:00 New and Notable - Oral Research Presentations
3:00 - 4:15 Concurrent Workshops Session II
4:15 - 5:15 Clinicopathological Vignettes
David Tang-Wai, CCNA Investigator
John Woulfe

Workshops

1 End of Life Decision Making
Laurie Mallery, Paige Moorhouse
2 Les Aphasies Primaires Progressives
Workshop given in French
Robert Laforce Jr., CCNA Investigator
3 Assessing Dementia in Immigrant Populations
Frank Knoefel, CCNA Investigator
4 Managing Swallowing and Eating Issues in Dementia
Lisa Sokoloff
5 The Art of Listening – The First Step in Detecting an Aphasia
David Tang-Wai, CCNA Investigator
6 Beyond Medication…Managing Behaviour and Psychological Symptoms of Dementia in the Community
Louise Carrier, Christine Thibault, Nicole Diotte
Capacity of 30
7 Consent & Capacity: Evaluation of the Person's Decision Making Ability
Andrea Stewart
8

Measuring Brain Volumes with MRI in Dementia
Simon Duchesne, CCNA Investigator

9 The New NIH Criteria for Alzheimer’s Disease and MCI: Incorporating Biomarkers into Diagnosis
Howard Chertkow, CCNA Investigator
10 Comparison of Multiple New Criteria for Alzheimer’s Disease: How Not to Get Lost in Translation
Ben Lam & Sandra Black, CCNA Investigator
11 Driving and Dementia - What Every Practicing Clinician Should Know
Frank Molnar, CCNA Investigator
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