2026 DIAD Family Conference: Rising Together

09:00-09:15: Welcome Remarks Hosts Eric McDade, DO, WashU Medicine, United States; Natalie Ryan, PhD, University College London, United Kingdom Remarks Maria Carrillo, PhD, Alzheimer’s Association, United States; Andrea, DIAD family member

09:15-09:30: Keynote Introduction Randall Bateman, MD, WashU Medicine, United States Speaker Haruo Naito, KBE, Eisai Co. Ltd., Japan

09:30-09:50: From Lab to Living Room: Creating New Treatments for Alzheimer’s Ross Paterson, PhD, University College London, United Kingdom

09:50-10:35: Guided question-and-answer session Moderator Eric McDade Panelists Fiona Elwood, PhD, Johnson & Johnson, United States; Nick Fox, MD, University College London, United Kingdom; Johannes Levin, MD, German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases (DZNE), Germany; Ross Paterson

10:35-11:05: Break

11:05-11:55: Advocacy in the Face of DIAD: Family Perspectives Moderator Lindsay Hohsfield, PhD, Medical University of Innsbruck, Austria Panelists Davide Mangani, PhD; May Phillips; Jetske van der Schaar

11:55-12:15: DIAN Observational Study & DIAN-TU research and findings Randall Bateman, Eric McDade

12:15-12:45: DIAN Observational Study & DIAN-TU question-and-answer session Randall Bateman, Eric McDade

12:45-12:50: Closing Remarks Eric McDade, Natalie Ryan