24.10.2024—25.10.2024

Future Memories

Conférence, Roma

24.10.2024 H09:00-18:30
25.10.2024 H09:00-11:30
Entrance: via Liguria 20

Dates
24.10.2024
25.10.2024
Location
Roma
Category
Conférence
Information

24.10.2024 H09:00-18:30
25.10.2024 H09:00-11:30
Entrance: via Liguria 20

The conference will be held in English at Istituto Svizzero in Rome.

To attend in Rome on Thursday 24.10.2024 register here.
To attend in Rome on Friday 25.10.2024 register here.

Istituto Svizzero
Via Liguria 20, Rome
Free entrance

Future Memories

The scientific symposium Future Memories is dedicated to analyzing new medical paradigms in the context of cognitive decline. Organized as part of the international project Optimizing the Aging Brain: Situating Ethical Aspects in Dementia Prevention (BEAD), which involves the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH), the University of Gottingen, and the University of Montreal, the event explores how recent studies on the prevention of dementia and Alzheimer’s are reshaping scientific discourse. The goal is to examine, from an interdisciplinary perspective, the epistemological and ethical aspects of preventing or slowing cognitive decline through lifestyle interventions and public health promotion.

A special highlight of the symposium will be the screening of the film The Book of Vision, directed by Carlo Hintermann and presented at the 77th Venice International Film Festival. Following the screening, the director and symposium speakers will participate in a roundtable discussion, exploring thematic connections between the film and the topics covered during the event, offering an artistic perspective on memory and the future of cognitive health.

In collaboration with ETH and Sapienza University of Rome

The event may be photographed and/or video recorded for archival, educational, and related promotional purposes. By attending this event, you are giving your consent to be photographed and/or video recorded.

PROGRAMME:

Thursday, 24.10.2024
Free entry

 

H09:00 ― Institutional greetings
Maria Böhmer, Istituto Svizzero

Welcome and introduction
Alessandro Blasimme, ETH Zurich
Mattia Andreoletti, ETH Zurich

 

H09:10-10:30 ― SESSION 1
Chair: Mattia Andreoletti
Marco Canevelli (online), University La Sapienza – Immidem, Dementia in immigrants and ethnic minorities: clinical-epidemiological aspects and public health perspectives
Florian Riese, University of Zurich – From prevention of dementia to prevention in dementia: Tertiary prevention and beyond
Federica Ribaldi, University of Geneva – Brain health services for the prevention of dementia: the next generation memory clinics

 

 

H10:30 ― Coffee Break

 

 

H11:00-12:30 ― SESSION 2
Chair: Cynthia Lazzaroni
Rahel Koch, Maastricht University – The optimization of our species has already begun: Public imaginaries of longevity medicine in Switzerland
Maria Teresa Ferretti (online), Center for Alzheimer Research, Karolinska Institute – Clinical Development Lead, Syntropic Medical – Patient centricity in dementia: A gender medicine perspective
Silke Schicktanz & Niklas Petersen, University of Gottingen – Who is responsible for dementia prevention? A comparative study of Canadian, German, and Swiss stakeholders’ views

 

H12:30 14:00― Break

 

H14:00-15:30 ― SESSION 3
Chair: Niklas Petersen
Ira Haraldsen, Oslo University Research Hospital – AI-Mind and The Virtual AI-Mind Patient: Technological Innovation for Personalized Neurology in Dementia Risk
Oliver Buchholz, ETH Zurich – AI and Dementia Prevention – Epistemology, ethics, and policy
Annette Leibing, University of Montreal & Cynthia Lazzaroni, McGill University – Epistemic cultures of dementia prevention: From brain training to lifestyle-as-activity


H15:30 ― Coffee Break


SESSION 4

H16:00-17:30 Movie Screening: The Book of Vision, Carlo Hintermann, 2020. (Original language, w. Italian subtitles)

H17.30-18.30 Round Table
Carlo Hintermann, film-maker
moderator and commentator: Sabrina Negri, University of Turin


Friday, 25.10.2024
Free entry

H09:00-11:00 ― SESSION 5
Chair: Alessandro Blasimme
Matteo Cesari (online), World Health Organization – Continuum of integrated care for older persons: towards a person-centred approach for older people
Sebastian Walsh, University of Cambridge – A population-level approach to dementia risk reduction
Bogdan Draganski, Inselspital Bern – Let’s talk (again) about training-induced brain plasticity
Mattia Andreoletti & Alessandro Blasimme, ETH Zurich – Examining the prevention approach in National Dementia Plans from European and North American countries

 

H11:00-11:30 conclusive remarks and greetings
Alessandro Blasimme, ETH Zurich