2024 Regional DIAD Family Conference: Moving Forward with Hope

The 2024 regional DIAD family conference for families living in Canada and the United States was held on Saturday, July 27 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. Please click on the active links in the conference agenda below to access recordings of the presentations.

Conference agenda

8:00-8:15 am: Welcome remarks: Master of Ceremonies Eric McDade, DO, Washington University in St. Louis; Heather Snyder, PhD, Alzheimer’s Association

8:15-8:25 am: Family presentation: Tasha Johnson

8:25-8:45 am: Scientific presentation: Estimating Onset of Alzheimer Disease Symptoms with an Amyloid Clock, Suzanne Schindler, MD, PhD, Washington University in St. Louis

8:45-9:25 am: Guided Q&A: Moderator: Eric McDade, DO; Panelists: Suzanne Schindler, MD; Teresa Buracchio, MD, US Food & Drug Administration; Erik Johnson, MD, PhD, Emory University; Kristin Wildsmith, PhD, Eisai Co. Ltd.; Family speaker

9:25-9:40 am: Break

9:40-9:50 am: Family presentation: Jessica Bender

9:50-10:10 am: Scientific presentation: Tau and Tau Therapies 101, Erik Roberson, MD, PhD, University of Alabama at Birmingham

10:10-10:50 am: Guided Q&A: Moderator: Eric McDade, DO; Panelists: Erik Roberson, MD, PhD; Randall Bateman, MD, Washington University in St. Louis; Ross Paterson, PhD, University College London; Family speaker

10:50-11:05 am: Break

11:05-11:15 am: Family presentation (password-protected)

11:15-11:50 am: DIAN Observational Study & DIAN Trials Unit updates: Randall Bateman, MD (Secondary Prevention: video coming soon); Eric McDade, DO (Primary Prevention), Washington University in St. Louis

11:50 am: Closing remarks for morning session: Eric McDade, DO

12:00-1:30 pm: Lunch (livestream will pause)

1:30-2:30 pm: DIAN Obs & DIAN-TU Q&A session with Observational Study and Trials Unit leaders

2:30-2:45 pm: Break

2:45-3:45 pm: Genetic testing presentation and panel Q&A (password-protected)

Funding for this conference was made possible by the Alzheimer’s Association, GHR Foundation, the DIAN Trials Unit, and the DIAN Observational Study (which is funded by grant #5U19AG032438 from the National Institute on Aging). The views expressed in written conference materials or publications and by speakers and moderators do not necessarily reflect the official policies of the NIH; nor does mention by trade names, commercial practices, or organizations imply endorsement by the U. S. Government.